Powerbook stopped making Doooong

[chaosbunny]

Like the title says my powerbook no more makes the Dooong sound at start up or restart. I tried repairing permissions and looked into the system preferences/sound. Everything was like it should be. Sound is turned on and I have no additional speakers connected. The internal speakers are ok because I can hear other system sounds/music etc. It's not like the Doong would be extremely important, everything else runs fine. I just have a little time right now so I thought I'll ask the experts.

Edit: I'm running 10.4.3, other specs of the pb see sig.

 

[mad jew]

Maybe try resetting core-audio by opening and then closing Garageband. Not sure it'll fix your problem but it's so simple it's worth a try.

 

[chaosbunny]

Thanks for your reply, tried it but unfortunately still no Doong. Maybe it will return by itself, sometimes funny things happen with computers.

 

[Marky_Mark]

Thanks for your reply, tried it but unfortunately still no Doong. Maybe it will return by itself, sometimes funny things happen with computers.

I've found that if I have the machine volume low, the chime is almost un-noticable, although the system beep and regular feedback sounds from the OS are still reasonably clear. The chime does seem to be recorded at a markedly lower volume than the rest of the system sounds, at least on my iBook.

I first noticed this after using headphones - the volume at 2/3 was ear-splitting, and so I turned the volume down using the keys on the keypad. After this, once the headphones were unplugged again, the chime was virtually non-existent, bit the sys sounds were still discernable.

 

[iSaint]

Stand over your laptop, clap your hands twice, and say "Dooonng! Wake up Dong!"

Sorry, couldn't resist. It was on TV the other day.

 

[gammamonk]

Stand over your laptop, clap your hands twice, and say "Dooonng! Wake up Dong!"

Sorry, couldn't resist. It was on TV the other day.

16 candles, awesome.

"Where is my--- VEHICLE???"

 

[chaosbunny]

Stand over your laptop, clap your hands twice, and say "Dooonng! Wake up Dong!"

Sorry, couldn't resist. It was on TV the other day.

Awesome! I tried it and I really was able to hear a Doong sound. It just didn't come from my computer but from a hole right under my nose. Strange thing this modern electronic world