I don't know how to look up something like that, I know it's an error code thing... Does it three times, chimes, then boots and works normally.
What is it?
What is it?
I don't know how to look up something like that, I know it's an error code thing... Does it three times, chimes, then boots and works normally.
What is it?
Someone just booted it up just a few minutes ago and it made this HUGE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Sound. I think it's on its last legs. Still works otherwise though...
Someone just booted it up just a few minutes ago and it made this HUGE
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Sound. I think it's on its last legs. Still works otherwise though...
A single long tone indicates that it cannot find any installed RAM. Honestly, I'd go ahead and check on the RAM in there before giving up on a beautiful machine like an iMac G4. In my experience, PowerPC Macs tend to be fairly picky about what RAM you put in them; when I was upgrading the RAM in my own iMac G4, it decided that some sticks were fine, while it would give the tones with others. All were known to work fine. Play around with it for a bit and see what you can get it doing!
But why would it do that and boot normally afterwards and work perfectly fine? It doesn't make sense. Sometimes it makes noises, sometimes it doesn't.
Are we sure it's a "tone" and not some other kind of noise, like one of the fans squeaking?
Are we sure it's a "tone" and not some other kind of noise, like one of the fans squeaking?