It might not be possible - but try allocating more ram for your games!

at the end of the day if its bust then you can only make it better

it was runing montary before i installes high Sierra , haveing done some reserch WD drives are a bit tetchy with macs , i got a 512 apple drive in it now and its working perfect , some times mac stiff is just quirky

very nice info. my 2013 thrash can's ssd just died. All the parameters of the ssd looked good too. there wasnt a lot of use cycles too. I wan't really expecting this. I was running sierra on it. Now I guess I'll install mojave since Catalina does not support any 32 bit applications as far as I understand. I hope It would allow installing mojave on a new ssd. back in the day firmware updates used to be separate installers from apple. now they are hidden inside os upgrade. I once tried a newer os on a macmini (the one with dvd slot in front), ssd speed used to be ~100MB/s. after trying new os it never got faster than 40~MB/s and I was not able to downgrde the firmware. so I stopped upgrading os on any of my macs. I upgrade original os once but never twice newer than the one it came with. I hate forced obsolescence.

On this video, it was to drown out the combine harvester in the field behind me

Go for it! they are so cheep now and not a bad mac when working , i am using a imac at the moment

yes i changed the psu out , but i think the other one was ok

​@@dark1stuI just finally fixed my Trashcan yesterday got new parts then found out the first graphics card was failing heated it up to 390c for 2-3 minutes and got it working perfectly. When I fixed the PSU last year I found a bent pin on the cable. If it not that check the mosifets and capicaots with a multi meter or thermal camera. The PSU is well documented if you google it. I would send you the photo but KZfaq doesn't allow links.

Glad to hear that

i cant remember , but it kept working till i sold it to get. a imac

hey this is exactly the same as my issue. Did you find a permanent fix? Id love to know

in the envoroment i was in it was needed , newer vidios dont have backing as a rule

I just installed Monterey on a non Apple SSD, using an adapter. It was very smooth. The key is to run the Monterey installer using the original Apple Drive. There is a firmware update that will only run with an Apple SSD in there. Once you have updated the firmware, you can, you can install on a 3rd party drive with the adapter.

It's not needed, I had an antistatic Band on my ankle, and that's generally enough for working with consumer electronics. Obviously if you are using more sensitive kit then more precautions are required

i was not sure if it would cause issues so i went the safe way

Good point but may have helped with the mess. Either way great video of the tear down. @@dark1stu

im not sure this was just my experience fixing mine

Exactly! Did he replace the power supply or not? I don’t even have any lights around ports lighting up anymore after an initial strip down and clean

Colonel Muppet.. I had the same situation. Stripped it down, cleaned it, nothing. No lights nothing. Replaced the power supply ($50). Now I have the lights back but it’s still not booting. Debating whether to try new logic board or if that would just be a further waste of doe. Anyway, just an FYI for you. Good luck.

I was fortunate to have some spares at the time when I did this. I can't give you a lot of advice as I parted with it about 12 months ago and replaced it with an iMac

you never can get all the dust but its better than nothing

probably cmos these wont boot at all if the cmos is bad that is the second thing to try after ram

yes they dont like it and its a full tear down

Or logic board seems to fail randomly on these

the problem is that anything apple is magic and sensitive , but to be fair is well built and as long as your not a total animal with it you should be ok . btw i had a ESD strap on my ankle

these macs are very finicky - the last time I though my mac died and found out after some time that dust particles blocked some connection in between the parts. Cleaned out, reconnected everything and it turned on without any issues.

i no longer have any parts left

Yes i did , and ist still going strong , im happy with it

Since making this, you'll be pleased to know, I now use a black magic mini studio camera ,on a tyrpod most the time

its been runing as my daily computer for 2 weeks now , im happy with it was a strange fault , but when ever you look for help on the trashcan its always the gpu that gets blamed ,

i do not have another one at the moment ,

Ok thank you for ansver. Its better to buy whole Mac pro than just CPU board.From ebay prices.

it could be a gpu failed but , you never no , do get a Chime , ill drop you a email

@@dark1stu have replied to the email cheers

@@LonesomeDogStudios What did it end up being?

@@dark1stu in my case when i press the button to turn it on it starts ok, lights on the front panel but it doesn’t boot, it makes no sound, nothing on the screen. I’m not able to start using recovery mode because it just doesn’t start. It was working fine, but I noticed i was taking longer and longer to boot. Apple doesn’t provide proper customer care in my country. The tech guy think is probably the logic board but he can’t be sure because is almost impossible to find another board to test. Researching about it I learned about an issue with some gpus. He changed the battery and cleaned the inside. Cant do a smc reset. It had a problem starting up 2 times this year. I did everything I could the next day it was ok. The same happened last week but it doesn’t boot. I wasn’t even using it every day. Also noticed something wrong with sleep mode. I know it can be related to the logic board, but it just makes no sense, nothing happened, I shut it down Friday, Monday it wouldn’t turn on. Tech support here is not very familiar with the mac pro trash can. I hope you can help me figure out what might be wrong. I know you have a lot more experience with this setup than anyone here. I want to rule out other possible issues: SSD? GPU? Something to do with the battery not being charged? RAM? How can i reset smc without turning it on? Can the logic board be fixed by the tech guy? Help please!!!

@@dark1stu forgot: OS Big Sur A1481 64GB RAM 1TB SSD 2x D700

you need a firmware update.

firmware update comes in two ways.

either automatically when you install high sierra

or search for 'macOS Mojave Patcher Tool for Unsupported Macs', there is a link in the page

look for the section that explains: you MUST ensure you have the latest version of the system's BootROM installed if you want to boot from an APFS volume.

sorry i could not find my sledge hammer to repair this . next one ill give it a try just for you ,

@@dark1stu fair enough lol, my apologies I was a bit much. I was actually cringing watching the first time through I couldn’t even finish lmao. I guess I suppose or thought of, if I were to send any one of my beloved electric devices to a repair person, I would expect them to respect and treat my item how it comes to them (practically in ment/like-new state). That is all, nice response though 👍🏽✊🏽

some uses just dont no or are worred they will break the apple magic if they touch it