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Mac Pro Resurrection

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martinlangley

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Aug 7, 2012
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Hi I have an ageing Mac Pro A1289 (5.1). When stripped down to the motherboard and (bare) processor card the diagnostics are fine. When the (dual) processor card is populated with a single processor, the front panel light flashes and the startup fails. How do I find the cause of the issue?



If this is due to a matched pair of processors not being fitted, how does the system know this on the basis of only one processor?
 
martinlangley said:
Hi I have an ageing Mac Pro A1289 (5.1). When stripped down to the motherboard and (bare) processor card the diagnostics are fine. When the (dual) processor card is populated with a single processor, the front panel light flashes and the startup fails. How do I find the cause of the issue?



If this is due to a matched pair of processors not being fitted, how does the system know this on the basis of only one processor?
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Dual CPU trays work with just one Xeon if you install the processor into CPU A socket, but the fans will run at full RPM.
 
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