Unknown sound...where's it coming from?

[Rose B]

I have a chime that goes off on my computer at about 6:53 every morning and I have no idea why.  Is there some way to find out what's going on?  I actually like the sound, it's quite similar to a grandfather clock, I know how to change the sounds for different alerts, I just can't figure out how to find what's causing it to chime at that specific time.

[ultimatum]

May be some kind of computer wake up (setup) from BIOS. Other than that check for viruses, etc.

[Broni]

Maybe something in Task Scheduler.

Click Start, click All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Scheduled Tasks.
Dig around to see, if anything is scheduled at 6:53 AM...

[patio]

Or the more tedious but sure method...open up the Sounds and Multimedia in Control Panel...in the event window every event that has a sound assigned by a program will have a speaker icon next to it...highlight them one by one and clik the > arrow to play the sounds til you find the culprit.

[Rose B]

Thanks for your help, all.  I tried all suggestions and so far haven't found anything.  My husband suggested I do a search for .wma files which I'm doing now.  I've got about 20 minutes here before the chime goes off so we'll see if anything happens then. 

[patio]

If you did try what i suggested and didn't find the sound then it is from the motherboard and not in Windows...what type of machine is this ? ?
It may be a warning that the CMOS battery is dying which is on the motherboard.

[Rose B]

ewww!  That doesn't sound too good.  I've got a Compaq Presario Pentium 4, I've had it for probably about 2 years.  I noticed this morning the chime went off at 6:51 instead of 6:53, don't know if that makes any difference or not.

[patio]

It's actually not that big of a deal...
Could you post the model or serial# and we can check for an owners manual ? ?

[Rose B]

Sorry for the delay in a reply, I've been trying to get a wireless network set up here so I've been offline most of the time the last week.  As for my computer it's a Compaq 519j if that helps at all.  Also, the chime now goes off about every half hour to 45 minutes.  Geez!  This is just too weird.

[patio]

DLoad install and run Everest Home Free and run a report and save it to a text file.
Then cut and paste the system info and post it here so we know which MBoard we are talking about...

[Broni]

I also wonder, if that sound would go off in Safe Mode???

[patio]

If it's from the MBoard i would guess yes.
This one's a bit of a puzzle.

[Broni]

If it's from the MBoard i would guess yes

Agreed 100%.
I was just wondering, if there is maybe some background program doing this. I just wanted to eliminate another possibility..

[patio]

If she followed suggestions in reply#3 this would eliminate it as a Windows sound or from another program.
She stated she followed that step so i'm assuming it is a system sound from the MBoard...

[Rose B]

Is this what you were looking for?  I didn't copy and paste the whole report because it's pretty big.  If any of you would like to see the entire report I could email it.  I think I just did the hardware report.
 Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4, 3066 MHz (23 x 133)
      Motherboard Name                                  Asus PTGD1-LA  (3 PCI, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN, IEEE-1394)
      Motherboard Chipset                               Intel Grantsdale-G i915G
      System Memory                                     759 MB
      BIOS Type                                         AMI (11/12/04)
      Communication Port                                ECP Printer Port (LPT1)