- MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD MAC OS X
- MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD INSTALL
- MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD UPDATE
- MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD UPGRADE
I've done a bit of research and it sounds like it's indicative of a RAM issue but want to see if anyone knows for sure.
MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD UPDATE
It's the first time that I've heard this beeping except when I installed a firmware update a few weeks back.
I restarted and held down the 'option' key again, booted into Windows 7 fine, and have since rebooted into OS X as well without issue. The fans started running pretty quickly and I held down the power button and it finally shut down. It beeped 3 times, stopped, beeped 3 times, stopped etc.
What was unusual, however, was that it immediately started beeping loudly when I held down the option button and continued to do so without ceasing. This morning, when I got into work I restarted my Late-2010 MacBook Air (128 GB HD, 1.86 GHZ Core-2 Duo, OS X 10.7.3) while holding down the 'option' button as I normally do to access bootcamp and load Windows 7 because I need to use Excel Macros during the work day.
MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD MAC OS X
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3) MacBook Air :: 3 Beeps Continuously On Restart? Mar 9, 2012
MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD INSTALL
System install was a success and was able to restart machine B successfully from the hard drive of the faulty machine. Did a clean system install from machine B (while still in target disk mode). Hard drive checks out with no errors and is formatted in Extended Journaled. Fired the machine up as a target disk and ran disk utility via remote control from another machine, we'll call that one 'machine B'. Bought new ram, put it in, reseated it a bunch of times, still three beeps every time.Attempting to restart using the system DVD by holding the C key, same problem. Computer starts with normal chimes, then when it gets to the grey screen with the Apple, I get the 'three beeps'. Now I can't get as far as the password screen any more. So I attempted to boot from my own Snow Leopard DVD, then I started getting three beep errors. I thought this was going to be an easy case of erase-and-install. My friend did not have the password to get into the machine and no original system disc. They were given the computer by someone who didn't want it. I'm working on a Macbook pro 15 A1278 for a friend. MacBook Pro i7 8GB - iPhone 4, Mac OS X (10.6.7) MacBook Pro :: 3 Beeps On Start Up? Mar 22, 2012 I then booted up this morning with a full battery and the boot up took a lot longer than normal - maybe around 3 minutes on the spinning logo, and then finally booted - are these all worrying signs?
MACBOOK PRO 3 BEEPS SNOW LEOPARD UPGRADE
This i7 is coming up to its first year (which I think is covered by Apple?) and I *think* this maybe a memory issue? If it is, and my Mac is covered, then by a sheer stroke of luck, I decided to get Apple to fit the 8GB memory at the time of purchase (bad I know! and I don't usually do that) BUT that would mean that Apple fitted the memory upgrade and I haven't touched anything myself. However this time, I had the frozen screen saver, and a continuous 3 beeps which I've never had before in a loop? I then re-pressed the power switch on the Macbook and it rebooted fine and seems ok. I get a frozen screen saver which is normal, while the progress bar finds it feet back on power. Is the top socket likely to suddenly become faulty? I have some WD-40 Fast Drying Contact cleaner but I didn't to start spraying that around without checking.Īm I best to just order a compatible 4gb single ram and run it in the bottom slot or take it to a local computer repair shop? It's second hand and 2 yrs old.My Macbook Pro battery had run down (it does quite a bit) so I rebooted with the power inserted. I am assuming from this the top socket has suddenly become faulty. I then tried to start up with RAM in only the top socket, it then beeped 3 times. I took out the top 2GB ram and it turned on, I then swapped the 2nd RAM with the 1st in the bottom socket and it started up again. I removed and reset the Ram but still 3 beeps. Yesterday when I went to turn it on it started beeping 3 times, so after scanning this board I realised it was an issue with the RAM.