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No Startup Chime
Name: mattbvd Date: May 21, 2007 at 15:44:49 Pacific OS: 10.3.9 CPU/Ram: G3/512 Product: B&W 400
Comment:
Hi All, I just purchased a Blue & White tower from a third party that works great, however I can't hear a startup chime (the boing sound) when the computer starts up. Does this model have a startup sound? If so, how do I enable it? As a note, my speakers are working fine and I can hear sounds within Mac OS X, just not the startup sound. Also my speakers are not on mute.
Name: dasomicron Date: May 26, 2007 at 23:15:13 Pacific
Reply:
Please try to reset PRAM (PermanentRAM) (where some config. attribs store)
To do this you must:
Restart your mac, and when the screen goes black you have to press OPTION+APPLE+P+R keys at the same time. Keep pressing untill you notice the Keyboard light turns on and then off. You may hear the tone at this point. If you do not hear tone you have any kind of problem in your logicboard (Mother)
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Response Number 2
Name: Kilooloogung Date: May 28, 2007 at 05:48:22 Pacific
Reply:
Look in System Preferences (if you're using OS X) and see if there's a "Startup Sound" pref pane. This can be used to make the startup sound quieter, or to even switch it off altogether.
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Response Number 3
Name: Marylena22 Date: July 15, 2007 at 15:54:46 Pacific
Reply:
Actually PRAM is Parameter Ram. And can you hear the chime when you start up from a CD?
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