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Want to install Snow Leopard, but three beeps
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1810347" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Can I suggest using something other than the Apple Hardware test to test the memory. I had a similar problem with my G5 tower shortly after I got it. If the computer booted it ran fine most of the time. Whenever I powered down I had to try four or five times to boot. The failures often resulted in kernel panics. D0Searching for a solution was the reason I joined a now defunct forum called MacOSG.</p><p></p><p>Long story short <strong>everything pointed to memory failure but the macine kept passing Apple's hardware tests</strong>. One day, out of frustration, I downloaded and ran a program called Memtest. More info <a href="http://www.memtestosx.org" target="_blank">here</a>. The machine failed the memory test in the first two minutes IIRC. Purchased and installed new memory and the problem went away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1810347, member: 131855"] Can I suggest using something other than the Apple Hardware test to test the memory. I had a similar problem with my G5 tower shortly after I got it. If the computer booted it ran fine most of the time. Whenever I powered down I had to try four or five times to boot. The failures often resulted in kernel panics. D0Searching for a solution was the reason I joined a now defunct forum called MacOSG. Long story short [B]everything pointed to memory failure but the macine kept passing Apple's hardware tests[/B]. One day, out of frustration, I downloaded and ran a program called Memtest. More info [URL="http://www.memtestosx.org"]here[/URL]. The machine failed the memory test in the first two minutes IIRC. Purchased and installed new memory and the problem went away. [/QUOTE]
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