[X-HW] Three Beeps on iMac

[Pedro P Guimaraes]

It should be the same thing on the iMac.  Try and remove the RAM you
installed as you said.  That should clear it up.  IF it still gives you 3
beeps it is possible that the other memory stick that came originally with
the iMac is bad (though I have never had a bad RAM from apple yet).  But try
and remove that extra RAM first.  I have heard that OWC will replace bad ram
but not sure for how long.  RAM is pretty cheap and I would hope they would
prefer to change yours than lose a customer.  Good luck let us know what
happens :)

On 02/17/03 11:07, "Jim Eddy" <giametti at mac.com> wrote:

> In the past few weeks my iMac (slot load 500mHz snow) has gotten
> flakey. It often refuses to wake from sleep, then on restart will give
> three beeps then go no further. Unplugging the computer, then
> restarting will solve the problem for a while. The kernel panic log in
> Profiler indicates a panic happened, but I can't tell if it is giving
> me any info about why it happened.
> An Apple knowledgebase article says for G4 towers, the three beeps
> means a problem with RAM. Is this the same with other machines, such as
> mine. I installed a 2nd 128 Meg chip when I bought the machine a year
> and a half ago, so my thought is to take this out and see if it clears
> up. Hopefully OWC will make a replacement if it turns out to be funky.
> Any OSX chip checking programs available and worthwhile?
> 

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Pedro P Guimaraes
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