I have recently noticed that the startup chime on my PowerBook G4 no longer occurs when I boot the machine. After scouring the 'net, I have come up with a few ideas, but none have worked. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302353 This article seemed promising, but didn't work. I have also tried zapping the PRAM (apple-option-p-r) a couple of times, to no avail. If it matters, it's 15" PB G4 1.25GHz running Tiger 10.4.3. Any thoughts? Thanks! -- Jeff Winchester jeffw at tampabay.rr.com