Help: Can't boot into new Quad PM :: Kernal Panics

[Xephian]

Well, I've just got my new Quad G5 today and after playing around with OS X, I've decided to format it. After inserting the Tiger DVD and restarting, I can no longer boot into OS X. I just get a kernal panic everytime I boot and when I restart it just does the same thing over and over. Anyone know what's wrong or what I can do to fix this?

 

[mad jew]

Maybe bad RAM?

 

[Xephian]

Maybe bad RAM?

I haven't changed the RAM. It's still the default 2x256MB DDR2 that I had when I first received it.

 

[Xephian]

Hmm... It's actually the DVD that's bad. Problem solved.

 

[PowerMike G5]

Yes, I had the same problem with my Quad when I was formatting a new HD. It was trying to read and boot off the DVD. Glad you solved the problem.

 

[mad jew]

Weird. You don't see bad system disks very often.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Weird. You don't see bad system disks very often.

Indeed..
The only time a good working Mac crashes booting from an install DVD is if some piece of crucial hardware is unsupported.
Remeber the nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra and Panther retail CDs?

 

[IJ Reilly]

Or possibly a bad DVD drive. I've seen them work with some media and not others.

Oh, and YACIV.

(Yet Another Clean Install Victim)