towerpower
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Hi all,
Been a while since i’ve been here, 12 years to be precise, mac’s are pretty good most the time but occasionally ...
Had this machine about 8 months, Mac pro desktop 2.1, running Lion, no problems whatsoever, except the following
One small thing, probably not relevant, is that when opening Firefox Legacy (my preferred browser) recently it was taking a few minutes to open, whereas previously it had opened promptly.
Anyway timeline:
I was on the machine Friday night before retiring, shut down as normal.
Saturday am: turned mac on went to make coffee, came back mac off, funny, turn on again, wander off, come back mac off.
Sit down, turn on again, chimes, hard disk making usual noises but not for so long as usual, 30 seconds pass, mac shuts down, before anything shows on screen
Have been through the usuals, soft start, all the different key options I can find on google searches. It will for some options stay on a bit longer but no screen and no noises.
Unfortunately It came with the system and software all loaded, which was great but no system disc to boot from. I dug out an even older 10.5 system disc with the intention of starting from that but that must be ppc compatible only (my previous machine running Leopard), I presume. I did manage to open the cd/dvd disc draw randomly during the process but I think the drive is knackered as i tried to play a music cd the other day to no avail and I can hear the familiar stuttering noises.
I’ve had the side off and done logic board resets, zapped pram etc. Tried starting with no peripherals attached.
I have an old imac running snow leopard (the wifes) so i downloaded Lion, from apple, with the intention of putting it on a stick and attempting to boot from that.
But will not copy onto stick (error 0) and cant get at the files requires anyway as its a .dmg and then .pkg and cant get any further assume because im trying to unload it on an older system.
I have looked at the led tests on the logic board but haven’t attempted a diagnosis yet (maybe out of my remit but willing to try)
Any thoughts on what could have failed, cpu, logic board, hard disk?? any further ideas. Seems odd that it was ok and then not. One faint possibility is that on the Friday there could have been a quickie power cut but the machine is connected to a power surge block and appeared to be ok last thing before shutting down.
Your thoughts/remedies would be much appreciated
Been a while since i’ve been here, 12 years to be precise, mac’s are pretty good most the time but occasionally ...
Had this machine about 8 months, Mac pro desktop 2.1, running Lion, no problems whatsoever, except the following
One small thing, probably not relevant, is that when opening Firefox Legacy (my preferred browser) recently it was taking a few minutes to open, whereas previously it had opened promptly.
Anyway timeline:
I was on the machine Friday night before retiring, shut down as normal.
Saturday am: turned mac on went to make coffee, came back mac off, funny, turn on again, wander off, come back mac off.
Sit down, turn on again, chimes, hard disk making usual noises but not for so long as usual, 30 seconds pass, mac shuts down, before anything shows on screen
Have been through the usuals, soft start, all the different key options I can find on google searches. It will for some options stay on a bit longer but no screen and no noises.
Unfortunately It came with the system and software all loaded, which was great but no system disc to boot from. I dug out an even older 10.5 system disc with the intention of starting from that but that must be ppc compatible only (my previous machine running Leopard), I presume. I did manage to open the cd/dvd disc draw randomly during the process but I think the drive is knackered as i tried to play a music cd the other day to no avail and I can hear the familiar stuttering noises.
I’ve had the side off and done logic board resets, zapped pram etc. Tried starting with no peripherals attached.
I have an old imac running snow leopard (the wifes) so i downloaded Lion, from apple, with the intention of putting it on a stick and attempting to boot from that.
But will not copy onto stick (error 0) and cant get at the files requires anyway as its a .dmg and then .pkg and cant get any further assume because im trying to unload it on an older system.
I have looked at the led tests on the logic board but haven’t attempted a diagnosis yet (maybe out of my remit but willing to try)
Any thoughts on what could have failed, cpu, logic board, hard disk?? any further ideas. Seems odd that it was ok and then not. One faint possibility is that on the Friday there could have been a quickie power cut but the machine is connected to a power surge block and appeared to be ok last thing before shutting down.
Your thoughts/remedies would be much appreciated