MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro5,1: What you have to do to upgrade to Mojave (10.13/10.14 BootROM upgrades instructions thread)

[crjackson2134]

I have asked on this site and elsewhere a couple times if anyone was able to boot Mojave with BOTH a 5770 and non-EFI Metal card installed, and no one has replied to me that they could.

Actually mine was an HD5870. Genuine Apple Purchase.

 

[PianoPro]

Actually mine was an HD5870. Genuine Apple Purchase.

Then I guess I should mention that both of my 5770's are also Apple Cards. One came originally with my Mac Pro, and I bought the 2nd one from Apple a couple years later.

 

[caliguy1965]

I created the Mohave install using dosdude1 mohave patch tool and so far I am trying to install it for the 2nd time.......1st time it got stuck at less than 1 minute remaining for over an hour so I had to try again.
This time it has been stuck at the less than 1 minute remaining for nearly 30 mins so far.......any ideas as to what might be causing this or should I just give up?

 

[tsialex]

I created the Mohave install using dosdude1 mohave patch tool and so far I am trying to install it for the 2nd time.......1st time it got stuck at less than 1 minute remaining for over an hour so I had to try again.
This time it has been stuck at the less than 1 minute remaining for nearly 30 mins so far.......any ideas as to what might be causing this or should I just give up?

You should ask here macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

 

[caliguy1965]

You should ask here macOS 10.14 Mojave on Unsupported Macs Thread

Will do, thank you.

 

[wingyiulam]

Mojave only will install if you have upgraded your BootROM and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU. If you are trying to install Mojave on a Mac Pro 5,1 (2009 updated to 5,1 firmware, 2010 and 2012), you have first to upgrade your BootROM to version MP51.0089.B00 and to High Sierra 10.13.6, then you can install a Metal capable GPU and install Mojave.

You can read the Apple Support article here: Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012).

Remember: Apple Mojave recommend RX-560/580 cards do not have Mac EFI, so you need to install your original EFI GPU to upgrade your BootROM to MP51.0089.B00 using the Mac App Store 10.13.6 full installer. After that, Mojave installer can upgrade your firmware without the need of a Mac EFI GPU and requires that you only have Metal supported cards installed on your Mac Pro.

The Apple third-party graphics cards list identifies specific cards that are compatible:

• MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
• NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

The three cards listed in bold above have Mac EFI.
The list also identifies cards that might be compatible, none of which have Mac EFI:

• AMD Radeon RX 560
• AMD Radeon RX 570
• AMD Radeon RX 580
• AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
• AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
• AMD Radeon Frontier Edition

If you have a earlier than MP51.0089.B00 BootROM version, these are the steps to upgrade your BootROM to have Mojave support:

1. Disconnect any 4K or DP1.2 display. MP5,1 efiflasher don't support 4K screens or DP1.2. You can't update to MP51.0089.B00 with a 4K/DP1.2 screen connected to your Mac EFI card. It's a old bug that Apple corrected with MP6,1 and "forgot" to correct with the 5.1.
2. Disable FileVault2 if enabled as FV2 isn't supported on Mac Pro 5,1 with Mojave.
   
3. Install a Mac EFI64 card. Any original Apple card from 2008 to 2012 (HD 2600XT, 8800GT, Quadro FX 5600, GT120, HD 4870/5770/5870) plus the Sapphire HD 7950 Mac Edition, eVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, NVIDIA Quadro 4000/K5000 or self-flashed/MVC flashed cards.
4. Download the full Mac App Store Installer for 10.13.6 (even if you already are on 10.13.6) View attachment 793503
5. Open the installer, do the firmware upgrade as asked.
6. After the firmware upgrade, 10.13.6 installer will open again, you can close it.
7. Now you check if your Mac Pro BootROM is MP51.0089.B00, if yes you can shutdown and install your Metal capable GPU (any AMD equal or newer than HD 7xxx, Nvidia GTX 680 Mac Edition, Quadro K5000 and other Nvidia Kepler cards/newer). [If you have a Nvidia card that need the web driver, Maxwell and Pascal ones, wait for Nvidia release it for Mojave]
8. Download the full Mac App Store installer for Mojave.
9. Open the installer, do the firmware upgrade as asked.
10. After the reboot, open System Information and check if you have BootROM 138.0.0.0.0, if yes, you can do a createinstallmedia USB clean install (read NVIDIA GTX 680 note) or upgrade your previous High Sierra install.

