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    MP 1,1-5,1 Modify a card's ROM to allow a screen boot under MP3.1 El Capitan?

    Hello everyone, Here I am on Mac Pro 3.1 (MP31-006C-B05) with El Capitan 10.11.6, I use this machine for video editing, photo editing and demanding applications. Like many of us I find that this one is still powerful for its age. My graphics card is an ATI HD 5870. That's enough for me. I might...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro (Early 2008) no display and ERRA diagnostic light

    Hey, I recently acquired an Early 2008 Mac Pro, it has an issue where upon trying to power on the machine, the fans spin, it sounds like the hard drives spin up too, but there is no display and inside there is a diagnostics light marked ERRA. I have tried different combinations of RAM in...
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    MP All Models Mac Pro 2008 Wi-Fi disconnects

    Just wondering, I have a 2008 Mac Pro, I just use it as a server and stuff, but when I restart my Wi-Fi access points my Mac Pro will disconnect but will never reconnect automatically. I have to go upstairs and reconnect it. Does anyone know why it won't just reconnect automatically, I have...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 rx 5500 xt

    Hello everyone, a few months ago, i got a Mac Pro 3.1 2 x 2.8 Ghz Xeon, with 2 Nvidia Quadro FX 4600. First, i tried every method but i can't make the 2 GPUs work toghether, but i thought that even working toghether, i definitely need more GPU power, and in AMD cards, i found a very interesting...
  5. upbythomas

    MP 1,1-5,1 Does the AMD RX 590 (MSI) can work in a 3,1 Mac Pro?

    Hi everyone, recently I bought a MSI RX590 Armor 8GB OC for my 3,1 Mac Pro. Obviously, I've installed macOS Catalina with dosdude's solution before connecting the new RX video card in there (and Catalina works perfectly with the original ATI card). But, after put the 590 in and connected the...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 MP 3,1 has stopped booting

    Sorry, another Mac Pro that doesn't boot with any beeps or blinking LED indication on the front, and the monitor display stays black. I installed in an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT (primary) and ATI Radeon X1900XT (with an aux 6-pin power lead plugged in) at the same time. It booted, and as I went to...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3,1 Airport Card Question

    I have a mac pro 3,1 and a mac pro 2,1. My mac pro 3,1 did not have a airport card installed so i took the one out of my 2,1 and it worked fine. The only issue is for some reason it says it only has 802.11 a/b/g support. I have done research and it says it had 802.11 n support as well but mine...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Accelsior S freeze Mac Pro 3.1 (Early 2008)

    Hello all, This is my debut on the Mac universe. I recently bought a Mac Pro 3.1 (Early 2008) from ebay for 50£. The specs are 1 x Quad Core E5462 and 8gb of Ram. I am really excited with the capabilities and quality of this machine. As such, I have already bought another Quad core, added an...
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    MP All Models Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008) gt 710 and dual boot

    Hi, I am a complete newbie to this so I am unsure if I am posting this in the correct place but here goes; I have a Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008) that has 2 hard drives, 1 hard drive running Windows 10 and 1 hard drive running El Capitan 10.11.6. I had a nvidia geforce 8800 gt that no longer worked...