Low Geekbench score.
So I have a Mac Pro 1,1 I just obtained. Put maybe $50 worth of work into it in hopes of making it my home desktop/server to compliment my MBPr. So essentially it was 100% stock when I got it and I was...
View ArticleSierra having problems with high-res monitors over HDMI
Anyone else notice that Sierra is limiting HDMI? I did : (. People are plugging in their 4k, 1440p, or 3440x1440 monitors and are limited to 1080p until they switch to displayport. Apparently this is a...
View Articlem.2 SSD xp941 vs sm951
im trying to source a bootable m.2 ssd for my Mac Pro 5.1 and have twice ordered AHCI Sm951s and twice been sent the NVME version. Would the older xp941 be any different? Seems the Mac pro's PCI 2...
View ArticleeSATA raid controller external drive problem error
I have a PCI eSATA raid controller in my classic Mac Pro '09 running El Capitan which I am using in JBOD mode with an external 4 drive enclosure and also for a OS 10.8.5 external boot drive for running...
View ArticleGTX680 4GB - ROM Image - Full Boot Screens, Full Clock Rates & PCI-E 2.0 - 5GT/s
After scouring the web I located a modded rom file for the 4GB version of the card. ItÂ’s obviously the rom from the 2GB Mac card, same one thatÂ’s been posted here on Mac Rumors. Version number and date...
View ArticleSolution to hide unsightly Mac Pro cables
I stumbled upon a fine solution to hide all the unsightly cables attached to my cylinder Mac Pro. I was gifted an old 23 inch cinema display which I took apart for fun. It turns out that the hollow...
View ArticleMac Pro clone?
Samsung copied the iPhone plain and simple but now this? http://appleinsider.com/articles/16...-pulse-computer-apes-design-of-apples-mac-pro I think they need to re-evaluate their design team. This is...
View ArticleSamsung pulls it out... what is this thing?
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016...ts-own-high-end-cylindrical-desktop-computer/ I don't understand. what is this supposed to be? a distraction tactic? View attachment 664569 are they innovating now?
View ArticleAre the NVIDIA drivers gone?
I am not able to find the NVIDIA web drivers anymore for the GTX 980. Did NVIDIA take them down? Does anyone know if Sierra has them built in?
View ArticleHelp with black screen
Hi i am trying to get an original mac pro to work i only have pc video cards. So cannot see a boot screen to select anything. The original video card has had it. I have tried to use transmac installer...
View ArticleSSD enclosure for Mac Pro and MBP?
Hi everyone, A shopping question: I'm looking for a SSD enclosure that will fit both the Mac Pro OWC SSD cards and the ones in the MBP w/ SSD models. I found two (see below), but nowhere do they...
View Articlestorage options for mySQL
I am working on a DB that consumes 700+GB, running on a 500GB Mac Pro. Some tables can be stored on a DAS without significantly compromising performance, but others are frequently modified/reindexed...
View ArticleHooking a 2008 Mac Pro up to a late 2013 Mac Pro
Hey All, I'm trying to transfer a few things from my 2008 Mac Pro tower to my two year old Mac Pro cylinder/trashcan 2013 Mac Pro. Would a simple USB to USB do it? Or do I need something more exotic?...
View ArticleAMD Zen.
http://videocardz.com/63242/amd-zen-stuff http://www.anandtech.com/show/10578...rs-micro-op-cache-memory-hierarchy-revealed/4 Be cautious however with this. It can mean absolutely everything. For...
View Article2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and macOS Sierra
So who can get it running first? I wonder if Pike's boot loader can load it?
View ArticleMac Pro keeps waking itself up and going back to sleep
My 2012 mac pro seems to have insomnia. When its sleeping it seems every 5-10 minutes it wakes itself up and cycles the superdrive--presumably to see if there is some disk in it, and goes back to...
View ArticleJust Upgraded my Mac Pro (Late 2013)
Hello, everyone, In this day in which Mac users are rightly outraged by Apple's failure to update the Mac Pro in more than 1,000 days, I wanted to share a good experience I had in upgrading my Mac Pro...
View ArticleEthernet 2 (en1) is missing
Hello everyone, I got home today and found my mac pro completely shut off. Not sure if the power went out when I was away or what happened. The machine wouldn't turn back on, but after unplugging the...
View ArticleWiFi Card for Mac Pro 3,1?
Hi, is there a WiFi card that will work with the Mac Pro 3,1 that has native support in macOS 10.12 Sierra? My Mac Pro never had an internal WiFi card and I have been using a cheap USB dongle, but it...
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Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 card Speed Issue
Hi Everyone, Ive just installed a Sonnet Allegro USB 3.0 4-Port card into my Mac Pro 3.1 and I'm a bit concerned with the read/write speed. I've put the card into slot 3 and attached a brand new never...
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