I picked up a 5,1 Mac Pro not too long ago for pretty cheap from a surplus auction at my college, and I can't get it to post or display any video output. I have tried to troubleshoot a bit online, but I've been coming up a bit empty. I'm not too familiar with Macs (especially desktops), so I might be a little lost. Here's the rundown:
-6 Core 3.33 GHz variant (not quite sure what year, my best guess is 2010)
-16GB RAM
-It came with only a Sapphire Pulse RX580, no original GPU
-Did not come with a drive
Troubleshooting:
-I haven't bought a drive for it yet, I figured I would wait to confirm it isn't a brick before sinking any extra money into it. I am totally not sure if this needs a drive in order to post.
-RX580 should be powered correctly. It came with only a 6 pin power connector when it requires 8, so I bought a dual mini 6 pin to 8 pin adapter (which seems to be working). I am not sure if the card has been modified or flashed at all, don't know how to check but I do have a Windows desktop I could potentially troubleshoot it in.
-Only the SYS PG, PSU PWROK, and 5V STBY lights come on when it's powered on and I push the DIAG LED button.
-It at least visually appears to want to work, RAM error lights work properly (from when I didn't have a stick fully seated at one point), CPU heatsink does get warm to the touch after being powered on for a little bit. Don't know if this is an indication of life or not.
That's about where I'm at with it at the moment. My gut is telling me that it has something to do with the GPU not talking to the rest of the computer, but that's just a wild guess to be honest. Appreciate all the help I can get!
-6 Core 3.33 GHz variant (not quite sure what year, my best guess is 2010)
-16GB RAM
-It came with only a Sapphire Pulse RX580, no original GPU
-Did not come with a drive
Troubleshooting:
-I haven't bought a drive for it yet, I figured I would wait to confirm it isn't a brick before sinking any extra money into it. I am totally not sure if this needs a drive in order to post.
-RX580 should be powered correctly. It came with only a 6 pin power connector when it requires 8, so I bought a dual mini 6 pin to 8 pin adapter (which seems to be working). I am not sure if the card has been modified or flashed at all, don't know how to check but I do have a Windows desktop I could potentially troubleshoot it in.
-Only the SYS PG, PSU PWROK, and 5V STBY lights come on when it's powered on and I push the DIAG LED button.
-It at least visually appears to want to work, RAM error lights work properly (from when I didn't have a stick fully seated at one point), CPU heatsink does get warm to the touch after being powered on for a little bit. Don't know if this is an indication of life or not.
That's about where I'm at with it at the moment. My gut is telling me that it has something to do with the GPU not talking to the rest of the computer, but that's just a wild guess to be honest. Appreciate all the help I can get!
