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My mac won't start up, it just beeps!

Asked by stratman37 (8691points) May 4th, 2010

Screen doesn’t light up at all, it just beeps once every 10 secs or so. I’ve unplugged everything from the back and tried restarting, to no avail. Unplugged it and held down the power button for 5 secs, no avail. Next I’ll try reseating the memory in the bottom. (Intel-based iMac) Any suggestions?

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Brian1946's avatar

It could be a bad power supply unit.

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stratman37's avatar

how would I check for that?

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Brian1946's avatar

On second thought, how do you know that your screen hasn’t gone bad?

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stratman37's avatar

if it was just the screen, it wouldn’t beep, right? I’d hear the “bong” as if it were starting up like normal.

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wonderingwhy's avatar

If you’re still having issues, take a look at this. It might give you some additional diagnostic insight.

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stratman37's avatar

thanx, I saw that yesterday and was having a hard time locating that page today.

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