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Dual Nvidia GPU Mac Pro Mod
With no other viable options at the time, I made the following upgrades to a 2010 Mac Pro (5,1) about two years ago - primarily for rendering with VRay. VRay uses CUDA, so the AMD GPUs of the trashcan Mac were of little use and adding Thunderbolt chassis for external GPUs would have just added... -
Mac Pro turns off at boot.
Hey guys. I'm very new to this, so please bare with me. I own a 2012 Mac Pro and as I was doing some work on Adobe Auditions, the computer started acting up. I restarted it, and upon booting it just turned off. I've tried rebooting in recovery mode - no luck. I took out all storage and backup... -
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Resolved 2006 Mac Pro slower boot times with SSD?
I just installed a PNY 120GB SSD into my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1. My original boot time (from the time I pressed the power button, to the point that I could log in) was 52.3 seconds. I installed the SSD and copied over the system files from my old boot HDD, and now my boot time is somewhere between 1.5... -
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Used Mac Pro or iMac
Hello there, I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts advice on buying second-hand Mac desktop. I'm looking at either a Mac Pro (2010) 8-core (Xeon), 24Gb Ram or an iMac (2012/2013) i5 quad-core, 32Gb Ram. Both should upgrade to the latest OS, but then no further, which I'm ok with. I... -
Monitor advice for a Mac Pro...
Hello there, my first post here. I've a couple of 1st Generation Mac Pro's and while I've been stuck in the dark ages with an ancient monitor I thought I'd upgrade to a 24" ISP Dell monitor. I ordered it, it arrived but I had to return it as I was unable to get any output to the display. My Mac...- Dex-Jay
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- mac pro monitor
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- Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
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Mac Pro paperweight.
Maybe someone can help me, and boy do I need it The Mac will not recognize the graphics card (gtx 980 macvidcards.com) It doesn’t have functioning operating system and I’m not even getting a boot chime anymore. I can’t get the optical drive to open to put in an install disk (tried holding... -
Mac Pro HS install black screen
Hi Guys, Decided to take the plunge and install HS. The mac pro is a 4,1 with a firmware update to 5,1. To upgrade to HS I had to perform a firmware update which failed 5-6 times would just boot up as usual and give me the same screen. I put my original 5770 back in and have given it a go now...- tomscott1988
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- black screen high sierra mac pro mac pro (2010)
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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Installing a GTX 1060ti in a Mac ro 2009 5,1
Hello I am wondering how i would go about installing my nvidia gtx 1060 in my mac pro 2009 5,1 I have read some stuff online for nvidia graphics card about installing web drivers but i haven't found much for the 1060. I am also hoping to get the card working in win 7 from bootcamp> Any comments... -
Faster RAM in Mac Pro 1.1?
Hey, I recently bought an 2006 Mac Pro 1.1. I´ve upgraded it to Yosemite, also changed for 8 core Xeon and put GeForce 750 Ti to it. Added an SSD too. But only thing that really bothers me are slow RAMs and that got me thinking, what if I buy RAM board from 3.1 2008 Mac Pro and put it into my...- SubjectX69
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- 2006 mac pro mac pro ram ram board ram booster
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Finally bought a Mac Pro to set up as a server to play around with, now what should I do?
Hello everyone! I finally bought a Mac Pro (2008, 2,8 gHz) to set up as a server to play around with for fun and to learn. Now I'm wondering, when I've picked it up, what should I do with it? Any suggestions? Of course I've got a few ideas myself but would love to hear what others would...- Paratriplel
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- for fun learn mac pro new to servers server
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- Forum: Networking
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Mac Pro booting to orange screen. Is my gfx card dead?
Hi, About 7 months ago, i bought a 3gb 'Sapphire radeon HD 7950' that had been flashed for mac to replace the Radeon HD 2600 (256mb). It was all working properly until one day i booted it up and it booted to a glitched orange screen with lines on. i waited 3 mins and it didn't do anything. I...- wesleyaustin
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- booting dead failed graphics card graphics error mac pro not booting
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GTX 770 in Mac Pro 5,1 running at PCIE Gen 1
Hi, I currently have Windows 10 Pro 64 bit installed on my Mac Pro 5,1 (I'm not using bootcamp, Windows is the only OS on the machine) So, I decided to install my GTX 770 because I plan to make this my main computer. I then installed the latest driver and went to run a benchmark of a game. I...- Ron Harrison
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- gpu gtx 770 mac pro mid 2010 pcie windows 10
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iMac 2017 5k or Mac Pro 2012?
Hi guys, Especially for this 'problem', I have created an account with MacRumors. Hopefully, you can give me advice on this, because I have been in doubt for months and now want to finally make a decision! I'm a graphic designer who works mainly with Adobe Photoshop / InDesign / Illustrator... -
Console: how to diagnose intermittent crashes?
I have an aging mac pro 2008 3,1 that I'm just hoping is going to keep running until whatever new Mac Pro eventually comes gasping over the hill... But it keeps crashing and there doesn't seem to be much of a pattern. It always happens within a minute or two of first powering up and logging on...- doobydoooby
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- console diagnose mac pro
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Mac Pro mid-2010 High Sierra?
I have a Mac Pro 5.1 mid-2010 (2.4ghz eight core) running El Capitan that I use in my music home studio. I have Logic Pro X installed on this machine, and plan to use it exclusively for music recording and production. I have three HDs installed on my Mac Pro, and my boot HD is the original Apple... -
Video switch from dual displays to TV?
I have a Mac Pro (2012), and I use it for editing and I need dual displays. However, I would like to watch the videos I make on a large 4K TV that is right next to my editing station. Does anyone know of a switch that can allow me to switch from view on the dual displays to viewing on the TV...- lazerbrains
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- display editing mac pro video
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Help with a 5,1 1080 Build.
Hello! I'm asking for a little help troubleshooting a Mac Pro build I am doing for a friend. He wanted something to help him with rendering 3d stuff his macbook was lagging with. I am not an expert but I have built many PC's and tinkered with upgrading many macs over the years. I personally... -
Mac Pro 5,1 Bootcamp Windows 10 Grayscale Monitor
Hoping someone can help me with this issue. I'm running windows 10 on my mac pro 5,1 using bootcamp. I have windows 10 installed on it's own drive, and I'm using bootcamp 5.1.5621. My display is an Apple LED Cinema Display. Here are the specs on my computer: When I start up windows the windows...- Indigomaha
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- bootcamp mac pro windows 10
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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cMP 5.1 GPU for FCPX Video edit
Hi All, I am using Mac Pro 2010, 3.46Ghz X 2 CPU, 48GB RAM, Samsung 951 PCIe SSD, AMD 7950 Mac Edition Now. I want to upgrade my GPU for Video Editing, Which one is better for this old machine ? RX 580 , VEGA 56 , GTX 1070 , GTX 1080 which one better performance in pricing ? thanks all.- Teddy Leung
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- 2010 7950 amd cmp mac pro samsung ssd sm951 ssd
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Ethernet Freezes Mac Pro 3.1
Recently had my DSL speed increased from 7 Mbps to 25 Mbps by my telephone provider. I have 3 Apple products connected to the internet: iPad Pro and Mac Mini by wifi and a Mac Pro 3.1 by ethernet. No problems until new higher speed line and modem/router installed. The iPad and Mac Mini with wifi...
