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4.1 to 5.1
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MP 1,1-5,1 my Story with 2 two 4,1 > 5,1 cMPs and questions and concerns going forward
Hi! I'm new to this forum and I want to tell you my cMP story and ask you for advice on some issues I still have. I bought a cMP 4,1 at the tail end of last year that had its firmware upgraded by the previous owner already. This is my first Mac ever and I'm not sure I would want another model... -
MP 1,1-5,1 installing windows 10 / 11 on Mac Pro 5.1
hello there, i'm just wondering if i can get windows 10 or 11 on my Mac Pro 5.1... my Mac Pro 5.1: 3.06 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon / 16GB memory / GTX 680 2GB (non-flashed) / Big Sur on NVMe SSD 512GB (using OCLP) i had windows 10 (with bootcamp drivers installed via brigadier) on SATA disk, which... -
MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro painfully slow after firmware upgrade 4,1 to 5,1
I’ve successfully upgraded the firmware on my 4,1 Mac Pro to a 5,1 (now officially running High Sierra). Everything worked perfectly fine until I enabled SIP again. Now everything runs painfully slow, just opening Launchpad for example takes what feels like ages. Also, if I want to open apps... -
Windows 10 Bootcamp on High Sierra (Mac pro 4.1 to 5.1) it is posible?
Hi everyone i have some issues trying to install windows 10 on my mac pro 4.1-5.1 Everything is fine until i have to install the drivers via bootcamp assistant (already on win10) the setup just crashes trying to install the Intel Chipset Driver. Then the sound from an unplugged device (windows... -
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Resolved 2009 8-Core 4,1 - 5,1 suddenly stopped booting
About 9 months ago I flashed my 2009 8-Core 2.66 GHz Mac Pro to 5,1 firmware and upgraded the processors to x5680s which I bought on eBay and de-lidded. I've been running Sierra 10.12.6. Things were fine until a few weeks ago, when the following symptoms started happening erratically: 1... -
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Mac Pro 4,1 to 5,1 RAM slot 1 not recognized
Just did a 4,1 to 5,1 upgrade on my 2009 Mac Pro running 10.11.6 El Capitan. All is well EXCEPT that RAM slot 1 isn't recognized. Before: 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 2 x 2.26GHz quad-core After: 2009 Mac Pro 5,1 2 x 3.33GHx (x5680) hex-core Firmware update went fine. Both CPUs are recognized in... -
MP 4,1 flashed to 5,1 won't boot after FileVault
Hey guys, Recently I overhauled my Mac Pro 4,1. I flashed it to 5,1 and upgraded the CPU to 2 x Xeon X5690's, which I successfully delidded myself *proud*. I also upgraded the RAM to 32GB 1333MHz and OSX is running from a Samsung EVO 850 @ 500GB. When I wanted to encrypt the drive, using...