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Repair a Mac Pro 2010 CPU tray?
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<blockquote data-quote="clay_9" data-source="post: 1844710" data-attributes="member: 165823"><p>Hi all.</p><p>I have an early 2009 Mac Pro, flashed to 5,1 with a 2010 CPU tray with a dual 3.46 Xeon 6-core and 32GB RAM.</p><p></p><p>Well I did. It recently failed on me with a red LED light always lit and no chime on boot up. I was able to clarify it was a failure somewhere on the CPU tray as I popped it into a friends almost identical mac pro and it was the same story. Individual RAM tests also pointed to it being the board or CPUs.</p><p></p><p>I was in the middle of important work and I had to make a quick choice, I had to order a replacement tray with CPU, opting for the same model. I only lost 1 day in productivity, but I'm down a few £££.</p><p></p><p>Anyway to the question at hand. I have a RAM-less CPU tray which im now unsure what to do with. The company I bought the new one from said that if the CPU's are fine they could give me up to £100 back for it, buying it off me. A repair from them, if it's the CPU / RAM board that is faulty, would be £100 if I wanted to then look at a private sale, but would then need to make over £250 or so to make that worth it - but then the unknown of if and when it would sell. I have seen reference to the Northbridge chip failing and causing this issue? But I wouldn't know where to start with that.</p><p></p><p>I can't just sell the CPU's off as they are, because I can't sell them as working condition as I don't know where the fault is.</p><p></p><p>What would people suggest to do with it from here? I'm leaning towards the £100 quick sale, but just wondering if there's a better way to get some more value back. I see these trays with this chip going for £300-400 on ebay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clay_9, post: 1844710, member: 165823"] Hi all. I have an early 2009 Mac Pro, flashed to 5,1 with a 2010 CPU tray with a dual 3.46 Xeon 6-core and 32GB RAM. Well I did. It recently failed on me with a red LED light always lit and no chime on boot up. I was able to clarify it was a failure somewhere on the CPU tray as I popped it into a friends almost identical mac pro and it was the same story. Individual RAM tests also pointed to it being the board or CPUs. I was in the middle of important work and I had to make a quick choice, I had to order a replacement tray with CPU, opting for the same model. I only lost 1 day in productivity, but I'm down a few £££. Anyway to the question at hand. I have a RAM-less CPU tray which im now unsure what to do with. The company I bought the new one from said that if the CPU's are fine they could give me up to £100 back for it, buying it off me. A repair from them, if it's the CPU / RAM board that is faulty, would be £100 if I wanted to then look at a private sale, but would then need to make over £250 or so to make that worth it - but then the unknown of if and when it would sell. I have seen reference to the Northbridge chip failing and causing this issue? But I wouldn't know where to start with that. I can't just sell the CPU's off as they are, because I can't sell them as working condition as I don't know where the fault is. What would people suggest to do with it from here? I'm leaning towards the £100 quick sale, but just wondering if there's a better way to get some more value back. I see these trays with this chip going for £300-400 on ebay. [/QUOTE]
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