Three beeps that repeat after a pause and occur when you power on your computer indicate a problem with the system memory. Three beeps that play and then stop as the computer starts successfully mean ...

The MacBook Air was originally released in 2008 and is a more portable version of Apple's MacBook line of laptop computers. Although the MacBook Air is generally a quiet laptop, you may find that you ...

One of the most common sounds in the modern world is the beep. From microwaves and cellphones to computers and backing-up trucks, this high-pitched alert pings us from every direction. But how is it ...

According to most reports, Apple's nine-fan design for the Power Macintosh G5 has made it noticeably quieter than some noisy Power Macintosh G4 MDD models. However, MacFixIt reader Craig Hein reports ...

I get a continuous beep when running an old Pentium 200 MMX computer with Windows 95. It doesn't happen until after the computer and OS is up and working. And sometimes it doesn't happen at all. I ...

Computers used to be a lot noisier than they are today. And I don’t just mean the whir of spinning hard disks and the rattle of fans—they used to boop and beep every time you turned them on. If you ...

Last week we reported on a strange beeping noise being generated by the dual 2 GHz Power Macintosh G5. Several readers have since corroborated the behavior, which appears to be normal - albeit ...