I dunno. Is there a site you can look up with the beep codes are on the mac 
bios? if the mac even has a bios? lol! I'm taking a stab here btw.

S
On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:

> Hi, folks.
> 
> Just now, after an intense session of playing AudioQuake on line, my MBP 
> running Leopard crashed and wouldn't respond.  I shut it down by holding down 
> the power button, which was the only thing that worked.  When I turned it 
> back on again, it made three short beeps in a row, then repeated this until I 
> turned it off again.
> 
> Every time I tried to turn it on after that, for the next 15 or so minutes, 
> it did the same thing; three short beeps and no chime or drive activity.  
> Then, suddenly, for no reason, it works, and is working fine now.
> 
> I couldn't read any error message that might have been displayed during the 
> malfunctioning time.  Any one know what three short beeps and no boot-up 
> means, and what needs replacing among the hardware or what I need to do?  It 
> sounds serious, and I'm fully backed up, but if my MPB15 (running Leopard, 
> and VoiceOver was turned *OFF* at the time of this incident) is the only 
> computer I have and the nearest Apple store is an insane distance from here...
> Thanks for any info! :)
> 
> 
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