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| iMac G5 three beeps on startup |
Posted by: chiggen on 2025-06-25 19:03:21
I recently tried upgrading the ram in my iMac G5 iSight 20" with a 1 gig stick of ddr2. The stick had a heatsink on it which I took off for my limited testing. After I put the ram in and turned on the computer, it beeped three times and showed no video. I think three beeps means a ram issue. I assumed that the stick was bad and took it out. When I powered it on without the stick, it still beeped. reinserting the stick did not help. I have tried multiple smu resets to no avail (Maybe I'm doing it wrong?) and nothing I try seems to do anything. I can't see any damage near the ram slot, nor do I think I would've damaged it when inserting the stick. How can I fix it? |
Posted by: Nixontheknight on 2025-06-26 10:53:54
stick probably went bad, get another stick to test with |
Posted by: chiggen on 2025-06-26 11:05:33
The issue still happens without the stick in the iMac, so I think it could be worse than that. The iMac has 512 megs of motherboard ram so it should run fine without any sticks of ram in it. |
Posted by: Nixontheknight on 2025-06-26 17:20:15
yeah then that means the internal memory went bad |
Posted by: chiggen on 2025-06-26 18:08:18
Thanks for your reply. Do you think this could have been caused by the stick of ram? Is it just a coincidence? Is the iMac completely bricked or can I do something about it? |
Posted by: Byrd on 2025-06-27 01:31:32
Clean the RAM slots, and open her up and see if the caps have bulged (common failure) |
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