Mysterious bleeps night and morning

On 21/08/2013 12:31, Dave W wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 01:00:55 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 19/08/2013 11:32, Dave W wrote:
On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 01:02:21 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

Earlier this year I began to hear 14 bleeps every evening at 7.30. I
assumed that they were coming from the computer and at first thought it
was coming from the BIOS or from some program that sounded an alarm. Not
finding any reason for it I turned the computer off just before the time
but the bleeps continued.. I had also found that it also beeped at
7.30am. When the clocks changed in the Spring the evening bleeps changed
to 8.30 but the morning ones remained at 7.30,
The TV, PVR and Digital STB are fairly close to the computer so they
were then thought to be the culprit, I unplugged each one separately and
then all of them together but still the bleeps continued. I unplugged
the phone as well although it is in the wrong position to be the source
of the sound.
Over time the bleeps have become a few minutes later.
I tried this question on a computer NG and on a technical forum without
anyone making a suggestion to cure it.
Any thoughts?
Derek

The following link gives a meaning to 14 bleeps as CMOS RAM battery
failure on Mylex motherboards:
http://www.techspot.com/community/to...p-guide.95391/

If there is an increasing delay, this rules out devices connected to
TV sources which should keep them at the correct time.

When I checked originally I could find any for more than 11 bleeps.
I have an Asus P7P55D motherboard.
Derek

I found other links that say that an AST Research BIOS gives 14 bleeps
for "CMOS power-on and time test failed". Maybe it's your neighbour's
motherboard?

Next door have a computer but I doubt if above or below will.
Next door is two rooms away and the noise was still happening when they
were away for two weeks.
Derek

"Derek F" wrote in message
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On 20/08/2013 18:37, Woody wrote:
Just strike a match underneath it and then blow it out. The smoke
the match makes should set the alarm off in seconds. We only have
to have a little smoke from the toaster on the far side of the
kitchen and the alarm 10ft down the hall goes off.

Ours seems to go off several times a week. One of us usually opens the
front door and waves a newspaper at the alarm. One night as the dinner was
cooking it went off. Neighbours son looked taken aback as my wife with
wine glass in hand waved a cushion under the alarm with the other.

I've seen smoke alarms with a kind of 'snooze' button which deactivates the
device for 10 minutes.

--
Max Demian

In article ,
Derek F wrote:
replace the whole unit every ten years

How is one supposed to dispose of americium?

-- Richard

On 22/08/2013 00:14, Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Derek F wrote:
replace the whole unit every ten years

How is one supposed to dispose of americium?

-- Richard

They could have collection points for them as thrydo for batteries.
Derek

Richard Tobin wrote:
In article ,
Derek F wrote:
replace the whole unit every ten years

How is one supposed to dispose of americium?

Like this?

http://www.dangerouslaboratories.org/radscout.html

Tim

On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:49:30 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

Next door have a computer but I doubt if above or below will.
Next door is two rooms away and the noise was still happening when they
were away for two weeks.
Derek

If these "two rooms" include one or more of yours, is the sound louder
in your next room? Many people leave their electricity on while away
to preserve their freezer contents etc.
--
Dave W

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On 22/08/2013 10:14, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:32:22 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

On 21/08/2013 10:21, Norman Wells wrote:
Derek F wrote:
On 19/08/2013 12:53, Norman Wells wrote:
Derek F wrote:
On 18/08/2013 21:45, Martin wrote:

We are on our second washing machine since 1974

We are probably on our fourth in that time. Two died and one was
left in the last house we had.

The worst one we had was a Phillips Twin Tub. I broke down twelve
times in the first year.

That's terrible. Did you have counselling?

Counseling had not been invented in the 70's and Heath and Safety was
in its infancy.
We did need counseling after once buying a fridge/freezer from Comet.
The first one had a noisy motor.The one they brought to replace was
damaged inside and had been returned to them by another customer.
The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth were all
damaged on the outside. They eventually were scouring Surrey, Kent and
Sussex for replacements but never thought to check them before
delivery. We then decided to have a chest freezer
instead.............. it arrived damaged on the outside.
They sent a £50 voucher as compensation but sent it to the wrong
address.They sent another plus a cheque for £25.
They told us that the damage had been caused by a careless or badly
trained fork lift driver.
We used the money and voucher towards a new TV and then ignored Comet
for the next fifteen years. We found a Hoover washing machine that
they had a very good deal on and ordered it and it did not turn up.
That Saga took even longer to sort out than the earlier one:-)

Sounds like you need the Samaritans.
My life seems to be blighted by inefficient people.
Royal Mail being one of the worst.

