We had a power outage, and ever since my 2010 Mac Pro is acting very flaky! After the outage, it would not startup, not even by pulling the power cord and using the reset on the mother board. After trying that several times, I went online to discover that sometimes one might need to remove all components from the machine in order to "bring it to life". So, I did that, and luckily I was finally able to get it to boot.
The problem is that every time I start up now, I have to reset the mother board, and sometimes this is necessary several times before I can get it to boot.
My question is... does this sound like the power supply is failing? I don't mind purchasing a new one, though the price is very steep (roughly $300) and I really want to keep this machine, having no desire for anything else, though I don't want to purchase the power supply only to continue having these problems. Another question related to this would be that if a power supply is flaky, can it still work and boot the machine? Also, is there anything else that would cause the erratic behavior, and inability to boot unless the mother board is reset?
Any help that someone could provide me would be most appreciated!
Photios
The problem is that every time I start up now, I have to reset the mother board, and sometimes this is necessary several times before I can get it to boot.
My question is... does this sound like the power supply is failing? I don't mind purchasing a new one, though the price is very steep (roughly $300) and I really want to keep this machine, having no desire for anything else, though I don't want to purchase the power supply only to continue having these problems. Another question related to this would be that if a power supply is flaky, can it still work and boot the machine? Also, is there anything else that would cause the erratic behavior, and inability to boot unless the mother board is reset?
Any help that someone could provide me would be most appreciated!
Photios