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Mid 2011 upgrades
Hi there, i have a mid 2011 21.5” iMac and I am going to be upgrading my CPU, GPU, and Hard drive. My question is, after installing these things what do I need to do software wise other than install my operating system? I have heard something of “flashing” my new GPU but I don’t know how to do... -
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Upgrades for iMac 27inch
Hi, I am looking to do some upgrades to my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015) iMac17,1 Quad-Core Intel Core i5 3.2 GHz. Want to upgrade the CPU and the SATA mechanical drive / and add an additional PCIe stick since I will be going under the hood. Can someone tell me if there will be any...- Mellow_Melon
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- imac ssd upgrade
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Big Navi refresh in 2020 27" iMac?
With NVIDIA releasing their 3000 line of cards just a few days ago and AMD supposedly releasing their Big Navi RDNA2 chips later this year, I was wondering if Apple will refresh the GPU option on the iMac 2020 one last time. Apple has done such a move before in the past with the iMac Pro. On... -
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iMac G5 (Rev. A) fan goes high speed when asleep, and takes forever to boot.
Hello whosoever. I have an iMac G5 (Rev. A, PPC. 1.5 GiB RAM) of which has 2 problems: 1. If I start up OS X 10.5, it takes a LONG time to start up. Now, I also have a partition of OS X 10.4 on a different disk partition, and its boots up in something like 30 seconds. The Leopard partition...- MaxSolar0713
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Imac 2011 GTX770M Upgrade no picture
Hi guys, i bought a Dell GTX770M, modified the cooler and flashed it with the bios of Nick (I thought so). The problem is, if i insert the graphics card, theres a blank screen but i can hear the chime. The motherboard status leds 1 and 2 are on, 3 and 4 are off. That means that the graphics card...- manuelhi-99
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iMac 27" 2019 with Fusion drive and basic GPU, editing 6K?
Alright so I work in a high school and just bought a new camera, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K and was wondering about my options about upgrading my iMac so I don't feel bottlenecked. We made the mistake of taking the 1TB Fusion Drive instead of an SSD; I was wondering if using a...- JulienBerthelot
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- final cut imac
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Power Nap causing Kernel panic?
Hi! I woke up around 5 this morning and walked downstairs to get a sip of water. When I walked past my 27" 5K 2019 iMac (3Ghz Core i5) I was unpleasantly surprised to see a blinking folder icon with a '?' on its display. I always put my iMac to sleep when I am going to sleep, but every now...- DinkThifferent
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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2015 iMac not transferring data from SD Card
Hi. I have a 2015 iMac that has been having issues reading and copying over data (images) from our SD cards. It particularly has issues with a SanDisk Extreme Plus 128GB, 150mb/s SD Card, ExFat, but we've had issues with other cards as well. It'll mount the card, but it won't always read all the... -
New iMac 2020 - Magic Mouse 2 Not Clicking
Has anyone else noticed that the mouse functionality on the new iMac has been hit and miss? I called apple support and I managed to get them to send me a new Magic Mouse but I've found the mouse functionality to be "wonky" on both the Magic Mouse and 3rd party mice. It's really odd. Has anyone...- BlakePowers
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- imac magic mouse 2
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iMac 2010 - dead after Dosdude1’s Mojave patcher (w/gtx 765m)
Hi, I just installed a Nvidia gtx765m in my 27 iMac mid 2010. After installed everything worked fine with High Sierra install. The card came preflashed so I had bootscreen and could boot from USB. So I decided to try to install Mojave with Dosdude1’s patcher..... big mistake.... the screen went... -
I cannot get my iMac G4 to run Leopard
I have a iMac g4 running tiger(10.4.11) and I can’t get it to run leopard. I’ve tried everything: booting from usb solicits an error message that I have to force shutdown my computer. It doesn’t read the dvd and simply ejects it. I even tried partitioning the disk and mounting one partition as...- Thezachary
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Thunderbolt 2 Port Not Reading Harddrives
Hi, I've got an issue with both the thunderbolt2 ports on my iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015 Running Catalina. (Model 17,1) I have an OWC Thunderbolt 2 hard drive dock that isn't connecting to the iMac over thunderbolt 2. It can connect via USB3.0, but it is much slower and isn't able to... -
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Should I return the 10-core?
Hey all, Received my 10-core i9 with 5700XT GPU, 64gb user installed RAM, about a week ago. It's a lovely machine, but I'm wondering if the community thinks that the 8-core might have roughly as good performance while having lower thermals, or if you think the thermals might be the same? When...- highlypaid
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- 10core 5700xt imac refund return
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Kernel Panic - HELP DIAGNOSE & RESOLVE
Hey Everyone, I have been getting frequent Kernel Panics on my machine. I ONLY experience these Panic Shutdowns when I walk away from my machine and it is simply idling. With the exception of a few small Apps running, but nothing intensive like video editing processes. iMac Specs What I...- AveryWrubleski
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- crash imac kernel panic late 2015 sleep
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iMac mid2010 bypass SMC, fan running, no chime?
Hi, Picked an iMac mid2010 21.5 inch recently, it won't turn on. I have done the followings: 1. checking PSU, seems working ok, pin 4 voltage 12 v. 2. checking Power on button, it works. 3. LED1 on the logic board is on once iMac is connected to power. 4. reset PRAM, SMC, nothing changed. 4...- tanventure
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iMac 27 mid 2011 cooling mod?
Hi Maccers, We got a 27" mid 2011 and some days ago the GPU to take it's retirement. The new GPU arrived, iMac is dismantled and before mounting everything back in it's place I'm trying find out how to improve it's internal cooling. Is there anyone here who added extra fans or did something... -
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Which RAM to buy for iMac 27-inch Late 2012?
Hello! I just want to be SUPER sure I'm buying the correct RAM. Memory: 2x8gb installed already 1600mhz Apple's Directions... Memory specifications These iMac models feature Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (SDRAM) slots on the rear of the computer near the vents with these memory...- pigtailz23
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- 2012 imac imac memory ram
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Nvidia K2100 Flash hardware
I Jumped into this armed with a little information. enough to be dangerous I have the k2100m 27"Imac 2010 I have installed it and uninstalled it because I learned I needed to flash it It sits a black screen now I see the NVflasher for windows and the ROM and I have a windows desktop and laptop...- Tomas Romero Juanson
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- flash bios gpu hardware imac k2100
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Alarmingly High CPU Temperature on 2020 27" iMac
Ran Cinebench and Fanny is reporting 127º C on the CPU die (i5-10500), which is insane. Oddly enough, Intel Power Gadget shows temperatures immediately increasing to 100.0º C and then just capping off there, which is almost suspicious. Any thoughts on what's with the 127º C? -
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New 2020 5k iMac having trouble with 4 new dimm sticks. 3 new +1 OEM work just fine. :o
Howdy, I bought a 64gb ram upgrade kit from OWC for my brand new 2020 5k iMac, 27 incher. However, strange boot issues abound when I try to install all 4 sticks at once. 2 OEM sticks and 2 empty slots = boot normally 1 OEM stick + 3 OWC sticks = boot normally 4 OWC sticks = failed boot When...- manhattanmac
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- boot imac issues memory owc problem ram
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