mac pro 1.1

So I have a Mac Pro 1,1 I got from someone awhile back for $30, as I thought it might be fun to fix. According to the guy it was working but I've never gotten it to boot. I figured I'd see if I missed any crucial steps before junking it? It powers up, fans spin, HDD will spin up, GPU fan...

Hi, I am almost ready to update my Mac Pro 1,1 to El Capitan. It now has an original 7300GT 256mb and 12gb RAM. I read some people say El Capitan disabled bluetooth and wifi, and others that don't. I only have apple wireless keyboards, and if bluetooth gets disabled I cannot use a keyboard. Do...

Hello everyone. I have been visiting this forum for a long time, but it is the first time I have made a consultation. I don't speak English very well, I just hope to be as clear as possible. I have a Mac Pro 1.1, updated to 2.1. It has the following characteristics: 2 X Intel Xeon X5365...

Hello guys! I have an Mac Pro 1.1 (Upgraded to 2.1) and installed an modified Version of MacOS 10.11.6 El Capitan The original Video Card Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 256Mb have issues with El capitan (It recognise only 9MB of VRAM and have glitches) I want to install an original ATI Radeon HD 4870...

I have a mac pro 1,1 that I got 10.11.6 running on. It runs great except it has numerous graphical problems cause its an old ati x1900 xt. I have a 750 ti lying around that I figured should run it well but I can't get anything to appear on screen. I installed the nvidia web driver 346.03.15f15-2...

So I have a GTX 670 and a mac pro 1,1 that I've flash to be a 2,1. I currently have a 8800gt in it and it's pretty decent in el capitan in terms of os performance but I would still like to upgrade to the 670 so it could perform better in games. Thing is I have two os x installations (10.11.6 and...

Hey, I´m planning to buy an AMD Radeon HD 6950 for my 2006 Mac Pro. Is it possible to run in this Mac? I need a graphics boost. My Mac specs: 2x Intel Xeon X5355 2,6 Ghz 8 Gb Ram DDR2 667 Mhz Ati Radeon 2600XT 256 Mb OS X 10.10 Yosemite Thanx for all answers.

Wondering if it is possible for me to run an AMD R9 290 in my 2,1 Mac Pro? I firmware hacked it from 1,1 to 2,1 and is currently running 10.11.6 using the modified Boot.efi method. I have an external PSU for power instead of internal power, i am wondering if there are any drivers, or Kext...

hi guys, i've mp1.1 and mp3.1, but only dual 2.66ghz, i want to upgrade them, i've choice between x5355 quad 2.66ghz and x5482 quad 3.2ghz, i've used mp with quad 2.66, so i know it's suitable, but what about x5482, they are also socket 771, can i use them on my 1.1 or 3.1 please? need to know...

I have a PC Quadro that has been flashed, and my 1,1 recognizes it, but is says 'Quadro FX 4500 256MB', but this is a 512MB card. Is the missing memory likely to be a problem with the flashing, or could it be something else?

Hello everyone, I have a problem that is driving me crazy! My gt7300 is dead, so I bought a PC sapphire radeon hd 5770 vapor-x 1GB gddr5, I read in several forums, especially in netkas, that video card would work without flashing in my MAC (obviously no image during booting) but never gave video...

just recently i ended up with a mac pro 1,1 a1186 with all original hardware the original hard drive original nvidia geforce 7300 gt 256mb of video ram, 2 xeon dual core processors at 2.66ghz 16gb of system ram. i do have this machine running 10.7.5 lion. one thing i find odd is this one doesnt...

There have been many people who have successfully updated their old Mac pros to El Capitan and even sierra, particularly the 1,1/1,2 pros, my question is, are there any disc images floating around of already cloned/ backups working v14 installations builds ?

Hi everyone, Just a question for all of you old-school Mac Pro 1,1 owners: have you had any problems with running certain software on your venerable beast? I'm running 10.11.6, using the wonderful Pike 64- to 32-bit thunking hack, and I've never had a problem before, until now... As you...

I have a bought a pre patched hard drive with mac osx 10.9.5 for my Mac pro1.1 ( 2006 ) and also updated my graphics card to the HD 5770 which works great. The thing is time has passed and I now need to update to OSX 10.10 Is this possible to update via the normal mac update or will this...

Hello, I have a Mac Pro 1,1. (I know, time for an upgrade.) I have 2 dual core 2.33 processors and 16gb of RAM. I want to make my computer faster. I figured swapping out my boot hdd for an ssd would be a good option. After doing some research I realized that I am limited my the early Mac Pro's...

I am running a Mac Pro 1,1 that was firmware upgraded to 2,1 and runs the latest version of El Capitan (10.11.6) thanks to Piker Alpha's modified boot.efi. The computer has an ATI Radeon HD 5750 video card with a modified ROM that makes it appear in the OS as a 5770. Boot screen is showing...

Guys, I have a problem with running the Apple Hardware Test. I am currently running a Mac Pro 2,1 (Mac Pro 1,1 with an upgraded firmware) with a passive-cooled ATI Radeon 5750 that was ROM-tweaked to appear as a 5770. Bootscreen is available. The machine is sweet. Many off these mods were...

So in windows I get very slow response time from my hdd and it takes ages to copy files or open programs but on OSX Yosemite it works fine I have 100 mb/s hdd speed. Some help would be appreciated Thanks.

Hello to all, after several attempts, thanks to your guides, I managed to successfully install "Yosemite" on a Mac Pro 1.1. Everything works properly, even if I have to increase the RAM by installing 16GB of RAM. With the enthusiasm of this installation I also installed "El Capitan", but...