Kronoid Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I used PCWIZ guide to install Kalyway 10.5.2 on my Hacintosh with an Intel DP35DP based system. It was working great. It took a little while to figure the graphics card driver but after that it was working perfectly. Then I went out for a week and today when I came back it will no longer boot. Actually, it won't start at all. I press the ON button and after a short while the computer starts (it used to start as soon as I pushed the button). Then nothing comes on on the screen. I can hear the computer running but nothing shows. Tried to connect different monitors, VGA, DVI and nothing. The very first time I started it, it started beeping and didn't boot. Now it doesn't beep but still doesn't start. Tried to boot from DVD and it won't. No even BIOS I can access. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kytzu Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 I used PCWIZ guide to install Kalyway 10.5.2 on my Hacintosh with an Intel DP35DP based system. It was working great. It took a little while to figure the graphics card driver but after that it was working perfectly. Then I went out for a week and today when I came back it will no longer boot. Actually, it won't start at all. I press the ON button and after a short while the computer starts (it used to start as soon as I pushed the button). Then nothing comes on on the screen. I can hear the computer running but nothing shows. Tried to connect different monitors, VGA, DVI and nothing. The very first time I started it, it started beeping and didn't boot. Now it doesn't beep but still doesn't start. Tried to boot from DVD and it won't. No even BIOS I can access. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. your problem has no relation with osx or other os, for sure you have a hardware problem. try to remove your batery out and start on ac power only, if still not work then you should go to service. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/#findComment-794481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronoid Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 your problem has no relation with osx or other os, for sure you have a hardware problem. try to remove your batery out and start on ac power only, if still not work then you should go to service. What battery? it is a tower and it only runs directly out of the mains. How can it be a hardware problem when it was working perfectly? I go out on vacation and when I come back and try it it doesn't work. How can a perfectly working system develop hardware problems just sitting still? Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/#findComment-794483 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kytzu Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 ups, you don't have a laptop however maybe it was a energy problem on your network and burned smthg into your pc so you still have to go at service. if you want, open the case and unplug hdd,floppy,cd,dvdrom let just the mainboard connected to the power source and try to boot. if still not ok, unplug one by one videocard, other pci cards, ram and see if mainboard beeps some errors so you can identify what is the problem. you can also find another power source and try to start with. if no beep at all, tah is either mainboard or cpu broken. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/#findComment-794498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronoid Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 Nevermind. The most stupid thing. Once the motherboard started to beep it was easy to narrow it down. 3 beeps meant no memory. So I checked the memory, removed it and snaped it back in and it works perfectly again. The memory either popped out because it wasn't installed properly at the shop (but it still weird it would do that just sitting there, since nobody was home to hit or shake the tower) or the memory is starting to fail. In any case if it happens again I will just replace the memory. But when it started doing this, for some reason, the motherboard wasn't beeping. It beeped the very first time but then never again. I'm glad it started beeping again so I could id the problem. Thanks again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/#findComment-794511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kytzu Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 find documentation on internet about your mainboard and check what the beep code means. check your cpu fan as well if is still alive. for me is 100% hardware problem, you will need to replace at least one component in your pc (I bet on power supply). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/#findComment-794534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronoid Posted June 23, 2008 Author Share Posted June 23, 2008 find documentation on internet about your mainboard and check what the beep code means. check your cpu fan as well if is still alive. for me is 100% hardware problem, you will need to replace at least one component in your pc (I bet on power supply). As I said above, 3 beeps meant no memory. So I checked the memory, removed it and snaped it back in and it works perfectly again.Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/112250-please-help-had-kalyway-1052-working-perfectly-now-pc-wont-boot-or-even-start/#findComment-794563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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