- Joined
- Oct 29, 2011
- Messages
- 22
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC
- CPU
- i5-4430
- Graphics
- GT 640
I posted another thread last week and user Violet Dragon attempted to help me, but to no avail. I built my system two years ago using iBoot, Multibeast following instructions on the tonymac site and had a fully functioning system for the last two years. Suddenly last week, after typing my password in the login screen, the system freezes, no mouse, no keyboard and have to restart. The only way I can get into the system is to use a -f boot command (which I don't even know what it means, for some reason using this I get no freeze, have internet access and working mouse and keyboard, however, my firewire (Presonus Firestudio) does not connect. I use this computer exclusively for connecting musical instruments and playing through Studio One or Garageband. Without the firewire device working I may as well not have a computer. Holding shift key during boot does not boot into safe mode, nothing happens at all, just login screen, then freeze. I am an extreme newbie, but am smart enough to follow clear instructions and would appreciate any help. Violet Dragon suggested power management, although didn't know if this was my problem or not. Since the instructions for power management look extremely daunting to me, I don't want to pursue this until I know root cause of problem. If my system ran for two years without power management, seems like that is not root cause of my problem.