Mac Pro Power Button Intermittent

Happy New Years All!

My 09 Quad MP has power button issues. Sometimes I'll press it and here a click in the tower, button no chime or boot. Sometime's, I hear nothing. Usually after pressing it 2-3 times, it boots. On December 19th, it would not boot at all. I removed my 2 internal drives and left my OS drive in and took it into the Apple Store, and they got it to boot immediately. After turning it off and on a few times, there was no video. After about 10 days, they store called me and said they replaced my video card and it was $149.99 plus $39.99 labor. I would've rather them give me the option to replace or do it myself, as I would've went with a higher end card. I brought my MP home, and after about two days im having the power button issue again. Should I bring it back to the store and have them re-diagnose it, or has any users had this same problem? Could it possibly be the power supply or button itself? Thanks in advance.

dtechlogic said:

yes it is a power supply problem. Same problem with my mac pro 5,1. It got fixed by apple. Actually they replaced power supply, logic board and panel. Total cost almost a 1 thousand dollars. Thank you apple care. It clicks and about the third click it will turn on.

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I'm hoping I can just replace the PSU and problem solved. I'm 6 months outta Apple Care warranty and can't fork over logic board money. What problems were you having specifically with your 5,1 that needed the logic board replaced? Funny thing is I have a 2002 G4 that runs like new! Never had an issue.

bma said:

TBH I'd ask for an OOW exception on that, and it's usually the PSU (it's usually accompanied by it intermittently powering off when in use too).

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I was thinking the same. What's the best way to go about it? Should I go directly to the A

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bma said:

TBH I'd ask for an OOW exception on that, and it's usually the PSU (it's usually accompanied by it intermittently powering off when in use too).

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I was thinking the same. What's the best way to go about it? Should I go directly to the store or Apple Business since that's how I purchased it?