IMac Alerts

Once in awhile i'll get what I assume is an alert on my iMac, but I don't know what it's for. This morning for example I turned on my iMac and I only had Safari open but I heard a two tone alert, but I seriously doubt that alert came from Safari. I'll hear that every once in awhile but I could never seem to figure what it's for? Do you guys have any idea where I can find out where that alert is coming from?

The 3 tones alert means ram problems.
The kingston ram you got is not fully compatible with your imac.
This seems to be happening frequently with ram from kingston.
Get ram from OWC it will work better.
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It almost seems to me that there might be some sort of problem with the backup itself.
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Still not resolved this. However, I'm now absolutely SURE that it's something to do with colliding back-ups locking the TC up somehow.
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DDD:
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