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    MP 1,1-5,1 Getting electrical tinges from touching Mac Pro 5,1 chassis

    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?
  2. arw

    MP 1,1-5,1 [fixed] Mac Pro 5,1 PSU high pitch noise

    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...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 PSU clicks but no boot

    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...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Triple boot

    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...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Need help restoring Snow Leopard to Mac Pro Six Core Westmere 2010

    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...
  6. Clover Hater

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2010 Gpu Compatibility

    Is the mid 2010/2012 Mac Pro Compatible with the AMD Firepro W9100 or W8100?
  7. Agustin Karque

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 USB 3.0 & 3.1 Card

    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...
  8. jrillathegreat

    Mac book 5.1 GPU advice

    Wondering if the Apple Mac Pro AMD Radeon Pro 580X MPX Module w/8GB of GDDR5 GPU Mac Pro 2019 would work in Mac Pro 5.1! If not I would love to know which gpu's will work out the box and have efi. Thanks in advanced!
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 glitch squares pattern

    Hi there, I have a Mac Pro 5.1 (2010) with a Radeon RX 480 Graphic Card and a Cinemadisplay 30 inch While using Davinci risolve, now from Time to time the computer glitches und seems to be stuck in a weird square pattern, which is replicated in small where the mouse should be. Additionally...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 GTX 780 Black Screen Windows 10

    I have a 2010 Mac Pro (5,1) with two internal hard drives. I have macOS installed on one drive and I formatted a second drive for Windows 10 using a mod of Boot Camp using this method (). Windows 10 installed just fine and so did the Boot Camp drivers. I purchased a flashed GTX 780 off ebay that...
  11. mayuka

    MP 1,1-5,1 Use Mac Pro as NAS/RAID with more than 8 hard drives?

    Hi all, I'm in need of a NAS with large capacity and redundancy (RAID) but I have limited money and want to upgrade it over the next few years. Per year I will produce 12-16 TB of data which I need to save securely somehow. First of all I considered a full-blown NAS. But they are too expensive...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 and AMD WX5100

    We have Mac Pro 5.1 mid 2010 - 12 core Dual Xeon 2,93 Is WX5100 correct working and can I use 10.14 Mojave with this card? What problems can be in the work? It is supposed to work in Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Davinci Resolve, AVID Media composer. Will hardware acceleration work...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 DEBROGLIE Dual SATA III mac pro 5.1 have a question

    there is a question about this board, if I connect 2 ssd there, or for example ssd and hdd, is it necessary to combine them in a raid? will two disks work correctly in parallel, without combining them into a raid will two disks be displayed in the system and will the system boot from one...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Install Windows 10 20H2 on cMP 5,1?

    I would like to install Win 10 on my cMP 5,1 running High Sierra. 1. Can anyone confirm that the current Windows 10 version (20H2) burned on DVD will still install the LEGACY version by default? (I do not have OpenCore to protect my Boot ROM) 2. I have MVC flashed NVIDIA GPU. Can I assume my...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 MyBootMg and PCI-e nVME still won't boot as internal

    Hi all, Just got finished flashing my Mac Pro 5,1 and following all the directions in large MyBootMgr thread. Awesome, so thank you for that! FYI I'm running the 067a release so I don't know if thats the latest or not. Everything works great except neither Innie, nor ACHI_ThirdParty_SATA work...
  16. DevoAtari

    MP 1,1-5,1 MacVidCards alternative, or how to DIY EFI for RX580 Reference?

    Hey, I've dealt with Dave from MacVidCards a bunch of times, first with an HD6870, then a GTX760, then a GTX970... Every one of those times was fantastic, albeit, he was getting harder and harder to get a hold of, over time. Now, I sent an email 8 months ago, which he still seemed great...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4.1 upgrated for 5.1 wont finish Mac OS Install

    Hello Friends, I have a 4,1 flashed for 5,1 firmware, i do last update of 5,1 firmware with instaler of High Sierra, current is: MP51.0089.B00 I stuck in install of Catalina with Dos Dude method, in second progress bar computer finish process, reboot and load a gray screen and not go ahead, i...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 Shuts down immediately / Power issues

    Hello all, I have lurked here since my purchase of a 2009 Mac Pro last year and this forum has always been a big help. I've now registered to get the help of the community for a problem I'm having with a 2010 Mac Pro I purchased for very cheap. Previous owner said they took it to a computer shop...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 Tray Black Screen Problem (PLEASE HELP)

    Hello, I have two Mac Pro 5.1 (2010) and have 2 problem. First Computer: It doesn't boot, no fans, no chime, no white led in front. When I turn it on, only Graphics card works and some red leds... There is a 'tik tik tik' voice coming from Power supply Second computer: I put tray of this...
  20. Greg Punzo

    MP 1,1-5,1 Am I really the first person to ever have this problem with a Mac Pro 5,1?

    I've tried googling everywhere to see if someone else has had this issue, there is no search result anywhere after this much troubleshooting, especially with a mac pro. No matter what I do I get the question mark folder with no chime when trying to boot up. This all happened when trying to...