[G4] Re: Start up Chime

[Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net]

On 7 Oct 2007 10:53:22 -0700, Harry Freeman wrote:

>On Oct 7, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Technophobic_Tom at comcast.net wrote:
>
>  > On 06 Oct 2007 13:20:49 -0700, keith_w wrote:
>  >
>>>  I don't GET a start-up chime anymore.
>>
>>  It means the Power-On Self-Test has failed the computer's pre-boot
>  > sequence. If you can't pass the POST, I don't think you can get to
>  > the terminal to do any of the suggested resets.
>>
>>  In my case (dual 1.25, pre-2003), it meant the mobo was fryed. :-(
>
>As best that I know the start-up chime comes after of the memory
>has been checked and passed.

Ah...yeah. That's what "self-test" includes. But if it doesn't chime, 
it hasn't past the self-test. So there's no way of knowing if the RAM 
is bad or good, i.e., it's a dead parrot, deceased, no longer living. 
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. ;-)