LisaMW1
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Q: I have a G5 quad.Had to erase system disk. Reinstalled OSX 10.5.6 and upgraded to 10.5.8. All appears well but I hear no opening chord which is worrying as i know its diagnostic. Any ideas?

I have a G5 quad.Had to erase the system disk after repeated kernel panics. Reinstalled OSX 10.5.6 and upgraded to 10.5.8. All appears well but I hear no opening chord which is worrying as i know its diagnostic. Any ideas?

 

And another thing!! Suddenly my memory is down from 12GB to 8GB. after this installation.

Thanks.

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), G5quad

Posted on Apr 26, 2013 3:53 AM

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  • by Eustace Mendis,Helpful

    Eustace Mendis Eustace Mendis Apr 26, 2013 5:26 AM in response to LisaMW1
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    Apr 26, 2013 5:26 AM in response to LisaMW1

    To restore chimes, go to System Preferences / Sounds.

     

    If you keep losing settings like sound, reset the PRAM:

     

    1. Shut down your Mac.
    2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
    3. Turn on the computer.
    4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
    5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
    6. Release the keys.

    After resetting NVRAM or PRAM, you may need to reconfigure your settings for speaker volume, screen resolution, startup disk selection, and time zone information.

    Excerpt from: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

    Suggest you try reseating the memory modules. But I cannot help but wonder if one of them has just died - an ailing memoy stick would explain the previous kernel panics.

  • by LisaMW1,

    LisaMW1 LisaMW1 Apr 28, 2013 11:45 AM in response to Eustace Mendis
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    Apr 28, 2013 11:45 AM in response to Eustace Mendis

    Thanks for that, at least  have a better understanding of what might be happening,  Alas, still no chime. The Mac is unmuted and I can hear other other sounds eg: trash crunch etc. from internal speakers.

     

    Tried the 4 keys PRAM reset, but after switching on then holding down, it just seemed to switch on and off several times and I never got to the grey screen.

  • by Eustace Mendis,

    Eustace Mendis Eustace Mendis Apr 28, 2013 1:02 PM in response to LisaMW1
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    Apr 28, 2013 1:02 PM in response to LisaMW1

    Couple of other things to try.

     

    1. System Preferences / Sounds, looks like this on one of Macs running 10.5.8. In particular look at the checked items towards the bottom of the screen.

    Picture 3.png

    2. Go to: Users / yourself / Library / Preferences.

     

    trash this file: com.apple.systempreferences.plist

     

    Restart.

  • by Ramón G Castañeda,Helpful

    Ramón G Castañeda Ramón G Castañeda Apr 28, 2013 4:12 PM in response to LisaMW1
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    Apr 28, 2013 4:12 PM in response to LisaMW1

    I'd check the RAM sticks one by one, i.e. adding them back in one by one.

  • by LisaMW1,

    LisaMW1 LisaMW1 May 7, 2013 7:06 AM in response to Eustace Mendis
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    May 7, 2013 7:06 AM in response to Eustace Mendis

    I followed another tip about trashing the file name and renamed it instead.

     

    Altho I still haven't got my chime, and the internal speaker may now have packed up as I get no other sounds, everything seems to be running ok, so I'll fly home on the Ram I have and upgrade when i can.

     

    Thanks!