It sounds like you’ve passed the hardware side of POST, the system is now trying to IPL which is a collection of OS files on the drive.
Here we need Apples OS files. Using other OS’s like Ubuntu then creates there own IPL files on the drive.
So…
Is the drive working? A HDD can encounter issues within its drive which won’t allow the OS to work. A SSD can also encounter issues.
The proper way to proceed is using a second Mac system is to create a bootable OS installer 32GB USB thumb drive which you use to boot up the system and using the Disk Utilities within it to delete the portions and then reformat the drive. Then install a fresh copy of the OS.
As far as the warm spot you are likely feeling the power supply, but until you have a working OS to get past the IPL phase it’s hard to tell if there is something more here.
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Download the required macOS for your system from here on the second Mac [https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662|How to download and install macOS] then follow this guide [https://support.apple.com/en-us/101578|Create a bootable installer for macOS]
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Download the required macOS - Catalina (10.15.x) for your system from here on the second Mac [link|https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662|How to download and install macOS] then follow this guide [link|https://support.apple.com/en-us/101578|Create a bootable installer for macOS]
It sounds like you’ve passed the hardware side of POST, the system is now trying to IPL which is a collection of OS files on the drive.
Here we need Apples OS files. Using other OS’s like Ubuntu then creates there own IPL files on the drive.
So…
Is the drive working? A HDD can encounter issues within its drive which won’t allow the OS to work. A SSD can also encounter issues.
The proper way to proceed is using a second Mac system is to create a bootable OS installer 32GB USB thumb drive which you use to boot up the system and using the Disk Utilities within it to delete the portions and then reformat the drive. Then install a fresh copy of the OS.
As far as the warm spot you are likely feeling the power supply, but until you have a working OS to get past the IPL phase it’s hard to tell if there is something more here.
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Download the required macOS for your system from here on the second Mac [https://support.apple.com/en-us/102662|How to download and install macOS] then follow this guide [https://support.apple.com/en-us/101578|Create a bootable installer for macOS]
It sounds like you’ve passed the hardware side of POST, the system is now trying to IPL which is a collection of OS files on the drive.
Here we need Apples OS files. Using other OS’s like Ubuntu then creates there own IPL files on the drive.
So…
Is the drive working? A HDD can encounter issues within its drive which won’t allow the OS to work. A SSD can also encounter issues.
The proper way to proceed is using a second Mac system is to create a bootable OS installer 32GB USB thumb drive which you use to boot up the system and using the Disk Utilities within it to delete the portions and then reformat the drive. Then install a fresh copy of the OS.
As far as the warm spot you are likely feeling the power supply, but until you have a working OS to get past the IPL phase it’s hard to tell if there is something more here.