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Apricorn Velocity x2 (solo/duo) questions

My apologies for resurrecting an older thread but I have read somewhere that moving the Velocity to PCI-E slot 2 (above the GPU) resolves the issue of extended boot time. I will test it myself shortly.
 
It doesn't matter which slot I use. The boot delay remains on my MP 5,1. However it's not that big of a deal. Try an SSUBX Apple/Samsung PCIe SSD and you'll really see some boot delays. It's a super fast SSD but it takes a full minute to initiate booting... Now that's a boot delay.
 
Troy2000 said:
My apologies for resurrecting an older thread but I have read somewhere that moving the Velocity to PCI-E slot 2 (above the GPU) resolves the issue of extended boot time. I will test it myself shortly.
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It matters, but only if your on a Mac Pro 3,1 (2008) model. Slots 1 and 2 are PCIe V2.0, slots 3 and 4 are PCIe V1.1. In a 4,1 or 5,1 Mac Pro all slots are all PCIE V2.0. The lane width varies between slots, but that makes no difference to the Velocity x2 card.

Lou
 
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I have a new Velocity X2 Duo in a Mac Pro 2008 (3.1) but am having a slightly strange experience. I have a clean install of El Capitan on it, but I can't seem to see it as an option in the boot up option screen (holding alt/option after boot chime). However I do see it as a boot option in System Preferences and it will boot up when selected there.

Is it supposed to show up in the boot option screen? Or did I miss this somewhere?
 
Amigalander said:
I have a new Velocity X2 Duo in a Mac Pro 2008 (3.1) but am having a slightly strange experience. I have a clean install of El Capitan on it, but I can't seem to see it as an option in the boot up option screen (holding alt/option after boot chime). However I do see it as a boot option in System Preferences and it will boot up when selected there.

Is it supposed to show up in the boot option screen? Or did I miss this somewhere?
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What slot do you have it installed in?

Lou
 
I have it in slot 1. My graphics card is in slot 2. Previous to this I had a Tempo Pro, and the graphics card which was in slot 1, did not like it above it. The Tempo Pro was unreliable for me, so I decided to try the Velocity duo.
 
^^^^It should work and show up in Slot 1, but if it were me, I'd move it back to slot 2 and move the GPU back to the double slot 1.

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I have a GTX570 in slot 1 & an Apricorn Velocity Duo with 2 x 1TB in a RAID 0 configuration in slot 2 in my Mac Pro 3,1 & have no problems. The RAID array is visible both in System Preferences & Boot Options.
 
Hmm. I tried a PRAM reset, no help.
I tried putting the Apricorn Velocity Duo x2 in slot 2 and my graphics card in slot 1.
Then some more PRAM reset.
Still no go.
It shows up in System Prefs and boots when selected there, but never in the boot option screen. Why could this be?
 
I'm still trying to figure this out and am wondering why this card is interfering with my boot options...

My Setup:
Mac Pro 2008 (3.1)
32 GB RAM

PCI Slot 1: Graphics card, ATI Radeon 5770 HD
PCI Slot 2: Apricorn Velocity Duo (SATA0: SSD Mac OS 10.11.1 clean install. SATA1: SSD - I want to install Windows 10 here)
PCI Slot 3: empty
PCI Slot 4: USB 3 card

Bay 1: SSD Storage
Bay 2: SSD Windows 7
Bay 3: HD Time Machine
Bay 4: HD Storage
Bay 5: SSD Storage (SATA connector near DVD area)

I tried the Velocity Duo in PCI slot 1, 2, and 3. I tried SMC and PRAM resets. Never does the SSD on the Velocity card show up in the boot options screen. But it always shows up in System Prefs and allows me to select it there to boot up.

When the Velocity is in PCI slot 1 or 2 (pci 2.0 x 16) Windows 7 will not boot.
When the Velocity is in PCI slot 3, Windows 7 boots.
In conditions where Windows 7 doesn't boot, BootChamp can't even select it as a boot drive. Error, bless failed, etc.

If anyone has any suggestions or knowledge about what affects the boot process, I'd love to hear it.....
 
Well, as a troubleshooting move, I've stripped my Mac of all other cards and drives.

The only thing my 2008 Mac Pro 3.1 has is:
PCI Slot 1: Graphics card, ATI Radeon 5770 HD
PCI Slot 2: Apricorn Duo with a single drive, Mac OS X 10.11.1
no other drives or cards.

The drive on the Duo still does not show up on the boot options screen.

After SMC and PRAM resets, the system shows a boot question mark since there are no known boot drives and nothing is selectable.

Is this just a defective card? Or does anyone have any other ideas? Anyone else have trouble with 10.11.1 and the Duo?
 
Flip the two cards.
On my 4,1 2009 the Apricorn is in slot 1 and video adapter in slot 2.

I have experienced no boot in slot 1.
 
Sorry for my "stupid" question:
is there someone who installed two ssd on a Velocity Solox2? Where you put the second ssd? On which drive-bay?
And what is the correct cable to connect him?
Thanks
 
adam9c1 said:
Flip the two cards.
On my 4,1 2009 the Apricorn is in slot 1 and video adapter in slot 2.

I have experienced no boot in slot 1.
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Adam, I've tried it both ways. Apricorn 1, graphics 2, and reversed, Apricorn 2, graphics 1. In neither case does the Apricorn show up in the boot options screen, nor does it allow Windows 7 to boot (off a bay drive).
 
adam9c1 said:
Amiga, can you boot from another drive and mount the drive that's in the slot?
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I can boot from another drive with Yosemite on it, go into System Preferences, select the Apricorn 10.11.2 drive as the startup drive, and I can then boot off it. It's already mounted normally as an external drive.

However I want to install Windows 10 on its 2nd drive and want to easily boot back and forth. Plus the Apricorn prevents my Win 7 install from booting.
 
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