Y430 Kubuntu beep

Hi,
Maybe this doesn't concern Linux directly, but does anyone know how to disable BEEP completely (or at least in Kubuntu 9.10)?
I've faced with BEEP in following situations:
- power cord plug/unplug
- low power
On Kubuntu this BEEP is extremely loud.
I've found a fix for thous who use Windows, but hey, this is not a solution, this is a workaround, what about Linux? :-). I thought this should be "disablible" thru BIOS?
And another question: maybe someone from Lenovo staff knows why do the company decided to use a hardware/BIOS/etc with such bug? It's not funny at all, next time I'll pay to someone else for a new laptop, how don't you understand this?
Thanks!
PS English is not my native language, sorry for possible mistakes.

That's an odd problem. Other than the old "reset the PRAM" remedy, I can't think of anything to try that you have not tried already.
Since you appear to have other Macs nearby, you can bypass the problem by booting the iBook into FireWire Target Disk mode.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
Then connect the iBook to the other Mac with FireWire. The iBooks hard drive should appear as a FireWire external drive on that other Mac. Now restart the other Mac using the Panther Installation CD. Carefully ensure you choose the iBook as the target of the installation, and GO.
Once you go through the installation process, disconnect the iBook and restart it normally. It should startup from the new installation. Some may warn that doing this will give you a machine specific installation, but from my experience, that does not seem to be the case. I used a G5 to install Mac OS X for a G3, and it worked fine. Unlike Mac OS 9, Mac OS X installations seem uniform.

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beeps http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547
Bad RAM can be fine for awhile, then not be fine.
You can run the Apple Hardware Test yourself
Reboot holding the D key
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
Not a definitive test, but will give you more information.
Genius reservation http://www.apple.com/retail/geniusbar/
check warranty https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

I have frequent instances of my Macbook Pro beeping 3 times and then I have to forcefully shut it down by pressing the power button. What is this all about? Please help. Thank you.

I have frequent instances of my Macbook Pro beeping 3 times and then I have to forcefully shut it down by pressing the power button. What is this all about? Please help. Thank you.
I saw this report being sent to Apple:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 581719 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 10
Anonymous UUID: F4CF708D-D85C-4EC5-8047-4FC22C6B03AF
Fri Mar 7 13:00:14 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800020c590, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000007541000, CR4: 0x0000000000040660
RAX: 0xffffff8000000000, RBX: 0xffffff800d35a870, RCX: 0xffffff800cf55cd8, RDX: 0xffffff80008a8fcc
RSP: 0xffffff805e5f3d60, RBP: 0xffffff805e5f3da0, RSI: 0x000000001dcd6500, RDI: 0xffffff800d168778
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0xffffff805e5f3e88, R10: 0x0000000000000011, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff800d168770, R14: 0xffffff800d168778, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010082, RIP: 0xffffff800020c590, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff805e5f3a00 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff805e5f3b00 : 0xffffff80002d1208
0xffffff805e5f3c50 :
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Run Rember first... call back with results.
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venicespent,
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Good day.
Month ago I upgraded memory in my MBP early 2011. I bought 2 banks of 4GB Hynix 1333 Mhz(MBP had 2x2GB Hynix banks), installed them and got the first hard freeze with 3 beeps right on the login screen. Since then I got somethink like 15-20 freezes with intervals from 3-4 hours to 1 week and total silence in logs and diagnostic reports.
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latest log entries right before freeze - https://gist.github.com/c66eaa8c3b08c08c6656
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yumitsu,
3 beeps MEANS its a RAM problem or RAM related problem. There is no doubt about this. Make sure RAM is seated properly. Reseat it if necessary. Also make sure that the DIMM slots don't feel loose as a slight jolt is probably enough to dislodge RAM and make your machine expererience these issues.
Have you tried putting back the original 2 x 2GB RAM that originally shipped with your machine back? If everything starts working normally with the original RAM, then you isolated the issue to the 2 x 4GB Hynix RAM.

