2008 Mac Pro 10.5.8 shuts down after hours of no use, Set to never shut down. Can be resumed pressing any key but all programs not in startup list need to be restarted and unsaved data lost . New behavior. No system changes.

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Problem on my early 2008 Mac Pro

I had this problem with my early 2008 Mac Pro which started last week.
Some background; I'm using 8GB RAMs, using Snow Leopard and bootcamp Windows 7 and 3 days before the start of the problem, I had replaced the original 320GB HDD for 640GB HDD and reinstalled both OSes.
While I was playing some videos in Windows 7 last week, it displayed the blue screen with memory dump message and restarted on its own. Thereafter, I was unable to load Windows 7 and SL respectively, both hung before they can be loaded. In SL, I noticed that there were some faint red dots in the Apple logo and subsequently, the entire screen started to flicker with some random black and white strips. In Windows 7, it frozen at the Windows logo with a 640x480 resolution. My default resolution was 1920x1200. However, I managed to loaded into the safe mode of Windows and extracted my work.
I tried to re-install SL and it hung again at the Apple logo followed by the flickering.
I sent it to my local service centre and the technician removed my video card, RAMs and memory risers and cleaned the contact, ran the stress test overnight, AHT3A152 and ASD3S123 tests and concluded that he found no issues with the hardwares and the problem did not occur again.
The Mac Pro was sent back to me today and earlier, I started up with no problem and decided to remove the Windows partition and I restarted it again to confirm everything was ok. However, at the next startup, the problem re-surfaced and I could no longer start up my Mac Pro in SL.
I tried to swopped back the original 320GB HDD, but the problem still persists. Before I send back my Mac Pro to the service centre tomorrow, I would like to have some 2nd opinions. Based on my description, what is the likely cause of this problem, is the newly replaced 640GB be the root cause?

Do you keep Windows on its own hard drive?
I would have kept the 320GB while using Windows WD Lifeguard to test, zero, run extended tests and slow long format of the new WD 640. Then just cloned system to new drive.
Casper 6.0 seems to be great utility if you want to avoid reinstalling 7, though I've found 7 to be fast and easy to install even with dozens of programs to add.
Are you using the current / latest graphic driver for 7? I don't notice you even list which card.
RAM - there is no perfect test, AHT finds some while Memtest takes time and may find others.
Windows may be more sensitive to weak hard drive sectors and memory than Mac OS or than HFS+.
Do you have any 3rd party devices? PCIe? Cables etc?
And you can't boot off Windows 7 DVD or Safe Mode?
Windows should automatically offer to boot in Safe Mode.
Also, try restore from last good restore point.

2008 Mac Pro Hangs

My 2008 Mac Pro with OSX 10.6.8 Model 3.1 just started to 'hang" for about 40 secs. periodically while browsing any website. Problem occurs with both Safari 5.7.1 and with Firefox. Internal temps appear to be OK. You can browse OK for a few seconds or so then it will hang again, then will be OK for a few seconds then will hang again. I haven't added or removed anything at all for several days. Tried restarting computer and doing an SMC reset with no help.
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Thanks for any help,
B. Taylor

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When I am switching my Mac-book on, it shows "No bootable device -- insert boot device and press any key" what to doe

I was using YouTube in morning and left macbook in sleep mode. Since its battery was dead in evening I connected the power cord and restarted the system. Since then I am facing the error "No bootable device -- insert boot device and press any key".
Please let me know what should be done..

Reboot and hold the alt key. Select the drive you want to boot to. Once successfully booted go to System Preferences>Startup Disk and make sure your system is booting to your Mac partition on startup.

No bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key, over and over again...

I've seen a lot of discussions about "no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" but the answers in them don't seem to help me at all.
from the begining...
i was tryin to instal windows 7 on my 2014 iMac and after bootcamp prepared the iso on a flash drive, the computer restarted in the windows instalation screen and i chose the "BOOTCAMP" partition.
After thi i got an error with a mesage that the partition wans not in ntfs, and a question if i wanted to format it. As i am recent to OSX but i was a windows user for quite a while i thought, ok there should be no problem about letting windows format this BOOTCAMP partition so i went ahead and did it. after this i stopped the process because at the moment i seem to recal that in the mac osx bootcamp help there was something about making sure to installing windows to the BOOTCAMP partition. So i canceled the process and restarted the iMac.
Now i get the "no bootable device -- insert boot disk and press any key" message over and over.
I've tryed restarting with alt, alt+cmd+p+r, alt+r, etc and allways get the same message.
Just before tryin to install windows on a secondary partition had the iMac backup to an external drive on my airport express via time machine.
Questions.
are there any other ways to boot into OSX again, or after letting windows format the BOOTCAMP partition all is lost?
If everything is lost, how do i boot to restore my time machine backup from the external drive?
all help is apreciated.
Thanks in advance

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"No bootable device" -- insert book disk and press any key

