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That's a kernel panic induced by a double fault.
A kernel panic is the OS X/Unix equivalent of a bluescreen on Windows PCs.
Kernels in computers are basically the translators between software and hardware. When they crash, the computer crashes.
And there we have our likely suspect. 3 beeps on startup, RAM.
Kernel panics, when caused by faulty hardware, often RAM.
I suppose the Macbook doesn't start at all any more?
It's probably faulty RAM. Another thing that is possible is that the RAM could not be in place properly.
A kernel panic is the OS X/Unix equivalent of a bluescreen on Windows PCs.
Kernels in computers are basically the translators between software and hardware. When they crash, the computer crashes.
And there we have our likely suspect. 3 beeps on startup, RAM.
Kernel panics, when caused by faulty hardware, often RAM.
I suppose the Macbook doesn't start at all any more?
It's probably faulty RAM. Another thing that is possible is that the RAM could not be in place properly.
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That's a kernel panic induced by a double fault.
A kernel panic is the OS X/Unix equivalent of a bluescreen on Windows PCs.
Kernels in computers are basically the translators between software and hardware. When they crash, the computer crashes.
And there we have our likely suspect. 3 beeps on startup, RAM.
Kernel panics, when caused by faulty hardware, often RAM.
I suppose the Macbook doesn't start at all any more?
It's probably faulty RAM. Another thing that is possible is that the RAM could not be in place properly.
A kernel panic is the OS X/Unix equivalent of a bluescreen on Windows PCs.
Kernels in computers are basically the translators between software and hardware. When they crash, the computer crashes.
And there we have our likely suspect. 3 beeps on startup, RAM.
Kernel panics, when caused by faulty hardware, often RAM.
I suppose the Macbook doesn't start at all any more?
It's probably faulty RAM. Another thing that is possible is that the RAM could not be in place properly.
Probably RAM, it happened to me and it was caused because one of the ram slots died!
Hopefully is a faulty ram stick rather than the slot because you cant fix the broken slot without replacing the whole logic board
Hopefully is a faulty ram stick rather than the slot because you cant fix the broken slot without replacing the whole logic board