MP 1,1-5,1 advice on upgrading?

[KeesMacPro]

Yes, and that's a strange thing. I wonder what could explain that. Local differencies in some specific appliances or what. Some bizarre environmental legislation locally maybe..

If i'm not mistaken, this may have to do with environmental laws.
Iirc the BR2032 contains more toxic components , so the CR2032 is usually offered as a common replacement.
The BR2032 is for specific purposes and therefore, as stated by @14UG , relatively easy to find at a professional electronics supplier.

 

[KeesMacPro]

does the Westmere 6-core only 'register' (see) 48GB for some reason? @MarkC426 isn't the first to say it (and no-one has ever come close to explaining why) so it still seems unresolved to me..

According to this:

Mac Pro CPU Compatibility List

Bokkow and I have created a Mac Pro CPU compatibility list. The intent is to cover all relevant and compatible CPU upgrades for all Mac Pros. These are asked about over and over and over again, so I thought it would be nice to have it all in one place. Constructive criticism, corrections to...

forums.macrumors.com

• Maximum RAM:
  • 56GB in a single-processor Mac Pro using a single-processor-capable Xeon = W series
  • 64GB in a single-processor Mac Pro using a dual-processor-capable Xeon = X series
  • 160GB in a dual-processor Mac Pro
  • 48GB for a single-processor Xserve
  • 96GB in a dual-processor Xserve
• Can't explain it either

 

[zedex]

Nice work - very helpful. To OP - get X series - not much price difference these days.

 

[mikas]

Two Westmeres, a single proc. and dual proc. :
W3680: Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type): 24 GB, Physical Address Extensions: 36-bit
X5680: Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type): 288 GB, Physical Address Extensions: 40-bit
So I believe it's just by intel design that they are different with memory support.
But then again, even that 24GB does not match the true max. as we now know today.

ed. KeesMacPro beat me to it.

 

[KeesMacPro]

KeesMacPro beat me to it.

?

 

[zedex]

..though your answer addresses the 'why', which means I'll never need to ponder the 'apparent anomaly' again

 

[xtempo]

This may sound obvious but you know that there's a button on the PCI fan housing ? when you press it, you can slide the fan housing and the metal bar that locks the PCI cards in towards the front of the MP.
This way it should be very easy to remove the GPU and/or a PCI card....

I never saw the button and still haven''t. I was trying to research and couldn't find anything but I guess I should looked how to take it out in the first place but didn't think of that.

which graphics card did you choose?

I've not yet I am still looking. I was trying to put the old one back in after the new battery which I might get the BR one down the road.

 

[KeesMacPro]

I never saw the button and still haven''t. I was trying to research and couldn't find anything but I guess I should looked how to take it out in the first place but didn't think of that.

 

[Captain Trips]

I just got a 2009 Mac Pro (Xeon W3680 6 core 3.33, 24 GB memory, Radeon R9 280X GPU, 550 GB SSD boot drive, three 1 TB HDD).

there are upgrades I will eventually do (PCIe USB C/3.2, maybe more memory) and all of the info in this thread is great - thanks to everyone that has contributed so far.

 

[mikas]

Deducting from your history of posts you certainly do know what you are doing. Only thing that comes to my mind is to check if the bootrom/firmware is up to a max (144.0.0.0) of your "new" Mac Pro. Might want to update it before proceeding and upgrading the cMP to the max of it.
?

MP5,1: BootROM thread | 144.0.0.0.0

 

[Captain Trips]

Just checked the System Information (after reading this thread while at a restaurant for breakfast, that struck me as the first thing to do).

Hallelujah, the Boot ROM version is at 144.0.0.0.0!

 

[xtempo]

I've stalled on this for awhile due money and other things needed to do. I do have a question I wonder if it's my graphic card only 512mb. I am trying to use my AVeRMedia live gamer portable with the software and it crashes and doesn't keep up with what's on the TV. The frame rate is horrible. This device worked fine when I hooked it up to my MB air before I upgraded ( I hadn't realize the software is only supported before Mojave and also can't try this with the mac mini since that's Mojave)

if its not the graphics card what then? I thought my mac pro is more than capable of using the device.

any ideas.

here is the setup:
mac pro <-live gamer portable USB<- JVC D-VHS VCR* component cables <-anything I want to capture other than tapes such as Sega Saturn

*hooked up composite to external TV