On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 08:49 PM, Alan Sargent wrote: > A friend's blue iMac is having frequent booting failures. > Often it gives 4 beeps (which the manual says are chip or RAM problems). > Also sometimes gives the message "unable to prepare code fragment" which > I > can't find anything about. > It has worked fine for about a year; if it can be persuaded (by multiple > tries) to boot it seems normal. > > Any advice? It's a very humid climate here and the problems seemed to come > after it wasn't used for a while. The salty air and moisture here is good > at killing electrical and mechanical gear...
kbase #58183 says.... > 4 beeps = Bad checksum for the remainder of the boot ROM kbase #58442 says.... > 4 beeps = no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config > block) what it all means is..... bad processor or logic board :( -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
