# Computer speakers chirping

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 27, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770 "2003-10-27T02:38:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770/1 "2003-10-27T02:38:05Z")

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My HP speakers are chirping. The sound is not unlike a chirping bird. It happens about every 5min in rapid succession. To give an example of the tempo, if it were Morse code it would be: … … … … …

This has been happening for maybe 3, 4 days now.  
I have owned this computer for about a year now with no real problems until this.

Is this a known issue? If so how can I resolve it?

Thanks, TM

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**Author:** ![Phage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Phage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phage)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770/2 "2003-10-27T04:12:24Z")

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Sounds like some sort of interference. Do you have a cell phone nearby? What you are hearing could be it checking in with the nearest tower.

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770/3 "2003-10-27T04:55:47Z")

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Turn off your cell phone.

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**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770/4 "2003-10-27T05:13:07Z")

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Hmm…

I have not considered this since I have had the cell ph for about a year also.

I’ll time the chirping intervals since they are seemingly regular, then I’ll shut off the cell.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770/5 "2003-10-27T13:38:47Z")

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[CMOS battery alarm](http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=cmos+battery+low&meta=)??

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**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-chirping/209770/6 "2003-10-28T00:26:02Z")

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Are you listening to some recently acquired/ripped MP3s? Sometimes encoding errors can cause some pretty nasty, fingernail-on-the-chalkboard chirps…