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Jul 21, 2015 1:33 AM in response to MacHesneyby lllaass,- 1 tone, repeating every 5 seconds: This indicates no RAM is installed.
- 3 successive tones, a 5 second pause (repeating): This indicates RAM does not pass a data integrity check.
- 1 long tone while holding down the power button: Indicates an EFI ROM update is in progress on a computer manufactured before 2012.
- 3 long tones, 3 short tones, 3 long tones: Indicates EFI ROM corruption is detected and the computer is in EFI ROM recovery mode.
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Jul 21, 2015 5:15 PM in response to MacHesneyby MacHesney,Thanks but I only posed the question because my situation is not listed.
It does boot eventually - sometimes I have to repair permissions via Tiger DVD and try Safe Boot 3 times, but it does boot, logon, programs such as Safari run no problem, but then simply using the Finder causes a 5 minute freeze.
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Jul 21, 2015 5:22 PM in response to MacHesneyby lllaass,When you boot from the Tiger DVD and repair the startup drive, are a lot of repairs made?
What is listed by the line that says S.M.A.R.T. status or similar. I do not remember if it is worded differently in Tiger. TI had Tiger many many years ago.
It could be that the startup drive is dying.
Do y have a FireWire external drive yo can install Tiger on and test? The PPCs can only boot from FW, not USB like Intel Macs.
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Jul 22, 2015 9:11 AM in response to lllaassby MacHesney,SMART is passed no problem, via Disk Utility or Onyx.
Repair Permissions could use some explanation, for instance why would a new installation of Snow Leopard have permissions needing repair?Another forum post states the disk error was cured via Erase and Reinstall.
First reinstall OS X 10.4 which will allow the Tiger DVD (with AHT) to boot up after the Leopard upgrade.Do y have a FireWire external drive yo can install Tiger on and test?
The Combo Drive will run Apple Hardware Test and the Installer utilities.
SMART passed,
Disk tests: ________
Just 1GB RAM leads to a long test cycle so I skipped the full test.Since rebooting this mac into OS X 10.5.8 is a nightmare - no more reboots except to Installer DVD to Erase and Install.
May as well replace the 40GB 4,200 rpm ATA drive if do that.
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Jul 22, 2015 9:32 AM in response to MacHesneyby lllaass,For permissions repair see:
Mac OS X: Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions messages that you can safely ignore - Apple Support
I myself suspect a bad disk but I could be wrong.