At 9:23 AM -0700 9/2/2009, Willi wrote:
>I'm trying to get my old Pismo ready to give a friend. When I start it
>up there's a brief but steady tone, then it chimes after a few
>seconds. What does the tone signify? It's similar to a dial tone (but
>that isn't it).
* 1 beep = No RAM has been detected.
* 2 beeps = The RAM is incompatible with your Mac.
* 3 beeps = None of the RAM banks passed the memory tests.
* 4 beeps = Bad checksum for the remainder of the boot ROM.
* 5 beeps = Bad checksum for the ROM boot block.
Then it retries.
That it's giving you the normal chime after the initial failure could
mean you need to reseat the memory. Worth a try at least.
- Dan.
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