"Boing boing" sound

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"Boing boing" sound

About once or twice a day, my computer makes a random 'boing boing' noise. When it first started, I assumed it was the sound of an advert from a webpage. But this also happens when I'm in the finder when I don't have pages open, or I'm on other random sites (without advertising on them).

This sound is almost like a canned sound, it's quite animated. Something you'd get from a cartoon. There is no similar sound when I go to system preferences / sound.

There is another thread about this in the archive, but with no solution. Anyone have an ideas?

ibook, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Mar 25, 2007 12:45 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 25, 2007 1:18 PM in response to Sokkie

About once or twice a day, my computer makes a random
'boing boing' noise. When it first started, I assumed
it was the sound of an advert from a webpage. But
this also happens when I'm in the finder when I don't
have pages open, or I'm on other random sites
(without advertising on them).

This sound is almost like a canned sound, it's quite
animated. Something you'd get from a cartoon. There
is no similar sound when I go to system preferences /
sound.

There is another thread about this in the archive,
but with no solution. Anyone have an ideas?

That's bizarre. I've never heard of anything like that before.

Does it happen randomly or at the same time(s) every day? I would check System Preferences > Date and Time > Clock and see if the little box next to "Announce the time" is checked.

Other than that, I have no clue what could be happening. Maybe some of the better brains on here will have an idea! 😉

Kittenmommy.

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Sokkie Author

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Mar 26, 2007 2:20 PM in response to Kittenmommy

Thanks for that. I did have a look at the date and time, but it seems unrelated. No special anniversary time, eg on the hour.

I've changed my default sound, to see if that makes a difference.

Of course, since posting, I cannot replicate the problem!

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Sokkie Author

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Mar 30, 2007 9:25 AM in response to Sokkie

Have found the offending program.

It's skype, and it's when contacts log in.

I have no idea when this started, since I've been using skype for a while, but I've only noticed it now, and I only notice it when I have my headphones on.

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