Beeping on my IMac

Is it harmful? How can it be fixed?

What Mac, with what version of OS X?
Beeps on startup:
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images.
5 beeps = processor is not usable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538

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Clock beep on my Imac

Hi! I've got a problem in my "vintage" 2007 Imac. It's a beep that sounds randomly while working. It's NOT A STARTUP BEEP. It's exactly a beep like the old digital Casio clocks from the 80's when they beep every hour. I've bben googling but I don't find anybody with the same problem... Maybe I'm the only one in the whole universe that got this problem??? I've called Apple but they couldn't tell me anything about it...
To show you exactly how that beep sound I have this video from Youtube that it's a kind of tutorial of how to get rid off that sound in the Casio clock.
So my beep it's exactly like this one at 1:32,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl22dTiG5hA
The only difference is that I got only one, randomly.
So maybe somebody here could tell where that beep comes from...? Maybe it's from outer space??
Thank you all!

Use the Activity Monitor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to force quit SystemUIServer, and then relaunch it from /System/Library/CoreServices/.
(65053)

IMac, gray screen and beeping.

5 or 6 year old iMac running leopard. Don't know version, but always updated. I downloaded skype last night. Everything working fine. This morning, while going through Skype info and buttons, got a mask saying "need to restart" or "need to refresh" (not sure which). I had no mouse or keyboard controls. Held power button down to shut off. Restarted, then gray screen and constant beeping. Tried several times, same result. Unplugged from power then restarted, same result. Help?
(working from my laptop)

Sounds like you got a kernel panic. A kernel panic is usually, but not always, caused by hardware, with memory a leading cause. Once you're able to reboot, if they continue, see this kernel panic FAQ: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
On the gray screen and beeping, if your iMac has an Intel processor, see this Apple note: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2341?viewlocale=en_US . If it has a PowerPC processor, see: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1547 . If you're not sure, Intel-based iMacs were introduced in early 2006.

My new RAM doesn't work with my iMac.

Hello,
I bought new RAM 4GB PC10600 DDR3 1333MHz SO-DIMM to installed in my iMac 3.4 GHz intel core i7, osx lion.
I try to installed it alone without original RAM (2GB * 2 pcs) installed to check how it works.
After press start button, there are 3 beep sounds and iMac won't start.
I try to reset PRAM follow the instruction, but it won't work. Because there are 3 beep sounds alarm immediately after press start.
Does my RAM have a problem?

My iMac has 4 memory slots and I try to installed one by leave 3 slots empty.
By the way this is the 2nd ram I purchased from OWC with same spec as the last one (also same as link above) but different in purchase date (about 2 weeks different).
So now I have 2 GB *2 pcs (come with iMac) and 4GB * 2 pcs from OWC.
So I'm quit sure that this ram is compatible with my iMac because the first one is work.
But I have some notice,
For the 1st RAM I bought from OWC (4GB PC10600 DDR3 1333MHz SO-DIMM), when first installation it also didn't work. I can't start iMac. And after 2 weeks, I try to installed it to my iMac again, now it can operate as normal. What do you think about it?

IMac crashes when I print to Brother laser, but not HP inkjet

I have an old Brother laser printer that still works fine. When I print to it from my iMac or from any of several iPads, the iMac crashes (turns off). Remarkably, the printing finishes anyway. I also have an HP Photosmart and it works fine from any device. This may have started happening after I installed Mavericks, but I ignored it for a while because I had an alternative and was usually in a hurry. I get no error, just a beep and the iMac goes dead.

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Does it matter if RAM is upside down?

I bought memory from crucial to upgrade my new 20" 2.66ghz iMac from the stock 2gig to 4gig. Oddly enough, the iMac manual says "make sure the notch in the RAM module is on the left side when you insert it," but it actually needs to be on the right side. The stock RAM has notches on the right, and the little stickers on the modules are on top when you insert the RAM.
No big deal, I just turned the crucial RAM around (so the stickers were on the bottom), except that the crucial RAM didn't work. I got the "no RAM" beeps from the iMac.
Should the RAM work "upside down" like that?

