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Dear all,
Feel free to laugh first, then help.
My father-in-law (late 70s) recently said his Hackintosh wouldn't turn on. It had been running fine for a year, then one day he said he "changed some sleep settings" in macOS and it stopped turning on. Wouldn't even go to Bios. Press the power button, fan spins, but literally no other activity. "Check signal cable" on his display.
I figured he had fried a part on the machine, so I gave him my eldest son's...he has had it a week, said he had "put it to sleep" last night (which I told him not to) and now the EXACT SAME thing has happened. Wouldn't even go to Bios. Press the power button, fan spins, but literally no other activity. "Check signal cable" on his display.
What on earth could he possibly have done? There's no way he has managed to fry two machines...but I am at a loss. Anyone got ANY idea?
Now, I have plugged out the power cable, left both machines alone, tried to get them to bios...nothing. Sure there can't have been something he has randomly set in software that would mean it won't even go to BIOS?
All help gratefully received.
dpwright
Feel free to laugh first, then help.
My father-in-law (late 70s) recently said his Hackintosh wouldn't turn on. It had been running fine for a year, then one day he said he "changed some sleep settings" in macOS and it stopped turning on. Wouldn't even go to Bios. Press the power button, fan spins, but literally no other activity. "Check signal cable" on his display.
I figured he had fried a part on the machine, so I gave him my eldest son's...he has had it a week, said he had "put it to sleep" last night (which I told him not to) and now the EXACT SAME thing has happened. Wouldn't even go to Bios. Press the power button, fan spins, but literally no other activity. "Check signal cable" on his display.
What on earth could he possibly have done? There's no way he has managed to fry two machines...but I am at a loss. Anyone got ANY idea?
Now, I have plugged out the power cable, left both machines alone, tried to get them to bios...nothing. Sure there can't have been something he has randomly set in software that would mean it won't even go to BIOS?
All help gratefully received.
dpwright