Mac Book won't start, but only bep, bep sound!?
Hello to all MacBook user, encounter a problem when requesting to restart computer from system itself, (after doing it) i can't booth up the computer anymore, only the "bep, bep" sound with nothing on the screen everytime i restart it. Please give me some advice how to handle this problem, many thanks!!
Yes, definitely check your RAM modules. Did you recently remove them or upgrade? When I upgraded mine to 4GBs I did not have the modules fully seated and it beeped. They are tight, but if you can carefully assure they are seated then this should do it.
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Why won't my Mac book boot up,start up only grey screen with ? showing?
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