Hey Jim, first you should simply google to find an image of what the ram should look like on you mac. Secondly, I purchased some ram from OWC and they actually shipped me a picture instruction manual. My sticker side of the ram is facing away from the mother board and other components and I am using a G4 flat screen imac, where the ram has to inputted in the base of the computer. I would think that the sticker would be away from the other components being that it would be a foreign matter so to speak.
Doobs

Firmware Update 1.2 will NOT install.

Hi, I have a 20" Intel Core 2 Duo iMac; 2.16GHz late 2006 Model. Today, I tried to update the firmware when apple told me on the software update that I need to update my firmware. I downloaded the firmware update program. In the Utilities I double clicked on it and it started. It said that I needed to close all my applications which I did and click shutdown. After clicking shutdown it told me to push the power button to restart it manually. It started up and a progress bar appeared on the screen for about 1 second, then it disappeared. The computer restarted itself and it came back to the desktop with the firmware update program saying the same text box as before. It said if this box reappears then the firmware was not properly updated. So, what should I do? The only hardware changes I've made to my computer recently was updating my memory to 2 GB from the original 1 GB. Could that cause this problem? If not, what should I do? Also... the firmware version in the system profiler was the same as before IM51.0090.B08. Please only respond if you have encountered this exact situation before or know the solution, don't reply if you just have hypotheticals that are not directly related.

Bobby..I can't say that I know the solution for sure...but I do have the exact same model iMac as you..and the 1.2 Firmware installed perfectly for me
Reading your post...I am wondering if you held down the power button long enough to hear the rapid beeps while the iMac is restarting and/or the fast flashing of the light on the front of your iMac... mine did both...could be the problem if you didn't hold it long enough...it took about 3 minutes for the update to install
Since you saw the text box and the firmware was not properly updated I believe it said to apply the update again
dave

Sudden Shut-Downs and reboots

I've read the other threads in the discussion here and my problem might be similar, but I wanted to run it by you first and check.
I have a 6 month old G5 20"iMac Gen2. I have an external firewire drive with 4 USB 2 and 4 Firewire ports on it.
Last night I updated the Java system update, I did not reboot or repair permissions. I had mail, firefox, and itunes open and put the iMac to sleep when I went to bed last night. This morning I woke it up and it started to grab the new mail and all of a sudden the screen went black and rebooted.
It continued to reboot from black screen in various parts of the boot screen, the gray screen, the login screen, etc. I unplugged and waited for 60 seconds, I then held the power button in to restart until I heard the beep and the iMac booted into the login screen.
I then logged into my trouble account that I set up for software conflict resolutions, and it booted into it and I started to run disk utility/repair permissions. The imac rebooted half-way through the process.
I then repeated the process and this time it ran all the way through repair permissions and stayed on for 30 minutes. I logged out of that account into my personal account and it ran for another hour or so.
It's 3 hours later and is still running. Any ideas?
iMac G5 2 Ghz, 1.5 Gigs of Ram Mac OS X (10.4.5)

As a follow-up.. after 2 days on the phone with Applecare support, they finally agreed it was the power supply and said they'd send me one right away. Well that was Thursday Morning. As of Sunday evening, it has yet to be sent from Apple. I can't believe they are out of them, any ideas to move this operation along a little? My iMac's been on the fritz since last Tuesday and I run my home business on it, even if they send it out Monday, it will be Tuesdasy at the earliest I'll be getting it..
If anyone has a proven method to get a part shipped out ASAP with Apple, please let me know. I guess Applecare doesn't really mean much.

