How do I turn off system event beeps ?

[#1]

Question

How do I turn off Windows beeping sound when the laptop is waking up from sleep or hibernate?

How do I turn off Windows beeping sound when the battery is low?

Answer

1. Boot up your laptop and on the ThinkPad screen press F8 or F1 to boot into BIOS mode.

2. Select Config in the Main Screen

3. Select Beep and Alarm

4. Disable Power Control Beep <- Remove beeping when booting up or resume from sleep or suspend

    Disable Low Battery Alarm <- Remove beeping when battery is low

5. Press ESC twice then select "YES" to save BIOS settings.

[#2]

Thinkpad E540

bios version J9ET61WW 1.61 from 2014-03-21

OS Linux Mint Debian Edition

Bios -> Config -> Alarm and Beeps, I only have two options

- Password Beep

- Keyboard Beep

they are both disabled. How do i turn this annoying overly loud beep sound every time i reboot?

thanks