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  1. D

    Mac Pro 2009/4,1 Dual Socket - no chime, no boot with both CPUs

    My 4,1 / 2009 unmodified dual proc Mac Pro was having intermittent crashes (every *other* boot, it would randomly freeze). I took the CPU tray out and discovered a wiggly northbridge heatsink that needed to be refastened to the board. Taking off CPU-A to get to it, I noticed the thermal paste...
  2. CountMaxMore

    2012 Macbook Pro Issues

    Hey, I am having a issue with my 2012 pro it was recently diagnosed at the apple store with a fried motherboard because the computer wasn't turning on or showing any battery status lights. This issue occurred completely random after putting the computer in hibernation mode "lid closed"...
  3. strickolas

    Can't Install el Capitan on InternalSSD

    So I have recently cracked open a Macbook Pro mid 2012, and swapped out the optical drive for a Corsair 120GB SSD. I have downloaded the "Install El Capitan" app from the app store and burned it to a thumb drive using a sudo command that I've seen on the forums. Tried alt-booting to the thumb...
  4. J

    Mac Pro 5.1 no chime, no boot... but after 10 hours disconnected to power

    HI all. Once again the (obviously) very common NO BOOT, NO CHIME problem. I'm running a Mid 2010 Westmere 2.4 8Core with 32RAM, original ATI, Crucial SSD (boot drive), 2 WD 1TB Drives. Additional PCI Card from Avid (ProTools HD Native) for Music Production, 32 GB 1033 RAM, 27"Apple Display...