I'd like to downgrade my Mac Pro 5,1 from Lion to snow leopard. No matter what I've tried, it simply won't work.
I tried flashing a retail disc to a USB, and then booting from that, but it gets stuck on an apple logo.
I also flashed the disc that (supposedly) came with the computer, but it...
Whenever I put my bootable high sierra drive into my 5,1, it works and then enters the recovery screen. From there, if I click on 'Install macOS', it takes me to a screen stating I need a firmware upgrade, and to do so I need to shut down my computer. However, if I click the shut down button it...
If (today) you were going to upgrade your 2010 - 2012 Mac Pro 5,1 with new CPUs, new GPU, new NVME, etc. etc., what would you do different?
I’m at the very beginning of organizing how I’m going to upgrade my machine, and I would love to hear from you… What would you do different?
Many thanks...
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Our Hollywood Los Angeles Post Production studio has a lot of Mac Pro 5,1 machines running 10.13.6 with Nvidia Titan GPUs. Some of them are running into issues with the Nvidia drivers and upgrade path problems. I'd like to try and upgrade some to Mojave and find ways to keep these...
Hey. So, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 late 2010, I followed the instructions from a Mr Macintosh video on how to install Monterey on to my device. There comes a point when in the video, he says to set it so that we can boot from the SSD. Set the boot option thing to boot without the USB. But, when I...
Hey everyone, need some advice on some things and I figured this was the place.
I have a Mac Pro 2010 5,1 that I have had for a few years now. Purchased a MSI AMD Radeon R9 390X series to bump up the graphics. I also have a Late-2009 27" iMac sitting around that I was hoping to use in Target...
Hello I just bought a sapphire nitro rx580 8gb and I installed it on my 2010 mac pro and I'm having an issue where windows does not display a picture on my monitor. It reads on mac os but not on windows. I even changed the start up boot to boot camp windows. And nothing shows up. I put the...
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I've searched almost everywhere for advice or a suitable script that would restore the same order and start from the same image set in rotation on two monitors when the monitors wake up. This problem does not occur after restarting the computer and after waking up from the "screen saver"...
I have a dual CPU 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 flashed to 5,1 latest 144 update with upgraded CPUs. I have 4 sticks of 16GB HP ECC RAM part number: 647563-081 (tested and running). I would like to purchase 2 more so I can combine them in triple channel mode. I found on eBay this very similar 16GB modules...
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So I got a Mac Pro 5,1 (2010) and installed the Nvidia Quadro K1200 in Slot 1 (and switched the HD 5770 over to Slot 2), In the system info it recognizes the ATI Radeon HD 5770 and underneath it is the K1200, but it recognizes it as "Display" and the display I plugged into the...
Hello Evry one,
I have a Mac Pro5,1 with 2 GTX 1080 and CPU X5690.
It's possible to connect 2 GTX 1080 with SLI connection ?
Or, i have a soft in windows can do it ?
I would like run 2 GPU together for gaming
Thank's for your returns
Barzag
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I have a Mac Pro 5,1 2010
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro5,1
Processor Name: 6-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
Number of Processors: 2
Total Number of Cores: 12
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per Processor): 12 MB...
I have a 5,1 with a 3.2Ghz hex-core, 32GB of RAM, Mac-flashed GTX 680, and a Kingston 512GB SSD as the boot drive. Been running Mojave for the last few years and finally decided to go the OpenCore route the other day and install Big Sur.
Had a bit of a weird video issue with DisplayPort not...
Hello people, recently getting slight electrical tinges from brushing by or touching my Mac Pro 5,1 chassis. Its definitely not static.
Any ideas how to get rid of it? Attach a grounding cable from the metal chassis to earth?
Hey, this is my first thread and I just wanted to share my observations in case anyone else experiences the same.
I recently acquired/upgraded to a Mac Pro 5,1 2010 Dual socket.
I immediately noticed a very high pitch noise which was extremely annoying and audible even across the room.
It...
Hi all, I got a replacement Mac Pro 5,1 logic board which worked for couple of days. Left the Mac Pro 5,1 alone for about two weeks and now it cant boot.
Symptoms:
PSU clicks upon pressing the power button. About 5 seconds later, the CPUA and CPUB red led lights up briefly.
The symptoms are...
Hi everyone,
I'm sorry to start a new thread here about that but can't find the one I followed... it was a 300+ pages one about installing windows on a Mac Pro 5,1. it's been months I haven't been here and every threads on this subject seem to be talking about open core (with is not the method...
Hello Everyone!
I am music composer working in TV and film. I'm writing the music for a documentary and want to use some legacy software which needs to run on Snow Leopard 10.6.8
I bought a second hand Mac Pro westmere 2010 which originally shipped with OS 10.6.4
I rather foolishly thought it...
Hello guys, im writing because i can’t find a direct solution to my problem…
I recently bought a Pci Card with 3 usb 3.0 type A and 2 type c. It has the Fresco FL1100 chip.
My mac is a 4,1 with 5,1 firmware on it, 2 6 core cpu and Rx580 gpu. Currently running Mojave on a SSD nvme.
From the...