Q: MacBook 13 inch 2006 NO start up but 3 sounds
Recently i'm trying to give help to a friend with an old "white" MacBook from 2006 (2nd half) with OS X 10.6.x installed. The problem is that it DOES NOT START, there is NO WAY to start-up..!!. All what i get from the pc is a "triple-short-sound" ( like: tip-bip-bip ) who repeats every few seconds.There's NO WAY to hear the usual starting "BOING"… al i get are those 3 tips every "few" seconds…!!.
I tried to start from the install DVD as I tried to start pressing the letter T to connect the macbook as a FIREWIRE disc to view it on the desk of my own iMac 2013 with OS X 10.7.5 installed.
In BOTH cases i got NO RESULTS…. Then i tried removing the RAM, to start the MacBook. ALL I GOT is been a single sound who repeats.
I tried resetting the PRAM (NOT WORKING)… i TRIED a startup pushing shift+control+alt (AGAIN NO RESULT)…
After this i got a little good result because, after insserting again its RAM, i got a normal start up. But everything is gone slooow for just a couple of minutes
then i got that transparent message in the center of the desktop who say that there is a problem and the MacBook needs a reinstall.
Now i'm here asking for a friendly help from someone much more expert than I am…!! I apologize for my terrible english writing ( I'm from northern Italy )...
My question is simple:
"Can i do something to save some files (documents only and not many) and then REINSTALL after a DUE initialize of the entire hard drive?
Any help is really welcome. Thanks and best from Italy, Romano
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), iMac White 2nd half 2006
Posted on Feb 25, 2016 4:31 PM