Blink power light on Mac Pro Intel

The fans starts but no video... nothing.
Mac Pro Intel

If the power light is blinking, does it show a pattern?
Which mac pro are you using (year, model)?

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New Mac Pro (Intel) booting a Power Mac (PC) OS

I have the newest version of the Mac Pro G5 and I'd like to know.... if by installing the OS drive from the older PC based G5, can I still access it as a mountable drive and more importantly, can I make it a bootable drive and boot from it, running the older OS ?
The old drive is running 10.5.8.... it's going into the latest Mac Pro G5. My instincts tell me "no" but it sure would be convenient while I grab some things from my older drive.
Thanks!

Welcome and hope you get a lot of fun and enjoyment from your Intel Mac!
No way can you boot from a G5 OS, even the Apple Partition Table has been known to cause trouble, or the presence of the OS.
The Mac Pro is never called by or use "G5" which refers to 5th generation PowerPC.
Best bet is pull the data you want off the drive and initialize it.
Also, using migration assistant is well known for causing so much trouble and mischief, strongly recommended not to use it for apps, just your data, media and preference files (mail, web etc) and do clean install of your apps.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350
Even if most apps are Universal Binary, it doesn't take much, not worth the savings, if you do go against instinct, I'd actually make backup images / clones first. May as well get a good backup set with SuperDuper to start off on right foot.
The newest Mac Pro (Intel, Xeon processor "Nehalem"). And your Mac will come with 10.6.2+ build. It would be a stretch (of the imagination) to boot properly.

I have a Mac Pro Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz Quad core (mid 2012) using OSX 10.7.5) and cannot get iDVD to run.

I have a Mac Pro Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz Quad core (mid 2012) using OSX 10.7.5) and cannot get iDVD to run. I tried 7.0.4 and 7.1.2, both from Apple software update and both crash during "loading themes". I am reluctant to upgrade OSX from 10.7.5 because I do not want to loose Final Cut Express 4.0.1. Apple Care no longer supports iDVD. I want a version if iDVD that supports Chapter markers as in iDVD 7.?.? that i used with my old (now deceased) Apple Power PC Mac Pro.

iDVD 7 should work fine with 10.7.5. Try this basic troubleshooting fix:
1 - delete the IDVD preference file, com.apple.iDVD.plist, that resides in your
User/Home/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete IDVD'S cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.iDVD folder.
3 - launch IDVD and try again.
NOTE: In Lion and Mountain Lion the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
OT

When I power up my Mac-Pro I only get a flashing file folder with a ? inside the folder. I suspect my hard drive is maxed to capacity can anyone help me as to what I should do?

When I power up my Mac-Pro I only get a flashing file folder with a ? inside the folder. I suspect my hard drive is maxed to capacity can anyone help me as to what I should do?

Whatever the problem is you no longer have a bootable system. You need to try reinstalling OS X.
Reinstall Snow Leopard without erasing the drive
1. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
2. Reinstall Snow Leopard
If the drive is OK then quit DU and return to the installer. Proceed with reinstalling OS X. Note that the Snow Leopard installer will not erase your drive or disturb your files. After installing a fresh copy of OS X the installer will move your Home folder, third-party applications, support items, and network preferences into the newly installed system.
Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.
Reinstalling Lion/Mountain Lion Without Erasing the Drive
Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the main menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Can I install leopard on new mac pro intel machine

This machine came with Snow leopard on it but it is conflicting with a USB 3.0 card I have been trying to install.
I THINK it is conflicting because I have a similar card on a 2009 Mac Pro intel,
running Leopard and I have not had one issue since installing IT, many months ago.
So I thought I would put in a new HD (larger 2TB) and start a fresh install and go down to the Leopard so the USB 3.0 PCI card will work!
When I do the reboot to instal from the disc, it just sits on a grey screen for 15 min before I gave up.
I replaced the Leopard disc with a Snow Leopard disc and the boot from disc went as normal.
So..........

Like I said, issues.
You and many others:
http://www.macworld.com/article/1165672/add_usb_3_0_to_a_mac_pro_with_highpoints _rocketu.html
50-50 here:
http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-RocketU-Quad-USB-3-0/product-reviews/B005K8AXN6
Allegro doesn't fare much better:
http://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-Allegro-2-Ports-Macintosh-USB3M-E/product-reviews/B 0054D8G0E

Mac Pro/Intel with Logic 8, HD Accel Hardware, Expansion Chassis - Anyone?

