Mac Pro 2012 No startup options

[bproulx12]

Received a Mac Pro 2012 from eBay. Unfortunately, UPS dropped it, and there is a major dent in the bottom corner. I put a startup drive from my 2009 Mac Pro. it boots very, very slow, but it does gt to the login screen and continues (El Capitan), and I can not access Diagnostics or Recovery. The only shortcut that worked was clearing the PRAM. Sounds like a malfunction somewhere?

 

[Bigwaff]

Plug in ethernet, can you use Internet Recovery, Option+Command+R ?

 

[bproulx12]

Plug in ethernet, can you use Internet Recovery, Option+Command+R ?

Yes I tried every thing, as well as other start up options...I am assuming it is damaged by the drop

 

[Fravin]

I think your MacPro does not boot from internet recovery. Maybe it will boot with an USB bootable drive or a DVD.

Have you tried a bootable USB stick? Apple has the instructions here

Godspeed