I know why the caged computer sings

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

SUMMARY

During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play "Fur Elise" or "It's a Small, Small World" seemingly at random. This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.

MORE INFORMATION

Although these symptoms may appear to be virus-like, they are the result of an electronic hardware monitoring component of the motherboard and BIOS. You may want to have your computer checked or serviced.

Additional query words: beethoven

Keywords : kbhw win95 win98 win98se
Version : WINDOWS:; Win2000:95
Platform : WINDOWS Win2000
Issue type : kbinfo
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