05-26-2017, 05:31 PM
C(-)ris wrote:
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About 2 months ago I bought a 2010 Mac Pro 2 X 2.93GHz (12-Cores) Xeon 1TB 32GB MC561LL/A-BTO + B Grade from isellimac on eBay. Paid about $1225 shipped. Its was sent in a Mac Pro box and arrived promptly. The only issue is although all 8 RAM slots have RAM sticks (4GB each), when it boots a little popup screen says the RAM slots are not populated in order, and it only sees seven of the eight sticks. I guess either one stick or one slot is bad.
That is VERY common in CPU swaps when the processor isn't seated correctly you lose a slot of ram. Are you sure it is a legit 2010 Mac Pro 2x2.93 and not a 2009 flashed to a 2010 with those CPUs installed?
I would have sent that machine right back to them.
System serial number identifies as Mid 2010 model. Is there another way to confirm this?
If you plug in the serial number on Apple.com and it comes up with a 2010 model then it is. It would show a 2009 on Apple.com if you put in a flashed machine serial number.
At this point, I would take canned air and clean out that ram slot and try swapping sticks around to see if it really is that slot or perhaps a stick of ram. My next step would be to tighten the heatsink screws and make sure they are good, if that didn't resolve it I would remove the CPUs and put new thermal paste on and put it back together. However, tightening the screws and removing and replacing are not for the faint of heart.
Thank you C(-)ris, I did exactly as you directed to confirm the serial number/2010 model. I just haven't had time to deal with the RAM issue by swapping sticks around. Inasmuch as I never had a machine with more than 8 GB of RAM, now having 28 or 32 is a true luxury. This machine running Snow Leopard is snappier than my i5/2.5Ghz Mini was before I installed an SSD in the latter. Now both are acceptably fast, and the Mac Pro still has room to grow with an SSD install next year.