Hello > Buy some really cheap headphones. > Cut off the headphones from the cord. > Stick the plug into the laptop's audio jack. Make your own audio jack on smith plug and play (without sound :) > That should shut it up for good and not damage the machine. So don't make your jack when plug on your computer. Oh perharps your motherboard has a switch or a BIOS option. Read your doc an go on. David Dumortier