Hello people I have an issue I hope you guys can help me with. I took my macbook pro 2011 13.3 model put 16gb ram in it along with a samsung 830 I am having issues waking up out of hibernation and also when I shut down I get 3 beeps over and over again and have to hold power button down to shut it off. I am running mountain lion on it. I also changed the ram back to 4gb and still having the beeps when I shut it off, when it boots back up saying there was an issue shutting it down. Any ideas?
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Macbook pro 2011 with samsung 830 wont shut down 3 beeps problem
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The beeping might suggest a memory problem. Make sure the modules are properly seated (mainly the bottom one, it needs to be pushed down a bit more to sit properly in the brackets), also try using just one of the modules at the time to check if one of them isn't defective.
I installed lion then stuck the cd and installed moutain lion on top of it, I think I might have fixed it by redoing it and installing straight from moutain lion. It wouldn't let me reboot, it would try to reboot, then go black then beep then I had to do a hard restart and then things back to normal. will let you know
Reinstall fixed it. this is early macbook 2011 only macbooks I ever delt with are 2006,2007 white ones. I added 16gb ram in it and a brand new samsung 830 going to stick this thing on ebay as I have no idea how to even use a mac and don't really need anything more then a dual core laptop I get for $100 to do internet chat and small things with. So anyone else runs into that shutdown problem it is installing mountain lion ontop of lion.
