Occasional high pitched beep every 40 or so minutes

For the past few weeks my MacBook Pro has been making beeping sounds what feels like every 40 or so minutes (I don't keep count) it is quite annoying, and I even hear it when it is on the floor in sleep.
Does anybody know what it means/how to stop it?? It can get annoying.
Thanks

Thank you so much. Yes, my friend's phone that he left for 3 whole days was apparently running out of battery and thus made the beeping sounds. I hate him right now cause I wasted so much time researching the problem... I was about to go to the Apple Store too. Anyways, thank you for the help.

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Hello Huanwei,
It appears that you can hear a "high pitched beep" coming from the notebook while it's in sleep mode or even off, when the power adapter is plugged in and "on". I will try to help you with this.
Normally, this should not happen. Beeping from a computer may happen during start up a few times to indicate components enabling, but any constant beeping or being while the computer is off shouldn't happen.
Does this occur, if the AC adapter is not connected to the notebook when it is in sleep mode or off? Do you only notices this, in a specific location? (office, etc.)
I would suggest, depending on the setup of things. Taking the notebook with no AC to another location in the house. A quiet one, make sure your not near any other electronics (no watches or cell phones either) let the notebook sleep and see if you hear the beeping. If not, then power it off and test again. If no beeping, this is good and the notebook is fine.
Repeat that same test with the power adapter connected ( again no other electronics around you). Listen while it is "sleeping" and off to see if you can hear the beeping again.
If you do disconnect the AC from the notebook , but leave that connected to the wall and take the notebook out of that location, go back to see if you can hear beeps again. If you do it could be the AC adapter. If you don't then it could be an issue with that only when it's connected.
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