Hi, > Earphones change nothing, anyway it plays Mac's chime at boot, That's not what i meant: Some time ago, my iBook would not play any sound unless i: - Booted it - Plugged in an Earphone - Unplugged it .. tada -> sound was there > Do you think Slackintosh 12.0 will solve this problem? > I need to add RAM, which is hard to find... Slackintosh 12.0 does not need more RAM than 11.0