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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.0 A1186 does not turn on, makes clicking sound, LED 5 & 6 flash
Hi folks, first post, hope you can help me. Our Mac Pro 3.0 A1186 (early 2008, eight core) which was turned off for a while during Covid, now simply does not turn on anymore. When pressing the power button, it makes a clicking sound, then 3-4 seconds later another one, and simply nothing... -
MP 1,1-5,1 Graphics card help Mac Pro 3,1
Hey, I want to switch out my graphics card to another computer and the website gives me the choice to add graphics cards. I was wondering if I would be able to switch around the graphics cards because I would still like to access my current Mac. I have a mac pro 3,1 (early 2008) and these are...- Username Required
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- 3.1 early 2008 graphics card mac pro quadro nvs 310 lp quadro q600 lp
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Mac Pro
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Macbook Air (Early 2008) Running 10.11 El Capitan
Over the past week or so I have been messing about with my old 1st generation MacBook Air to see how far I could push it in OS upgrades. After a LOT of tinkering and testing etc I have managed to successfully boot into Mac OS X El Capitan and install graphics kexts however there is a few issues...- ImDanTheBoxMan
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- early 2008 el capitan hackbook air macbook air 1 modded macbook
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Early Intel Macs
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Transer 2008 iMac to 2012 Mac mini
Hey all, I'm interested in transferring the saved information from my iMac to my Mac Mini. While the iMac works fine, it starting to show its age with browsers and apps increasingly dropping support for it - I'd like to transfer all information from my iMac to my Mac mini. Since there are four... -
Macbook will not encrypt any webpage and webpages only showing text after os reinstall.
First time posting in any forum ever. Excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong area. Here is where I am at.... Early 2008 Macbook running on snow was working fine before it sat in a garage for a couple years. The battery expanded so I replaced that. Would not turn on. Beeped 3 times 5 second...- gr8lakeruler85
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- early 2008 reinstall os x snowleopard
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- Forum: MacBook
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is Sierra the highest OS version that can be hacked onto an early 2008 iMac?
Thought I'd pop in and ask a 2 part question here about unsupported versions of OS X/macOS being hacked onto an Early 2008 iMac [8,1]... So... 1. Is Sierra or High Sierra the highest unsupported OS that can be loaded onto such a beast? and 2. Is RAM still stuck at 6GB reliably? The last...- Lynxpro
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- 4gb ram 6gb ram 8gb ram early 2008 high sierra imac 2008 os x sierra
- Replies: 3
- Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
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iMac has problems booting USB installers
Hello, I have the iMac 8,1 (early 2008, 24-inch). It is running clean MacOs El Capitan. My goal is to run unsupported MacOs Mojave and dual boot Windows 10. Neither of both work: 1. I first tried to install supported Windows 7 with BootCamp Assistant. Booting the iMac from the bootable USB... -
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Graphic problems/screen problem
Hi there, I have a problem with my iMac early 2008 24inch (nvidia geforce 8800gs). After upgrading GPU to NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 1024 MB the main screen is gray (as showing on photo ) and the external screen is working properly. I installed the EFI Clover boot and extracted SDST... -
Failed Boot - Early 2008 iMac
Hi there. I own an old iMac but don't really use it that often. One day after attempting to start it up again, instead of the typical boot, I was greeted with a blinking folder with a question mark. As of a month ago, my iMac worked just fine. I had a relative login as a guest on it but I don't... -
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ZDNet Clock still has some life left (if you are willing to put in some effort)
TL;DR - Booted Leopard (10.5.4ish) and overclocked 3.2GHz to 3.32GHz then warm reboot into 10.13.6 and retained overclocking. I know it isn't a huge amount and likely will be an 'unfelt change' but it's still fun. So the other day I was poking around the net and ran into the really old threads...- Ludacrisvp
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- early 2008 macpro3.1 zdnet clock
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Mac Pro
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Mac Pro slows down
Hi! A friend of mine owns a Mac Pro Early 2008. From time to time, the computer turns really slow and it takes ages to open a program or a document. But after some time it runs again at normal speed. He told me this happens when he sends the computer to sleep more than once, usually when he... -
64GB RAM Upgrade for Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008)
Hi there, I wanted to upgrade the RAM of my old Mac Pro 3,1 - 2x4 Quad Intel Xeon (Early 2008) up to 64GB of RAM. At this moment, I have 10GB of 800Mhz Kingston RAM installed and with El Capitan 10.11.6 and Adobe CC. It's definitely to slow now. I'm not sure, if I should go for 8x8GB 800Mhz... -
New to Mac Pro (3.1)
Hi all, I had collected old Mac hardware for some years, but life and work took out that hobby for some time. Back then, I documented my small collection here: http://jvgavila.com/mac.htm But, some weeks ago, I found an ad of a Power Mac G5 which was described as faulty, for a reasonable 40... -
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Can't get MacBook Pro to wake for access
I have an early 2008 MacBook Pro running El Capitan. I am trying to use Back To My Mac to connect to it remotely. It works 100% perfectly if it is already awake. However if it is asleep I cannot seem to connect. I have "Wake for network access" checked in the energy settings. I have my... -
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Macbook Pro Hot, Blank Screen and Unresponsive
I have had a problem of putting my Macbook Pro to sleep then coming back to it a couple hours later to find it hot with a black screen and totally unresponsive requiring a forced shutdown. Some outside advice led me to try disabling "Wake for network access" and this did seem to fix the problem...- Schmactor
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- black screen early 2008 el capitan forced shutdown hot macbook pro osx sleep unresponsive wake for network
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- Forum: OS X El Capitan (10.11)
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Upgrading OS on Mac Pro Early 2008- 10.8 vs 10.11
Hi all, I need to update my system to use software that requires at least Mountain Lion 10.8 to work. I currently have Lion 10.7. I was thinking of getting El Capitan, which is the latest OS my system will support (Mac Pro early 2008). However, I've read that some people had issues with the... -
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ios 10: Apps constantly crashing or lagging.
I have an iPhone 5S. I have NEVER had any problems with my phone and it is still in pristine condition. Since updating to ios 10 I'm having problems with apps I have NEVER had before. I keep getting all kinds of lags on almost every app. Basically it seems the screen will freeze for a few...