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Pros: nice alternative to Win 7 (starter or otherwise)
Cons: Battery gets drained faster than in Windows, and if you're looking for long hours of use, linux may not be for you.
From Windows, open a browser, and find/download Kubuntu 11.04, nicknamed "Natty Narwhal". Unzip it and find and run an installer called 'wubi'. It'll install Kubuntu alongside Win 7. You'll have to 'restart' to finish the installation at the end of which you restart once again. This time, hit F12 and you'll have the option to boot from Windows or Kubuntu. Choose Kubuntu. If you really want, you can also download and install an image file onto a USB drive (get the Universal-usb-installer-1.8.6.0.exe; look up Pendrivelinux.com) and run Kubuntu from the usb drive itself.
Raw Kubuntu 11.04 needs tweaks. Open its Rekonq browser, and download Firefox 4 (for Kubuntu/ubuntu)) and install. Then install Flash and Java. You'll need to open a terminal window and type commands to download. Here's the site for Java: http://www.multimediaboom.com/how-to-install-java-in-ubuntu-11-04-natty-narwhal-ppa/ Also, you can improve the Firefox setup by downloading the Oxygen theme: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Oxygen+KDE+%28Firefox+Theme%29?content=117962
Install Skype (the webcam video turns out a bit darker than in the windows version) and Dropbox to share files in the Cloud. For audio and video play, fire up and configure the Amarok and Dragon Player that come with Kubuntu. You'll lose the Fn-#3 and Fn-#4 key volume control but use a volume control app called KMix instead.
Connect to Wifi by finding your home or hotspot wifi (note: it saves your wifi passwd in sleep/hibernate, but not if you reboot; you have to reenter it).
The file organizer "Dolphin" is the equivalent of Windows Explorer. Find all your Windows files by clicking on Local Disk and drilling down. Kubuntu comes wih free LibreOffice that is like MS Office. I've opened and used Excel and Word files and saved them in MSOffice ('97 - 2000) formats.
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Hope this gives you an idea of what you need to do to setup a linux alternative to Windows. Note: there are other flavors of linux like plain Ubuntu or others like Xubuntu and Edubuntu, openSUSE etc. Check out what they're about. Overall, if you are willing and able, you can have linux up and running and customized in a day or two. It's pretty cool. See some of the screenshots I have posted below as png graphics files.
The only downside I see: the battery doesn't last as long as it did running Win 7 starter, for the same kind of tasks. I think I get about 2/3 rd the number of hours that I would get with Win 7 starter. Someone did a detailed study (http://www.carstenboysenjensen.com/en/articles/linux-distro-battery-test.html) and discovered that other flavors of linux - even supposedly 'lighter' ones, fare no better wrt battery life and that the culprit might be excessive hard drive access (and, consequently, I suspect, the fan, which works harder to keep the drive and other components cool). But otherwise, my Kubuntu 11.04 install on my netbook is fast, stable and great to work with.
Cheers!
Nat
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Hi, just a quick update. The 11.04 (K)ubuntu linux distro drains the battery significantly faster than Win 7. I recently learned that the kernel in 11.04 is far more power consuming than kernels used in previous distros such as 10.10 and that it is not clear why or how to overcome this. In this regard, the kernel in 11.04 is a step back from the earlier kernels, which is not a good thing for linux if it is to continue competing with Windows or the Mac's OS, particularly for very mobile devices such as laptops and netbooks that one wants to use unplugged and on battery alone for many hours -that's the whole point of being mobile. This is unfortunate, because Linux is otherwise a very viable and capable OS.
My advice to folks on this forum who still would like to play with linux is to try the older versions such as (K)ubuntu 10.10 or just hang on to Windows 7 for now.
Nat

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Picture below:
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Hello,
My mid 2010 MacBook pro will not startup. What I get is the startup chimes with white or gray screen. Then some beeping and clicking starts. Will not boot remotely from FireWire drive.
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