On 25 Oct, 2005, at 10:01, Robert Gould wrote: What does one do to get that tone at the begginning of startup? Mine went awy and I miss it! Bob Gould I would try rebuilding the desktop and zapping the PRAM settings. Rebuild the desktop: At startup, hold down the Apple/Command and the Option keys together until you see a dialogue window asking whether you want to rebuild the desktop file. Click yes and allow the machine to complete the rebuild. Zap the PRAM: At startup, hold down the Apple/Command, the Option, the "P", and the "R" keys together until you hear the startup chime at least three times. Release the keys and allow the machine to complete the startup procedure. OOPS, almost forgot! Remove any headphones from the machine. Having headphones inserted disables the machine's speaker.