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Swapping Logic Board on 2008 Mac Pro

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My friend has a 2008 Mac Pro. His logicboard died and he bought a new one on eBay ($130 vs $600 from a local Mac shop).

He wants me to swap the boards, I don't think this will be too difficult outside of dissembling the Mac Pro case to get everything out. However, if this is an identical/compatible motherboard (he verified before buying, so we should be okay), what happens when we boot? Will it see OSX again on his main HD and just load properly, will any data be lost ... or will it just boot like before (assuming everything was plugged back in correctly)?

Thanks.
 
You could plug the Mac Pro's drive into almost any mac of the same vintage and it will boot, that's nothing to worry about there.
 
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