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| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 |  Posted - Aug 3 2008 : 5:30PMI'm running Xp service pack 3. I have been trying to play through Crysis again on a new computer but whenever I hold shift ("run" in the game) for more then a few seconds I get either 1 beep or a series of beeps. It kind of kills any immersive qualities of game play to be running through a forest and hearing a rhythmic beeping. The only Windows feature that I know of that does that is called "StickyKeys" (found in the "accessibility options" control panel) and I have it all disabled. Can anyone think of any other windows "features" that I might be activating by holding shift while playing games? Thanks. Note: I can't get the beeping to happen when I am not playing the game. Edited by - conquistador on Aug 3 2008 [Link] |
Redish  Poetic Moderator Long and Cursive road to the Ivory Pagoda in the province of Loraine 4076 Posts 12/03 | Posted - Aug 3 2008 : 10:41PM Check your control options in the game. [Link] |
| LubeNLuv Senior Member 1854 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 4 2008 : 2:10PM 1) Make sure your keyboard is OK. Plug in another one and see if that fixes the problem. I play with a Logitech G15 these days but have burned thru more than a few space bars and shift keys from FPS games in my day....sometimes the contacts underneath there get stuck from repeated use and you'll get this intermittently as the keyboard buffer fills up. 2) You mentioned "new computer." Some computers put a temperature warning alert into the BIOS and it's basically a hardware beep, not one of Windows' native alert beeps. Likewise, some UPS solutions will freak out at graphics-intensive games as they believe the computer is trying to draw too much power and thus the beep. I'm reaching there but have seen this happen before. Many UPS solutions are recognized by Windows and some auto-install drivers that could be causing the alert condition. The more intensive the graphics, the more fans kick on, the higher the electrical draw. 3) Make sure Windows just has one device listed in Device Manager. Yes, even keyboards have a driver and if Windows somehow ended up thinking you have two weirdness can happen. If two are listed, delete both, cold boot and let Windows install the right driver for yours. Even if only one is listed, do it anyways....can't hurt anything. Sorry can't be more help....just troubleshooting ideas. [Link] |
| RandomPrecision Senior Member Enjoy! 8175 Posts 3/06 | Posted - Aug 5 2008 : 3:00PM I have found that usually, any sounds that come from the computer's internal speaker usually are an indication that something is wrong. Or simply that something is happening that the system doesn't like. I don't think Windows uses the internal speaker for much. As you said. Sticky Keys is really the only normal process I can think of that uses it. [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Aug 5 2008 : 3:07PM Lube.. I poked around in my manuals and in the BIOS I can't find any reason for a hardware beep. And Device manager is fine. Keyboard is new but I tried out an old one to be sure. On the bright side I am almost through with Crysis. [Link] |
| EvilMonkey Member 55 Posts 9/06 | Posted - Aug 7 2008 : 12:05PM Edited by - evilmonkey on 8/7/2008 12:07:56 PM [Link] |
| conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03 | Posted - Aug 7 2008 : 12:11PM [Link] |
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