Hi,
I'm wondering if anyone out there is running a Mac Pro/Intel with Logic 8 and an HD Accel system with an expansion chassis. Apple does not support running Logic with HD hardware with an expansion chassis. However, we have been running one successfully (sort of) with Logic 8 on a G5. Unfortunately, the chassis we have doesn't provide the bandwidth that we need to get the track counts that we are looking for, so we are considering upgrading to a Mac Pro with either the Magma PE6R4 chassis or the Magma 64 bit 7 slot chassis. Anyone tried either of these configurations?
Thanks,
Ken Lewis
www.logicmixing.com

Hi,
I am running Logic Studio 8 on my Mac Pro 4-core 2.66 (specs below) using internal HDs only and it runs like a charm.
No overload message yet and it seems to me that I have to do feed it a lot more than I do right now to even come close to an overload message.
So with a 2.8 8-core you are well in line and should have quite some reserves.
My personal opinion is, if you can afford the money for the Mac Pro, go for it.
Have Fun
Stefan

How do I install a airport extreme card in a mac pro (Intel 2008)

How do I install a airport extreme card in my mac pro (intel) 2008 computer

What Wifi Cards Do Mac Pro 2008 model use???
http://meanderingpassage.com/2007/07/18/how-to-installing-an-airport-extreme-car d-in-an-intel-mac-pro/

WRT54GS v1.0 Firmware needed, Blinking Power Light

No download available and none available via Linksys Live Chat or FTP and having spent the best part of the week trying to find relevant firmware on other forums I decided to come here to get answers to the following questions, hopefully from version 1.0 experienced owners or not.
#1. Can the firmware of version 2.0 and 3.0 be reduced to flash version 1.0?
#2. When diagnosing the blinking power light issue by connecting directly to the router and the network card using "ping -t 192.168.1.xxx" which network address do I use, 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.2 to 2xx?
I get a reply using 192.168.1.1 but I'm not sure that helps when using the TFTP Utility if it's the wrong address on my Laptop to ping?
Anyway I'm stuffed without the right firmware anyway so I need your help with that first please, anyone with UNBRICKING knowledge.
All Help Much Appreciated

Thanks Stephanie67, below is what I found. It appears to be the correct firmware by the description anyway. Do you know if this firmware is loaded the same way via the web interface like the firmware provided by Linksys?
WRT54GS_4.71.4.001_fw,2.bin
Description:
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Download
Filename:
WRT54GS_4.71.4.001_fw,2.bin
Filesize:
3 MB
Downloaded:
156 Time(s)
Thanks again Stephanie67, you Rock!!

Wireless TV connect blinking power light

I have a Wireless TV Connect. Recently the TV adapter shows a blinking POWER light. I know the LINK light will blink as it searches for the PC adapter. However, this is the power light. The LINK light for the TV adapter is always off. I didn't see any explanation of a blinking power light in the Quick Setup guide. What does a blinking power light for the TV adapter mean?

Read the technical support pages for your router model. There is an article on the blinking power light somewhere. It describes in detail how to load a new firmware to the router using tftp. Try this procedure.
If it fails try to do what I have posted here.

Upon pushing power button my mac pro sits in a holding status with the power light blinking continuously. Fans kick on and it never goes to startup. Trickle LED shows good as does the Power LED. No RAM DIMMS are lit either.

Upon powering on my Mac, the power light begins to flash, the fans kick on and the it seems to lock up. Screen does not come on. I have confirmed it has Trickle and Power by checking the diagnostic LED's on the mother board. No other LED's are lit. None of the RAM LED's are lit either. I removed the battery from the motherboard and waited ten minutes, then reinstalled it. What could the issue be?
Mac Pro specs are:
OS X, Duel Processor, 2.6 GHz, Duel Core, Intel Xeon, 12GB DDR2 RAM

As a general rule, pairs in adjacent slots. Largest sizes on lowest-numbered slots on each riser in turn. It will in work most any order, then when you get close to a final arrangement there is a small .pdf manual available that shows "optimum" arrangement.
Mac Pro (original and 8-core) Memory Replacement Instructions

Wait for Intel G5 or buy power mac pro intel now????

This is for video and multimedia processing and i know Qaud g5 is best on the market right now but i need somnething within a few months with fast processing power with intel because that will be the newest tech. that wont go out of date anytime soon. So what do I do Wait for power mac G5 Intel which i predict in year or just buy the mac book pro but scared it won't process as fast as i think it will. I just absolutly cant handle when using multiple layers and when I edit them waiting for the process time to make each of the changes. WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!!!!

You're not even comparing apples to apples here. The MBP is faster than the G4 Powerbooks, but it will in no way compete with a Quad G5! Not to mention, the MBP maxxes out at 2GB memory, which although good, is not nearly enough for serious mutimedia processing like you mentioned. If I didn't already have a D2.5, I'd buy a Quad now - why wait.

