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Mac Pro 3,1 made sizzle sound followed by puff of smoke. Power supply?

Earlier today, I suddenly noticed a puff of smoke followed by a shut down on my Early 2008 tower. Opened it up, casually searched for signs of scorching/burns, nothing seen. Rebooted and ran fine for about 5 hours, then unexpectedly, the same thing happened. My guess is a wonky power supply. Anyone else experience such?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 18GB ram, 5 int drives (SSD boot)

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 5:58 PM

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Mac Pro 3,1 made sizzle sound followed by puff of smoke. Power supply?

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