- Joined
- Oct 5, 2012
- Messages
- 45
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte X58A-UD5-FB
- CPU
- i7-950
- Graphics
- GTX 760
- Classic Mac
Hi,
Long time hackintosh user but a noob at best so apologies in advance if this has been answered because I haven't been able to find anything that solves the problem below. The closest I could find is (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/diagnosing-random-shutdowns.256451/)
My hackintosh (spec in the signature) has been working well for a long time, it has always been on (for weeks at a time without any problem) and I switched it off for approximately 2 weeks when I went on holiday. Upon returning from holiday, I switched it on and it allowed me to log in and then about 5-10 minutes into using the hackintosh, it would switch off abruptly.
I would try and switch it on again and it would allow me to login sometimes before it would switch off even quicker. Sometimes on the second or third attempt it would switch off during the booth process and not even let me get to the login screen.
I initially thought it was a RAM issue so I removed 1 of my 3 sticks one at a time and reseated them but this has not fixed it.
I think the next thing I may try is removing and re-inserting the CMOS battery on the motherboard but before I do I thought I would ask what specific settings in the BIOS I would need to reconfigure if I did that - I am under the impression that this needs to be done if I remove the battery.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Long time hackintosh user but a noob at best so apologies in advance if this has been answered because I haven't been able to find anything that solves the problem below. The closest I could find is (https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/diagnosing-random-shutdowns.256451/)
My hackintosh (spec in the signature) has been working well for a long time, it has always been on (for weeks at a time without any problem) and I switched it off for approximately 2 weeks when I went on holiday. Upon returning from holiday, I switched it on and it allowed me to log in and then about 5-10 minutes into using the hackintosh, it would switch off abruptly.
I would try and switch it on again and it would allow me to login sometimes before it would switch off even quicker. Sometimes on the second or third attempt it would switch off during the booth process and not even let me get to the login screen.
I initially thought it was a RAM issue so I removed 1 of my 3 sticks one at a time and reseated them but this has not fixed it.
I think the next thing I may try is removing and re-inserting the CMOS battery on the motherboard but before I do I thought I would ask what specific settings in the BIOS I would need to reconfigure if I did that - I am under the impression that this needs to be done if I remove the battery.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
