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<blockquote data-quote="Macosaurus" data-source="post: 1586945" data-attributes="member: 327316">Thanks for your reply, Nick.&nbsp; It is an early 2008 Mac Pro desktop (3,1).&nbsp; I do have the grey disks it came with.&nbsp; I ran diagnostics by holding &quot;d&quot; while booting with disk 1 of 2 in the DVD drive.&nbsp; I hadn't seen anything on the screen (apart from the Apple logo) until I ran the diagnostics, at which point I questioned whether it actually was the GPU, which I had been told by the people at the Apple store and by an authorized repair shop that they referred me to.&nbsp; Between getting no support from Apple (or vaguely misleading information from their store), this has become a frustrating problem.&nbsp; If the graphics card is still good, and if I have a blank HD in the main slot, shouldn't I be able to boot up by holding &quot;c&quot; with disk 1 in the DVD drive (CLEAN INSTALL).&nbsp; Or, do I need to somehow load the OS onto the blank drive before installing it into the computer?&nbsp; I appreciate you taking the time to offer your advice. Best,Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Macosaurus, post: 1586945, member: 327316"] Thanks for your reply, Nick. It is an early 2008 Mac Pro desktop (3,1). I do have the grey disks it came with. I ran diagnostics by holding "d" while booting with disk 1 of 2 in the DVD drive. I hadn't seen anything on the screen (apart from the Apple logo) until I ran the diagnostics, at which point I questioned whether it actually was the GPU, which I had been told by the people at the Apple store and by an authorized repair shop that they referred me to. Between getting no support from Apple (or vaguely misleading information from their store), this has become a frustrating problem. If the graphics card is still good, and if I have a blank HD in the main slot, shouldn't I be able to boot up by holding "c" with disk 1 in the DVD drive (CLEAN INSTALL). Or, do I need to somehow load the OS onto the blank drive before installing it into the computer? I appreciate you taking the time to offer your advice. Best, Steve [/QUOTE]

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