Re: [sussex_mug] Windows diagnostic

2011-08-22 Thread Jason Davies
Alastair Weller wrote: The following might help. http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm The BIOS manufacturer should show when in the BIOS screen. thanks. will try tonight but... crikey...makes you realise how efficient the Mac is even in these respects! -- You received this message because you

Re: [sussex_mug] iTunes Authorisation "funny"

2011-08-22 Thread Stephen Watson
Good news Phil. I asked my self those two questions over and over and …. during the three nightmarish weeks that Apple took to sort it out. It was as bad as NTL and that is saying something … The thing is this Authorisation issue has happened two times since I changed my Apple ID and, apart fr

Re: [sussex_mug] Windows diagnostic

2011-08-22 Thread Alastair Weller
Jason The following might help. http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm The BIOS manufacturer should show when in the BIOS screen. Alastair On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 14:09, Jason Davies wrote: > Alastair Weller wrote: > >> How many beeps and are they long or short? >> >> It could possibly be a memo

Re: [sussex_mug] iTunes Authorisation "funny"

2011-08-22 Thread Phil Ward
Stephen, Thanks for that, I thought my problem had disappeared down when of the very few SMUG black holes. I think I may have fixed the problem by authorizing using the old Apple ID (I'm sad enough to have remembered the old password). The whole thing does seem very flakey though – why on eart

Re: [sussex_mug] iTunes Authorisation "funny"

2011-08-22 Thread Stephen Watson
This has happened to me a few times over the years with about 290 songs and it's very annoying. It culminated in the worst 'support' calls and emails with Apple which did eventually resolve it. In my case I downloaded a whole lot of music on a previous Apple ID and it was only those songs it wo

Re: [sussex_mug] Windows diagnostic

2011-08-22 Thread Jason Davies
Alastair Weller wrote: How many beeps and are they long or short? It could possibly be a memory error. they are beeps rather than bips. maybe a sceond or two? Say more? I hope to do more testing tonight. Fortunately her brother has an identical machine but he wasn't around. With his perm

Re: [sussex_mug] Windows diagnostic

2011-08-22 Thread Alastair Weller
Jason How many beeps and are they long or short? It could possibly be a memory error. Alastair On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 22:30, Jason Davies wrote: > Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >> >> As soon as you push the power button, keep pushing F8 and eventually you >> should get the safe mode menu. It shou