IMac sometimes beeps endlessly after wakeup

I'm not very familiar with Mac computers, though I'm very experienced with Windows computers, so I might overlook or misunderstand things obvious to someone more familiar with Macs. I'm helping a less technically-oriented friend with her Mac. I'm not sure I have all the information that is needed, but let's try.
The computer is a fairly old one-piece iMac. The "About" choice under the Apple menu says it is an iMac 5,1 and SMC version (system) 1.8f2. The current OS is 10.6.8. I believe the original OS was one of the 10.4 versions. The computer originally used a wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, both from Apple. Sometime after the upgrade from 10.4.x to 10.6.8, the wireless keyboard and mouse were replaced by a wired keyboard and mouse. There is an HP inkjet printer connected to the computer. The owner of the computer is not certain of the timing, but believes the beeping that is the subject of this post started after the switch to the wired keyboard and mouse, but she admits that it might have started before the switch. She is confident that it started sometime after upgrading to OS 10.6.8. She was told by the staff at an Apple Store that she needed to upgrade to OS 10.6 in order to use Skype, or some new version of Skype (I am not sure about that reason).
The problem is that, at times, the computer will emit one beep or a series of beeps (the owner sometimes calls them clicks, but I have heard them and would use the word "beep"). The owner has reported only one situation in which a single beep occurs. Usually, it is a repeating series of beeps, each of the same duration (about half a second or maybe a little less, I'd say) and with a uniform interval between them, though I can't say whether the interval between the beeps is the same as the duration of each beep.
The beeping usually starts immediately after the computer wakes up from the sleep state (done by pressing a key on the keyboard). The owner usually puts the computer into the sleep state when she is done working for a while by selecting Sleep from the menu. I imagine it sometimes goes to sleep on its own due to exceeding the configured time of inactivity, but I have not asked her that. Sometimes the beeping does not start immediately after wakeup, but when a folder on the desktop is opened. When the computer is emitting a series of beeps, the beeps usually can be stopped by opening Safari and starting to type a URL. Typing the first letter of the URL stops the beeping. The owner is not sure whether starting any other program also can stop the beeping. If the beeping started when a folder was opened, usually closing the folder makes the beeping stop. The owner says that she thinks opening a folder containing Word files causes the beeping (though that does not trigger beeping all of the time), but most of her folders contain Word files, so I'm not sure it actually is necessary for there to be Word files in the folder to trigger the problem.
When the computer is emitting the series of beeps, the owner reports that the menus respond differently than normally. She says that, normally, when she clicks on a menu, it stays open while she makes her selection from it, but when the computer is beeping, she must hold the mouse button down while selecting her choice, else the menu will close.
The beeping does not start after every wakeup, but once it has started beeping after a wakeup, the beeping starts at all subsequent wakeups until the computer is shutdown. The owner does not know whether a restart rather than a shutdown also stops the beeping after wakeup. When beeping occurs after a wakeup and has been stopped by starting Safari, the owner believes that the computer does not resume beeping again until it has been put to sleep and is awakened again.
The owner has not had the computer start beeping right after being turned on, however, it sometimes does emit a single beep when the first letter of the user's password is entered into the logon dialog box. This single beep did not occur on a test of using the logon dialog after logging off without shutting down. (The owner does not usually log off, but I had her try it just as an experiment to see whether the single beep would occur when logging on in that situation.)
Possibly related is that there have been times when Word documents will not open. The owner mentioned that when this happens, if she hovers the pointer over the Word icon in the dock, she gets a choice to force quit. I believe she said that using the force quit restores normal operation of Word. There also has been at least one case in which Safari refused to close. I don't know how common this sort of stuck program is in a normally-operating Mac, and I don't know how often it occurs on this Mac.
When I was observing once, when I asked the owner to log off, the logon dialog box proceeded to shake rapidling left and right a small distance (perhaps a centimeter or so) while the computer emitted a series of beeps different from the other series of beeps I described. This series of beeps had two beeps in rapid succession, followed by a longer pause, two beeps in rapid succession, longer pause. This repeated until a key was pressed. The owner has seen that occur only that one time, but she does not normally logoff while leaving the computer running.
We have uninstalled and reinstalled Office (including all the updates to make it current). We have verified that Bluetooth is not enabled, that the old Bluetooth pairings have been deleted, and that the batteries have been removed from the wireless keyboard and mouse. We have reset the PRAM and the SMC. We have run the Apple Hardware Test and it found nothing to report. We have disconnected and reconnected all of the cables (keyboard, mouse, printer, ethernet). The problem of the endless beeping after wakeup sometimes still occurs.
I imagine the next logical thing to try is to reinstall Mac OS. The owner is a bit reluctant to try that. She does have copies of her personal files on CDs, but she is reluctant to undertake reinstalling the applications. Reinstalling the OS without erasing the hard disk probably would be less disruptive, but is there much chance that would eliminate the beeping? My guess is that something in the software somewhere has gotten messed up, and a completely clean installation would be the only way to guarantee to clear it up. Am I discounting the chances that just reinstalling the OS could fix it?
My feeling is that this is a software problem, not a flaky piece of hardware, but is that justified? If it might be a hardware problem, which part of the hardware might it be?
At one point, I had an idea that there is some software remnant of the wireless keyboard or mouse software still active that sometimes causes fake input that triggers the beeping. However, I don't know enough about the Mac to know whether that is a reasonably likely possibility, and, if it is, I don't know what to do about it.
All suggestions for clearing up this beeping problem will be accepted gratefully. Suggestions of other experiments to try also are welcome.
If we do decide to try a clean install of everything, should I first install the OS from the original discs that came with the computer, then upgrade using the OS 10.6 discs, or should I just start with the OS 10.6 discs?

