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Dead Mac, Memory Upgrade - good deal
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<blockquote data-quote="unixadm" data-source="post: 449743" data-attributes="member: 34801"><p>I received my water damaged Mac Pro today. Using the Apple Service Manual, I disassembled the machine to the bare chassis. I took all of the parts into the shower and Simple Greened and scrubbed them a bit with a soft old toothbrush. I then blew everything off with compressed air before baking everything in the oven at about 175 degrees for about 90 minutes to remove all moisture. I then reinstalled the 3.0ghz Xeon processors with new thermal grease and rebuilt the system. I only noted one component that looked burnt, and it was on the lower memory board. It's a 1.0UH choke and with that board installed in the machine, it will not power on. However with the other working board, I can use either memory slot in the board. I'll order a 1.0UH choke and replace it with some quick desoldering/soldering. Even the speaker and fans still work! Heck I'm typing this post from it!</p><p></p><p>Now here's what I've spent on my Mac Pro.</p><p></p><p>1. Mac Pro Quad Core 3.0ghz Machine, less Memory, Superdrive, Video Card, Hard Drive: $250</p><p>2. Western Digital Raptor X 150gb: $159</p><p>3. ATI X1900XTX PCI-E Video Card, 512mb (Flash to EFI): $179</p><p>4. Six Pin Power Cable for X1900XTX: $35</p><p>5. Pioneer DVR-112D DVD-RW: $32</p><p>6. 8 x 1gb Techworks Memory: $320</p><p></p><p>Add in some tax and I'm about $1030 into this system. Price out the above on Apple's site and it's well north of $4,000. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>All diagnostics passed with another memory board from another Mac Pro btw. Oh yeah and you HAVE to LOVE Ebay!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="unixadm, post: 449743, member: 34801"] I received my water damaged Mac Pro today. Using the Apple Service Manual, I disassembled the machine to the bare chassis. I took all of the parts into the shower and Simple Greened and scrubbed them a bit with a soft old toothbrush. I then blew everything off with compressed air before baking everything in the oven at about 175 degrees for about 90 minutes to remove all moisture. I then reinstalled the 3.0ghz Xeon processors with new thermal grease and rebuilt the system. I only noted one component that looked burnt, and it was on the lower memory board. It's a 1.0UH choke and with that board installed in the machine, it will not power on. However with the other working board, I can use either memory slot in the board. I'll order a 1.0UH choke and replace it with some quick desoldering/soldering. Even the speaker and fans still work! Heck I'm typing this post from it! Now here's what I've spent on my Mac Pro. 1. Mac Pro Quad Core 3.0ghz Machine, less Memory, Superdrive, Video Card, Hard Drive: $250 2. Western Digital Raptor X 150gb: $159 3. ATI X1900XTX PCI-E Video Card, 512mb (Flash to EFI): $179 4. Six Pin Power Cable for X1900XTX: $35 5. Pioneer DVR-112D DVD-RW: $32 6. 8 x 1gb Techworks Memory: $320 Add in some tax and I'm about $1030 into this system. Price out the above on Apple's site and it's well north of $4,000. :) All diagnostics passed with another memory board from another Mac Pro btw. Oh yeah and you HAVE to LOVE Ebay! [/QUOTE]
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