Soft beep sound

I occassionally hear a very soft single beep sound on my new iMac.  It does not seem to be associated with any particular activity.  Is this anything for me to worry about or get checked out?

Hi Marcia,
Tough to tell really, but if you can't find the cause I'd have it checked out, some hard drives have a beep when having trouble.

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