Performa 5400 startup chime?

#1 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 - 23:07 68kMLA

Can anybody who owns a Performa 5400 confirm for me that the startup chime for the Performa 5400 is the same startup chime for the 6200 & others that goes bwaaaaaaaaaaaa?

#2 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 - 23:19 68kMLA

I've had a Power Mac 5400, and it definitely has the PCI Power Mac startup chime, aka the current Mac startup chime.

It wouldn't make sense for the Performa line of exact same computers to have a different chime, but Apple's surprised us before.

#3 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 - 23:22 68kMLA

It does go bwaaaaaaa, but not the same sort of bwaaaaaaa that the 6200 makes. The 5400 is less orchestral or "stringy" if you catch my drift.

Download Mactracker which is a free application detailing all Mac systems from the beginning, and it includes recordings of the startup sounds of all the models. It's good fun to listen all the different sounds Apple used!

#4 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 - 00:14 68kMLA

I've had a Power Mac 5400, and it definitely has the PCI Power Mac startup chime, aka the current Mac startup chime.
It wouldn't make sense for the Performa line of exact same computers to have a different chime, but Apple's surprised us before.

It does go bwaaaaaaa, but not the same sort of bwaaaaaaa that the 6200 makes. The 5400 is less orchestral or "stringy" if you catch my drift.
Download Mactracker which is a free application detailing all Mac systems from the beginning, and it includes recordings of the startup sounds of all the models. It's good fun to listen all the different sounds Apple used!

The reason I asked actually was because MacTracker said that the Performa 5400 had the 6200 chime, while the Power Macintosh 5400 had the PCI Power Macintosh Chime.

#5 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 - 17:56 68kMLA

The reason I asked actually was because MacTracker said that the Performa 5400 had the 6200 chime, while the Power Macintosh 5400 had the PCI Power Macintosh Chime.

Yes, I just checked and indeed it does. This must be an error in Mactracker, given the huge amount of information in the application I think it is forgivable!