Programs to make Internal Speaker beep more?

Booawb

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This may be a somewhat odd request, but is there any way to make the motherboard speaker beep when certain things happen in Win10? For example, I recently used my old Windows XP prebuilt from over a decade ago, and I noticed that every time you would exit a program without saving the motherboard would give a little beep. I really enjoy it for some reason, and I know PC speaker beeps are something of a relic, but are there any existing programs that allow you to set when the PC Speaker beeps?

I also found a program called BaWaMi which can play MIDI files though the mobo speaker (albeit in buzzes and not really pleasantly) so I know there are ways to activate it through Windows.

If anyone knows how to do this it would be greatly appreciated.
 
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Probably need a utility program of some sort.

E.g., beep.exe.

From the associated notepad.txt file:

" -- Beep.exe 2.0 --

(c) RL Vision 2008-2010

http://www.rlvision.com

Freeware


-- Purpose --

Beep.Exe is a tiny Windows command line utility that
uses the internal PC speaker to make a sound. This
can be useful in situations when you do not have a
sound card or speakers are not connected or turned
on.

Typical usage is in batch scripts or similar to
signal events. For example, [reviewer] use it myself to
signal when [reviewer's] (slow) PC has booted and launched
all startup applications and is ready to use."

--------------------------- End of text ---------------

You might also be able to do something...

Booawb

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The motherboard speaker does not show up as a sound device in this menu, unfortunately.
 

Booawb

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I do see the Sounds tab, but I believe you are misunderstanding what I'm asking.

I want the motherboard speaker to beep, not the actual computer speakers (where you would listen to music from, etc.)

I don't believe there is a way to associate things with the Mobo speaker beeping from the sounds tab.
 
Probably need a utility program of some sort.

E.g., beep.exe.

From the associated notepad.txt file:

" -- Beep.exe 2.0 --

(c) RL Vision 2008-2010

http://www.rlvision.com

Freeware


-- Purpose --

Beep.Exe is a tiny Windows command line utility that
uses the internal PC speaker to make a sound. This
can be useful in situations when you do not have a
sound card or speakers are not connected or turned
on.

Typical usage is in batch scripts or similar to
signal events. For example, [reviewer] use it myself to
signal when [reviewer's] (slow) PC has booted and launched
all startup applications and is ready to use."

--------------------------- End of text ---------------

You might also be able to do something similar via Visual Basic's "beep" command. Or likewise in another language.

And Powershell could be used:

Found this:

http://powershell-tips.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-play-beep-sound-with-powershell.html

So I think you have options but the required detail and level of effort (coding, script) may vary with your needs.



 
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