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MP All Models Mac Pro Plexiglas Door
Hello guys! My friend and me made some Plexiglas Door for our Mac Pros 4.1(5.1) Instead doing it the regular way: https://www.instructables.com/id/Mac-Pro-Mod-Transparent-Side-Panel/ We found much more simple tecnology: Plexiglas can be purchased with the correct size of the aluminum door... -
MP 1,1-5,1 Help me make my 1,1 not suck anymore, 4K Video
Hello all, I've been using my 1,1 Mac Pro running an EFI modified El Capitan as my main media server/HTPC for about four years now and its been great. HD5870, 32GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 4x2TB RAID-0 drives, etc. Well, I just bought a house and my 42" 1080p TV just wasn't cutting it anymore so I...- NZXTInerTia
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- 2006 60hz gtx960 mac pro
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MP 1,1-5,1 What if... the community designed an updated CPU tray for cMP 5,1?
OK, so this is a crazy, off the wall idea... but what if it was possible to design and implement a replacement PCB that would fit the standard CPU tray and heat sink of a classic Mac Pro 5,1? If you don't mind me summarizing 557 pages and over a million page views from the "Waiting for Mac Pro... -
MP 1,1-5,1 No display with MSI RX 560 Aero ITX? Help!
Hi all, forgive me if this has been asked before - I was referred to ask you guys for help, and couldn't find anything on this issue with this specific card when I searched. I've been running a cMP 4,1 (flashed to 5,1) with an X5670 CPU, 32GB RAM, and an ASUS GTX 770 GPU on Mojave 10.14.5 with... -
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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...- silvermacbook
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- bootcamp. 1060 gpu mac pro mac pro 5.1
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MP 1,1-5,1 3.1 MP Graphics Card not recognized (MSI R9270)
Hello everyone, Just got a Mac Pro 3.1 as a gift. I have an MSI R9 270 graphics card from an old Windows build that I was hoping to drop into my new Mac to replace the stock ATI 2600XT. All the videos on the internet I have watched show people just dropping the cards in, and they work... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 GPU history in Activity Monitor blank (Mac Pro, High Sierra, ATI Radeon HD 5770)
Hey guys, Is there a Mac Pro 5.1 user with an ATI Radeon HD 5770 where the GPU history is displayed correctly in the Activity Monitor? I only use audio software, but my graphics slow down more than usual during large sessions. I only see a blank box under Activity Monitor GPU History. Does... -
Mac Pro, mac Mini with eGPU or something else
Hello everybody, as my current system is already 7 years old now, I am in the market for a new desktop. When the rumors about the new Mac Pro started, I thought "Well, I'll just wait to see what they announce and how much it costs." - That was before they announced the pricing of the new Mac...- tobiastimpe
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- imac pro mac mini mac pro
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 Applications and GPU Usage
Hi there, I was wondering, with the multitude of applications that are going to be meant for use on the new Mac Pro, what are their GPU requirements? With all these high-power GPU MPX Modules available, will the applications that are meant to be used by them actually need all that GPU power...- alanmadzar
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- afterburner application avid gpu mac pro module mpx pro pro-app
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MP 7,1 Mac Pro 2019 Work Flow For Pro-App Devs
I am really trying to understand how these "pro-app" developers are going to utilize the Mac Pro 2019... more specifically, the work flow of (Mac Pro 2019 + MPX Modules + Afterburner + Metal + Pro-App Developers). With a fully configured Mac Pro (w/ MPX Modules and Afterburner), how will a...- alanmadzar
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- afterburner api developer mac pro module mpx pro-app
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 RX 580 Identifies as RX 480
I have a MP4,1 flashed to 5,1, dual 5680s, 64gb ram, 500gb 850 Evo on pcie sata III card, 1tb storage drive, usb 3.0 pcie card. Mojave. I removed my GTX Titan and installed a reference RX 580 to regain acceleration. The 580 shows up as a 480 and there are no drivers installed. Image is crap and... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Running High Sierra - 24" LED Cinema Display Issues
Hi all, Please pardon my ignorance, but I do need some help in that I currently have a Mac Pro - Mid 2010 with a NVIDIA Quadro K5000 4096 running two Apple 24" LED Cinema Displays. Today, I had to move my setup to another room in my house and upon setting things back up, only one display is... -
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Mac Mini Maxed out Vs Mac pro 5,1 Maxed out
Hey guys! So, recently i've been buying and selling a ton of macs because I just can't decide what's best for me. Here is the situation. My daily driver has been a 2013 Maxed out 15' Mbp with a 750m. Until recently, i've just been "docking" it at home with my main monitor. I didn't like the...- Tundraboy44
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- imac imac (21.5" mid 2017) mac mini mac pro
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2009 Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 Display Issue
OK So ... I was gifted a: Mac Pro (Early 2009) 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 8GB DDR3 I flashed the BIOS from 4,1 to 5,1 without any issues and then I upgraded to macOS High Sierra (Version 10.13.6) Still no issues. My new Graphics Card showed up: (Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 580 8GB and the... -
MP All Models Mac Pro 2019 - PCIe Expansion Opportunities?
Hi there, Could anyone provide some insight on whether the new Mac Pro 2019 is going to be compatible with third party PCIe expansion cards? I was looking to buy the low-end model which only has a 256GB SSD, and expand my storage performance via PCIe 3.0 x 16 RAID Controller cards... is this a...- alanmadzar
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- expansion mac pro pcie ssd storage
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Shrinkwrap: How to delete all users + re-run Apple Setup Assistant, without Single User Mode
Let's say you've fixed up a classic Mac Pro, and it's going to a new home. You've installed a new GPU and upgraded the OS to Mojave, maybe preloaded some useful apps like Macs Fan Control, or given the NVMe boot drive a better looking Finder icon. You don't want to completely reinstall macOS...- atonaldenim
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- apple setup assistant boot screen first boot mac pro mojave single user mode
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MP All Models Future of AVX (Advanced Vector Extension)
Hi there last night I installed a VST Plugin (Native Instruments Massive X) for music creation on Mac Pro 5,1 but after installation it said: "MASSIVE X requires an AVX-compatible CPU" so every time I load the plugin it crashes. my cpu is Xeon X5690 as we know it only supports Intel® SSE4.2 an...- MapleGreen
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- 10.12.6 mac mac pro mac pro (2012) sierra
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro (Mid 2010) SMC Failure?
Im having an issue with my new Mac Pro 2010 I purchased. I transferred all my components from my 2008 Mac Pro (SSDs, HDDs, Disk Drive (2nd Bay), Video card, etc. I upgraded the processors to 2 x 3.46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeons. Upgraded the OS to High Sierra and everything seems to be perfect. Im...- fluxcapacitr609
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- 5.1 cmp fan control mac pro overheating smc smc failure
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Dual Boot (Windows 7+HS+Mojave): Manual install of Apple Drivers - did I do this correctly?
Hi. I could not get Brigadier to work for me, so I did some tinkering and I seem to have successfully installed the Apple Drivers on Windows 7 Ultimate, located on its own internal HD, on my Mac Pro (running either High Sierra or Mojave). Can the experts in this forum provide feedback please...- Stu593
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- apple drivers bootcamp dual boot high sierra mac pro mojave no partition 2 hd windows 7
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- Forum: Windows, Linux, macOS, & Others on the Mac
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 power supply disassembly and repair?
After seeing countless posts about people’s power supplies dying I thought I might ask this question ahead of time in case my power supply ever comes to. I’m sure power supply disassembly is possible on a Mac Pro and I was thinking how hard could it be to diagnose and repair the board. I’ve...
