I lost my start up chime

coolmaccoolmac
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
All of a sudden my Quicksilver Powermac does not have the startup sound on Power up, otherwise everything is working fine.



What could have happened?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 6
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    If your machine's sound is set to 'mute' when it restarts, the chime won't occur. Unmute and you'll be fine.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    don't know what, but know how to fix:



    restart, and press the keys cmd+alt+p+r until you hear the chime.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    lemon bon bonlemon bon bon Posts: 2,383member
    I had that problem with a new Mac owner that I know.



    She said she'd lost her 'chime' and missed it.



    How emotive that powerful chime is!



    I suddenly thought! Duh! Accidentally hit the mute button and viola, no chime!



    It was quickly rectified...hey...we've all done it...right?



    ...er...right?



    Lemon Bon Bon
  • Reply 4 of 6
    macsrgood4umacsrgood4u Posts: 3,007member
    OK. How do you reduce the volume of the starting chime without effecting the other volume settings such as iTunes?
  • Reply 5 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    you can... more or less



    you would have to write an applescript which sets the volume down when you shut down, and the volume up again when you start the computer.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    sledgehammersledgehammer Posts: 505member
    I too (PB G4 500) have "lost my chime" (more than once) and it wasn't an issue of muted sound. I don't know what causes the problem, but zapping PRAM (the key combo stated above) always corrects it.
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