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Help: My computer randomly plays classical music
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Laminar
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Nov 28, 2007, 02:57 PM
 
Oh, here's the solution!

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. The first thing I think of when I hear "Für Elise" is "my CPU fan is failing or has failed!"
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:15 PM
 
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:16 PM
 
That's pretty freakin' awesome.

So instead of an annoying "beeeeeeeeep" you hear "it's a small world after all..."

I'm having a hard time deciding which would actually be more annoying/
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:17 PM
 
It's true, the line between genius and lunacy is fine indeed.
     
Laminar  (op)
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:18 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
It's true, the line between genius and lunacy is fine indeed.
Dakar, that was an inane and pointless comment, and I will have none of that in my thread.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:20 PM
 
Let's not do this honey, I have a headache.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
Let's not do this honey, I have a headache.
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Nov 28, 2007, 03:34 PM
 
I'm partial to the Eiffel Tower.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 04:39 PM
 
Since an error alarm is supposed to annoy you into taking notice, I would not have chosen Classical music. Something from heavy metal maybe.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 04:41 PM
 
Nsync might work.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 04:50 PM
 
Wouldn't SOS in Morse Code be a bit more obvious?
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 05:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by reader50 View Post
Since an error alarm is supposed to annoy you into taking notice, I would not have chosen Classical music. Something from heavy metal maybe.
Dude, nothing is more annoying than "It's A Small World".

Which, as a result of reading that KB article, is now stuck in my head.
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Nov 28, 2007, 05:40 PM
 
Sucks for you, I guess. Despite having been on that ride more than 10 times in the last year, I don't know the melody.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 06:05 PM
 
So can Disney & the RIAA sue Microsoft for using "It's a Small World" on their computers?
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Nov 28, 2007, 06:07 PM
 
Originally Posted by olePigeon View Post
So can Disney & the RIAA sue Microsoft for using "It's a Small World" on their computers?
No, but theoretically they could sue the manufacturer of the motherboard/BIOS.
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 06:29 PM
 
Originally Posted by Dakarʒ View Post
Nsync might work.
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Nov 28, 2007, 07:07 PM
 
Man am I glad you posted that Laminar! I have that problem everyday.

Edit: So what does XP and Vista play?
     
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Nov 28, 2007, 07:57 PM
 
"It's a Small World" is classical music? Not in my book.

Here are a few of my favorite "death chimes" that Apple used to use back in the old days (yep, I stole these from Mactracker):

http://charlessoft.com/extraneous_stuff/death1.m4a
http://charlessoft.com/extraneous_stuff/death2.m4a

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