macOS will not install or load from bootable USB drive
Hello All,
Bit of a strange one here, at least I think so.
I have just purchased an iMac 27” 2013 model, it was sold to me as not booting.
Fault finding process, Environmental, Hardware, Software or customer education, environmental and customer education ruled out.
On to software;
- used a known good version of 10.13.6 on a bootable Usb drive to boot the iMac - failed, normally this would prove software is not at fault, but there could be firmware issue if the iMac had a higher OS installed.
- Command R / internet recovery will not load
On to hardware;
- Hard drive ruled out due to software fault finding
- Ram ruled out, known good RAM installed still no change to fault
- NVRAM reset performed, no change to fault
Normally this would leave the logic board that would need to be replaced in order to get the iMac working, but here is the thing, the iMac loads into Ubuntu desktop from a bootable USB drive and using benchmarking tools I can confirm a working CPU and GPU.
What would cause a Mac not to work with macOS but to work just fine with other operating systems?
Thank you for your time.
Have you tried using a bootable OS X Mavericks or MacOS Sierra bootable USB/CD?
由 Andrew S 完成的
I haven't but if that were to work then the internet recovery should work, no?
I have never come across a Mac (that can run up to 10.15) have an issue with 10.13 but then work at 10.12 or lower.
由 Brendan Mills 完成的