Hi Matt If it’s doing 3 beeps, then a pause, then 3 more beeps that’s an issue with the RAM. But if it’s doing one long continuous beep than unfortunately that’s a bit more servere - it generally means there is an issue with graphics card, firmware issue or logic board/motherboard. And given it’s not booting off a drive (which is what the folder icon means with a flashing question mark - it can’t find the boot drive), then I’d say unfortunately that iMac has most likely “died”. Given the age of it, you’d be hard pressed to get any parts or get it fixed unfortunately. So only thing you could really do is take the hard drive out (and hopefully it’s still ok with data on it), then either transfer that to another iMac or put it into an external case to access the data.
But generally if an SMC, PRAM reset won’t start it, it’s not a great sign. You can sometimes a) boot off an external boot drive with a system on it or b) try starting it in Target Mode into another computer to see if can access the drive still. But if it doesn’t work in either then I’d say it’s gone I’m afraid. Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry p : 0414 795 960 e : <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> w : <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 16 Apr 2024, at 2:51 PM, Matt Falvey via WAMUG <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, I have an iMac 27” 2.8Ghz Corei7, (Late 2009). > > This morning when I woke it from sleep it started emitting a continuous > beep sound, it was still showing screen pages and images, but with a > black background. > > I was unable to control anything. so I pressed the button to shut it > down and restarted it. When I restarted it all I had was a white screen > and a continuous beeping sound. > > I again turned it off and did an SMC reset, unplugging the power cord > and all the peripherals, turned it back on white screen and beeping. > > I did a PRAM reset, turned it back on and had the same result. (There > was no grey screen and no start up sound). > > As I was searching the internet to see what more I could possibly do, I > let it continue to beep in the background, after about 5 minutes, the > beeping stopped and now I have a flashing grey folder with a white > question mark inside it. > > Does anyone have any idea as to what else I may be able to do to fix > the problem? > > Take care. > Matt > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
