I have been using Ropieee on a Pi3 with a IQAudIO Hat for nearly a year now as an end point
Suddenly it won’t boot up
So I downloaded the Ropiee image and reloaded it - still would not reboot
Next I bought a new sd card - loaded the image again - still will not boot
My w-fi network does not find the pi - connected via ethernet the network can see the pi
The Ropieee UI tells me that the installation needs an internet connection to successfully install but that there is none even when connected via ethernet
I am I being really dumb here and do I need to install Raspbian before Ropieee?
No, that’s not necessary. RoPieee is a complete OS for the Pi.
I’d try and connect a monitor to the HDMI port… maybe you can make sense out of the boot messages displayed on screen. You can always use a general OS like Raspbian, just to test the hardware.