Disable beep on Acer AO722 netbook [SOLVED two ways]
The Acer AO722 is a lovely little netbook. However, it does have a few annoyances. One of which is that when using the netbook it will make an annoyinh beep, if you plug-in, or unplug, the power supply. 🙁
I am not sure why Acer designed the A0722 this way, but thankfully there are a couple ways to disable the power plug beep!
In Windows 7 go to:
Control Panel > Sound > Playback Tab > Speakers > Properties > Levels Tab > Mute PC Speaker
Thanks to slickdeals for this tip!
Or the more complicated method,
- Control Panel
- Device Manager
- Click on the “View” menu option
- Click “Show Hidden Devices”
- Click the + sign next to “Non-Plug and Play Devices” from the list of devices to expand the listing
- Double click “Beep”
- Select the the “Driver” tab
- Choose “Disabled” in the Startup drop down menuThanks to and adapted from original source here.
Hopefully these tips will make your laptop’s annoying beeps a thing of the past! 🙂
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thank you!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your comment Britt 🙂
You are very welcome, enjoy your nice netbook!
Best regards,
-JD
Unfortunately, methods don’t work in Acer Aspire One 522 with Windows 7. Annoying beep remains even when System/beep is disabled. Anyone … ??
Hi wb640,
That is a real bummer that the aforementioned methods aren’t working 🙁
Have you checked in the BIOS to see if there is an option to disable the beep there? That probably won’t work either as Acer seems to not put a disable option in there 🙁
HOWEVER, I was able to find a couple more methods that may work for you:
-if you mute the system (using the keyboard mute button or Windows volume mute) then that is reported to mute the beep as well
-the realtek audio drivers seem to enable the beep, if the drivers are not installed then the beep likely won’t happen
–specifically, these steps are suggested by user Jbud on the notebookreview forums:
1) Uninstall your audio driver.
2) Reboot.
3) Let windows replace them with generic HD audio drivers.
4) Enjoy never hearing the awful beep again.
Sorry that I cannot verify those two tips on the 522, but they are reported to work on other Acers like the 5740… and I can verify that the mute works on my Acer. I hope these tips helps and please report back if you get the chance, thanks! 🙂
Best regards,
-JD
I don’t have the realtek drivers and the mute button doesn’t stop it. any suggestions.
Sorry for the late reply, Tyler. If the Realtek mute method is not available, I would use the second method in the post and disable the hidden Beep device in Device Manager instead.
Thank you 🙂 That was awfully annoying!
Awesome Christina, I am really glad the tip helped you turn off the annoying beep! 🙂
Best regards,
-JD
Hi,
My Acer AO722-0473 netbook BIOS password is unknown. How to reset/remove it?
Thanks.
DL
Sorry for the late reply, David, and this may be outdated now. I do not have a good model-specific method for clearing an unknown BIOS password on the AO722, and I would be cautious with generic internet advice on that.
Thanks for the tip. I’ve tried 30 other “fixes” and yours is the first one that worked. Thank you thank you!
I also wish I had known that the Acer 722 can take 8GB of ram… now what will I do with the old 4gb now that my 8gb is on its way?
Howdy Donkey,
I am very glad you were able to get the annoying beep disabled on your Acer 722!
Also, congrats on the upcoming sweet 8GB ram upgrade. You’ll have quite the awesome machine when everything is all said and done 🙂
Best regards,
-JD
You’re might kind to help where you can.
My Aspire One netbook occasionally gives out one beep. It freaked me out at first because (I have a defibrillator that beeps when the battery is low). Should I be concerned about a crash?
Sorry for the late reply, Frank, and this may be outdated now. If it is just the occasional single beep tied to plugging or unplugging power, I would not read that as an imminent crash by itself. That sounds much more like the harmless beep behavior I was describing.
I have a different version of Acer and I have the same problem…
I am using linux and there is not way to fix it!
because of that annoying beep sound, I am going to destroy my acer aspire one and I am going to buy a new laptop…
I will never buy an Acer again >=(
Awesome fix. Worked perfectly!
Dear SERGIO,
You are very welcome. Thank you for taking the time to comment and have a great day! 👍
Best regards,
-J.D.
Hi, I have searched during 2 hours for a solution… there is only one solution for me that worked!!!
I reinstalled the Acer Care Center software (which I had uninstalled as I didn’t used it)
try to reinstall Acer Care Center: http://www.acer.com/ac/en/MY/content/software-acer-care-center