Resolved 2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X Yosemite

[MacVidCards]

It is a 670 which will be similar to a 580.

This is not correct, at least if he wants to run CUDA.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5818/nvidia-geforce-gtx-670-review-feat-evga/15

This is why I initially stated that a GTX570/580 is a better choice for CUDA/Compute uses.

The GK104 core in 670/680 is crippled and a poor choice unless gaming is your goal.

 

[Hennesie2000]

This is not correct, at least if he wants to run CUDA.



http://www.anandtech.com/show/5818/nvidia-geforce-gtx-670-review-feat-evga/15



This is why I initially stated that a GTX570/580 is a better choice for CUDA/Compute uses.



The GK104 core in 670/680 is crippled and a poor choice unless gaming is your goal.

Ok, thank you for clarification.

 

[PeterHolbrook]

How to do if I have installed SFOTT installer?

Thanks!

The commit is unrelated to SFOTT. It's an incomplete experiment for booting the Yosemite Recovery partition on early Mac Pros.

 

[ilegal31]

MacVidCards - Hennesie2000,


Thanks to both of you for posting the information, I am not a tech person and I got kind of confused, the GTX 570 and GTX 580 will be my best option right?. These cards have to be "Ti" version also?. They don't need to flashed is not necessary?.


Thanks.

 

[Mr. Zarniwoop]

Recent Nvidia cards = CUDA, no benefit to flashing for 2006/2007 Mac Pros (and no boot screens even with a flashed card on 1,1/2,1)

Recent AMD cards = no CUDA, can be flashed with EBC firmware for boot screens on all 2006-2010 Mac Pros

 

[Hennesie2000]

2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X Yosemite

MacVidCards - Hennesie2000,





Thanks to both of you for posting the information, I am not a tech person and I got kind of confused, the GTX 570 and GTX 580 will be my best option right?. These cards have to be "Ti" version also?. They don't need to flashed is not necessary?.





Thanks.

No they don't have to be Ti versions. Your best option will be the GTX 570. The power requirements for the 570 are the most compatible with the Mac Pro. The 580 could potentially try to draw too much power and either damage the card or the Mac Pro.

The is the same card I have:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251684076341

 

[yassi]

Without the flash it will work just fine, just no bootscreen. The netkas website is full of useful info. Just beware not to use just some 5770 rom. It could stick your graphics card (happened to me). It's advised to search for the exact part number too, cause even within the same brand and types there are differences. But if you wanna stay on the safe side. Just use the card without the bootscreen, select the SFOTT USB-stick through the startup disk option in your OS X version.

Hi CrashHouse,

thanks for your answer.

I'r running the card now unmodified (no boot screen), installed Mavericks with SFOTT and modified the original ROM with netkas instructions for an EFI ROM.
The question is, if I should flash it, the boot screen would be great, but I've heard that some people are missing one DVI connector after the flash, am I right?

BTW, the card is recognized as Radeon 5000, I don't know if any Quartz or other accelerations are enabled, it feels snappy, but I'm not sure.

yassi

 

[yassi]

Hi yassi,

i have a Sapphire 5750 Vapor-X flashed with 5770 Bios + EFI (vendor 0x68BE 1002). Without EFI part you don't have bootscreen but working Dual DVI.

With the XFX do not know how it could work, I followed a guide on another forum, it is the first result on google looking for "5750 amd flash mac os x".

i send in PM list for amd 5770 compatible.

Hi matteuz,

thanks, see my reply to CrashHouse today.

BTW: is it safe to flash the card with the old ATI flasher for Mac?

yassi

 

[yassi]

If you have any Hexed skills, this is super easy.

You just take the EFI from any work 5770 EFI and add it in the same place to your XFX 5770 rom.

You will need to run it through fixrom.py if you can't use NEtkas rombuilder for it.

(the "80" last rom indicator has to be reset to "00" which requires new checksum)

ON another note, I just verified that a GTX750 works fine in a 1,1 running latest Yosemite and the Web Drivers. No need for flashing or any kext hacks, you just need those Web Drivers loaded and running BEFORE installing the card.

Was able to easily Airdrop pix to my 5S using new WiFi BT card in 1,1. It "just Works"

Hi MacVidCards,

thanks for your reply.

I was able to modify the original ROM, but didn't flashed yet the card.
It's running as is (without bootscreen yet), installed Mavericks with SFOTT.
Do I have to install any drivers after the flash?

And can you tell me if it's safe to flash it with the old ATI flasher for Mac or better in a PC with DOS?

Yassi

 

[thevelvetdevil]

Forgive me for not following the entire 50+ page thread, but I just wanted to let people contemplating installing Yosemite on old hardware know that my Mac Pro 2,1 is actually running FASTER than it was on 10.6.8 before I started this process.

I'm not super tech savvy, so I was little nervous getting into it, but it was actually quite simple once I had the directories in front of me. Highly recommend.

Safari is blazinnnnnn'!

 

[MacVidCards]

Hi MacVidCards,

thanks for your reply.

I was able to modify the original ROM, but didn't flashed yet the card.
It's running as is (without bootscreen yet), installed Mavericks with SFOTT.
Do I have to install any drivers after the flash?

And can you tell me if it's safe to flash it with the old ATI flasher for Mac or better in a PC with DOS?

Yassi

Flash it with whatever works.

Used to be a way in OS X, no idea if that works.

I use DOS.

Be sure to run through Fixrom or Netkas program. Specifically to change last rom indicator and fix checksums

 

[yassi]

Flash it with whatever works.

Used to be a way in OS X, no idea if that works.

I use DOS.

Be sure to run through Fixrom or Netkas program. Specifically to change last rom indicator and fix checksums

Ok, will try DOS.

