If it is ram, wouldn't there be video? and where might one go about purchasing ram, and is it easy to replace? It seems to be continuous unless it stops at 30 or later haha, but its definitely not one, and haha i know i hate apple they don't make any sense and they are greedy. Įdit: This article says once every 5 seconds is a ram issue. How many times does it beep total, or is it continuous? If it beeps a total of 5 times, it's a CPU issue (and not worth fixing). I checked Mactracker and your model number is missing as well.

I am not sure which one, all they would tell me is thats its a macbook pro 15' mid 2009 model, i went to online apple support and gave them the serial number, and thats all they would tell me as well even though i continually asked for the model number.

It shows no video, and when i turn it on it beeps once about every 5 seconds. is Macbook5,4 or Macbook5,3 depending on which 15-inch you have. How many times does it beep, does it show video at all, any flashing folder icon? Beeping on a Macbook is normally associated with a ram or logic board issue. Apple is a league all its own when it comes to troubleshooting, treat it as such. Geeksquad is not good and have no clue what they're talking about when it comes to Apple products depending on the person you talk to of course. There are several things to try before we can determine what the issue is. Alright, slow down, and take this one step at a time.

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