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    MP 1,1-5,1 RX 580, 5700, or 5700 XT Cards that don't block the second PCIE slot?

    I'm looking for cards that have actually been tried that are not blocking the second PCIE slot in your cheese grater. I have the Sapphire Pulse Nitro RX580 at the moment and while it has been rock solid in both Mojave and Catalina it blocks the second slot which I would like to use. So I'm...
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    Resolved Graphical glitches with certain cards (ports? cables?)

    On a 5,1 I have three cards: 1080ti in the bottom slot, 1080ti in the next usable slot up (2?), then an m4000 in one of the top two slots. If I plug my screen into any card/port other than the 1080ti in slot 2, the macOS gui is glitchy/ghosting/slow/not correct. I'm using display port cables...
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    mac pro 1,1 no video boot

    Just bought a used Mac Pro 1,1 tower of craigslist with no GPU or HDD. I have a blank SSD and 2.5 to 3.5 converter, a used mac GT 120, and a used GTX 680 i have flashed to work with mac. With either card, I get the chime but no video goes out my monitor. My keyboard lights up and I have gotten...
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    Thunderbolt 3 HDD Caddy

    Hi all I've just bought a new Macbook Pro (Thunderbolt 3) to replace my Mac Pro cheesegrater. I have a 3.5 HDD (Seagate Barracuda) and a 2.5 SSD (Samsung 850 EVO) that I'd like to put in TB3 caddies and use as external drives with my new Macbook Pro. I have never mounted a drive in a caddy...