My MacBook Pro started making a beeping sound. This was pretty random and out of no where. My MacBook has been running fine... Until now. Please help.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
so you will shut off the computer and then turn on the computer.... and hold down those 4 keys and you will hear it sound like its just about to turn on as long as your holding those buttons it will continue to restart... but only do it for three chimes and then release it
It beeps at boot. When I went to go use it the screen was off. So I thought it must off turned off by itself and I tried turning it on again. When I went to turn it on it started beeping. The screen is black.
did you try any of my steps?
Thanks. It's just one beep I guess. It goes: beeeep.......beeeeep.....beeeeep exc.
If its the ram, that doesn't make sense because it would tell me how much ram I had whenever I'd go look. How do I fix it
When does it beep? At boot? Randomly during use? Is it starting up/ are you noticing other symptoms?
My friend actually had a similar problem sometimes one of the ram pieces can get broken jarred out or loosened you can....
- try a PRAM reset
- press and hold down Command + option + p + r keys right when its turning on
- wait till you hear three chimes
- then release and see if that works
- check to see if one of them has physical damage
- if one does remove it and restart the computer see if it works normally.... P.S. sometimes even though they look okay try it with each one sepeartely to figure out which one is causing a problem
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547 hopefully this will help you
Finally I found the answer, i was just using skype and saw one of my friend went offline so i closed skype but stayed signed in and suddenly when he came online that beep sound again, so i am sure its when somebody comes online on skype or goes offline maybe for other IM's too but i am sure its not a problem with Mac Osx.
Some hard disk manufacturers include such a feature to indicate a failure diagnosed by its S.M.A.R.T. system.
If the above KB article is not applicable run Disk Utility and determine its status.
I did. How long does it take for the chimes to happen?
I did your steps and it beeped 7 times. Then nothing
Hi, thir is a problem with my MacBook pro When i tray to open it is making a werd sond and it is not warking any more .
Hi, do you mind telling me the keys because I got the same problem with a mcbook air
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!!
It worked, i hate Skype..
My MacBook Pro is making a beeping sound. What's wrong with it?
