ok, thanks; I tried that and it chimed booting from from 9 to 9, 9 back to 10, but from 10 to 10 no go; will keep trying; Tried this also: "Mac OS X hints has a thread on the startup chime volume <http:// www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031220154651763> which includes a link to a utility for setting it <http:// www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~arcana/StartupSound/index.en.html>." but so far has not made a difference; if it has cleared up for others that were having the problem, then at least there's hope for me; thanks, jb On Jul 28, 2005, at 6:11 PM, Leif Joel Örell wrote: > I had the same problem. Booted in OS 9.2.2 and back into Tiger and > the sound was back. > Joel > > 23 jul 2005 kl. 23.16 skrev John Bryan: > > >> My Cube with Tiger, even after the update to 10.4.1, still has >> this problem with startup chime. It is just barely barely >> audible. If you are not listening for it you would miss it. >> Other sounds are ok. My understanding is that the startup chime >> is built into the ROM, so am thinking it is some software/driver >> thing with 10.4 on this hw config, stock G4-450 Cube, 832 MB RAM, >> with replacement graphics card for the fried BTO OEM Radeon it >> came with. >> >> Was wondering if anyone having the same problem had found out >> anything more ?? >> > _______________________________________________ > Cube mailing list > Cube at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/cube > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >