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iM 4,1-14,4 Please help: Core 2 Duo upgrade having issues in 4,1 iMac
Hi all. Recently I bought a Core Duo 2006 iMac 4,1 and read you can upgrade it to a T7400 C2D, and you have to upgrade the firmware after you install the CPU to get more ram and Lion support. But after installing a T7400, SSD, and replacement dvd drive, I get a chime and about a second of...- jrm0522
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- core 2 duo core duo help imac
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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MBP 1,1-10,2 Getting System Management Controller, Core 2 Duo MacBooks, and Charge Limiter to play nice together?
So this is a total long shot, and it goes well beyond my limited wheelhouse of making un[der]documented things work nicely. It also means inviting those cosy with under-bonnet stuff to chime in. The magnificent open-source utility, Charge Limiter (which does what other, more proprietary battery...- B S Magnet
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- a1260 a1261 battery health battery life c2d charge limiter core 2 duo smc system management controller
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iM 4,1-14,4 Cant get Windows fully working iMac 10,1
Hello everyone! I have an iMac 10,1 (Late 2009, 21.5 Inch, Core 2 Duo E7600, ATI Radeon HD 4670) and I can't get Windows fully working on it. I've already tried a plethora of methods for install for which none of them works completely. The main issue at hand is that after following the...- leo015
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- amd ati 4670 black screen core 2 duo imac (21.5" late 2009) imac 10.1 internal display windows 10
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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iMac 8.1 doesn't boot, plays partial chime
Hey all, My old 2008 iMac has suddenly stopped booting correctly. When I press the power button, it only plays a partial chime and then shuts down completely. To make it chime again, I have to disconnect and reconnect the power. I tried removing both memory sticks, but it just beeps repeatedly...- ttff
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- core 2 duo imac old mac radeon
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Macpostfactor boot loop creating recovery
I'm trying to install Mountain Lion using MacPostFactor on my MBP2,2. Whenever I try to boot into it, it brings up a window that says "Creating MacPostFactor recovery (small)" then it reboots after about 15 seconds. It boot loops and does this repeatedly. Is there a way I can bypass this or fix...- codfish2006
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- 2006 macbook pro core 2 duo macbook pro macpostfactor mountain lion
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- Forum: OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)
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MacBook Pro Early 2006 Core Duo to Core 2 Duo Upgrade
Hello, Yesterday I made an experiment. I tried to put Core 2 Duo T7200 onto a MacBookPro1,1 820-1993 logic board in place of the original Core Duo T2500. The result is successful! In the future maybe I will try to put a faster CPU like T7600. It's the fastest Merom CPU available and Penryn...- Octal450
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- bga core 2 duo cpu macbook pro upgrade
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Upgrade GPU and CPU for a late-2009 Imac
Hi everyone ! I will have in the next few weeks the old Imac late-2009 with a core 2 duo 3.06GHz and a Geforce 9400M from my dad, and I plan to upgrade it. I already have upgraded the ram to 16Gb and I will change the HDD for a SSD. I already have an unused old Q8400 and I would like to know if... -
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My iMac completely ignores when I hold down alt at boot
I've tried two wired keyboards, one of them Apple, but it just goes straight to the internal SSD. No options. How do I fix this? It's a 27 inch 2009 model, feel free to move this to 'Early Intel' if needed. Thanks!! x- Heeheeriah
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- alt boot core 2 duo help imac option key support
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- Forum: iMac
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Macbook pro 15" early 2008 does not turn on
Hi everyone, my MBP does turn on if i leave the battery inside and not plug for a while (let's say a couple of hours) after a bit of trial and error i have discovered the if i remove the battery for a few minutes and connect the charger it turns on like nothing happened. if i put the battery...- plasticpippo
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- core 2 duo macbook pro not turning on macbookpro 15in
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Early 2006 Mac mini firmware upgrade
Recently I bought old Mac mini from 2006 and I want to install 4 gb of ram in it and core 2 duo cpu. I upgraded cpu and then I googled that I need to upgrade the firmware to 2.1 for 4 gb of ram. So I used dosdude1 utility and successfully upgraded to 2.1, all was fine but I decided to install...- red2211
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- core 2 duo dosdude1 firmaware linux mac mini 1.1 windows
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Black Screen on early-2009 24" iMac
A few days ago I took my early-2009 24" c2duo iMac to the Office to get him connected to the office-network. It's got Win10Pro installed and at home, everything worked fine. In the office fans started to run on booting and continued to run nonstop at full speed, so I powered the iMac down and...- bobesch
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- 2009 black screen issues core 2 duo early-intel imac
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Should i buy iMac or Macbook
Hello, i want your opinion on buying old iMac or Macbook pro.I never had neither pc or laptop but i would like to buy one now. Most of my job i get done via iphone so my needs are very low and modest. I would use it only for youtube, mail, hbo, spotify and ms office. I found one iMac from 2008...- arnes
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- core 2 duo imac macbook
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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My Early 2009 iMac. Still In Action!
Het Guys! So I had this iMac I bought 3 years ago and decided to give it to my mother because I really don't have a use for it. Recently, she had some issues with it, turns out her problems were graphical. So I decided to take it back and give her my newer mac mini, and use this full time. I... -
2009 iMac Upgrade.
Hello! A few years ago I bought an early 09 iMac with the GT130 GPU and 3.06 Penryn CPU. I gave it to my mother because she needed something to watch netflix, hulu, and youtube on. It works... Well it works... most of the time. It has symptoms of a bad GPU, where the screen distorts or just... -
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how to install 64-bit windows on old mac?
macbook 2,1 (mid-2007) core 2 duo 4GB ram snow leopard windows 7 64_bit (i hope to install) according to apple, the mac only takes 32 bit officially. i hear there are unofficial ways to go 64? i don't want to delete snow leopard, though. i'm in the same boat as this poster here, and the answer... -
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MacBook mid 2010 - How to upgrade performances
Hello, I have a mid 2010 MacBook unibody white 13" with Intel 2,4 GHz Core d2 Duo and I wish to upgrade its performances. I presently have 2GB 1067 MHz DDR3 memory and would like to upgrade it to either 8 GB (2x4GB) or even maybe 16GB (2x8GB). I am not sure about the 16GB being installed, will... -
Fired up a 10 year old Mac Mini and was surprised
My MacBook Pro is being repaired (because the battery needs replacing and it's glued in, making it very difficult to replace) and I had to dig an old Mac Mini out of the closet to continue working. The machine is from 2007 I believe, Core 2 Duo with 2GB or RAM, running Snow Leopard. It's been... -
Core Duo/Core 2 Duo MacBook CPU Upgrading
Just recently, I completed a project based on an idea I've had for quite some time now... Upgrading the CPU in a MacBook. In theory it should be possible, as long as the CPU is compatible with the chipset in the machine, and has the same front side bus speed. Well, it turns out that is indeed...- dosdude1
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- bga core 2 duo macbook
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- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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If you add SSD drive to old 2008 Mac, can you update to Sierra/High Sierra
I have an old 2008 iMac with a 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 and 6 GB ram currently running 10.6.8. The hard drive is clicking and is acting like it'll fail any minute. Someone at the local Mac repair store (clerk not a tech) in my area said that by putting a new SSD drive in it would make it a... -
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How Two-Processor Mac Pro access RAM?
Hi All, I plan to buy used Mac Pro (mid 2010) with 2 processors but I am not sure how Mac manage RAM between these 2 processors. For example, if I have 32GB (8X4GB) RAM with 8 cores (2 quad-core processors) will I be able to access all 32GB per core, or is it 16GB per processor (in which case a...
