My MacBook Pro Beeps and the Screen Goes Crazy

I upgraded my RAM from 4GB to 8GB a couple months ago. Ever since then, my MacBook would freeze and the screen would get all weird and distorted, and then it continues to sound off three longish beeps. I can't do anything except hold down the power button until it shuts off. This only happens every couple of days. I'm thinking it's a RAM issue and I've already tried reseating the RAM, but it keeps happening. Anyone have any solutions? Maybe the RAM is faulty?

Wow. Every 5th thread is someone who has a problem with their screen going black since 10.6.8

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What is happening with my Laptop? Once this happens (grey screen) does it mean that it's going to become a chronic problem?
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It's kind of difficult to diagnosis your problem without a visual clue, because there is a (mostly) software based "gray screen" at boot issue.
But if you got the screen replaced, took it home and now it works, why the repair shop didn't get it working before it left the store is beyond me.
Unless the repair shop is a authorized apple reseller/repair, I wouldn't have taken it to them, and of you did, they should have fixed the issue right away.

My computer stops working completely and the screen goes crazy

I don't know which is the Safari version I am using, but I am pretty sure it is the latest one. And I use this same version for a long time and have never experienced any problems. However know everytime I start my Safari, it works perfectly for a few seconds and then the computer stops completely. Nothing works! The mouse arrow moves, but the clicks have no effect. The keyboard keys do not work. The only thing left is turn de computer off using the power button.
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Unfortunately, it doesn't.
First, I bought my Mac Book Pro earlier then the specified period. Second, I am not really experiecing a lack of video or a distortion, but another kind of problem. It is more like a complete breakdown, because even the computer stops working, not only the screen. Furthermore, the screen gives signs that a problem occurred, but it doesn't become distorted, it only starts showing many pink lines.
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Allan

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Take it in for service. Your screen probably needs to be replaced.

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1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
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My MacBookPro (mid 2012) will not complete the boot process. Yosemite's progress widget gets about 1/3 to 1/2 way across when the logo disappears and the screen goes all white for 10-15 secs or so, then the machine shuts down and restarts.

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The machine is BootCamp(ed) with Windows 8.1 which I use from a VMWare virtual machine instead of natively so that I can have both OSes running at the same time. I also think this is unrelated to my problem. I have been using this setup for more than 2 years.
My upgrade to Yosemite was uneventful and I thought it went well and was very smooth. I don't want to lead attention away from Yosemite, but at this point my problem does not seem related to the upgrade.
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Because line-in has been removed.
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You'll need to use a Griffin iMic or similar to use line-in via a USB port.
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My ipod touch is flashing white on and off, I hold the buttons down, and the screen goes black- but the apple logo does not come on. What do I do?

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Try:
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Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

HT4436 On my touch I have an iCloud backup message asking me to check my settings, when I click on settings nothing happens and the screen goes black. It will not allow me to turn my touch on or off. What should I do to rectify this?

On my touch I have an iCloud backup message asking me to check my settings, when I click on settings nothing happens and the screen goes black. It will not allow me to turn my touch on or off. What should I do to rectify this?

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Reset ( No Data will be Lost )
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HT1338 I just purchased my macbook pro yesterday and the update combined it downloads but when i restart the computer it says something went wrong and it won't work i don't know where to start to download this update

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Try here:
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my macbook pro randomly turns the screen black when it's still on!
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i turn my computer off aprox. every 2 days i tried to bring a solution to this but its just weird
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ps. this has been happening since i downloaded the first version of OS X Lion

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