


I then booted up this morning with a full battery and the boot up took a lot longer than normal - maybe around 3 minutes on the spinning logo, and then finally booted - are these all worrying signs? This i7 is coming up to its first year (which I think is covered by Apple?) and I *think* this maybe a memory issue? If it is, and my Mac is covered, then by a sheer stroke of luck, I decided to get Apple to fit the 8GB memory at the time of purchase (bad I know! and I don't usually do that) BUT that would mean that Apple fitted the memory upgrade and I haven't touched anything myself. However this time, I had the frozen screen saver, and a continuous 3 beeps which I've never had before in a loop? I then re-pressed the power switch on the Macbook and it rebooted fine and seems ok. I get a frozen screen saver which is normal, while the progress bar finds it feet back on power. My Macbook Pro battery had run down (it does quite a bit) so I rebooted with the power inserted. MacBook Pro :: Does Not Turn On - Light Blinks And Beeps 8 To 9 Times May 21, 2012 3 successive tones, a 5-second pause, 3 successive tones. 1 tone, a 5-second pause, repeat = No RAM installed. I waited ten minutes and did some quick research on my ipod. I pressed the power button until it was quiet. Talk about a rude awakening! The screen was dark and did not respond to keys or mouse clicks. I keep my laptop running most of the time, and at 4 o'clock this morning it started beeping at me.A reflow (heating of the solder balls under the GPU at around 250 degrees) could fix the problem temporary but in order to have a permanent result you need to remove the GPU and replace the solder balls (reballing). 3 beeps indicate GPU (video chip) issue.Macbook Pro Beeps 3 Times And Does Not Boot.3 successive tones followed by a 5-second pause. Either your computer's memory was removed or something is interfering with the system checkup. If you hear this pattern of beeping, it means that the Mac could not find any RAM installed. When you start your Mac, it will automatically run system diagnostics. This happened on my Macbook Air and I transferred my data to a Macbook Pro the. Some notes, I know this isn't a ram or hardware issue. I've searched for this issue already but haven't been able to find a solution. It beeps once, 3 seconds pass, then it beeps again-this repeats. My Macbook randomly beeps two times every couple of minutes or so.
