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Death chimes - any guide?
Posted by: stormy on 2022-01-09 12:53:59
Hi guys,

I have a pb 190 which when turned on does the regular Apple 'good' boot chime, then after a little while (I think after it counts the ram because the time changes depending on whether I have the extra ram installed or not) it does a very slow death chimes, reaaallly slowely. No screen output at all.

Any suggestions on possible faults? Thanks
Posted by: 3lectr1cPPC on 2022-01-09 13:28:48
I would try to remove the hard drive. I’ve had a bad boot partition cause a death chime, but I still got a display so there might be move than one issue if the hard drive is the cause of the death chime.
Posted by: stormy on 2022-01-10 03:10:10
This is the exact problem:

Does anyone have any suggestions? I've re-capped all the electrolytics and tested all the tantalums for shorts...
Posted by: desertrout on 2022-01-14 15:05:29
This may sound cliché, but have you recapped the logic board? Doing so resolved boot issues on my 190cs...
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