Hello, excellent work so far!
It doesn't sound like this much, but including for pondering...
The following table lists the new tones and their meaning:
Tone(s)          Description
1 tone, a 5-second pause, repeat          No RAM installed
3 successive tones, a 5-second pause, 3 successive tones          RAM does not pass data integrity check
1 long tone when holding down the power button          Firmware upgrade in process. See About firmware updates for Intel-based Macs for more details.
3 long tones, 3 short tones, 3 long tones          Firmware restoration from CD in process. See About the Firmware Restoration CD (Intel-based Macs) for more details.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538
Can you count the beeps or flashes?
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images in the boot ROM (and/or bad sys config block)
5 beeps = processor is not usable
In addition to the beeps, on some computers the power LED will flash a corresponding number of times plus one. The LED will repeat the sequence after approximately a 5-second pause. The tones are only played once.
Note: In this case, a flash is considered to be 1/4 second or 250 ms or greater in length.
It sounds more like some Hardware issue at the moment, but only by a slight margin.
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
/Library/LaunchDaemons

IMac G4 Flat Panel 1Ghz - 1 beep when turning it on.

I have an iMac G4 Flat Panel 1Ghz that beeps once when you turn it on. After doing some research, I learned the 1 beep could be no RAM or RAM problem. I replaced both the internal RAM and the easily accessible RAM with RAM from a reputable dealer that markets this RAM just for iMac G4s. I still get one beep after startup. I tried taking one stick out and all variations of using the old and new RAM with no difference. I did more research that maybe it was the power supply. By the way, originally this iMac was shocked through its Ethernet port with lightning. I since bought a new motherboard, new RAM as stated, and now also the power supply. After putting it all together, I still get one beep at startup. I have reset the PMU also. Also added a new battery. Looking forward to your suggestions.

There may be some indication of the beep's cause after some thorough
testing of the computer with some utility software; perhaps even the basic
Apple Hardware Test which would have accompanied the computer when
new could be helpful to some degree, if the machine were run in that, in a
long continuous loop to see if at some point, it may generate some codes.
However, the startup sequence itself is where such a hopeful bit of information
would more likely be generated; and this is the kicker, in that some of the info
at start-up is too early in the beginning of the run-cycle to be recorded or read.
But, you may find evidence of the issue in the Console error message reports
in that utility; and there are a few different sub-titles of places in Console to look.
Also, you may be able to find some error or crash messages, or other runtime
messages and glitches, in the System Profiler> Software> progression path.
There may be another source of the single-beep on startup tone. Not sure of
any other, though; since the Power-on self-test is generally what checks out
those computers on start-up. And the 'single beep' suggests there is a RAM
issue, as this Beep would replace the normal startup chime.
So, that early in the startup, and without a booted system, the error logs or
crash and failure reports would not be generated to be read later.
Is the computer you have really a 20" LCD and does it truly have a 1GHz
CPU? Or, does it have a 1.25GHz PPC processor, as it should? Did the
company you obtained the replacement logic board from, have anything
to say about the kinds of issues you've noted the computer displaying?
There may have been a limited duration warranty on the rebuilt board.
There have been a few of the old iMac G4 17" & 20" 1.25GHz models
generating an odd, single 'buzz' sound after the normal startup tone.
Is your's making a 'single beep' or a 'buzz' sometime after booting?
Do you have any other RAM chips of correct supported version to
replace one or both RAM slots, of reliable quality product? How was
the OS installed into the computer, or have you been unable to do so?
Once in a great while, new correct RAM could be bad on arrival. Rare.
{This is a lot like chasing gremlins or setting a trapline for gnomes.}
Maybe someone, such as the contributor alias 'spudnutty' may know of
some other factor in this matter that he has found, that may cause that.
Good luck & happy computing!

