If this surge protector is the cause and your computer is bad it may have
a warranty that might cover the repairs or replacement? Some places if it's the
electric companies fault they may pay you too?
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>From: dc <[email protected]>
>Sent: Oct 14, 2011 9:48 AM
>To: G-Group <[email protected]>
>Subject: No Startup, just an endlessly repeating chime
>
>I have a bad feeling about this...
>After a brief power outage yesterday I now cannot start up my Mac
>desktop. I get a nice chime but, a few seconds later, it chimes again
>and just keeps repeating the startup chime. Holding keys- option,
>shift-command-option-delete, command-option-o-f, etc.- has no effect,
>it just keeps repeating the startup chime. I've had a number of
>different Mac desktops over the years and I've never run across this
>phenomenon. Can anyone help me figure out what the problem might be?
>The computer was connected to a UPC battery backup surge protector at
>the time and I was using it; as soon as I saw the UPC alert I went to
>the Apple menu and shut the machine down normally.
>The computer is an Intel-based MacPro (1,1) but I am wondering if
>anyone ever had a similar problem, say with a G5 running Leopard?
>
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