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Macbook air just started making a recurring 3 beep sound with a blank display. Information I found online said this is an indication the RAM does not pass a data integrity check. What corrective action is needed to clear this error and restore the laptop so I can use it again?
Best Regards, Jim
MacBook Air
Hi Jim ...
Beeps are an indication the RAM is going bad or has failed.
Power On Self-Test Beep Definition
You need to take your Mac in for service > Apple - Find Locations
Memory on a MacBook Air is soldered to the motherboard.
AppleCare covers RAM > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD014/applecare-protection-plan-for-macbook-ai r-13-macbook-pro
Hi Jim ...
Beeps are an indication the RAM is going bad or has failed.
Power On Self-Test Beep Definition
You need to take your Mac in for service > Apple - Find Locations
Memory on a MacBook Air is soldered to the motherboard.
AppleCare covers RAM > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD014/applecare-protection-plan-for-macbook-ai r-13-macbook-pro
RAM is soldered to the motherboard on newer MacBook Pros. Older ones it is replaceable by pulling back cover.
Does anyone on this post or anyehwere know how much this repair costs? And if it involves losing the data already on the mac?
So this happened to me tonight as I was installing the latest upgrade. How did you end up fixing the problem?
So how do you repair the data integrity check error? (3 successive tones, a 5 second pause (repeating): This indicates RAM does not pass a data integrity check.)
