You can reset the NVRAM with your keyboard?
Some keyboards, even some Apple keyboards does not work for pre-boot configuration support with a MacPro5,1, like this first generation
Apple Keyboard with Numerical Keys made from August 2007 to sometime in 2008 that does not work for pre-boot configuration support with a MacPro5,1, the issue is the ProductId
0x0220
with
0.69
firmware:
Code:
Apple Keyboard:
Product ID: 0x0220
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.69
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/s
Manufacturer: Apple, Inc
Location ID: 0xfd120000 / 4
Current Available (mA): 100
Current Required (mA): 20
This second (or third?!?) generation with ProductID
0x024f
and firmware
0.74
works perfectly:
Code:
Apple Keyboard:
Product ID: 0x024f
Vendor ID: 0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version: 0.74
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/s
Manufacturer: Apple Inc.
Location ID: 0xfa232000 / 4
Current Available (mA): 500
Current Required (mA): 20
Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
There are other keyboards made by Apple that have issues with pre-boot configuration support with a MacPro5,1 too, but AFAIK no one compiled a list.