Wait until Royal Mail is privatised. You will look back with nostalgia
at the good old days of Royal Mail. Privatisation of the mail service
in The Netherlands has been a disaster.


Out entry phone is not working but
all the others are.I put a sticker to that effect on our number.
I waited on Saturday for a to be signed for package, a Now TV box. The
caretaker came up and gave me the card that the Royal Mail driver had
slipped through the foyer doors a few minutes before. The driver had
marked it as too big to deliver.
Why did he not as usually happens if someone does not answer ring one of
the other bells? We are always taking in parcels for our next door
neighbour and others.

because they are on piece rate?

More like it was Saturday and he wanted to finish sharp.

On Monday I phoned Royal Mail Complaints. Her reply was that she will
report it to the local area manager. The local manager will not contact
her with an outcome nor will he contact me. In other words sweet FA.
I appologised for wasting her time with my call. She said that I had not
wasted my her time. Just my own I said.
Our entry phone has not been working for over two weeks. The caretaker
phoned the new company who service it. They said that they would contact
me to arrange a suitable time.Nothing happened and the caretaker phoned
them again, I got a call saying that they would not be able to do it
this month. Eventually that was brought down to August 29th after 9am.
The company who phoned me was the company who used to service it but had
been dispensed with due to bad service. Seems that the new company sub
contracts work out to them.

Here mail just disappears without trace.

Here mail is not regarded as missing until after fourteen days.
When we were buying this flat my solicitor phoned to ask why I had not
signed and returned certain papers. I had not received them and he had
to send them again.
Five months later they arrived with other re-directed mail.
Derek

On 22/08/2013 09:51, Dave W wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:49:30 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

Next door have a computer but I doubt if above or below will.
Next door is two rooms away and the noise was still happening when they
were away for two weeks.
Derek

If these "two rooms" include one or more of yours, is the sound louder
in your next room? Many people leave their electricity on while away
to preserve their freezer contents etc.

We only hear it in the room where the computer is and very faintly in
the bedroom (on the other side of the hallway) if both doors are open.
It is quite well soundproofed and we never hear next doors baby crying
unless we are passing their front door at the time.
Derek

On Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:02:41 +0100
Derek F wrote:

On 22/08/2013 10:14, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:32:22 +0100, Derek F
wrote:


anip

Here mail just disappears without trace.

Here mail is not regarded as missing until after fourteen days.
When we were buying this flat my solicitor phoned to ask why I had
not signed and returned certain papers. I had not received them and
he had to send them again.
Five months later they arrived with other re-directed mail.
Derek

You're lucky. As a flat leaseholder, I was obliged to use somebody
else's solicitor, as all the leases in the building were extended as a
package. This solicitor never followed up on anything, so when I once
contacted her to ask why I had heard nothing for some weeks, she
replied that she had sent out a pack of papers for me to sign a couple
of months before, and was still waiting for me to return them. I don't
think she would have ever bothered to ask me about them, and she never
told me when she sent anything to me.
She then sent them via e-mail, and I printed, signed and returned them
the same day.
Needless to say, she is off my list of favourite service providers.

--
Davey.

Derek F wrote:
On 22/08/2013 09:51, Dave W wrote:
On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:49:30 +0100, Derek F
wrote:

Next door have a computer but I doubt if above or below will.
Next door is two rooms away and the noise was still happening when
they were away for two weeks.
Derek

If these "two rooms" include one or more of yours, is the sound
louder in your next room? Many people leave their electricity on
while away to preserve their freezer contents etc.

We only hear it in the room where the computer is and very faintly in
the bedroom (on the other side of the hallway) if both doors are open.
It is quite well soundproofed and we never hear next doors baby crying
unless we are passing their front door at the time.
Derek

Have you tried powering the whole house down just before the beeps? That
would at least let you know if it's coming from a mains powered appliance.

I would then sit in each room in turn before the beeps to isolate the room.
Then try different positions in the offending room.

Apologies if you've tried this already, it's a pretty long thread!

Tim