Beep alarm when using my Macbook Pro 15" Early 2011

Good morning everyone,

first of all I apologise for any linguistic error I'll do, being a not native english speaker.


My problem is the following one :

I have a Macbook Pro 15" (early 2011), and I installed last fall a partition with Windows 7 by using Bootcamp.

All of a sudden, one day my Mac started to not working properly: a three beep sound repeated avoid me to use properly it because when it started doing those beep it restarted.

Thus, I thought that everything was caused by windows 7 partition and I decided to delete it and format my hard disk.

When it was formatted I reinstalled the new OS X El Capitan and it seemed everything was fixed for some days.


One week after, more or less, my Mac started to emit those beep. These beeps doesn't occur at a specific moment (in fact the computer starts normally), but it seems that it occurs at a random time when I am using it.

I tried to use Hardware diagnosis in order to check the RAM but everything is OK, also HD was checked and it was OK too.


I would like to know how to proceed and fix this problem. The sound is a repeated set of three "beeps" that occurs at an apparently random time.


Is there anyone with the same problem or anyone so kind to help me ?


Thanks

Sorry for english

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), 15" Early 2011

Posted on Mar 25, 2016 5:36 AM

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Mar 25, 2016 6:52 AM in response to AleNegrini

Three tones do suggest an issue with RAM. Is this the original RAM that came with the MBP?


Try the following: Take out the modules, clean the contacts and re-seat the RAM firmly.


If that tones reoccur, take out the RAM modules and test each one singly in one slot and then the other slot. You are testing to see if one RAM module or one slot is faulty.


Last option is to download from Kelley computing REMBER:


http://www.kelleycomputing.net/rember


Run it overnight so that sufficient loops are executed.


If still no success, make an appointment at an Apple store genius bar for a FREE evaluation.


Ciao.

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