Hi guys, I'm new here, but I had a question regarding powering my Vega FE dual 8pin gpu without going the pixlas mod route.
my current setup is:
drive bay 1: mushkin 1tb drive
drive bay 2: seagate firecuda sshd 1tb
dive bay 3&4: empty
mini 6pin 1: open
mini 6pin 2: connected to 6pin to dual...
Hello,
I have 3 x Mid 2010 Mac 5.1 machines and I am trying to do some upgrades for them.
They are https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-eight-core-2.4-mid-2010-westmere-specs.html
I’ve upped the memory on some and done an SSD and one GPU
I do them in different stages...
i upgraded my Mac Pro 2009 from High Sierra to Mojave in October.
At the same time, since Mojave only supports graphics cards that are Metal-capable, i upgraded my old graphics card to SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5, as recommended in Apple website.
Since the graphics card is made by...
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...
Hi, I’ve been trying to upgrade from Yosemite 10.10.5 to High Sierra and have been unable to install the new firmware.
I get to the "To install macOS High Sierra, a firmware update is required.” section where you select “Shut Down”
I click that button, the computer shuts down, boots up with a...
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...
HI all.
Once again the (obviously) very common NO BOOT, NO CHIME problem. I'm running a Mid 2010 Westmere 2.4 8Core with 32RAM, original ATI, Crucial SSD (boot drive), 2 WD 1TB Drives. Additional PCI Card from Avid (ProTools HD Native) for Music Production, 32 GB 1033 RAM, 27"Apple Display...