Hello, I am having a little problem with my new iMac. I search in google and I don't seem to get an answer...or maybe I just don't know which one I should do...
This is what happen. When I turn on my iMac it goes to a white screen, then to a black screen saying "No bootable device -- insert book disk and press any key" I can't press any key at all so I try restarting...same message goes.
Before this happen I did do one thing which I don't know if this is the cause of it. I change the trash can icon...how I did that is I went to...
Macintosh HD>System>Library>Core Services>Dock>Contents>Resources
I just replace the trash can image with the new one, same name as the old. It did change but then this black screen message start happening...
I search on google, some people say to hold alt-option key when you are in the white screen and then enter your drive from there. I did that and that is how I get to here to ask you guys...how can I get rid of that black screen?
Some people say you have to reinstall Windows 7 under Bootcamp or something...but I dont have Windows 7 in this iMac. I still did try going to Bootcamp and reinstall things but once I click continue, it said "To create a bootable USB drive for Windows 7 or later version installation, select the Windows ISO image, select a destination USB drive, and then click Continue." But I don't have a ISO image...
Anyway so that is why I need help, I don't know how I can get rid of the black screen so I don't have to always hold alt-option to get in to my computer.
Please help if you know how to fix this. Thank you so much!!!

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When I turn on my iMac, it shows a black screen and says 'No bootable device - enter boot cd and press any key'. Not sure how to fix this.

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Too Much RAM causing shut down? (2008 Mac Pro)

I've got an older 2008, Mac Pro with an OWC SDD as my main drive running the latest version of Snow Leopard.
In the last several months I've been experiencing problems where the system will shut down (screen says it has gone to sleep and I cannot wake it) but the tiny white power light on the front of the computer stays "on".
The only way I have been able to get it to turn back on, is to power down holding the power button in, until the white light goes off. When i power back on, some times it will boot to the desktop, and other times, it will just get to the grey Apple logo and instantly go into sleep/ hibernation, etc (I'm not sure what it's doing).
Things I've tried to resolve the problem:
- Permissions repair (no problem) - using Drive Genius
- Disk repair (no problem) - using Drive Genius
- Uninstalled (or not installed) any of my typical post-reformat software
- Replaced RAM
- Replaced RAM riser
- Reset PRAM, (and other similarly suggested fixes)
- Disconnected everything except keyboard, mouse and monitor
At one point I went through all of my ram, tested it all and all passed using software similar to those recommended elsewhere in other Apple discussions
I once removed some ram from the bottom riser (hunting and pecking here) and this allowed me to boot. (I have had as much as 16GB of Apple approved ram across each riser, inserted into each dim slot as recommended by Apple.
Could this be a drive problem? I am using an OWC3gb SSD
Could it be a power supply problem?
The system is clean, and dust free. The system runs cool (within the recommened guidelines)
Is there something I might try that I haven't mentioned here?
Thank you so much.

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My early 2008 Mac Pro has gradually started having the following problems:
It will often shut down when it goes to sleep.
It has shut down randomly a few times.
And just today it shut down about 5-10 seconds after being turned on. It took about 6 tries before I could get it to turn on.
I have tried all of theusual software remedies (disk utility, different startup drives, resetting the SMC, PRAM, etc.)
I have run apple hardware test on loop for several hours with no errors appearing...
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I have accidently shut down my Mac Book Pro during windows 7 installation . When I re started it it began to say " Press any key to boot from CD or DVD " but the keyboard is not working . So I cannot boot It and the CD is also in the drive . Please help me to boot back to Mac book Pro and give me a way to start the key bord .

Hey rudreshchoubey,
Thanks for the question. The following resource may help to resolve your issue:
Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1636/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_ 10.8.pdf
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My early 2008 Mac Pro is dropping the signal to the monitor and the fan on the back begins to run at max speed. I have to do a force shut down and start again. It will then run ok for several hours. This typically happens when it wakes up, I log in and begin doing a task. However, it has been known to do this at a random time. This has progressed to a once a day event mostly in the morning after it has been sleeping for several hours.
I pulled the cover when it did it last and pressed the diagnostic button. LED's for the GPU and PWRG did not light.
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G4 processors of type 7455 or later (typically used in Macintosh systems with 867 MHz and above) are designed for a maximum operating temperature of 65 degrees Celsius (149 degrees Fahrenheit), also measured at the chip die of the CPU.
Most desktop hard drives are specified for a maximum operating temperature of 55 degrees Celsius (131 degrees Fahrenheit). For exact information, use the Drive Overview window (⌘+8) to get the manufacturer and model code of your hard drive, and then direct your web browser to the manufacturer's web site to download the official data sheet for this drive. The temperature limits are always specified.
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And don't forget you can look at the fan speeds (there are several in the Mac Pro) - that sometimes will give you a hint something abnormal is going on if the fans start running a lot.

2008 Mac Pro 10.5.8 shuts down after hours of no use, Set to never shut down. Can be resumed pressing any key but all programs not in startup list need to be restarted and unsaved data lost . New behavior. No system changes.

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