Thanks for the video. I just got one, came with 64GB, a 12 core cpu, and a700 gpus. It has a 1 TB WD green drive in it that had Monteray installed. I put a drive in it that had Windows 11 that I took out of another computer and it booted right up and loaded all the proper dirvers as soon as it updated. I notice occassional graphics studder when playing games and it makes me wonder if it's getting hot somewhere but I took the top fan off and it all looks very clean inside, but maybe it needs new paste or something. I want to watch a few more videos before I try to repaste it. Your video is the best one I've seen so far.
The most inspiring Trash can Mac Pro strip down anywhere on YT A W E S O M E , I actually bought a second Mac Pro to see where all the parts went ,still haven't plucked up the courage to strip it down to clean , I might now ,! thanks again .
nice one...but what caused the issue in the end? my 6,1 never turn on after a run. got pretty hot but behaves normaly...after a forced switch off, it never came back alive. diassembled everything, gave it a good clean and repaste gpu's and cpu...going to try with the coin cell next.
@@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 RU-vid doesn't allow links.
Well saved!👍👍 Only Apple could make a computer that complicated, but that was not the case with the earlier Mac pros, the 5,1 etc., were well designed.
Buen video madscience , yo también lo compre de segunda mano , al conectarlo a la corriente encendía la luz , pero no funcionaba con hdmi no había imagen . Después lo desenchufe ya no prendía la luz es rara esa mac , al día siguiente lo volví a enchufar volvió a prender pero la imagen en el monitor no 😢😢😢 ni sé qué hacer , solo que al comprarla esta bien polvorienta será limpiarlo ????
Hello, thanks for the video. My Mac pro late 2013, has the same problem, the light does not turn on. What was the solution to get it to turn on? Thank you
Dude, for cleaning the chips, use the firm paintbrush, it won't damage the components, but it will remove the old thermal paste so quick and easy you won't even blink. As for everything else, use the soft paint brush. Simple
The boot rom in high Sierra did not allow for updates with third party SSDs installed, you needed to replace the original Apple SSD to make it update.. There was a subsequent firmware update during Mojave/Catalina which removed this restriction. Monterey installer would have installed that latest boot rom so your third party SSD should work now.
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.
Awesome video - You made it look so easy! I am tempted to do this myself as well if I can pick up a cheapo Trash Can! - Recently got an iMac 2008 running on Monterey, anything above that I lost USB support
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
Thanks for showing how to disassemble, mine show a strange problem where holding a strong magnet near the power switch allows it to turn on , could be a weak reed switch or hall sensor that isn’t always activated by the case magnet?
Excellent video, it's been a year since this video, have you managed to know how Monterey can be installed using a non-Apple SSD? I have seen that people clone the Apple disk and pass it to a Samsung ect. I have a Mac Pro 6.1 Trashcan and I would like to put a faster SSD on it. Thank you for your very instructive video
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.
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.
Hi, I updated my trashcan to Montrerey and had a thunderbolt storage device attached at the time. Came back to a black screen & unresponsive keyb/mouse. Unplugged everything, tried the usual reset smc/pram etc but all it does now is light up the panel when I power it on which stays on for about 30 seconds. The power button does not light up. Any ideas?
Great video - I have exactly the same fault on a 10 year old machine. Not being at all practical I would not be comfortable doing a repair - do you offer repair services?
Great Video, was wondering without you completely pulling some of the boards what did you use to get into the crevises? A vacuum and if so what kind of vac? Thx Again Awesome Video Cliff
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
Hey mad science Ive been digging thru the depths of the internet trying to find and answer, with no luck. Maybe you can be a beacon of light. I updated mac os on my mac pro 6.1 a week ago, it was fine for several days. One day I did some video editing, rendered off a video and later in the night shut down as normal. When I booted back up the next day, no signal from HDMI on my monitor. Tried diff cables and even plugged in an old mac LED monitor via mini display port, with nothing. So either its a software/driver issue, but how am I supposed to even reformat a mac without seeing the screen? or the GPU has incidentally failed. If you have any words of wisdom on what to try or do, I would be eternally grateful. Cheers Lonesome Dog
@@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!!!
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 ,
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.
Yeah, you wouldn’t come within 10ft of my Mac Pro the way you’re roughing about with the boards and stabbing the innards with your screwdriver 🤦🏽♂️ too damn rough for me! 😳🫣 no business near ANY open electron device 😅
@@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 👍🏽✊🏽
Uff people be touching them small resistors....I usually grab electronic boards from their side. And try to never touch their components. also to ground myself lmao but great video. Good to know the machine can handle some roughness after all I own one. 😂
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
I don't get it... why do some people are just plain filthy with their PCs... don't they have any common sense on actually cleaning them? I keep my PCs dust free every 2 weeks for optimal performance, I have a Mac Pro Mid 2010, a Mac Pro Late 2013 and a gaming PC I built and they all kept in excellent condition and running smoothly and so are the 4 27inch displays no fingerprints, spit marks or scratches.
