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Gentlemen Yes I am a noob but looking to fit in . Would love to see some of your set ups as I am transitions to a mac pro right now. Summary Mac Pro 3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache 32GB (4x8GB) of...
View ArticleUSB 3.x PCIe Cards for Classic Mac Pro
Thread summary for latest recommendations. This thread refers to PCIe cards for adding USB 3.0 and 3.1 to classic Mac Pros. (Currently 3.1 is not supported in OS X, but is in Windows.) General Notes:...
View ArticleMac Pro 3,1 (early 2008) Power/Boot Issues (Long post!)
hello macrumors people, I'll apologise upfront this is a bit of a long one . . . I have run into a big problem with my beloved 3,1 MP - started having issues about a week ago with some hanging, slow...
View ArticleWhat do you think?
Hi Guy's (and girls) Recently I got this 2006 Mac Pro 1.1 I did the firmware update to 2.1 and with al the hardware updates this is my total setup Mac Pro 2006 2X Intel Xeon x5355 32gb RAM 667Hrz ATI...
View ArticleMac Pro 1,1 won't boot up after update to 10.10.5.
Hi guys, I made a huge mistake to update my Yosemite to 10.10.5 and after it rebooted, nothing worked! Now I get no display, no start-up chime, only the power solid light on and the cooling fun. Can't...
View ArticleHow far can you upgrade a 2006 Mac Pro Tower?
Greetings, My father bought a 2006 Mac pro tower. Its has the Intel Xeon 2.66 dual core cpu and is running Mac OSX Lion, 10.7.5. Here are all the specs:...
View ArticleHigh performance rendering with 3 x GTX 980 Ti connected to a Classic Mac Pro
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; } A word of caution before anyone tries this at home - this project is not the same as a retail product and none of the device connections are hot swappable . Meaning , if...
View ArticleXeon X5690 temperatures and fan speed
Looking to find out what normal temps are for the X5690 CPU. Running Geekbench stress test on OS X I'm seeing 84 degrees C and running Prime95 in Windows I'm seeing 86 degrees C. The CPU fan is not...
View ArticleThe Golden Guide to Flashing Graphic Cards
The Golden Guide to Flashing Graphic Cards Update March 2011 Ok, this thread is a bit old, and some things here are no longer important. For example, you can now generate automatically a 4870 / 4890...
View ArticleCleaning out the dust - suck or blow?
I recently bought a new to me Mac Pro 5,1 and on opening it has more fuzz in it than a 70s porno movie. I dont think it has ever been opened. I gave it a quick blast with the air compressor - from...
View ArticleMac Pro 3.1 SSD upgrade
Hi Everyone, My poor old MP3.1 seems to be labouring especially now with El Capitan so I thought maybe I should start by upgrading to SSD's? Below is how my Mac Pro is at the moment with my installed...
View ArticleDiagnostic Program
What program do you guys use to diagnose your Mac Pro -- checks for any faulty issues (ram, hard drive, etc.). Just want to include this as part of my monthly maintenance. Thoughts?
View ArticleSapphire AMD 380 Nitro in MacPro 5,1
http://www.unboxfresh.com/computing...md-r9-380-nitro-graphics-card-macpro-2010-51/ Everything is fine so far touch wood / aluminium!
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Black Boot Screen with GT 120 & LG 31MU97
Hi Folks, thirst thread here As you can see at my signature, I have a 4K display, that normally runs by a GTX 980 (non Efi). With that card, I have a black booting screen as expected and after that the...
View ArticleScreen Sharing and Nvidia Web Drivers
Yesterday I finally got around to ordering my new graphics card. It is a MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T Titanium OC card. After ordering I got curious about the web drivers....
View ArticleMac Pro4,1 Early 2009 Won't completely boot, no chime, no display
Hello, I have a early 2009 Mac Pro 4,1. Out of no where while using it just shut it off completely and when I went to go reboot it, everything sounded fine except that I didn't hear the start up chime...
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