23" Display with MacBook Pro -- Blinking Power Light

All my equipment is new -- just bought it and hooked it up yesterday.
The 23" Cinema HD display is my main monitor, with the laptop's display extending the desktop from the 23" cinema display. The front-panel power light on the cinema display is blinking short-short-short, which supposedly means it's not getting a proper video source/resolution.
Display System Preferences indicate a 1920x1200 resolution on the main display and a 1440x900 on the laptop display.
I'd like to get the power light to stop blinking, but can't figure out how. Any ideas?

Yes, all three cables are plugged in. The DVI connection, the USB, and the Firewire. - Interestingly, I was moving the machine around and unplugged the monitor power cable while the computer was asleep - then when I plugged the power cord back in, the computer woke up - monitor is now recognized and I have the options group. Go figure. So I suppose everyone can try this and see if it works. No more flashing lights.

Blinking power light

My Mac Pro 1.1 would not start, the power light would blink continuously. I read a previous post about reseating ram which I did without any change. I read on another forum that the blinking power is due a start up ram check that has found a problem so I removed all the modules (2gb x 8) and restarted with one module at a time and the next to last of course was the one that created the blinking light. It has been going bad for some time in retrospect since the Mac is faster with 12 gb than it was with 16. The module has a lifetime warrenty, will see how good the vendor is. NParr

All OK after replacing the bad RAM. The vendor was very helpful (OWC). np

Shocked by lack of interest in buying my Power PC or Mac Pro

This isn't really meant to be a question, but rather a statement . . . of astonishment.
I guess I'm like, waaaaaay out of touch, but has it reached the point where desktop computers are pretty much obsolete? I guess I'm not talking about iMacs so much, but the towers -- The G5 and the Mac Pro.
I have a fantastic PPC G5 tower with googolbytes of HD space and RAM, with a fantastic graphics card yada yada but I just can't even seem to GIVE it away.
How can it have come to this?
I mean, I love my MacBook Pro and my MacBook Air and my iPad. But they are completely different animals to my PPC and my MacPro (I have both -- the MacPro is running an Intel chip and the PPC is running, well, a PPC chip.
But I can't seem to drum up even a yawn when I post either of them for sale on my local classifieds site. I mean, we're talking boxes that have at least $3-4,000 invested in them, being completely ignored at $300!
I mean, I love my MacBook Pro, but I can't imagine power-editing videos with FCP and dealing with multi-gigabyte files on it. Not even mentioning the lack of screen space . . . but what is the "new" setup for the pros these days? Is it multi machines -- one MacBook Pro surrounded by two vast monitors, or one iMac flanked by 30" screens . . . what is it nowadays?
I hear not a peep from any media whatsoever about Mac Pros and the next generation of monster tower computers . . . is Apple phasing these things out?
It sure would appear so. It would also appear that I am now the proud owner of two huge paperweights.
What's up?

Steve Jobs foresaw the end of the desktop era a few years ago, though he said desktops will still remain viable and available for specific purposes, much as trucks are designed for different purposes than cars. Desktop PCs have generally been on the decline for at least the past couple of years. By and large people don't want them any more. The market has expressed a clear preference for small, portable, reliable devices to tweet, text, and otherwise waste time.
No one is going to pay much for any PowerPC Mac. Unless they are already using one to perform actual work and has an unexpected failure, they are going to upgrade.
If you want to get the maximum resale value for your G5, clean it up, repackage it in its original box, install its original OS, include the discs and original documentation, write a good description and include clear pictures. What you get for it, you get.
The market is the ultimate judge of a thing's worth. People are not going to pay much for a platform that has been obsolete for seven years. Eight years is just about the limit of economic life for any Mac. It has been that way since about 1984.
For those of us who need to use more capable machines to perform actual work, any Intel Mac will far exceed the capability of any PowerPC Mac. If an iMac's limitations are insufficient for your needs Tim Cook alluded to new Mac Pro models being introduced sometime this year.

WRT54G v5 w/blinking power light connected to an iMac

Hi-
Most of the solutions I've seen related to flashing power lights on the router involve fixes via firmware upgrades off a pc.
I'm on an iMac os 10.6.7. The WRT54 used to work as a wireless modem a couple of years ago. Tonight, it doesn't. power light blinks. Can't access any webpage interface for the thing. Reset, power down, computer restart, cable modem turn off don't change anything.
Is there anything that can be done other than tossing the linksys? If that is the only option, are there wireless routers more suitable for a Mac?
Thanks
Ralph

I think your router is not responding.
Connect only the computer to the Ethernet port 1 on the router. Check the IP address on your computer. If you are getting a valid IP address like 192.168.1.xxx then try to ping the IP address of the router 192.168.1.1.
If you get auto configuration IP address like 169.254.x.x then assign a static IP address to the computer ( 192.168.1.10 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.1.1 ) . Try to ping the IP address of the router and see if you get replies.
If you are not getting replies from the router then I think you will need a new router.

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