PowerBook G4 Hard Drive Noises + and no boot chime! — #6

Post #6 by Miel

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Wed, 25 Feb 2009 - 08:03
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/powerbook-g4-hard-drive-noises-and-no-boot-chime.16601/

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Thankyou for your responses.

If it's not booting without a chime (assuming speakers etc are working), it indicates it's failing its startup RAM test. I've a Powerbook 12" 867 which unusually has a failed onboard 128MB RAM which it doesn't care for - the extra 1GB it seems quite happy with though
JB

(PS - seeing you are from Australia, have you checkeed out Mactalk?)

I have put in some extra RAM (1 gig), but the PowerBook was still chiming since the upgrade until just recently.

And thanks, I will be sure to check out MacTalk!