Computer Randomly Starts Playing Classical Music
This has to be one of the better Microsoft Knowledge Base articles I’ve seen written. Boldly entitled, “Computer Randomly Starts Playing Classical Music” - the article looks at a rather peculiar safemode extra, the ability for the computer to randomly decide it’s time for some Fur Elise. Go figure… 
SUMMARY
During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play “Fur Elise” or “It’s a Small, Small World” seemingly at random. This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer’s BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.
MORE INFORMATION
Although these symptoms may appear to be virus-like, they are the result of an electronic hardware monitoring component of the motherboard and BIOS. You may want to have your computer checked or serviced.
Microsoft has brought many a tear to my eye, but never before in a GOOD sense (no offence guys - or Yuvi). Hard-drive failures make me cry. Fatal errors make me teary. “Error: Operation Completed Successfully” sends me off in floods. But this my friends? This is good…
Check out the Knowledge Base article for yourself and listen to the classics. This is what I’m talking about… Rock ‘n’ roll! Viva-la-fur-elise!
November 28th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Atleast they made it a good song ^^
I didn’t know Bill Gates had tastes for that, I thought he like polyphonic ringtones or the POST beeping codes only
Thanks for telling us David!
Anthony
November 30th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
This is actually a feature of the motherboard’s firmware, not the OS. So I think the article is just to help Microsoft users figure out what the heck is going on when their computer randomly plays classical music.
February 4th, 2008 at 9:58 am
At least in such a situation I will not like to hear anything except for “Don’t worry! I’ll pay for it”