late 2014 iMac stuck in Kernel Panic loop

Hey,

So I wiped the internal harddrive to reset my iMac. And doing so I accidentally deleted macOS. So now im stuck in this Kernal Panic loop showing the message; "your computer restarted because of a problem. press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up". And I can't seem to acces recovery mode, I tried all the button combinations (cmd + R, alt + cmd + R, shift + alt + cmd + R, alt + cmd + P + R and holding power button) Disconnected al the devices etc etc etc. Nothing works. Sometimes a prohibitory symbol appears (when holding the power button). Any advice how to get it working again?

Posted on Jan 19, 2024 3:13 AM

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den.thed

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Posted on Jan 19, 2024 7:11 AM

Connect the iMac directly to your Router using an Ethernet cable.

Do a Command + R or Option + Command + R while using a wired USB keyboard.

Then Erase the Macintosh HD and Reinstall the macOS as instructed in the following support article.

Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support

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