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lebowskiguy

macrumors newbie
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Nov 1, 2012
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Hello people, I have an 8 core mac pro 2009 with 16 gb ram, i have not used it for a while and today i've turned it on, mac recognizes only 1 cpu and 8 gb of ram, ive tried reistalling OS, Reset NVRAM. actually CPU and RAM which is unseen by mac are properly working, i took the parts and swaped, i can tell which works cause one cooler is cold and second goin hot so nothing helps please help :(
 

lebowskiguy

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 1, 2012
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reset NVRAM to start, then start looking for burned stuff

Thank u for reply

ive reseted NVRAM , startup option comand p r . do u mean that?
but still the same( can motherboard might just burned some connections for the bridge which supplies power for one half of a socket and PINs?
 

masfet

macrumors newbie
Feb 3, 2009
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Normally, a Mac Pro will not even boot with a failed CPU. Thus, maybe you have a single CPU, 8Gb installed?
 

lebowskiguy

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 1, 2012
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Normally, a Mac Pro will not even boot with a failed CPU. Thus, maybe you have a single CPU, 8Gb installed?

No no its a 2 xeons, ive dispanded and swaped cpus to the sockets , i also swaped rams everything seems to work fine :(
 

lebowskiguy

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Nov 1, 2012
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Ive sorted it out , CPU released some kind of a acid... thats what she said :D

so i cleaned my CPU with Ethanol and it works !!!!
 
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