also, don't know if your mac has a PMU that you can reset. check the
apple website for your model. if the procedure is something you can
do on a machine that doesn't boot, then try that. i have seen power
outages cause strange behaviors (especially if the PRAM battery was
dead or getting weak),
sorry if my replies seem out of sync with your final post. the
thought police have me on double secret probation.
On Oct 14, 8:31 pm, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote:
I'm up and running again. Thanks for all the great tips! I pulled out
just about everything: RAM, PCI cards, video card, then put
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
At 6:48 AM -0700 10/14/2011, dc wrote:
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,
On Oct 14, 10:27 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
Reset the pram and nvram.http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
Try booting with the shift key held down.
If you hold down the option key, does the boot selector come up?
Disconnect all external peripherals except keyboard, mouse, and display.
Il giorno 14-10-2011 16:47, dc ha scritto:
I tried disconnecting peripherals and
resetting the PRAM, that's actually what the computer sounds like it's
doing with the chime repeating ad nauseum.
Another idea: pull out the PRam battery for some hours.
(ok, we are at the desperate level but,
On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:47 AM, dc wrote:
I'm
really disappointed that this seems to have been caused by the power
fluctuation because I was hooked up to an APC surge/battery backup,
but from what I've been seeing on the internet not many people seem to
think highly of APC.
Have you tried a
To: G-Group g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
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
That's good to hear, I hope the APC did it's job and the mobo isn't
damaged. Gee, you mean I can't believe everything I read on the
internet?!?!?
Well on the internet and real life experience are two different things...we
have used them here for years for hundreds of systems. They work well,
On 10/14/11 8:27 AM, Dan wrote:
At 6:48 AM -0700 10/14/2011, dc wrote:
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
You still have it plugged to UPC? If so, Try plugging it straight to
wall. Possible UPC Failure... :)
On Oct 14, 3:17 pm, John Carmonne carmo...@aol.com wrote:
On Oct 14, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Valter Prahlad wrote:
Il giorno 14-10-2011 16:47, dc ha scritto:
I tried disconnecting peripherals
Bruce Johnson wrote:
Have you tried a different keyboard? If the KB is fried,
who knows what signals it's sending to the computer
My thought exactly, this sounds like a bad keyboard to me.
Roger Dale wrote:
You still have it plugged to UPC?
If so, Try plugging it straight to wall.
Do you still have it plugged in UPC? May try plugging in wall.
Possible UPC problem... :)
On Oct 14, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Brielle Bruns wrote:
On 10/14/11 8:27 AM, Dan wrote:
At 6:48 AM -0700 10/14/2011, dc wrote:
I have a bad feeling about this...
After a brief power outage yesterday I now
I'm up and running again. Thanks for all the great tips! I pulled out
just about everything: RAM, PCI cards, video card, then put in the OEM
video card and base RAM. While I was at it I put in a fresh PRAM
battery. I found the SMC reset button just above the RAM trays,
pressed it for 10 seconds.
Il giorno 15-10-2011 2:31, dc ha scritto:
I found the SMC reset button just above the RAM trays,
pressed it for 10 seconds. It started up normally and seems to be
running well. I haven't started putting my upgrade components back in
yet but I'm hoping they are all OK, I think the reset button
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