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Old 06-10-2009
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3 short beep sound and a black screen on Mac computer

Hi. Can anyone help me with this problem. When i start my Mac Destop computer i get a blank screen and i get 3 short beep. What do you think is the problem? Pls anyone.
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Old 06-10-2009
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try the bios beep guide in the guides forum if it has an intel based motherboard.
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Old 06-10-2009
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What model? Maybe the Intel Mac Pros will beep, but I didn't think any of them did.
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Old 06-10-2009
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class Mac tones historically have been a Major chord for ok vs a Minor chord arpeggio for failures
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Old 06-11-2009
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3 short beeps is "Intel-ese" for a memory fault.

Don't know if that applies here, but on the other hand, bad memory will give you a nasty old black screen.
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Old 06-11-2009
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If I had to guess, I would say that they (any Mac) will not throw a 3 beep error. Thats too PC like for Apple to allow, so I'm interested in what machine this occurred on. Of course the dude has to come back to answer that...
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Old 06-13-2009
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Three beeps on a PPC based Mac means it couldn't find any good memory.
I think it's the same on an Intel based Mac as well.
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Old 06-17-2009
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Hey thanks for all the tips but it was the memory that went bad in the computer
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Old 06-17-2009
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WOW, No S*** Really...!

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Originally Posted by techalpha69 View Post
Hey thanks for all the tips but it was the memory that went bad in the computer
I'm pretty sure we've been telling you that...! Now, I suppose you you figured it out, right?

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3 short beeps is "Intel-ese" for a memory fault.

Don't know if that applies here, but on the other hand, bad memory will give you a nasty old black screen.
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Three beeps on a PPC based Mac means it couldn't find any good memory.
I think it's the same on an Intel based Mac as well.
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try the bios beep guide in the guides forum if it has an intel based motherboard.
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