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  1. DankeBrutus

    M4 Mac Mini - Thunderbolt PCIE Expansion

    Has anyone set up their M4/M4 Pro Mac Mini with a PCIe expansion bay like the OWC Mercury Helios 3S or Startech 2TBT3? If so how easy was it to set up? Any headaches with PCIe cards over Thunderbolt? I have my Mac Mini coming in a couple of weeks and originally was considering the OWC 1M2 or...
    • DankeBrutus
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    • mac mini mac mini (2024) owc pcie thunderbolt
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Mac mini
  2. FrequencyManipulator

    How to fit an RME PCIe Card into the Mac Studio 2022!?!

    I have been wrestling with the loss of PCIe on the new Macs, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. *Hold my Beer*
  3. N

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 pice to sata ssd

    Hello I have a Mac Pro 5.1 if I remove my os ssd from bay 1 and put it in OWC Accelsior S will it boot normally? Which is the max ssd size I can install there ? Thanks
  4. T

    SSD Question surrounding PCIe

    Hopefully someone on here can help with my question as google research hasn't really helped. I have a MBPR Late 2013 15in inch - A1398 I've tried Samsung NVME 970 EVO plus SSD (with an adapter) but was greatly unimpressed as the the heat it generated was ridulous. It also ended up failing...
  5. A

    MP 7,1 PCIe slot usage / options

    Hi folks, I've checked out the official literature and looked at the pictures, but im having a hard time visualising whether this PCI card setup will find in a 7.1 MP. I've seen pictures of people running dual 6900XTs with room at the bottom - but it'd be nice to get some help. I want to run...
    • ald0s
    • Thread
    • gpu macpro pcie
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  6. G

    PCIe 2.0 x2 and PCIe 2.0 x4 for iMac

    Hi everyone, hope you are well. Can anyone recommend a PCIe 2.0 x2 and PCIe 2.0 x4 and adapter if required for imac 2014 and a 2015? Also, will I have to do any weird updates or is it pretty much plugin and boot in recovery, format/install? then in the future just normal updates via Mac OS...
    • GMac7
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    • flash drive imac 27 2014 imac 27 2015 pcie pcie adaptor ssd
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  7. G

    upgrade 2014 and 2015 imacs to SSD or PCIe?

    Hi hope you are all well, a quickish question? I hear about PCIe lanes i think x2, Sata 3, thunderbolt 2. Am i best just wanging in a samsung Evo in the easy to reach sata3? or will dismantling it all to put in a PCIe drive be worth it or is it throttled and not much point? Thanks for...
    • GMac7
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    • pcie ssd
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iMac
  8. H

    MP 1,1-5,1 MP 5,1 (4,1) doesn't boot from PCIe NVME blade

    Greetings. I am on: 4,1 MP flashed to 5,1 Radeon RX 580 64 GB RAM 2x 3.33 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon Catalina (10.15.7) Boot ROM MP51.0089.B00 SATA SSD as boot disk 2x NVME M.2 blades via PCIe adapters on my two PCIe 4x lanes remaining after putting in the GPU (which covers my two 16x lanes) All...
    • hollja01
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    • boot mac pro (2008) mp 4.1 mp 5.1 nvme pcie pcie adaptor sata ssd startup
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  9. T

    MP 7,1 Will a thunderbolt 4 pcie card work on a MP 7,1?

    Hi all! Hoping to add in this thunderbolt 4 add in card to attach my 3080 to my Pro Display XDR. https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/Accessories/ThunderboltEX-4/ Will this card be plug and play on the Mac Pro 7,1?
  10. B S Magnet

    MBP 1,1-10,2 The ExpressCard/34 Thread

    The ExpressCard/34 Thread: expansion options for 2006–2011 MacBook Pros OVERVIEW Although now a relic, the ExpressCard/34 slot, the successor of PC Card/PCMCIA slots found in PowerBook G3 and the larger PowerBook G4 models, were introduced simultaneously with Apple’s transition to...
    • B S Magnet
    • Thread
    • esata expansion expresscard34 firewire 400 firewire 800 macbook pro pcie sd card reader usb 2.0 usb 3.0
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
  11. karlfranz