Imac is making a lot of beeps every time I launch an application

I recently bought iMac on 2011 with snow leopard installed, recently I decided to try lion, I made a fresh install but since then my Mac is just making these annoying noises, kind like alert beep every time I launch an application, surf on web ,... What should I do?

Hi.
Open System Preferences > Sound then select the Sound Effects tab.
Deselect: Play user interface sound effects

IMAC does not boot, only beeps. Video attached

Hello:
I am trying to figure out why an iMAC does not boot properly.
Memory:1GB (only 1 module in one of the 2 available slots).
Everytime I push the power button I only hear a sound and that's it.
You can hear the HDD spinning but the screen is always black.
Please find the sound that the iMAC makes everytime I turn it on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRTB3iDZEU
Keboard does not respond so I cannot use things like press a key when turning on the computer, etc.
Mouse light is ok.
I am a newbie with MAC's so excuse me if I'm not doing something right.
Thanks

Hello robertin75
Check the ram, if the module has gone bad, has become dislodged or not fully seated in the slot then the iMac will only beep indicating an error and will not startup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2341
I'm not exactly sure which model iMac you have and so it's hard to give specific instructions, but if you check in the User's Guide that came with it you will find the instructions for replacing and installing ram in your model.
If you no longer have the User's Guide you can find out by using the the following link.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1463
or the next one if it happens to be a newer glossy screen aluminum model.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1758
Dennis

IMac Won't start up and beeps when turning power on.

So last night, I got the gray screen that said I needed to turn off the power to my iMac. I powered down and upon turning it back on, I got a blank screen with three (I'm pretty sure it was three) beeps followed by a pause and then three more beeps. From what I've read, I think this means there is a RAM issue.
Any advice or suggestions before I contact support??
Thanks

Honker --
Welcome to Apple Discussions!
We're other Mac users here, asking questions and sharing solutions.
It is your RAM.
You can try reseating your RAM chips to make sure they're in tight.
You can check your Memory in your Profile --
Click on the Apple icon - upper left corner - to "About this Mac."
Then click on "More Info," down to Memory. It will explain the slots and dimms there.
What does it say there?

IMac G3 DVD 400-3 beeps

I have a friends iMac to fix, it has been difficult; I posted at first about a DiscWarrior cd that was stuck in the drive "causing it to not start", requesting help with getting the disc out.
Well I got the CD out by dismantling the computer and removing the CD/DVD drive only to discover that the slot loader has a sort of gate that prevents removal. So I reconnected the power and plugged the DVD drive back in to the internal power cable, started up with the computer open and the DVD drive resting on a front edge but with a paper clip pressed to the Emergency Eject button - this in time worked. The disc ejected.
I put the computer back together, installing two new sticks of 512 Mbs RAM while I was at it (which I now realise might not have been the brightest thing to do) and so started up with an empty DVD slot. Exactly the same sequence of events took place. No screen image, no chimes, just the graunch sort of noise of the initial start-up (normal sound), the power button glows green but nothing further.
If I try Option start with my LaCie FW Pocketdrive (it has a System and System folder) attached, I get 3 beeps after about 30 secs, while still holding down Option (I'm not sure if this should work or not - the OS is 8.6 and I don't know if Option start was an Option back then!!). I have not seen mention of 3 beeps or its significance in all the literature that I have looked at in the last 3-4 days as a direct consequence of getting involved with this iMac. I have read all that I could find and am now stumped because having removed the back panel and connected a spare monitor to the VGA port I get no image on the second monitor either.
So far everyone has talked of OS 9 or OSX but not 8.6 - I don't know what to do next. I do have a Software Install and Restore disc for the G3 that has 8.5.1. on it. Should I try starting from this? I also have the OS9.0.4. Install discs for my old G4 DP 500 that I could try. Given that the DW disc got stuck in the slot (I know now that TTPro and DW can cause this to happen) I am nervous of this getting stuck too.
I know that what I really need to do is run the Firmware Updater 4.1.9. that I downloaded but as I can't start the computer or see anything on a screen, I don't know how to proceed. And as I can't start it I can't tell you much about it other than that when it WOULD start, prior to me running DiscWarrior, I had ascertained that it was a 400 Mhz G3 with 192 Mbs of RAM. It is Dark Blue which could be described as Indigo or Bondi Blue, it has a 9 Gig Maxtor HD which is called Barry's New HD implying that it is a replacement.
I tried a Firewire Target disc mode (with the G3 attached to my G5 - which CAN'T boot into 9) start-up but this did nothing other than cause the 3 beeps as well. Should I try this with my G4, as this will still boot into 9? The one thing I have not done is check the internal PMU(?) battery but I didn't think that this would cause all this strife. I have discovered the 3 beeps are to say no ram installed! I removed the 2 new sticks and find they are 133 and the originals are 100 BUT I do remember seeing that the slot loaders are suppposed to take both speeds!?
Any suggestions?

