Apple mac pro early 2009 User Manual
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — Optical Drive Not Recognized/Not Mounting 81 2010-09-27 2. Reseat all connections between backplane board, SATA/Power cables, and optical drive are secure. Visually inspect cables and connectors for any debris, damage, or bent pins. Verify the media is now recognized in System Profiler and reads/writes reliably. YesIssue resolved. Optical drive recognized. NoReplace any damaged cables and retest. If connections are good and with no visible cable damage,...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — Optical Drive Noisy 82 2010-09-27 Optical Drive Noisy Unlikely cause: speaker, fans, backplane board, processor board, processors, memory, power supply, hard drives Quick Check SymptomQuick Check Optical Drive Noisy • Noise during boot • Noise during operation • Noise when drive is copying or writing data 1. Check with known good optical media. ie the Install media that came with the computer. Verify the media in another same model computer. 2. It is important...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — Optical Drive Noisy 83 2010-09-27 Deep Dive CheckResultActionCode 1. Insert known good media. Verify media free to spin without optical drive scraping edge or surface of media. Ensure there are no contaminants, obstructions, or debris in the tray. For media compatibility, refer to the following article: http:// support.apple.com/kb/ HT2446 YesInitial disc/tray ingest noise is normal. Disc spinning and head seek indicate computer is attempting to mount the...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — Optical Drive Noisy 84 2010-09-27 5. Disc handling noise is typically motor gear sounds driving disc tray out of optical drive, with the enclosure door opening. Verify if the ejection noises are excessive compared to another same vendor/model optical drive using known good media. YesReplace noisy optical drive for load/eject related disc handling. J04 NoNoise is not load/eject related. Go to step 6 6. Disc spin should cease 30 seconds after mounting...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — Optical Drive Not Performing to Specs 85 2010-09-27 Optical Drive Not Performing to Specs Unlikely cause: speaker, fans, backplane board, processor board, processors, memory, power supply, enclosure, Bluetooth card, AirPort card Quick Check SymptomQuick Check Optical Drive Not Performing to Specs • Read or write speeds slower than expected. • Unreliable recorded media • Failure to complete recording on high quality media 1. Check with known good optical media. ie...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — Uncategorized Symptom 86 2010-09-27 2. Reseat SATA/Power cable connections between backplane board and optical drive (check for any cable and connector damage). Verify the media is now recognized and reads reliably. YesReseat cables resolved issue. NoGo to step 3 3. Disconnect SATA/Power cable at backplane board. Use spare SATA/Power cable as alternate. Connect the spare cable to the port. Connect the alternate cable to the optical drive. Verify the...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — USB Port Does Not Recognize Known Devices 87 2010-09-27 Input/Output Devices Follow the steps in the order indicated below. If an action resolves the issue, retest the computer to verify. If the issue persists after retesting, return to step 1. USB Port Does Not Recognize Known Devices Unlikely cause: Power supply, fans, speaker, hard drives, optical drives, processor board, memory, backplane board Quick Check SymptomQuick Check USB Port Does Not Recognize Known...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — FireWire Port Does Not Recognize Known Good Devices 88 2010-09-27 2. Verify the USB ports are free from contaminants and debris. YesGo to step 3 NoRemove contaminants and debris. Replace affected modules if necessary. Defects caused by contaminants or debris are not covered by Apple warranty. Go to step 3. 3. Reset SMC. Verify each of the USB buses are recognized, and a known good connected USB device is recognized. YesIssue resolved. Issue maybe caused by...
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — FireWire Port Does Not Recognize Known Good Devices 89 2010-09-27 Deep Dive CheckResultActionCode 1. Disconnect all peripherals except for a known good FireWire device and cable. YesGo to step 2 NoRepeat step 1 2. Verify the FireWire ports are free from contaminants and debris. YesGo to step 3 NoRemove contaminants and debris. Replace affected modules if necessary. Defects caused by contaminants or debris are not covered by Apple warranty. Go to step 3. 3....
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Mac Pro (Early 2009) Symptom Charts — No Audio from Internal Speaker 90 2010-09-27 No Audio from Internal Speaker Unlikely cause: Power supply, fans, hard drives, optical drives, processors, processor board, front panel board, memory Quick Check SymptomQuick Check No Audio from Internal Speaker Can’t hear any audio from the computer’s internal speaker 1. Disconnect all external audio peripherals. 2. Ensure volume is not at a low/muted setting. 3. Boot from Install media or external compatible Mac OS...