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chrisherbert

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 25, 2012
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I have a 2012 non-retina MacBook Pro. When logging in after it locks the screen, it will consistently freeze when I attempt to put in my password. Recently it has been freezing and then beeping three time - it's the harsh, PC-speaker like beep you get when there are boot issues, but this is on the password entry screen.

The machine works fine on reboot, until it's locked and asks for a password.

Typically three beeps indicates a RAM issue, but why would it only happen in this specific scenario? And why does it happen so consistently?
 
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