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

[AB]

Two beeps from the internal onboard/system speakers, yes. One for each incident.

The obscure motherboard failure message in 5 different languages takes over the monitor and is set on gray, 50% transparent background, or was on Mac OS 10.3. It may be different on more recent Mac OSes. It is frequent but not consistent, as it fails it becomes more frequent and consistent during the boot process. It reminded me of Mac's version of the Windows notorious blue screen of death. ha ha. Honestly, the particular G3 blue and white tower I had bought 2nd hand and used for an additional 6 years had more than served me well and was the first time I had ever experienced motherboard failure on any Mac. 

Aside from learning to keep Mt. Dew and Milk away from laptops, or any liquids for that matter. 

I'm signing off for the week, and probably next week to move and get settled in the new house. I apologize for the delayed response. It's been a chaotic month. Thank goodness it's almost over. 

--- On Thu, 10/22/09, Victoria L. Herring <VLH at HerringLaw.com> wrote:

From: Victoria L. Herring <VLH at HerringLaw.com>
Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] problems with MacBook Pro [small one] in Chile
To: "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 9:40 AM

>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
-- 
Victoria L. Herring, Des Moines, Iowa. Blogs: 
http://blog.JourneyZing.com  [photography]; 
http://www.herringlaw.com  [civilrights/discrimination]; 
http://victorialherring.typepad.com/serendipity/  [personal].
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