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  • victor2
    victor2 Posts: 8,364 Ambassador
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    This should disable the modem, as you probably don't need it with broadband anyway.....

    Start, Control Panel, System
    Device Manager button
    Find modem, may be under Other Devices
    Right Click on Modem and select disable.

    Then use the laptop and see if you don't get the sound.

    If you do need the modem for some reason, like sending faxes, you can always enable it again using the same method.

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  • Fedz
    Fedz Posts: 1,096 Forumite
    Next time it happens press ctrl/alt/del & on the popup window (Windows Task Manager) see if dialup is trying to connect.

    You can set the volume level of the tones on modems so turning it up loud & it happens again their'll be no ambiguity as the loud level will be blatant :)

    To find out goto Start > control panel > system > hardware > device manager > modems > double click your modem > modem (tab) > speaker volume.

    Could be a software piece configured to use a modem & not broadband (nic or usb modem). Could be virus. Poor do if so as normally things simply look for any active internet connection but, still :)
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  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Ok. Have disabled it because if things go to hell then I can always enable it again. I think...:eek:
    Re turning up the volume, it happens so fast that I wouldnt have time to get the task manager, it's just bleepbleepbleepbleep very fast then goes off. :D
    Thank you very much :A
  • victor2
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    If that does get rid of the noise, it would still be useful to find out what was causing it. Maybe you'll get an error message giving you a clue.
    If the noise continues, we're back to square one except that the modem has been eliminated as the source!
    Hope it works out.

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  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    Is it a tone as in DTMF tones or is it a clicking as in the old style rotary dialler telephones? If its the latter its the cooling fan packing up.
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    No, it sounds exactly like a modem on dialup sounded. Tones very fast. I will come back in here and scream for help if I have any more probs, ty !
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    This is still ongoing ...:mad: I have disabled the modem so its not that. One thing I wanted to ask - is ACOVCNT.EXE anything nasty ? Did I not read on here once that it was ?
  • victor2
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    edited 8 October 2010 at 4:04PM
    That may be your problem.
    Have you got malwarebytes anti-malware on there. If not, it's worth getting.
    Then run a full scan with it and see if it can clear anything.

    Edit:
    Sorry, you've mentioned you have. Still worth doing a full scan if you haven't already though.

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  • fiddiwebb
    fiddiwebb Posts: 1,806 Forumite
    mardatha wrote: »
    This is still ongoing ...:mad: I have disabled the modem so its not that. One thing I wanted to ask - is ACOVCNT.EXE anything nasty ? Did I not read on here once that it was ?

    Don't have a Asus laptop or motherboard do you?

    Have you run the latest version of Malwarebytes?
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    edited 8 October 2010 at 4:32PM
    yes its asus, am running a scan now.
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