    Please help me remove a zombie slice from an APFS JBOD RAID

    In my 5,1 mac pro, I have a Sonnet M.2 4x4 PCIe card with two 2TB nVME SSDs configured as a JBOD concatenated set that I use for storing VST audio libraries. I started running out of space so I just added a new 2TB drive. After rebooting, OSX (Mojave) ask me to initialize the drive and I used...
  12. Killerbob

    MP 6,1 Adding TB3 to 2013 Mac Pro?

    hmmmm - trying to add Thunderbolt 3 to my Mac Pro 2013... I use a Sonnet Echo Express III-D external PCIe expansion box for a few storage cards, and I am upgrading my Echo Express to TB3 via a TB3 Upgrade card from Sonnet. This card replaces the TB2 card in the Echo Express and the new TB3 card...
    • Killerbob
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    • mac pro (2013) pcie sonnet thunderbolt 3
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  13. Medic28

    iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) NVMe Stick Upgrade

    I really need some help/advice please, I’ve successfully (well I think) installed 1TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe stick into my 27” IMac 5K 2017. I used this adapter: Prior to installing it into my iMac I used carbon copy clone to clone my Internal SSD onto the NVMe stick and it was booting fine...
    • Medic28
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    • imac 2017; imac 5k nvme stick pcie
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  14. voraciousvegan

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows on PCIe SATA SSD?

    4,1->5,1. Can I boot W10 on a PCIe 2.5" SSD if I'm just cloning my current W10 over, not a clean install (as I understand, you can't clean install over PCIe)? When I was initially installing W10 on this Mac Pro, I remember it was impossible to do thru Bootcamp, although Bootcamp drivers were...
    • voraciousvegan
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    • 2.5" ahci boot bootcamp pcie sata ssd w10 windows windows 10
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  15. voraciousvegan

    MP 1,1-5,1 cMP: MacOS + Bootcamp off Single PCIe Card?

    Can anyone confirm if I can run 2 bootable drives (Mac + Windows separately) off a single PCIe card, if I intend to clone the Bootcamp partition before popping it in the adapter? They're plain old SATA SSD drives.
    • voraciousvegan
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    • 2 drives adapter bootcamp card macos pcie slot ssd windows
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  16. tevion5

    MP 7,1 PCI-E SSD Upgrade Advise

    Currently using my 7,1 for the past few months and loving it. I spend most of my time in MacOS between work, audio production and some software development. I also boot into Windows for games, and replaced the Pro 580 GPU with an RX Vega 64. The only thing lacking is storage. I spent a little...
    • tevion5
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    • m.2 mac pro mac pro (2019) pcie ssd
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  17. A

    MP 7,1 PCIe (PCI Controller) Card for HDD External Enclosure?

    In preparation for the acquisition of a MacPro (7,1) I've identified the Promise Pegasus (HDD with 32 or 48TB capacity) as an external peripheral. This will primarily function as a back up. During my research, I continually came across the terms PCI Controller Cards and PCIe. I understand what...
  18. calmacfan

    MP 1,1-5,1 16x PCIE Port Extender Solution for 2012 Mac Pro 5,1?

    Does anyone have any ideas on a solution to free up a blocked x16 PCIE port when using a thicker GPU? I have a XFX RX 5700XT GPU that is pretty thick. Right now the GPU card takes up the x16 Slot 1 and also covers the x16 PCIE Slot 2. I have a AbleConn Dual NVME M.2 PCIE Carrier Adapter that...
  19. L

    MP 7,1 Usb 3.0 PCIe

    Struggling to find any of these for the new Mac Pro? Am I missing something? i have a PCIe usb card, but I need another so this time thought I’d get a usb 3.0 one just to future proof, but can’t see any here in the uk.
  20. CatoTheElder

    MP 7,1 Trouble with powerless USB PCIe Card

    Hi, I have the 7,1 MP and need an additional USB type A I/O card. I have so far tried the Sonett USB3-4PM-E Allegro as well as the Inatek KT4005. So far to almost no avail. The Sonett had 2 of 4 ports functioning, including power. The other 2 were dead. The Inatek works on all 4 during system...
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