3 times loud beeping sound after press on button but never startup (mac min

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3 times loud beeping sound after press on button but never startup (mac min

I'm having trouble startup my mac mini(not intel duo core)... i had a hard reboot (popup a grey/black on the screen asking to restart by pressing the start button) which i did hold the start button then release then press to start up... but after that, there's 3 times loud beeping sound which i've never heard before and after that screen in blank and my mac mini wont start up.. The LED light indicator is on but i'll keeping blinking 4 times every 30 seconds or so... could anyone help me to resolve the issue?

Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Sep 8, 2006 1:56 AM

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AndyO

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Sep 8, 2006 4:50 AM in response to bobjeffry

Three beeps at startup indicate 'no good banks', meaning the system can't access the RAM.

It may be that your RAM itself is bad, or that it has come unseated. It could also indicate a more serious motherboard fault which prevents the RAM being accessed, but that is unlikely.

If you have opened the mini in the past it may be that the best way to check is to do so again and ensure the RAM is properly seated by removing it and reinserting. If you replaced the original RAM and still have the original stick, try putting that back in. Also note that Macs are typically very sensitive to RAM incompatibilities, and there have been cases where systems fail as yours appears to have done for no reason other than that a RAM stick was marginal in compatibility.

If you upgraded the RAM yourself and bought the replacement stick from a source such as Crucial.com which permits unconditional exchanges, contact them and arrange to have the memory replaced.

The link to the Apple page referring to the startup error beeps is at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58442

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