Do a search of firmware updates. My memory is that the triple beep is for an upgrade of firmware where the the installer puts special code on the disk that is read at boot up time to rebuild the firmeware. Sighted folks would just have to wait out the 3-4 minutes required for the firmeware to be re-written. Best regards,
Jon On 20/09/2010, Sarah Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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! :) >> >> >> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> • MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >> • My home page: >> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
