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Getting Rid of that startup chime?
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Have never liked that big "boooooong" chime when you boot up your Mac. Is there any way to get rid of it? Or is it encoded into the boot chips? The sound must be stored on a ROM chip somewhere because it plays before the HD spins up.
Ruahrc
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Yeah, it's built-in...can't change it.
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Nope as gorickey err Manofsteel said
besides that's what makes a mac, a mac
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I do not like it when I do not hear it at start-up! It's a sign of life, a healthy life.
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Heck of a lot better than that ancient "BEEP!" you get with most other PC's. 
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if you mute your mac before you restart or shut it down the sound won't be there when you boot up. that is the only way i know how to get rid of it.
be warned. i unknowingly had it muted before i restarted and i did not hear the noise and i started to freak out until i saw the grey screen. that sound lets me know my mac is working
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well, there's this
and there's this too
but have not used either...
check them out.
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Join Date: Sep 2000
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why would anyone want to get rid of the sound of quality?
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Liberty - Free Markets - Peace
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the sound that turns heads
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the sound we have heard a billion times?
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Just stick a pair of headphones in the headphone jack.
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Originally posted by CharlesS:
Just stick a pair of headphones in the headphone jack.
or get a miniplug adapter (at radioshack, for instance), plugged into the headphone jack and connected to...nothing
then there wont even be a little sound (as there would be from headphones)
THIS one i have done before! 
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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I remember the SoundBlaster Live killing that sound somehow...perhaps the M-Audio Revolution would do the same, though they probably put a slight bit more effort into making their card decent.
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This insanity brought to you by:
The French CBC, driving antenna users mad since 1937.
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Originally posted by mdc:
if you mute your mac before you restart or shut it down the sound won't be there when you boot up. that is the only way i know how to get rid of it.
be warned. i unknowingly had it muted before i restarted and i did not hear the noise and i started to freak out until i saw the grey screen. that sound lets me know my mac is working
if you didn't happen to mute your mac before shutting down then holding the mute key during startup should suppress the chime as well. i haven't tested this one tho.
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That little sound has become a pop culture (obscure-ish) icon. It always puts a smile on my face when I hear it from TV shows or movies.
What I really miss is Oscar the Grouch singing "I like trash" every time I threw something away on my LCII. Does anyone remember that programme? It played several different clips, etc. for assigned events.
Cheers!
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Satellite deployment by:
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Originally posted by MacmanX:
What I really miss is Oscar the Grouch singing "I like trash" every time I threw something away on my LCII. Does anyone remember that programme? It played several different clips, etc. for assigned events.
i remember it!
http://rentzsch.com/share/thegrouch.mov
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Hey, thanks for the link. Ah, the nostalgia.
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Satellite deployment by:
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Originally posted by MacmanX:
That little sound has become a pop culture (obscure-ish) icon. It always puts a smile on my face when I hear it from TV shows or movies.
What I really miss is Oscar the Grouch singing "I like trash" every time I threw something away on my LCII. Does anyone remember that programme? It played several different clips, etc. for assigned events.
Cheers!
do you know the story about this?
the developer got a lot of hate email...
apparently, parents would come into the room to find their kids trashing every file in sight, just to see oscar the grouch pop up from the trash....yikes! 
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Thanks those links worked! I actually disconnected the PC Speaker in my computer so I wouldn't have to hear the beep on my windows machine.
My biggest gripe with the chime though is what if I need to reboot in a quiet environment such as a library or study area? I'm sure it'd bug people all of a sudden "boooong"!!!
Ruahrc
the mute tip is handy though that way I can silence the chime at will on other's macs if I need a reboot there, and I won't need to install any software.
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