Strange noise with iPhoto

Hi,
My mum just found a strange problem with her eMac. It is an old one running OS 10.4.11.
She was using iPhoto 4, selecting photos for an Album. There was a load noise every time she tried to navigate from an Album back into the Photo Library. This persited untill she selected another photo from the Library.
The noise doesn't sound like the fan or the disk, its more like a loud warning gong repeated over and over very quickly.
Has anybody else heard anything like this? And do you know what could be causing it.
Thank you...

Thanks, will try it. It seems to have stopped on its own, no idea why, but if it happens again I guess we'll just be able to switch off that particular sound effect. Thanks very much...

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