Hi everyone, I always loved the design of the cMP, I've always wanted to have one since I was a kid and I saw them at the Apple store, the problem is back then they cost like 5k USD in my country.
Last week I saw a Mac Pro 1,1 for 30 USD, that the owner claimed it didn't work, but he wasn't really sure. Despite it came with no HD and no GPU, I bought it anyway because they are very scarce in my country and usually sell above 300 USD in working condition, and I kind of need something to replace my old 2007 iMac as web browsing and Photoshop computer for something with more RAM.
I plugged an HD in one of the SATA ports to check if the PSU and logic board works before dumping money in a GPU, more RAM and a couple of X5365 (I don't have any PCI GPU to test it now, and cannot an original one with boots creen because there aren't any for sale in my country), and to my surprise the fans work fine, reacting to temperature changes in the room, the HD spins, the Superdrive works fine, and the diagnostic LEDs light up when I press the button, except for the GPU (oddly this one is on sometimes), EFI and CPU overheat and failure, which seems fine according to the Apple repair manual (Since I don't have a GPU to test it).
The problem is, it did not recognize USB devices, it did not charge my phone or light up a pen drive. However, it does up power a usb HD. After a long night taking it apart and hours of pressing Reset SMC, reset system buttons, plugging it and unplugging it, removing and reinserting the 2032 battery, the ram, and I don´t remember what else, it finally chimed, it detected my phone and charged it, pen drives, mouse. I used it for two days like that to charge my phone and iPod, but yesterday I turned it on to check and it doesn't chime anymore, and it can't power up USB devices other than usb HDs. The internal hd I placed also spins, and the fans work well.
I don't really know why, but when it did chime (until yesterday), to turn it off I only had to press for one second the power button, and also I could restart it with the button in the logic board, and as soon as it was plugged in it automatically turned on. Today I tried again everything I think I did the other day and everything I could come up with, but it still doesn't chime, and it doesn't power USB devices other than HDs.
Can someone please help me out and share your knowledge with me? I have already searched tons of forums looking for a solution, but I couldn't find any. I would really appreciate if you answer.
Thank you for reading, I know it's long. If this post does not belong to this section of the forum, please let me know where this should be posted, whether here or in another forum.
Last week I saw a Mac Pro 1,1 for 30 USD, that the owner claimed it didn't work, but he wasn't really sure. Despite it came with no HD and no GPU, I bought it anyway because they are very scarce in my country and usually sell above 300 USD in working condition, and I kind of need something to replace my old 2007 iMac as web browsing and Photoshop computer for something with more RAM.
I plugged an HD in one of the SATA ports to check if the PSU and logic board works before dumping money in a GPU, more RAM and a couple of X5365 (I don't have any PCI GPU to test it now, and cannot an original one with boots creen because there aren't any for sale in my country), and to my surprise the fans work fine, reacting to temperature changes in the room, the HD spins, the Superdrive works fine, and the diagnostic LEDs light up when I press the button, except for the GPU (oddly this one is on sometimes), EFI and CPU overheat and failure, which seems fine according to the Apple repair manual (Since I don't have a GPU to test it).
The problem is, it did not recognize USB devices, it did not charge my phone or light up a pen drive. However, it does up power a usb HD. After a long night taking it apart and hours of pressing Reset SMC, reset system buttons, plugging it and unplugging it, removing and reinserting the 2032 battery, the ram, and I don´t remember what else, it finally chimed, it detected my phone and charged it, pen drives, mouse. I used it for two days like that to charge my phone and iPod, but yesterday I turned it on to check and it doesn't chime anymore, and it can't power up USB devices other than usb HDs. The internal hd I placed also spins, and the fans work well.
I don't really know why, but when it did chime (until yesterday), to turn it off I only had to press for one second the power button, and also I could restart it with the button in the logic board, and as soon as it was plugged in it automatically turned on. Today I tried again everything I think I did the other day and everything I could come up with, but it still doesn't chime, and it doesn't power USB devices other than HDs.
Can someone please help me out and share your knowledge with me? I have already searched tons of forums looking for a solution, but I couldn't find any. I would really appreciate if you answer.
Thank you for reading, I know it's long. If this post does not belong to this section of the forum, please let me know where this should be posted, whether here or in another forum.
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