One of the most common sounds in the modern world is the beep. From microwaves and cellphones to computers and backing-up trucks, this high-pitched alert pings us from every direction. But how is it ...

The type of beep your computer makes when starting up is meant to explain your computer's status. One long, continuous beep generally means that there is a hardware problem – often memory related – ...

The sounds your PC tower makes when you reboot or turn your PC on are not always noises you can simply ignore. Before your PC boots its operating system, the motherboard runs a suite of diagnostic ...

Ok, this is driving me a little bit crazy. For a while now, my computer has been occasionally making these click-beep sounds, and I can't figure out where they're coming from, or why. My system specs ...

The computer first beeped almost 50 years ago. It hasn’t stopped since. And now it’s not alone. Pagers beep. Answering machines beep. ATMs beep. Elevators beep. Phones beep. We have warning beeps, ...