Re: [Mactel-linux-users] Turning off the obnouxious power-on sound

[Justin P. M. <jus...@gm...>]

Fritz Neumann wrote:
> Michael wrote:
>    
>>> Everytime I power-on my Macbook Pro, it of course emits the usual "apple
>>> jingle".  Is there a way I can turn it off?
>>>        
>> I'm the only Mac coder in an office full of Windows engineers, so they
>> all know when I've arrived at work!
>>
>> You should know that that sound is the report that the Mac has passed
>> its Power On Self Test.  If it fails there are various unpleasant
>> noises that are played instead.  It's not just there for marketing
>> purposes.
>>
>> Mike
>>      
> Maybe OT but if you still have OSX on your machine
> http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16425
> may help you.
> Just turn the volume down and you can still hear all those unpleasant noises
> when your machine's time has come.
>
> nico
>    
be careful i turned the sound off on my imac,
then a few weeks later notice scrambled noises
from the speaker when running osx.
(couldn't fix it until luckily they updated the firmware).

but I could be wrong.

Justin P. Mattock