Can I upgrade my MAC PRO with another Motherboard or better CPU?

"sfanara



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"Hi,

Can someone help me?

I have a 2006 Mac Pro A1186, EMC 2113 2.66QX/2x512/7300GT/250/SD

The issue is: Once working, there was a lightning nearby and It affected the Mac ...

I did some work on it bridging the power to a SD connected to the SATA for OD, and it worked great with 2x512MB+2x2GB+4x4GB=21 RAM Total, working very nicely.

Of course I could not use the 4 HDD bays, because the power source was affected in that area.

I decided to get a new logic board and a new power source.

The power is new and the logic came with the variant of being 2007.

I connected all as it goes and I get power in the HDD bays. But as it starts, I don’t get a chime, vents works normally, no video output.

I tried removing the RAM and using only a couple each test, and without it, removed SSD and all drives, removed OD, Video, BT, WIFI, USB, I tried all, but it always does the same at startup no chime, both vents normal, but no boot no video, nothing, oh and I get the mouse light on as if it was working.

Please help! This is the last I got when it still worked"

I have a Mac Pro 3,1 early 2008, running El Capitan, I have finally hit the dreaded, sorry you cannot upgrade to the latest O/S. Sad cause I could use the newer software and that would allow me to use the newer software in Photoshop... Is there a way to get the machine to allow the newer O/S?

I have a Mac Pro 3.1 early 2008 and it does not chime when turning on. It doesn't turn on. When it did chimed and turned it did not show up on the monitor. What should I do? Replace video card and motherboard? How much will each cost? Or should I dump it for e- collection?