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MacPro (Early 2009) Failing to Boot

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SimonGarlick

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May 10, 2009
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Hi all,

I have an early 2009 MacPro that is powering on, but not booting up – my monitor just remains black.

I've ruled out any issues with the Apple Studio monitor that I also use as I connect this to my MacBook Pro, which is working fine. I’ve also had a conversation with Apple Support and tried various restarts and key commands with no success.

I have data on two internal drives that I need access to for work which I really need to access – and I wondered if anyone has had any luck with anything like this USB to IDE/SATA converter for retrieving data stored on internal hard drives?

I'm looking to offload the MacPro anyway as I predominantly use the MacBook Pro now, but ideally I want to recover everything on the internal drives.

Thanks for any help or advice with this – it's much appreciated.

Cheers,
Simon
 
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That converter should work fine if all you're concerned with is getting the data from the hard drives.

Does the Mac Pro chime when you turn it on?
 
Thanks – getting the data off the drives is my first and foremost concern as there's files I need for work.

In an ideal world, I'd like to sort the issue with the Mac as I was hoping to sell it, but as it's 10 years old, I'm not sure it would be worth the amount it will likely cost to diagnose and repair the problem.

It doesn't chime when I turn it on.
 
jhillier22 said:
Turn the Mac on with the side panel off, do you see any red lights on the CPU tray?
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Hi again, I removed the side panel and powered up the Mac which resulted in a single flash of a red light from the CPU tray. The red light flashed again when I held down the power button to turn off the power supply.

Do you know what this could mean?
 
SimonGarlick said:
Hi again, I removed the side panel and powered up the Mac which resulted in a single flash of a red light from the CPU tray. The red light flashed again when I held down the power button to turn off the power supply.

Do you know what this could mean?
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Its normal for those lights on a Mac Pro to blink when it is turned on/off so it doesn't really mean anything. Its probably a good sign.
 
Grab the Mac Pro (Early 2009) service manual here. It will explain everything you need to troubleshoot, especially the minimum configuration you need to use for testing.
 
Pressure said:
Grab the Mac Pro (Early 2009) service manual here. It will explain everything you need to troubleshoot, especially the minimum configuration you need to use for testing.
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Thank you VERY much!! (having a "won't boot" problem with my early 2009 mac Pro).
 
SimonGarlick

it would help if we knew what Mac OS you are running + which bootrom version + which graphics card + how much memory etc.

In your Macrumors profile you can make a " signature" in which you tell use about your Mac Pro setup.

My signature is at the bottom of this post.
 
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