Why do i hear a siren when i start firefox

every time i start firefox i hear a siren that sounds like pacman is playing ,what is this
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== may 21rst 2010

I'm not sure if I should ask here or start a new topic? I recently updated to Firefox 4.0, and I just today noticed a very quiet, high-pitched sound that I thought was my hard drive. Until I remembered I have a SSD. When I closed FF, it immediately went away. I opened IE, no sound. FF--sound. It's just loud enough to be REALLY annoying. I looked at my add-ons and extensions, most of which are disabled due to incompatibility with FF 4. I don't have that Cool Preview or coliris mentioned here. I didn't click anything--it just showed up when I opened up the browser (homepage is yahoo). It might have been there before, and I didn't notice it w/TV on in background b/c it's pretty quiet, but now I'm trying to study , and it's driving me nuts-o. Any help is appreciated.
I wouldn't describe it as a siren, exactly (it's not loud, it doesn't sound like an ACTUAL siren one would hear). It's more just a mechanical, high-pitched kind of buzz that stops as soon as I close FF and starts as soon as I open it. I'm running W7 Pro.
Thanks!!!!!
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Lyall,
I have seen this before, a long time ago (several years), and I cannot
remember how/if we resolved it.
If this is an impotant issue to you, I suggest that you open a case with
BEA support.
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