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christ
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Jul 31, 2003, 07:05 AM
 
I have a DP533. A couple of months ago startup failed (question mark - can't find hard drive). No problem - I bought a new Hard Drive, installed it in place of the original, and added the original as a slave in case it just needed a threat to wake it up.

Everything worked, both drives show up.

But...

A couple of weeks ago, strange behaviour began. On waking from sleep, I get <beep beep> from speaker and SPOD. After 30 seconds, another <beep beep> still and SPOD. Repeat and eventually (after 2-4 cycles) the hard drive spins up, and the machine acts as if nothing happened.

1) What does <beep beep> from speaker mean?

2) Is this my old hard drive taking the system down?
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Jul 31, 2003, 04:03 PM
 
Have you run Disk First aid or tried zapping the PRAM.

Which OS are you running?

I can't find what two chimes mean are at the moment.
     
Arkham_c
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Jul 31, 2003, 04:18 PM
 
I suspect it's a hardware failure warning. Check the Knowledgebase at Apple's web site under support.
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christ  (op)
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Aug 1, 2003, 03:34 PM
 
Originally posted by Nivag:
Have you run Disk First aid or tried zapping the PRAM.

Which OS are you running?

I can't find what two chimes mean are at the moment.
Yes, and yes (but does apple-option-p-r do anything anymore?) 10.2.6 and nor can I.
Chris. T.

"... in 6 months if WMD are found, I hope all clear-thinking people who opposed the war will say "You're right, we were wrong -- good job". Similarly, if after 6 months no WMD are found, people who supported the war should say the same thing -- and move to impeach Mr. Bush." - moki, 04/16/03
     
christ  (op)
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Aug 1, 2003, 03:35 PM
 
Originally posted by Arkham_c:
I suspect it's a hardware failure warning. Check the Knowledgebase at Apple's web site under support.
Yup me too (specifically a hard disk failure is my guess)

I did, and I can't find any search that helps.
Chris. T.

"... in 6 months if WMD are found, I hope all clear-thinking people who opposed the war will say "You're right, we were wrong -- good job". Similarly, if after 6 months no WMD are found, people who supported the war should say the same thing -- and move to impeach Mr. Bush." - moki, 04/16/03
     
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Aug 1, 2003, 11:32 PM
 
Startup beep key:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58442

I could not find a wake-up beep key.
     
   
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