[DM-MUG] problems with MacBook Pro [small one] in Chile

[Victoria L. Herring]

>When the motherboard is failing, there's a beep from the mac 
>internal speakers. The obscure message is in at least 5 different 
>languages but it doesn't say "motherboard is failing" so I took it 
>to a certified Apple Tech and found out. He was able to take out the 
>drive. I converted it to an external drive. then it failed 7 months 
>later.

so does that mean there are two beeps possible = the drive and the 
motherboard?  When I go visit her in December I'm going to check over 
the machine and either bring it home or something but it'd be helpful 
to know what I'm looking for = right now it's safely in storage
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