So I got my new Intel micro ATX board in yesterday for my PVR upgrade. Got everything installed, loaded up 7 Ultimate, everything going fine, except I keep jumping because the BIOS beep is really LOUD! Unfortunately, I've been everywhere in the BIOS screens no dice on volume adjustments and the speaker is soldered into the MB so can't just take it off. So I asked myself, WWMD (what would MacGyver do?) So remembering how I have had beeper gizmos that were nearly muted simply by putting a finger over their face, I got out a roll of electrical tape. I made a sandwich of about 6 layers of tape, cut down to a diameter about the size of a dime and placed it over the top, covering the 2mm opening on the top of the MB's speaker. After rebooting, the beep was much softer and still does the job of letting you know it's booting, but not obnoxiously.