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mac pro 5.1

  1. 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...
  2. 100Original

    MP 1,1-5,1 PCIe Sonnet, OWC Accelsior, IOCREST?

    Hi! I bought an IOCREST Dual M.2 NVMe PCIe 3,0x16 Riser. Put 2 disks Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500 GB It shows good results and the price is low. Can anyone have comparison tests with the Sonnet M. 2 4x4 PCIe Card and OWC Accelsior 4M2 ? Please share your experience! Thank you in advance!
  3. JhnsSch

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 - Apple TV Conference Display does Sound, No Image

    Hey there, my Apple TV updated itself - well, as it does, it updated some problem in my setup once more - well, as it does.. When I try to connect to the conference display, i.e. use the Apple TV as second screen, I get sound, but no image, the screen stay's black. 4K Monitor + Air Play...
  4. L

    Mac Pro 5.1 - NVME gaming

    Hi, I've installed Window 10 on a SSD in the bay 1 and on a NVME Sabret RocketQ 1TB on a I/O Crest Dual NVME on the PCI's Slot 2. I've tried to play flawlessly with Overwatch, Hero of the Storms, DIablo 3 on my NVME and I can conclude that it is not working properly. Some flickering appear or...
  5. amgad_012

    MP 1,1-5,1 What is the best GPU i Can put in Mac Pro 5,1

    What is the best GPU i Can put in Mac Pro 5,1 ?? i have nvidia qudroo 4000 that is working perfect with el Capitain os but i can't upgrade to mojave so i can't use any of adobe 21 version Any One Help me To search for perfect GPU for my Mac Pro 4,1 Upgraded to 5,1
  6. K

    MP 1,1-5,1 refind - Help!

    Hi! sorry for the bad english. I installed the refind bootloader but for some reason the windows doesn't start :( (sapphire nitro + vega 64) black screen only. i put the old r9 280x card back and it works flawlessly! What could be the problem?Could someone help me? Thanks
  7. Zheng_Qing

    MP 1,1-5,1 Help me with my Mac Pro 5,1 in Catalina Patcher

    I just bought a Mac Pro 5, 1 with macOS Mojave and hardware: Dual x5695, Nvidia Quadro 4000 mac edition, and 32g ram. I plan to upgrade it to Catalina to support my AMD RX 5700 card. So I used the Catalina Patcher. I did exactly as the tutorial video shows: (1) Create the bootable driver (2) Get...
  8. Eddu Vaz

    MP 1,1-5,1 Doubt about amd radeon pro wx 7100

    hey guys, please I'd like your opinion! I bough the amd radeon pro wx 7100 and will be delivered to me in few days. Im on Mac Pro 5.1 2010 with an ATI radeon 5770, Im using one bay of drives with a SSD, put another 2.5 hd in the second bay of DVD. I was reading...
  9. Kaayá Pezzuti

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Upgrade

    Hi Guys, I'd like to know which difference between Mac pro 5,1 2010 and Mac Pro 5,1 2012 I Will make a project with Mac 5,1 12 Core But if i buy the mac pro 2010 i will pay less than 2012. Someone know if have so much diference? if have which would be? My project is: Buy a Mac pro 5,1...
  10. D

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 black screen on startup

    Hi First off i‘m afraid I’m not very computer literate. in the process of upgrading my Mac Pro 5.1 2010 6-core 3.33. 5770 GPU. i recently got a Sapphire 580 GPU - I needed a ‘metal’ card in order to go from high sierra to Mojave. I managed to do the kext thing (following instructions) to get...
  11. F

    MP 1,1-5,1 CPU temperature Mac Pro 5,1

    I've just replaced my old CPUs and installed new CPUs Intel Xeon X5690 and ran Geekbennch and here are the results https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/2739066 Could anyone have a look and advise if it's okay? and while it was running intensively I can see right light blinking as shown in the...
  12. S

    MP 1,1-5,1 Guidance and advice on upgrading Mac Pro 5.1 2010

    Hi all My first post having had a good look around the forum. I've always fancied a 'cheese grater' Mac and one came up for sale nearby. Project Mac Pro 5.1 cost £250 Starting Specs Intel Quad Core W3530 1TB WD Black 3.5" HDD 10 GB Ram ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB Running High Sierra My aim is...
  13. F

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mojave vs High Sierra on Mac Pro 5.1

    I wonder what are the major benefits of upgrading Mac Pro 5.1 to Mojave from High Sierra? Also any problems once updated to Mojave? as I read that problems will happen with Bluetooth and Wifi and Airdrop...
  14. J

    MP 1,1-5,1 Incompatibility: iDisplay app + Radeon Pro WX4100

    Hey all, just a heads-up: I recently sold my Mac Pro 5,1, which was upgraded to Mojave with an AMD Radeon Pro WX4100 (quad mini display port, 4x 4K) video card. As one of the sticky threads notes, this card doesn't show the Mac boot screen but works fine, as its GPU family is supported. The...
  15. C

    MP 1,1-5,1 GPU is black and blank fan spins

    Trying to upgrade Graphics Card. GT120 and system (4,1/5,1 High Sierra) works fine, but when I swap it out for a AMD Radeon HD 7950 (mac addition) it chimes, fans spin but blank screen. (no boot or anything.) using a Dell Ultrasharp U2718Q monitor through mini port (not sure if that matters.)...
  16. A

    MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro 4,1 dual processor upgrade problem x5680 CPU’s

    Hello, I am hoping someone can help as this problem has me scratching my head. I have a dual processor Mac Pro 4,1 that originally had dual e5520 CPU’s. I have updated the firmware (and rom) to make it a 5,1. I have installed two de-lidded x5680 CPU’s. System booted up fine with original dual...
  17. Speedstar

    MP 1,1-5,1 High Sierra Luxmark does not see OpenCL all Devices CUDA-Z do, why?

    Hallo out there anyone who knows any MacOS-Webdriver combination with I can run 2 Kepler and one Pascal card with Webdriver recognizing all OpenCL Devices? when I start 10.13.6 (17G66) with (K5000+1050ti+680MacE) WebDriver-387.10.10.15.15.108 I get CUDA-Z ALL but in Luxmark just 680 OpenCL...
  18. D

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows 10or7 on Samsung 970 evo

    Good morning all I was wondering if anyone could guide me in the right direction here. I have a Samsung 970 evo nvme which has Mac OS High Sierra, and I would like to install windows 10 if not then windows 7 as a partition from Mac OS high Sierra. I’m strictly going to use the windows partition...
  19. S

    Mac Pro 5.1 Bootcamp

    Hello, I have a Mac Pro 5.1 with one ssd (apfs) running mac high sierra. But I have another ssd with w10 installed and then another hdd formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and formated to one side time machine and the other as mac high sierra. I have installed the lateest nvidia drivers for...
  20. S

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 Early 2009 , shutdown while video, photo edit

    Hello, I have a problem with my Mac Pro 5.1. While I edit my video in Premiere Pro or photo in Photoshop Lightroom my computer turn off, I see black screen and I must once again press turn on button. I replace thermal paste in CPU, I reset SMC and NVRAM, problem is not solved. When I surf on...