Start up sound is somehow distorted

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Start up sound is somehow distorted

Hi,

Yesterday I heard a very strange and distorted start up sound, when I restarted my Powerbook G4 1.67GHz. But when my Powerbook is running the sound is normal. I tried starting up with headphones on to see, if the problem is internal speaker related, but the sound was the same.
The sound is staccato and longer then normal.
Any idea what might cause this?

Greetings

Powerbook G4 1.67GHz, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Apr 17, 2009 6:31 AM

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wojciechm Author

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Apr 18, 2009 11:40 PM in response to wojciechm

Hi,

Well a little update on my problem: now I have no start up sound at all. But after start up sound is normal as always was.
Any idea?

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vendion

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Apr 30, 2009 9:20 AM in response to wojciechm

I am also having this problem on a Powerbook G4 1.67 GHz and I have talked from what I have read on a Google search and what one of my friends suggested that I reset my pram and so I did the shutdown and ctrl + command + P + R key and held it but it didn't change anything no startup chime that I long to have back

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hexdiy

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May 3, 2009 4:17 PM in response to vendion

No startup sound may mean something amiss with hardware. With mine it was RAM not being recognised. Or check in Sytem Preferences>Sound>Sound out if the mute box has not been (accidentally) activated.
Check what About this Mac>More Info>System Profiler>Diagnostics has to say. If it says Results: "passed", don't worry but just keep alert.
Good luck!

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