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Jun 26, 2013 8:51 PM in response to ItsAGoodDayby Grant Bennet-Alder,That is a RAM problem:
the iMac in this article uses beeps, perhaps because its power light cannot be easily seen. The meaning is the same -- not enough working RAM to start up.
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Jun 26, 2013 9:13 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alderby ItsAGoodDay,Even though I did not modify the RAM in any way? Can RAM malfunction like that? It seems odd that both sticks would go bad simultaneously.
How do you recommend testing to see if htis works?
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Jun 26, 2013 9:19 PM in response to ItsAGoodDayby Grant Bennet-Alder,RAM does indeed fail like this.
It also could be that one failed yesterday and the other failed today. Or that your Mac uses paired RAM, and one has failed but neither can operate if both are present with one failed.
You could try it with one removed, then the other removed. This changes the RAM timing, so it may not fail this way. It also may not work at all this way.
If this is third-party RAM, it may be covered by a Vendor warranty, where they will exchange it.
Were you considering a memory upgrade? Now is the time.