Low Battery/Critical Battery Alarm on Equium A100-027

I have bought an Equium A100-027 running on Vista Home Premium this Feb. Since then I have installed quite some software, eg Nokia phone software, bluetooth drivers, A-Virus & all MS updates.
When the battery gets low or critical I don't get any audio warning, despite having this option ticked in the Advanced Settings of the Power Options and using the Win default sound scheme.
The soundcard & speakers definitely work as I get the Win sound notifications and can play CDs, etc.
Is there a driver/software that can be re-installed to get this working again as System restore would only let me go back a month.
Thanks for any help,
Markus

Hi,
I saw your post before and I understand you need some help.
I can just give you the following suggestion:
- Update to the latest bios version ! (Check this site out:http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_bios.jsp?service=EU&mode=allMachines)
- Recover your machine and update ALL drivers/tools/etc., but before installing some "foreign" software, check if the "beeping" works correctly (For that stuff go here:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp)
- Install your other software (Nokia manager, etc...) and check after every newly installed software if it still works. If after installing a specific software the "beep" doesnt work anymore then you know where the problem lays and you did some good software troubleshooting. ;)
In case of any questions: Just post :)
Greets

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