Hi Paul,
The beep is an indicator of a hardware error. As this a new machine, call
the manufacturer as this will be covered by the warranty. Likely a bad port
on the motherboard or similar and it will need to be replaced.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -
www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts
http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
"Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> While typing, my computer unit makes a single bleep (not from my speakers)
> sound every so often, and for whichever key i have last pressed it is as
> if
> it is being held down. For example if I had last pressed d it would come
> out
> as ddddddddddddddddd... etc. This is not a problem with my specific
> keyboard
> as I have tried with various ones (2 logitechs and a Trust keyboard). I am
> using a brand new pc with Windows Vista OS. Any help would be appreciated.
> thanks