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Current version by pollytintop,

Title:

iBook beeps and flashes when turned on

Text:

My iBook has just become the latest computer to die on me, and now i'm reduced to writing this from a phone's browser.

(iFixit works well on a phone)

I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?

Device:

iBook G4

Tags:

3 beeps, 3 tones, sleep light flash

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

398

Edit by bushing,

Title:

iBook beeps and flashes when turned on

Text:

My iBook has just become the latest computer to die on me, and now i'm reduced to writing this from a phone's browser.

(iFixit works well on a phone)

I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?

Device:

iBook G4
iBook G4

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

398

Edit by bushing,

Title:

iBook beeps and flashes when turned on

Text:

My iBook has just become the latest computer to die on me, and now i'm reduced to writing this from a phone's browser.
(iFixit works well on a phone)
I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?
I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?

Device:

iBook

Tags:

ibook g4

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

398

Edit by QEII Student IT,

Title:

iBook beeps and flashes when turned on

Text:

My iBook has just become the latest computer to die on me, and now i'm reduced to writing this from a phone's browser.

(iFixit works well on a phone)

I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?

Device:

iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz
iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz

Tags:

ibook g4

Status:

open

Edit by Nat Welch,

Title:

iBook beeps and flashes when turned on

Text:

My iBook has just become the latest computer to die on me, and now i'm reduced to writing this from a phone's browser.

(iFixit works well on a phone)

I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?

Device:

iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz
iBook G4 14" 1.42 GHz

Tags:

ibook g4

Status:

open

Original post by QEII Student IT,

Title:

iBook beeps and flashes when turned on

Text:

My iBook has just become the latest computer to die on me, and now i'm reduced to writing this from a phone's browser.

(iFixit works well on a phone)

I was typing in pages '06 when the screen froze and the keyboard and trackpad stopped working. i held the power button to turn it off and now when i try to turn it on i always get 3 beeps and after that the sleep light flashes 4 times every few seconds. it doesn't give me the chance to try fsck -fy or hold c with a hardware test disc. do i need to reimage?

Device:

iBook G4

Tags:

ibook g4

Status:

open