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Imac restarts while prepering to install mac os x after installing new blank ssd

Imac 2010 a1311 2839,

the original 1tb hdd failed, installed new blank 512gb ssd, reseted pram,

got it booted in internet recovery for high sierra, erased, made into correct format,

then went to install the os x when the "cannot connect to the recovery server" error appeared.

tried again, and still same, checked the date, its correct.

tried making a bootable usb with high sierra, booted from usb into recovery, erased ssd again, went to installation, proceeded through, while preparing for installation and "2 minutes remaining" the computer suddenly shut off and restarted, booted itself back to recovery like nothing happened.

tried again, same result.

while it does that i can see it does write some things on the ssd but it always is like a half of the installator package (2,5-3,5gb).

tried making the usb with mountain lion, but i cant get it open on my macbook cause its too recent for that system, and thus failed to make the bootable usb with mountain lion.

tried to recover from time machine, which is going fairly ok,

but then it boots me up into recovery, the system in the time machine was sierra, i try to install the sierra, and same problem with the computer restarting itself suddenly while preparing for installation, with "1 minute remaining" and again booting up like nothing happened to the recovery with again writing some files onto the ssd before restarting.

Cant get it to stop doing that. please someone help me fix that

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Nov 10, 2024 9:11 AM

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Nov 10, 2024 11:32 AM in response to Gerardsx

i retreated to redoing the high sierra usb

I'm back again at going through the clicks and it goes into preparing for installation, with "3 minutes remaining" the computer restarts again with no prompt, now after the screen goes black it goes to white and displays "your computer was restarted because of a problem" then it reboots normally to the usb and back to the utility menu.

I dont know what is the problem.

to recap again,

date is correct, pram is reset, usb made with terminal on my macbook, the ssd is in correct format, it is being recognised by the disk utility, theres no showing problems.



Imac restarts while prepering to install mac os x after installing new blank ssd

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