Hi all, any help would be great.
I am still running an old Mac Pro 1,1 with logic 9, I have 32gb ram in there, 1x SSD, 3x HDD, 2x dvd-r and I had the upgraded ATI Radeon 5770 gfx card in theren and was running Catalina.
This was running fine like this for like 3 years, no issues at all.
It is not my day to day machine, I just keep it running as I have alot of old logic projects still on it that don't migrate too well, I used to use it maybe 4-5 days a month, without a problem.
I use a mini Mac M1 for latter logic and a i7 pc for cubase so the Pro gets minimal run time, thought I'd take it easy on the old girl.
Now to the issue, last week I turned it on, and the power light stayed solid and it didn't boot, turned it off, turned it on again and the Apple logo appeared and I could smell an electrical burning smell, so I pulled the power lead out mid boot.
I opened it up and the smell was strong, I checked the ram, took out riser cards, no visible damage, or smell I took out the ATI gfx card and and as you now you can't see much but it did smell.
I put the original gfx card I still had in, plugged it in and it booted up into Catalina, no problems, yes had the odd scrolling black line up the screen but thought that is due to Catalina needing the more powerful card but to be honest, it cleared up after a few mins and I could run logic, no problems.
I used the machine for about 3 hours with no problem.
I powered it down, and maybe 4 days later I turned it on again to lift some vocals and burn some songs to cd.
Mid cd burn the screen went black and I could smell that electric smell again, however it was much fainter.
So pulled power again.
I could see a red light on inside through the front grille what I've never seen before.
I contacted the Mac repair and they basically told me it's obsolete and to get a new Mac Pro.
Now, my thoughts are it's a PSU issue as it appears to have fried 2 graphics cards, but before I go and find a replacement psu and gxf card.
Can anyone offer any sound advice, based on experience if possible.
I really don't want to do any further damage to it, but would really like to have it running again.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Dave
I am still running an old Mac Pro 1,1 with logic 9, I have 32gb ram in there, 1x SSD, 3x HDD, 2x dvd-r and I had the upgraded ATI Radeon 5770 gfx card in theren and was running Catalina.
This was running fine like this for like 3 years, no issues at all.
It is not my day to day machine, I just keep it running as I have alot of old logic projects still on it that don't migrate too well, I used to use it maybe 4-5 days a month, without a problem.
I use a mini Mac M1 for latter logic and a i7 pc for cubase so the Pro gets minimal run time, thought I'd take it easy on the old girl.
Now to the issue, last week I turned it on, and the power light stayed solid and it didn't boot, turned it off, turned it on again and the Apple logo appeared and I could smell an electrical burning smell, so I pulled the power lead out mid boot.
I opened it up and the smell was strong, I checked the ram, took out riser cards, no visible damage, or smell I took out the ATI gfx card and and as you now you can't see much but it did smell.
I put the original gfx card I still had in, plugged it in and it booted up into Catalina, no problems, yes had the odd scrolling black line up the screen but thought that is due to Catalina needing the more powerful card but to be honest, it cleared up after a few mins and I could run logic, no problems.
I used the machine for about 3 hours with no problem.
I powered it down, and maybe 4 days later I turned it on again to lift some vocals and burn some songs to cd.
Mid cd burn the screen went black and I could smell that electric smell again, however it was much fainter.
So pulled power again.
I could see a red light on inside through the front grille what I've never seen before.
I contacted the Mac repair and they basically told me it's obsolete and to get a new Mac Pro.
Now, my thoughts are it's a PSU issue as it appears to have fried 2 graphics cards, but before I go and find a replacement psu and gxf card.
Can anyone offer any sound advice, based on experience if possible.
I really don't want to do any further damage to it, but would really like to have it running again.
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Dave
Anyways...must have jumped thru some serious "hoops" (including modifying the firmware)...to get Catalina running this 1,1 Mac Pro!
