Hi, my G5 Intel Imac has just died on me. It was working fine earlier, crashed and now won’t start.
It’s doing a long beep on startup, followed by 2 beeps and then a regular series of 3 beeps. This (I think) means that there’s something wrong with the memory.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do as I’m halfway through a couple of jobs which haven’t been backed up since early this morning?
Try opening up the memory area (check your manual) and remove and re-
seat the memory. If that clears the problem, then great. If not, try
removing half of the memory, then if that doesn’t do it, add that
half back and remove the other half.
If you have a computer store near you, you may be able to buy
replacement memory and it’s definitely easy to install yourself.
BTW – is this a G5 or an Intel? You said both, and it can’t actually
be both.
Walter
On Sep 11, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Trevreav wrote:
Hi, my G5 Intel Imac has just died on me. It was working fine
earlier, crashed and now won’t start.
It’s doing a long beep on startup, followed by 2 beeps and then a
regular series of 3 beeps. This (I think) means that there’s
something wrong with the memory.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can do as I’m halfway
through a couple of jobs which haven’t been backed up since early
this morning?
Thanks Walter, I think it’s an Intel iMac, bought new December last
year - the first metal one after the white casing - it’s still under
warranty.
I reseated both memory chips earlier today, but no luck. When I come
to a suitable stopping point later I’ll try them separately.
Trev
On 11 Sep 2008, at 14:51, Walter Lee Davis wrote:
Try opening up the memory area (check your manual) and remove and re-
seat the memory. If that clears the problem, then great. If not, try
removing half of the memory, then if that doesn’t do it, add that
half back and remove the other half.
If you have a computer store near you, you may be able to buy
replacement memory and it’s definitely easy to install yourself.
BTW – is this a G5 or an Intel? You said both, and it can’t actually
be both.