On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:50:52 -0800 "James H. H. Lampert" <jam...@touchtonecorp.com> wrote:
> Our AC power just blinked several times. More or less concurrently > with that, something in our server cage (we think it's a Debian box); > it doesn't appear to be an AS/400, any network gear, or our UPS) > began emitting one-second beeps, approximately every two seconds > (i.e., a one-second beep alternating with a one-second silence). > > Any insights? Just a little story... Beeps and other tones of a kilohertz or so within a room with hard walls are most amazingly non-directional, and can be remarkably hard to locate. I spent a couple of hours over several days trying to work out why my server seemed to have acquired an alarm set for midnight. I eventually found that I had picked up my radio clock/weather station and had inadvertently pushed a button which enabled an alarm which defaulted to midnight, which I didn't know the thing could even do... -- Joe