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I hope i'm not asking something that has already been covered, but my forum searches haven't brought up anything that I feel addresses the problem I am having.
My 2ish year old Mac Pro has been crashing when put under any load what so ever. I first noticed the problem playing a game on Windows XP through bootcamp, and had hoped that it was a windows issue, but I have decided that it must be hardware related.
After getting continuous crashes on the windows side, I booted OSX and ran CPUTest (which crashed my computer). I then tried to boot from the install CD to run the Apple hardware test (which also crashed my computer).
When the computer crashes, it turns off... everything goes black... but it isn't exactly off. The power light above the power button flashes (and not in the pleasant rolling "i'm asleep" way), and in order to restart my computer, I have to hold down the power button until it actually turns off.
I have iStat installed, and according to that, my fans all seem to be running (in the 500-800 rpm range) and my cpu temperatures are ranging from around 28-31 degrees). The SMC has been reset, and I'm running on a somewhat recently formatted computer. Could this be a power supply problem? If so, how difficult is it to replace?
Thank you all in advance, any help is greatly appreciated.
Wes
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.5.8) 2gb DDR2, 2 x 2.8 Quad Core Intel Xeon, ATI Radeon 2600 HD
Not sure if this will be helpful, but I have attached my error message after a crash:
View attachment error.txt
My 2ish year old Mac Pro has been crashing when put under any load what so ever. I first noticed the problem playing a game on Windows XP through bootcamp, and had hoped that it was a windows issue, but I have decided that it must be hardware related.
After getting continuous crashes on the windows side, I booted OSX and ran CPUTest (which crashed my computer). I then tried to boot from the install CD to run the Apple hardware test (which also crashed my computer).
When the computer crashes, it turns off... everything goes black... but it isn't exactly off. The power light above the power button flashes (and not in the pleasant rolling "i'm asleep" way), and in order to restart my computer, I have to hold down the power button until it actually turns off.
I have iStat installed, and according to that, my fans all seem to be running (in the 500-800 rpm range) and my cpu temperatures are ranging from around 28-31 degrees). The SMC has been reset, and I'm running on a somewhat recently formatted computer. Could this be a power supply problem? If so, how difficult is it to replace?
Thank you all in advance, any help is greatly appreciated.
Wes
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.5.8) 2gb DDR2, 2 x 2.8 Quad Core Intel Xeon, ATI Radeon 2600 HD
Not sure if this will be helpful, but I have attached my error message after a crash:
View attachment error.txt