I did all the steps required, including the Python script (fixrom), didn't paid attention to the numbers, but it was no error at all.
Otherwise I will recreate the ROM.

 

[LaurentR2D2]

Hello

I have a problem when using Messages :

Your Apple ID "lrathle@mac.com" can not be used to configure iMessage today.

If it is a new Apple ID, it is not necessary to create another. To use this identifier with Apple iMessage, contact support for iMessage app with the following code.

Could it be related to the fact that I have installed Yosemite with Piker's boot.efi ?

Thank you

 

[mikeboss]

Hello

I have a problem when using Messages :

Your Apple ID "lrathle@mac.com" can not be used to configure iMessage today.

If it is a new Apple ID, it is not necessary to create another. To use this identifier with Apple iMessage, contact support for iMessage app with the following code.

Could it be related to the fact that I have installed Yosemite with Piker's boot.efi ?

Thank you

just call Apple Support, this is a known problem. they will solve it within minutes...

 

[PeterHolbrook]

Could it be related to the fact that I have installed Yosemite with Piker's boot.efi ?

Just follow mikeboss' advice, but the issue is unrelated to Pike's boot.efi. It happened to me with Tiamo's boot.efi in Mavericks a couple of days after naked photos of Hollywood stars were purportedly leaked from iCloud and, apparently, Apple kicked out many old machines that aren't supposed to be running iCloud services. This is known to have happened to users of Chameleon and Clover boot solutions for these machines, so the issue is only related to old machines as such, not to the particular boot mechanism they follow to run operating systems later than Lion.

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To all Yosemite Recovery HD testers:

Pike has just committed version 262464092c of his boot.efi.

Edit: Now commit 8c1fb4353b is out.

 

[LaurentR2D2]

just call Apple Support, this is a known problem. they will solve it within minutes...

Done, and now it works. Thank you. The guy from the support has told me that had blocked my ip address for some reason he didn't really told me about (upgrade of something ? )

 

[Hennesie2000]

Done, and now it works. Thank you. The guy from the support has told me that had blocked my ip address for some reason he didn't really told me about (upgrade of something ? )

They don't block your IP. I believe the block is based on the machines UUID. But it should work from now on.

 

[ilegal31]

Yassy, Macvidcards, Henessie2000,


Gentleman my apologies for making this question over and over, but I just got more confused "I am not a tech person", the GTX570 was my best choice for my Mac Pro 1,1, now it is confirmed that we can run the GTX750 that includes the Ti version?. Also, I have an original 2,1 Mac Pro 8 core 3.0Ghz Which will be the best GTX option for an original 2,1 Mac Pro?.


Thanks.

 

[Hennesie2000]

2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X Yosemite

Yassy, Macvidcards, Henessie2000,





Gentleman my apologies for making this question over and over, but I just got more confused "I am not a tech person", the GTX570 was my best choice for my Mac Pro 1,1, now it is confirmed that we can run the GTX750 that includes the Ti version?. Also, I have an original 2,1 Mac Pro 8 core 3.0Ghz Which will be the best GTX option for an original 2,1 Mac Pro?.





Thanks.

The 570 will generally beat the 750ti in CUDA performance but it uses a lot more power. So if you want to keep the heat and energy consumption down then a 750ti might be a better choice. The 750ti is also a newer card and supports CUDA 5.0. If you aren't going to be gaming too then I would probably go for the 750ti.

 

[azimuthal]

Bootcamp and Yosemite on MacPro 1,1/2,1

Hey now that so many of us are getting Yosemite working on our old macs, I was wondering if anyone has used BootCamp with it? I presume it should just work as expected but I thought i worth asking.

Cheers...

 

[Hennesie2000]

Hey now that so many of us are getting Yosemite working on our old macs, I was wondering if anyone has used BootCamp with it? I presume it should just work as expected but I thought i worth asking.



Cheers...

I don't use the bootcamp assistant. I find it easier to create the partition with disk utility and create the hybrid MBR using gdisk with terminal. Nonetheless I am running Yosemite and Windows 7 x64 on the same disk. If you are putting windows on a second hdd then it is even easier.

 

[mikeboss]

a standard Windows 7 64Bit DVD will not boot on a MacPro1,1 or 2,1. you need to create a special DVD:

http://glennstevenson.com/Blog/TabId/1115/PostId/4/Install-Windows-7-64-Bit-On-Mac-Pro.aspx

http://sergiomcfly.blogspot.ch/2008/04/select-cd-rom-boot-type-when-installing.html

the 32Bit version should work without any hacking.

 

[Hennesie2000]

2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X Yosemite

a standard Windows 7 64Bit DVD will not boot on a MacPro1,1 or 2,1. you need to create a special DVD:



http://glennstevenson.com/Blog/TabId/1115/PostId/4/Install-Windows-7-64-Bit-On-Mac-Pro.aspx



http://sergiomcfly.blogspot.ch/2008/04/select-cd-rom-boot-type-when-installing.html



the 32Bit version should work without any hacking.

Yes it will. I have been doing it for a long time. The only thing special you have to do is some minor registry edits to allow you to install the 64bit drivers after windows is installed.

 

[mikeboss]

Yes it will. I have been doing it for a long time. The only thing special you have to do is some minor registry edits to allow you to install the 64bit drivers after windows is installed.

huh? no it won't

this is what you get when trying to boot Windows 7 64Bit DVD on a 32Bit EFI Mac Pro:

 

[Hennesie2000]

2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X Yosemite

huh? no it won't



this is what you get when trying to boot Windows 7 64Bit DVD on a 32Bit EFI Mac Pro:



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That is not what I have ever gotten. I have an ISO of Windows x64 Ultimate straight from the MSDN and I burn it to a dvd and it boots right up every time. I have been running Windows 7 x64 since the RTM leaked years ago.