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cbh · Feb 9, 2003, 01:24 PM

Wheres my start-up chime gone, any ideas ? Yes the volume is on ! Works fine apart from this.

mftalon · Feb 9, 2003, 01:49 PM

My 2 G4 towers lose their chime all the time. In fact they don't chime more often than they do chime!

Although I hardly ever reboot them anymore, except for software updates they are up 24/7.

OpenStep · Feb 9, 2003, 03:35 PM

Try starting up into open firmware and typing reset-nvram and reset-all to clear the pram/of. Something probably got corrupted in the pram and making the machine not chime and a reset should fix it.

cbh · Feb 9, 2003, 05:54 PM

Reset pram, now have my chime back, thanks.

booboo · Feb 9, 2003, 09:30 PM

Chime is such an optimistic word. I can only assume you're referring to the doom-laden chord that has been with us since the PCI bus...?

thePurpleGiant · Feb 10, 2003, 06:27 AM

Haha, lucky bugger. I wish I could turn off my chime

Jens Peter · Feb 10, 2003, 07:40 AM

Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
Haha, lucky bugger. I wish I could turn off my chime

My thoughts exactly! But is it somehow possible?
And I'm not even considering muting the mac before I turn it off, and then un-mute it when it have booted into X...

Jens Peter.

willed · Feb 10, 2003, 10:00 AM

Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
Haha, lucky bugger. I wish I could turn off my chime

Yeah, it's annoying when you fire up in a lecture or a library and everyone turns round and glares at you. Then they see the iBook and think 'ah, well he must be a bit crazy, he's got an Apple'

Vanquish · Feb 10, 2003, 10:20 AM

By booboo I can only assume you're referring to the doom-laden chord that has been with us since the PCI bus...?

no, every Mac had a Chime.

off/lang · Feb 10, 2003, 10:40 AM

The older chimes sounded much nicer. And I want the death chime back!

(check them out here: MacTracker )

Agasthya · Feb 10, 2003, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by thePurpleGiant:
Haha, lucky bugger. I wish I could turn off my chime

My dual proc 450 won't chime if I boot into X but if I boot into 9 then it chimes...its very odd...but I'm with you, I definitely don't like the chime when the computer turns on.

SMacTech · Feb 10, 2003, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by agasthya:
My dual proc 450 won't chime if I boot into X but if I boot into 9 then it chimes...its very odd...but I'm with you, I definitely don't like the chime when the computer turns on.

Hmmm, that's odd, as a Mac chimes before it even begins to know what OS it is going to load. Must be something in the PRAM that knows it is OS9, eh!

Vanquish · Feb 10, 2003, 12:40 PM

By off/lang: The older chimes sounded much nicer. And I want the death chime back!

what was that "death chime" anyway ?

I never heard it.

rytc · Feb 10, 2003, 01:09 PM

Originally posted by Vanquish:
what was that "death chime" anyway ? I never heard it.

Thats the chime you heard when something was pretty munted and it wouldn't even startup, gave you the unhappy mac face with + for eyes.....

dice · Feb 10, 2003, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by Vanquish:
what was that "death chime" anyway ? I never heard it.

Download Mactracker , it has all the startup chimes and death chimes for most if not all macs ever made

Anomalous · Feb 10, 2003, 02:59 PM

You could avoid playing the chime in class if you used Sleep instead of Shut Down... just a thought.