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Mac Pro 3,1 (2008), Won’t boot


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Guest /u/trinitropt
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Hi, I don’t know if this is the right place to ask for help but I recently got my hands on a Mac Pro 3,1 that is not booting. When I press the power button the white led stays steady and the fans start.

 

I don’t know almost anything about this computer, other than the fact that this unit may have been diagnosed with a bad power supply, but it’s not guaranteed.

 

I haven’t been able to discover which CPU’s it has but it had two graphics cards inside, one nvidea GeForce 750 (2gb), and one nvidea 8800gt. I think it may also be important to mention it didn’t came with any disk, (hdd or ssd), and that all of the ram slots are full.

 

I have been reading the manual and trying to diagnose it using the led’s on the board,

 


  • when the button is NOT pressed: SLP - off STBY - off ERRB - red ERRA - off OT B - off OT A - off GPU - off PWRG - off EFI - off
     
     

  • when the button is pressed: SLP - off STBY - yellow ERRB - red ERRA - off OT B - off OT A - off GPU - green PWRG - green EFI - off
     
     

  • I have also pressed the reset switch but nothing happens.
     

 

The computer does not show any video in any of the graphics cards even when i take one off, and I have verified the voltage of the motherboard and everything seems good (3.00 V)

 

I have tried to see if it would show anything when a disk with El Capitan taken from a working MacBook 2009.

 

I you happen to know something about this please give me a hint!

 

Thank you very much for your time!

 

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