Clock beep on my Imac

Hi! I've got a problem in my "vintage" 2007 Imac. It's a beep that sounds randomly while working. It's NOT A STARTUP BEEP. It's exactly a beep like the old digital Casio clocks from the 80's when they beep every hour. I've bben googling but I don't find anybody with the same problem... Maybe I'm the only one in the whole universe that got this problem??? I've called Apple but they couldn't tell me anything about it...
To show you exactly how that beep sound I have this video from Youtube that it's a kind of tutorial of how to get rid off that sound in the Casio clock.
So my beep it's exactly like this one at 1:32,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl22dTiG5hA
The only difference is that I got only one, randomly.
So maybe somebody here could tell where that beep comes from...? Maybe it's from outer space??
Thank you all!

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The computer is a fairly old one-piece iMac. The "About" choice under the Apple menu says it is an iMac 5,1 and SMC version (system) 1.8f2. The current OS is 10.6.8. I believe the original OS was one of the 10.4 versions. The computer originally used a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, both from Apple. Sometime after the upgrade from 10.4.x to 10.6.8, the wireless keyboard and mouse were replaced by a wired keyboard and mouse. There is an HP inkjet printer connected to the computer. The owner of the computer is not certain of the timing, but believes the beeping that is the subject of this post started after the switch to the wired keyboard and mouse, but she admits that it might have started before the switch. She is confident that it started sometime after upgrading to OS 10.6.8. She was told by the staff at an Apple Store that she needed to upgrade to OS 10.6 in order to use Skype, or some new version of Skype (I am not sure about that reason).
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When the computer is emitting the series of beeps, the owner reports that the menus respond differently than normally. She says that, normally, when she clicks on a menu, it stays open while she makes her selection from it, but when the computer is beeping, she must hold the mouse button down while selecting her choice, else the menu will close.
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If we do decide to try a clean install of everything, should I first install the OS from the original discs that came with the computer, then upgrade using the OS 10.6 discs, or should I just start with the OS 10.6 discs?

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It doesn't sound like this much, but including for pondering...
The following table lists the new tones and their meaning:
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1 tone, a 5-second pause, repeat          No RAM installed
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1 long tone when holding down the power button          Firmware upgrade in process. See About firmware updates for Intel-based Macs for more details.
3 long tones, 3 short tones, 3 long tones          Firmware restoration from CD in process. See About the Firmware Restoration CD (Intel-based Macs) for more details.
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In addition to the beeps, on some computers the power LED will flash a corresponding number of times plus one. The LED will repeat the sequence after approximately a 5-second pause. The tones are only played once.
Note: In this case, a flash is considered to be 1/4 second or 250 ms or greater in length.
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If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
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/System/Library/StartupItems
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