Beep codes at boot

Thanks Dan. Seems they put the battery on the bottom of the system board. Just resetting the NVRAM and SMC alone would NOT fix the problem, correct? (I tried that and it doesn't stop the beeping)

@capwalker666 - If either battery is unable to support your systems settings, then resetting the settings won't work.

Are you sure you have the correct RAM and inserted it correctly?

@danj First of all, let me thank you for your time and effort. I sysop'ed a board for Novell and Borland for 11+ years. I'd be on the board by 6 and going through messages until 10 - 11. Of course it was unpaid. So what I post next I'm not requesting you answer, but questions for anyone who might jump in.

Now, yes the memory is right. strangely enough, it's when I insert faster memory that the beeping stops. Having a view of the memory and drive I didn't have before really helped. I could seat both better.

Since the battery is on the bottom, I'll have to get the whole logic board out. Bunch of screws all overheat get lost easily LOL. Since my previous experience was swapping parts, I didn't go into the guts like this, I never learned how to properly do a tear down, especially how to keep track of the small parts. I'd love to see a guide of shop practices - those things we do to support our repair work.

@capwalker666 - So you're an old-timer like my self ;-} I was setting up Novel networks and servers way back in NetWare 2.1 days! Do you remember G-Net? Or 3Com's 3Share? Before I joined Proteon (which is now long since gone with most of the early networking companies).

So you solved the RAM issue then using faster RAM?

I've seen lots of ways people have used to hold the parts and screws. It all comes down to what works for you. I've seen people use shirt cardboard which the par & location is marked and some blue painters tape used to hold the part/screws down. I've seen people use a magnetic parks board like what iFixit sells or just a multi-compartment box used. Today taking a picture with your cellphone and printed out is also a nice way pasting the parts to it, or even print the guides out we have here.

@danj You old enough to remember Corvus shared 10mb shared drives on 2 wire ? LOL Oh yea, G net, Three Com. I sysoped Novell's board for their drivers for two years, Borland ('Turbo Pascal ?") for 11. When Borland's stuff crossed Netware I answered.

Nope, not solved. I use a pair of faster ram on the second machine and no beeps, nodisplay either. I've checked all potential culprits like cable ends and everything is squared away.

I don't care where the battery is supposed to be, I'm not going into it again! No way I can get that back together. So I'm using it for parts.

I'm one that needs to slowly watch someone do before I jump in. Like watching (or hearing about) systems to keep things straight. My first picture is one of me peering over the table watching my grandparents play gin rummy.