it is widely known that 10G network adapters using Aquantia 107 or 113 chipsets stopped working with the upgrade from macOS 12.2.1 to 12.3. in fora of both, the OC/OCLP and the hackintosh communities, the issue was discussed, lamented, declared as solved … but none of the solutions actually...
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)...
Hey Everyone—
Sorry to start a new thread on this, but I wasn't sure which old one to tag onto, and most of them are, well, old. And I'm in a time crunch. I've got a 2009 Mac Pro 4,1 that I need to upgrade to 5,1 firmware, but it just isn't having it. I've upgraded probably a dozen machines in...
Hello.
I have a MacPro4.1 based on the Xeon X5570 2.93 GHz with an ATI Radeon HD 4870 video card.
VMware ESXi is now installed on it.
I tried turning on the computer by healing the "Option (⌥):" and "Command (⌘) -R" keys, but it didn't work out for me.
VMware ESXi is always loaded.
My...
So I very, and I mean very poorly de-lidded (first time) my X5690 CPUs (see images, link below)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ngVQKvjwX9tPd5rm8
I accidentally scraped off or damaged most of the capacitors on one of the CPUs, and both I accidentally scrapped the PCB.
Would either of these cause...
Okay so... Bought a 2009 Mac Pro about a month ago, Worked great, did the 5,1 firmware flash, worked great. Bought ram, CPUs, and a GPU to upgrade. Started with the CPUs X5690's, delidded them myself, pretty sure I killed one of the CPUs. was getting both CPU led lights.
So anyways I tried...
Upgrading Mac Pro 2009 to 2010. Issues
Start point
Mac Pro early 2009/ 4 cores Intel Xeon, 2.93 Ghz/ RAM 16 GB DDR3 1066/ Yosemite.
Now, I describe what I’ve done and I underline the anomalies that I haven’t been able to solve:
1. Firmware upgrading
I run “Mac Pro 2009-2010 Firmware...