tommedley100

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Q: What causes four beeps followed by a system shut down?

What causes forced shut down proceed by four beeps?

Imac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Mar 13, 2015 7:22 PM

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Q: What causes four beeps followed by a system shut down?

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by Kappy,

Kappy Mar 13, 2015 7:24 PM in response to tommedley100
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Mar 13, 2015 7:24 PM in response to tommedley100

For products produced after 1999:

4 beeps = no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)
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by tommedley100,

tommedley100 Mar 13, 2015 7:32 PM in response to Kappy
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Mar 13, 2015 7:32 PM in response to Kappy

Thanks for your response. I am not sure what to do next. My system appears to be working right now. Any ideas?
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by Kappy,

Kappy Mar 13, 2015 7:55 PM in response to tommedley100
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Mar 13, 2015 7:55 PM in response to tommedley100

Hard to say. May just have been a glitch. If it's working OK, then forget about it.
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