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macpro 2009

  1. sheapuppy

    MP 1,1-5,1 Question about Bluetooth 4 upgrade/OLCP/NVRAM

    Hey guys, I have an issue on my Mac Pro 4,1 > 5,1 that has developed over the past few weeks. I've been on Monterey until last week, although the issue with the Bluetooth 4 upgrade I did about a year ago has been ongoing for months. The Bluetooth would cut out intermittently after connecting...
  2. leonardobertaso

    MP 1,1-5,1 Can't update from 4,1 to 5,1

    Hi, I am having the same problem with two Macs with the same configuration when upgrading from 4.1 to 5.1. Configuration: Mac Pro 2009 4.1 - MP41.0081.B07 2x 2.6 Xeon 32 GB DDR3 1333 (working at 1066) 1TB SATA ssd I am following this guide here...
  3. leonardobertaso

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4,1 - No Boot

    Hi everyone, I have a problem with a 4.1 Mac Pro and I can't get out of it. Sorry if I wrote a papyrus, but I'm describing everything in full so you can understand. The computer is this...
  4. ZNDK

    MP 1,1-5,1 Startup problems on OpenCore-using cMP 2009

    The first time(first step) the apple mark progress bar is displayed abnormally, the apple mark itself seems to be in the normal position, but the progress bar is displayed at a much lower position. In this state, the progress bar stops at around 4/5 and does not move forward from there. Recovery...
  5. John Fu

    MP 1,1-5,1 How Upgrade without reinstalling

    Hello All, I am very happy with My Mac Pro 4,1->5,1, I am using Martin Lo's opencore package, but every time I try to upgrade to a new version of the macOS, all fail, can not direct upgrade, I have to reinstall to a new SSD then clone it from the old Mac fo all app that I was installed, I saw...
  6. greenLynx

    MP 1,1-5,1 No kext charged for Radeon RX580 on Mac Pro with OCLP

    Hi everybody, I used OpenCoreLegacy Patcher to install Monterey on my Mac Pro. Il was difficult because the installation kept crashing but I finally succeeded after having read dozens of pages of forums. The graphic card was ATI Radeon HD 5770. I changed the card after the installation and put...
  7. F

    MP 1,1-5,1 Problem with 5.1 and new graphic card Radeon RX560

    Hello, I replaced my Nvidia GT120 with a new gigabyte Radeon RX560 but I am having issues. Fans are running and the 5.1 starts normally but I am getting a black screen and my display keeps on saying , no input detected. I have a feeling the card is not mac-firmware . Actually it for sure isn’t...
  8. R

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 2009 Keeps Freezing

    Hi Hopefully someone can assist my 2009 Mac Pro 5,1 keeps freezing shortly after booting. I believe it’s Graphics Card related bc I was editing a lot of 4k footage recently. I’ve also been experiencing problems with the Titan ridge thunderbolt that I use for my audio interface and it’s causing...
  9. H

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows 10 install on Mac Pro 5.1 Mojave problems

    Hi apologies if i sound like a broken record . I have a Mac Pro 5.1 running Mojave in one drive bay (on an SSD) and Windows 10 on another HDD instead of running on a partitioned drive . I originally did this before updating to Mojave using bootcamp which is no longer supported . I first of all...
  10. C

    MP 1,1-5,1 No WI-FI on high sierra and higher

    In El capitan it had worked but after I upgraded to high Sierra and even mojave, with the pacher from dosdude1, the wifi stoped working
  11. zhengrankela

    A way to make Xserve install windows and support some CPU

    Guys, I'm making an assumption about Xserve installing Windows As we all know, the boot of Xserve is not complete, which also leads to its inability to install windows. So can I write the EFI file of MacPro into Xserve? According to the example of upgrading MacPro4,1 to 5,1, I think it is...
  12. T

    MP 1,1-5,1 how do i enable gpu passthrough in parallels desktop 18.0.2

    hello, i know how to enable gpu passthrough on a external gpu with parallels desktop, but how do i get my dedicated rx 570 8gb to pass through to my virtual machine? im wanting to do this because im to lazy to dual boot so i decided it would be easier to run parelles with gpu pass through. i...
  13. T

    MP 1,1-5,1 The Nvidia quadro K6000 Video editing And gaming performance?

    Hello, i have yet another post about the nvidia quadro K6000 im wondering what card it compares to on the consumer market? My girl friend is buying it for me for my mac pro and im already using the nvidia quadro K2000 and i love the performance it has to offer with gaming and video editing. so...
  14. T

    MP 1,1-5,1 Who on here cleans mac pro 2009 2012 boot roms for a fee?

    hi i heard someone over here on the mac roomers forms charges a small fee for cleaning people boot roms on the mac pro. im having a lot of issues with my mac pro and i think my pro needs a cleaned boot rom.
  15. E

    MP 1,1-5,1 OpenCore Legacy Patcher Not Booting

    I have a early 2009 Mac Pro running Mojave (via dosdude). I had successfully installed Monterey 12.3.1 onto a disk partition using OpenCore Legacy Patcher. However my second monitor was not working in 12.3.1 in so I erased the partition and the USB drive with disk utility, And made a new USB...
  16. J

    MP 1,1-5,1 MP 4,1 better OS ?

    Hello All, I've got an Mac Pro 4,1 (2,66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 6 Go 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC with a HDD not a SSD) currently in Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 and as it's now really hard to use the web browser (safari and even firefox) i am wanting to upgrade it (the software only not hardware) to El...
  17. superparati

    MP 1,1-5,1 No Audio Device found with Catalina Patcher

    Hello, Today I did setup my new desk / found the time to do it - as I moved back to France after few years abroad. I did purchase a while ago (more than 10 years) a 2.1 Harman Kardon speakers and decided to connect it to my MacPro for the first time. I never needed until now to use the external...
  18. ZNDK

    MP 1,1-5,1 Is it possible to update the SMC firmware?

    I'm still using a Mac Pro 2009 as my main Mac. I bought a used Mac Pro 2009 for when it broke. The MP2009 that I bought was in a strange state. When I looked at the "About this Mac" section, this Mac is identified as a 2010 model. And the SMC version of the logic board was "1.39f11" and the...
  19. A

    MP 1,1-5,1 Webcam issue on 5,1 after running patcher

    The external webcam on my 2009 Mac Pro 5,1 is not working at the moment. Just displays black. It's a long story, but I'll try to be as brief as possible. As you know, in order to upgrade to Mojave on this unsupported Mac, you need to run a patcher. I went through the process and installed...
  20. khronokernel

    MP 1,1-5,1 2009 Mac Pro CPU Tray issue

    TL;DR: My MacPro4,1 was having random cryptography issues, then the CPU tray reported the CPU as missing and refused to boot. After removing the Northbridge heat sink, the machine reports the CPU as alive and well. Machine Specs MODEL: MacPro4,1 - Early-2009 (Flashed to MacPro5,1 - 2010)...