MacBook Pro will sometimes beep 3 times on boot
Shallah
Feb 9, 2014 3:09 PM
This problem started in late January and continues till now. The first time I took it to the Genius Bar the employee opened the back and repositioned the RAM. ( the laptop would sometimes beep 3 times on boot so he thought it was a ram problem). This made it work for about a day then it started crashing again. The second time I went to the Genius Bar the employee erased all my data, with my consent, and restored the makbook to factory settings. This did not help either as the laptop won't even let me use photo booth without crashing. I used to not power off my laptop and let it run in sleep mode for long periods of time. Also I move around with it a lot. What could be causing this issue and how much do you think I will have to pay to get my MacBook Pro fixed. It's a late 2011 model running mavericks and the latest updates. I do not have apple care and the laptop is out of warranty.
I am running osx mavericks. Never spilled anything on it. Have 4 gigs of ram.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
In addition to BobRZ's advice, try each module in each bay. In rare occasions that is the problem, not the RAM.
Also download from Kelly Computing, Rember and run it overnight or longer. It is a good test to determine if you have faulty RAM or not.
http://kelleycomputing.net/Rember/
Ciao.
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Okay... so i have this issue with my MBP where it will not power up.
The light on the magsafe does not show up at all when connected to the MBP. I have tried another magsafe but failed. I have not tried another battery so im not sure if that is wheret the fault lies.
Ive tried the SMC reset holding the power button down for long, but still no result. However, i left the MBP disconnected from the magsafe and went out for the whole day. Came back, connected the magsafe and thought id try again. I held the power button for 10 seconds and the MBP started booting. It wasnt the normal boot im not sure if it was performing some sort of safe boot, but it was doing something, the screen turned transparent white, restarted and i could finally log in. The battery was very low so i left it on charge with magsafe.
One thing i have noticed is that sometimes i wont get the light showing on the magsafe but it may still be charging at that point.
This morning i wake up and its the same issue all over again. It must have stopped charging or something as i left the MBP on with magsafe connected. Now it will not turn on no matter what i do.
If i tilt the magsafe connector at an angle i can see a dim green light but then id have to hold it in that place to see that light.
Please advise on what i should do next. Excuse the long story !Hi s.cheslik,
It seems your MacBook Pro will not boot properly and it displaying an error message. Based on the information you have provided, it appears your MacBook Pro needs to be serviced. The following link should help you get started with the process and has links with additional information on topics such as warranty and service pricing, battery replacement, and express replacement service.
Apple - Support - Service Answer Center
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Take care,
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After instaling the update for OS yesterday (saturday 7.10.2012) my macbook pro will not start. The instaling proses start but stopp after 2-3 minutes. I have started mayby 10 tims know but it stops every time. Help, its just a monts ago my iMac hard fail
Actually it sometimes gets a little further, the display will dim and the pointer will appear and then whoop it will turn off. if i do a verbose start up, it will finish all the steps, the white screen will appear and dim and then it will turn off.
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I have two questions...
1) If I do a clean install on my MacBook Pro will I be able to re-install apps (FCP, Aperture, MS Office etc.) from a Time Machine backup, or will I need the original install DVDs with authorization codes? (because I don't have them)
2) Has anyone ever seen anything like this before on their computers?
The Apple Genius' were stumped by my laptop issues and said they'd never seen anything like it before and recommended I did a clean install. Below you can see my trash bin, and if you look at the "Empty" button it reads "N201" and then there's the "N39" to the left of it. You can also see these numbers over by the folder area--"SD5, SD6, SD7." But that's not all...
When I right click on items I see the numbers again. Instead of "Open with" I get "N152" and there's an "N35" and "LB1" towards the bottom.
I have no idea what's going on so I'm just going to do a clean install on my machine but I don't want to lose my apps. I don't have the original install DVDs for them anymore. If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thanks!You don't lose them. You can always redownload them from the app store after you log back in with your Apple ID.
"Buy, download, and even redownload.
You can install apps on every Mac you use and even download them again. This is especially convenient when you buy a new Mac and want to load it with apps you already own." -
When I copy a CD onto my macbook pro I sometimes get several songs that are "out" of the album. How do I get them all together in one album? Any help will be much appreciated as I cannot seem to find the solution to this problem in the troubleshooting section of iTunes.
Generally all you need do is give tracks from the same album a common Album Artist. See Grouping tracks into albums. The images need an update but the basic info. still holds.
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