pcie

So. I spilled green tea over my Macbook Pro Retina (2015) and it fizzled and died in my arms. I had to purchase a new Macbook as I needed it for work. Old Mac won't turn on at all. My uncle works with computers (windows not Macs) and had a look at my Mac to hopefully recover the HD. Initially...

With so many people not using DVD Media Bays as much on their Mac Pros and looking to expand HDD/SSD storage etc., I was curious if there was a solution that exists out there to expand PCIe bays into the media bay? I realize there are external chassis solutions available, but they all seem to...

I am familiar at a baseline level with the benefits of using mSATA SSD in a Mac Pro in PCIe to speed system, especially when setup as a RAID 0. I currently have 2 x Anandtech PCIe 4-lane 4-Port mSATA SSD RAID Cards installed. So I have a total of 8 mSATA SSDs across two different PCIe lanes...

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...

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...

I have a 2009 Xserve that works perfectly only for the built in disk controller/cables. Bottom line is the 3 disk slots at the front won't work properly. They power up and spin but the system won't see them no matter what I do. I can boot via FireWire no problem. While not ideal, I am going to...

I have a 2009 Xserve that arrived with some internal damage. I was able to repair the CPU pins, but the SATA controller or something similarly crucial seems to be totally beyond the pale. Disks power up, but aren’t seen no matter what I do. I can boot no problem from external sources. So, can...

Hi, Currently, I have 3 of the 4 PCIe slots occupied, leaving only the second x16 slot free. I want to install 1 more PCI card and an NVMe SSD, but with a single PCIe slot available it is not possible. Looking in Google for a few hours, I found this SuperMicro PCIe card, which converts a...

I have a Mac Pro 2010 (5,1) with an EFI Sapphire 7950 (boot screen) running. Everything seems great except I wondered why the system report shows the PCIe lane width as 4x. This machine has 2 16x slots for GPUs. I have it in the so label 16x slot. I have moved this card around to test with...

Hello, sorry if this isn't the best forum section to ask, but I was uncertain where else it could be. I have been considering getting a rather old PC graphics card known as ATI X1950XT (512Mb version, as opposed to 256Mb), and while people have successfully Mac-flashed the 256Mb version (likely...

I have an early 2009 Mac Pro 4,1. My goal is to have a *bootable* SSD that is as fast as possible and does not use SATA at all - straight pcie all the way through. With that in mind, I am considering buying this card: https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/SSDPHW2ES2UP/ (OWC Mercury Accelsior...

I understand that the Samsung 960 evo is not an option. Are there any other options apart Apple and OWC? What are the benefits over say an 850 evo / pro in the sata slot?

2010 5.1 3.46Ghz W3690 CPU OWC 3x8GB 1333Ghz Memory EVGA 980ti Hybrid (ext Corsair RMX550 power supply) Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD in Sled 1 2x6TB WD Black in Sled 2&3 1TB WD Black (backup) in Sled 4 Bootcamp Windows 7 x64 El Capitan MacOS Any way to squeeze more from it whilst awaiting the new...

I've made a low-cost SSD upgrade to a MacBook Air 11" Mid 2012 (MD224) from 128 GB factory default to 500 GB Samsung 850 Evo M.2 NGFF SSD, using this cheap M.2 NGFF SSD to 18+8pin SSD Adapter. Works like charm and much, much cheaper than a genuine Apple SSD module. I'm trying to figure out if...

I would like to create topic about increasing Mac Pro 3.1 drive speed. As all of us know, main disadvantage of MP 3.1 is SATA II speed limit. My Mac Pro is very slow with FCPX or Premiere (latest versions). I want to upgrade disk subsystem. After a lot of reading I understand that PCIe SSD...

Hi--long time lurker, first time poster. I finally got my cMP, and right now I'm running the OS and applications from a SATA III SSD on a 256GB Apricorn PCIe card. I want to put everything onto a single SSD, and I'm trying to decide between a SATA III SSD or a PCIe AHCI card. I don't do any...

I just received SAMSUNG SM951 AHCI. I never used SSD before and I not strongly understand computers. I am a musician. I very need your advices. TRIM...to be or not to be, cashing in internet browsers etc. Write me please step by step what I need to do after installation in SLOT? I will install...

OK the SM951 came in the mail. The Mac pro I am building for my brother is a 2009 that has been updated to 5,1 and a 3.46 quad core and 16gb of 1333mhz ram. It is running OS X 10.10.5 Yosemite. I installed the sad in the t120 and put it in slot 2. The drive doesn't show up on the desktop...

Background: Over the years there has been some discussion regarding the use of an Apple LED Cinema Display with an Apple Thunderbolt Display all chained to one Thunderbolt port. It was concluded that as long as the LED Cinema Display is the last in the chain and it is connected to a Thunderbolt...

I'm trying to work out the best way to configure my drives so that I get the most speed out of them. My Samsung 850 EVO 500GB contains macOS 10.12 and all my applications with little User data, and is attached to an OWC Accelsior S 2.5" PCI4 card giving me SATA-III speed (bootable). My main...