[Ti] 3 beeps, etc.

[Kynan Shook]

3 beeps means that the power on self-test did not find any usable  
RAM.  This generally means one of two things; either all your memory  
is bad (or poorly seated), or the logic board is bad.  In your case,  
since you have a relatively new logic board, that would probably be  
what I suspect first.  Crucial RAM is usually pretty good - the only  
reason I'd suspect is if it's not from Micron Technology (there will  
be a small MT logo on each chip if it is).  If it's labeled as Nanya  
or something else, then it means that Crucial/Micron couldn't meet  
demand and had to buy memory from other manufacturers, which is often  
not quite as good.

Anyway, if you have multiple sticks of memory, try removing one at a  
time and see if the problems go away.  Or, try using the original  
Apple RAM instead.  If they still happen, call up Apple and ask for  
another new logic board.


Bradley Ellis <brad212 at mac.com> writes:
> Is this the place to discuss this?  I've been having the (what
> appears to be) common "freeze"  (computer completely locks and
> requires hard shutdown and restart) while playing iTunes (4.9).  I'm
> also running "Tiger" 10.4.2.
>
> Most recently, I had to restart and got "3 beeps," a few "flashes" of
> the pulsing "Sleep" light below the "PowerBook G4" logo on the
> screen.  I "hard" shutdown and restarted again and all is well.  The
> Apple hardware diagnostic cd tells me my hardware is fine.  The
> "Logic board" is a couple of weeks old (thanks to AppleCare).  I have
> 1 gig of "Crucial" RAM.  The hard drive is a 60 gig replacement
> that's about 6 months old.  Any thoughts?  Or is this the wrong place
> to ask this question (this is a 667 Ti).