How do I turn off Sleep/Hibernation/Startup Beeps and Sounds?

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x200 running vista ultimate. type 7454-cto
How do i turn off these annoying beeps that sound every time my computer goes into and out of sleep and hibernation.
I've tried turning the sound scheme to "No sounds," but the beep still sounds when computer enters and exits sleep and hibernation.
If i turn on "mute" before i enter sleep or hibernate, the beep does not sound (which is what i want). Unfortunately, its impossible to turn on MUTE when im trying to bring the computer out of sleep or hibernate (which makes it very distracting to turn the computer on during class).
Solution:
Enter BIOS by pressing F1 during boot
   >Config
              >Beep and Alarm
   Set Power control beep to [Disabled]
Message Edited by ender63071 on 09-18-2008 03:36 PM
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Just tried it out and the BIOS solution works. Here's the funny part: After disabling the beep in BIOS config, I started windows and opened Power Manager again. Sure enough, the "beep when power state changes" option was finally disabled. Just for kicks, I tried to see if I could enable it again in Power Manager. I enabled it just fine in Power Manager but when I tried to disable it again I COULDN'T! I had to back into the BIOS again to disable it. So the deal seems to be that Power Manager will allow you to turn on the annoying beep, but if you want to turn it off, you need to do it in the BIOS settings.

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