I'm not sure whether it was beeping because it didn'y want to know about the NEW RAM that I had put in - 2 x 512 mbs of pc-133 (the old ones were pc-100i) or that I hadn't pushed BOTH of them in properly. I have added and removed RAM from so many Macs that I find this difficult to believe.
The RAM supplier, Microseconds, was sure that this slot loader would take both pc-100 and pc-133 sticks (on the sticks it says -Edge PC-133 memory, followed by PC-133-322-620, pc-100 compatible) so I don't know why it didn't want to know about this memory.
Possibly it is because I haven't yet resolved what is clearly a much bigger issue, one that I didn't know about until a few days ago; the iMac Firmware and Installer/Utility disc issue that has resulted in an unbootable iMac, that I now feel I should not have gone near but my friends are waiting for me to "wake it up" and so I must persevere.
I have tried Firewire Target Disc Mode, Ethernet, Option start with a FW drive attached that contains a System folder (admittedly, OS 90.2.2 and the iMac is still 8.6), OS 90 Installer disc and I have also tried plugging another monitor into the "concealed" VGA socket - all to no avail so far.
My next thought was that I only have the option of removing the HD and putting it into another computer and updating this to OS 9.2, then putting it back into the iMac BUT I do not see how this is going to allow me to boot the computer or see anything on the monitor so as to then open the Firmware Updater 4.1.9. I'm stumped. Any more ideas would be great to hear about..

17" Intel iMac Kernel Panic, Freezing at Grey Screen and Beeping!

Hi there,
I have a new 17" Intel iMac (Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, 250 GB, 1GB Memory with OS X 10.4.8) that keeps getting those "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button." messages.
It all started on Sunday when I tried to wake the computer (the computer went on Sleep by itself) and got that message so I restarted the computer but it froze on the grey screen (even before I got the Apple) and it beeped 3 times and then the light on front just kept blinking 3 times. I finally was able to erase and re-install OS X and everything was fine until I left the computer for a while, it went to sleep again, and then the message came back. I restarted and it seems to be fine but I'm worried the beeping and freezing will come back.
The first time this happened, I didn't know enough to "log" the kernel panics but I do know that I deleted a lot of the applications (iWeb, Garage Band, etc.) that I didn't need and fidged with the Share folder in the Users folder. I use a Flash Drive a lot and always left it connected to the keyboard's USB drive. Also leave my iPod Nano connected. After I reinstalled everything, I only deleted the Garage Band demos, installed and deleted the Firefox 2.0 and Opera (wanted to just stick with Firefox 1.0) applications. Only used the Flash Drive a little and haven't connected my iPod on yet. Trying to isolate the problem. I can't remember doing anything else.
Here's the log from the latest kernel panic:
Wed Aug 8 00:00:06 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0019075E): pmap-remove: mapping not in pv_list!
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x13f5bc18 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9ac4 0x13f5bc3c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x13f5bc58 : 0x19075e (0x3ccc58 0xa0000000 0x0 0x1a2010)
0x13f5bcb8 : 0x1937d7 (0xddd000 0xddd050 0x0 0x19a406)
0x13f5bd08 : 0x16535c (0x252d420 0xa0000000 0x0 0xa000a000)
0x13f5bdf8 : 0x165b10 (0xffe00000 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x13f5be38 : 0x13a676 (0x13000c8 0x0 0x0 0xffe00000)
0x13f5be88 : 0x339160 (0x2529a30 0x202 0x13f5bee8 0x2529a30)
0x13f5bec8 : 0x343614 (0x2b725dc 0xa 0x0 0x0)
0x13f5bee8 : 0x343d3f (0x2b725dc 0xa 0x0 0x0)
0x13f5bf58 : 0x343f25 (0xa 0x1 0x13f5bf78 0x2416e038)
0x13f5bf78 : 0x1273f9 (0x2544a10 0xffffff7f 0x0 0x4)
0x13f5bfa8 : 0x1a1f8d (0xffffffff 0x1 0x0 0x253b500)
0x13f5bfc8 : 0x19a896 (0x0 0x0 0x19d0b5 0x253b500) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x13f5bef8
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.5: Mon Dec 11 19:39:17 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.16.5.obj~1/RELEASE_I386
I also found this "error_log" in my System Profiler:
error_log:
Description: Printer error log
Size: 8.5 KB
Last Modified: 8/8/07 12:19 AM
Location: /var/log/cups/error_log
Recent Contents: ...
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/certs"
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/ppd"
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/classes.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/printers.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/var/spool/cups"
W [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/var/spool/cups/tmp"
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:07 -0400] Full reload complete.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Setting AdobePDF8 device-uri to "pdf800://distiller/" (was "file:/dev/null".)
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] New printer 'AdobePDF8' added by ''.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Printer 'AdobePDF8' modified by ''.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Setting AdobePDF8 printer-is-accepting-jobs to 1 (was 0.)
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Setting AdobePDF8 printer-state to 3 (was 5.)
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Printer 'AdobePDF8' modified by ''.
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Saving printers.conf...
I [07/Aug/2007:15:49:21 -0400] Printer 'AdobePDF8' modified by ''.
I [07/Aug/2007:16:35:22 -0400] Scheduler shutting down normally.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Listening to 7f000001:631
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Listening to 700c3000:0
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/certs"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/ppd"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/classes.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/etc/cups/printers.conf"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/var/spool/cups"
W [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Repairing ownership of "/private/var/spool/cups/tmp"
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:15 -0400] Full reload complete.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:22:16 -0400] Printer sharing is off and there are no jobs pending, will restart on demand. Exiting.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Listening to 7f000001:631
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Listening to 700c3000:0
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Full reload complete.
I [07/Aug/2007:21:28:43 -0400] Printer sharing is off and there are no jobs pending, will restart on demand. Exiting.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Listening to 7f000001:631
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Listening to 40113000:0
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Full reload complete.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:00:06 -0400] Printer sharing is off and there are no jobs pending, will restart on demand. Exiting.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Listening to 7f000001:631
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Listening to 40113000:0
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Full reload complete.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:12:01 -0400] Printer sharing is off and there are no jobs pending, will restart on demand. Exiting.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Listening to 7f000001:631
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Listening to 40113000:0
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Loaded configuration file "/private/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Full reload is required.
I [08/Aug/2007:00:19:06 -0400] Full reload complete.
I don't know what this part is about because I don't have a Printer hooked up to the computer.
The only other thing I can think of is I also installed WireTap and StuffIt before the initial crashing. I heard StuffIt was causing problems on some Intel Macs. Also changed a lot of the icons and changed the icon for Preview. I "verified" my hard drive and "verified and repaired the disk permissions" (I'm not that knowledgeable about computers let alone Macs). I also checked my hardware by pressing D while the grey CD OS X was running and get this:
4MEME/4/40000000: 2F244040
usually during the initial testing but when I restart and try it again, it's fine.
Well, that's all I can think of. Any thoughts?
Thanks a lot!
-Kim

Thanks for the reply and links!
After the first problems, I re-seated the RAMs. Does this mean I have to buy new memory? This is a pretty new iMac, bought it in May and have only been using it for maybe two months. Haven't done a whole lot with it but I usually keep a lot of programs open at the same time. I have Adobe CS3 installed too and it says it needs at least 1 GB of memory. I've heard people saying it's best to have as much RAM (this Mac can only take up to 3GB) when using those programs. Maybe it's getting too heavy? Should I only keep one program open at a time? Also, which part of my post indicated that it was memory problems? What the "panic.log" stated or that "4MEME/4/40000000: 2F244040" stuff? Anything else I can do to not let this happen again?
Thanks again!

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