Note, some people are getting black screens with Mojave when using RX-560/580 GPUs, if you are having it, do a clean install or debug your kexts, seems a problem with incompatible kexts (probable something related with AirDisplay).

NVIDIA GTX 680 note:

If you have a NVIDIA GTX 680 Mac Edition card, or GTX 680 flashed with the Mac Edition firmware, you can't do a USB clean install with it at the moment. The USB installer don't detect that GTX 680 is a Metal supported card and don't continue the install, it's a bug.

To do a clean install, do from macOS with two drives - just select your empty one when doing the install.

I accidentally upgraded my firmware to 138.0.0.0 without installing mp51.0089.b00, is there anyway I can downgrade the firmware to 0089? My cmp doesn’t boot without efi card while installing Mojave, regular boot to high Sierra is fine without efi card. Thank you!

 

[marcjwebb]

Mojave only will install if you have upgraded your BootROM and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU. If you are trying to install Mojave on a Mac Pro 5,1 (2009 updated to 5,1 firmware, 2010 and 2012), you have first to upgrade your BootROM to version MP51.0089.B00 and to High Sierra 10.13.6, then you can install a Metal capable GPU and install Mojave.

You can read the Apple Support article here: Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012).

Remember: Apple Mojave recommend RX-560/580 cards do not have Mac EFI, so you need to install your original EFI GPU to upgrade your BootROM to MP51.0089.B00 using the Mac App Store 10.13.6 full installer. After that, Mojave installer can upgrade your firmware without the need of a Mac EFI GPU and requires that you only have Metal supported cards installed on your Mac Pro.

The Apple third-party graphics cards list identifies specific cards that are compatible:

• MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
• NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

The three cards listed in bold above have Mac EFI.
The list also identifies cards that might be compatible, none of which have Mac EFI:

• AMD Radeon RX 560
• AMD Radeon RX 570
• AMD Radeon RX 580
• AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
• AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
• AMD Radeon Frontier Edition

If you have a earlier than MP51.0089.B00 BootROM version, these are the steps to upgrade your BootROM to have Mojave support:

1. Disconnect any 4K or DP1.2 display. MP5,1 efiflasher don't support 4K screens or DP1.2. You can't update to MP51.0089.B00 with a 4K/DP1.2 screen connected to your Mac EFI card. It's a old bug that Apple corrected with MP6,1 and "forgot" to correct with the 5.1.
2. Disable FileVault2 if enabled as FV2 isn't supported on Mac Pro 5,1 with Mojave.
   
3. Install a Mac EFI64 card. Any original Apple card from 2008 to 2012 (HD 2600XT, 8800GT, Quadro FX 5600, GT120, HD 4870/5770/5870) plus the Sapphire HD 7950 Mac Edition, eVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, NVIDIA Quadro 4000/K5000 or self-flashed/MVC flashed cards.
4. Download the full Mac App Store Installer for 10.13.6 (even if you already are on 10.13.6) View attachment 793503
5. Open the installer, do the firmware upgrade as asked.
6. After the firmware upgrade, 10.13.6 installer will open again, you can close it.
7. Now you check if your Mac Pro BootROM is MP51.0089.B00, if yes you can shutdown and install your Metal capable GPU (any AMD equal or newer than HD 7xxx, Nvidia GTX 680 Mac Edition, Quadro K5000 and other Nvidia Kepler cards/newer). [If you have a Nvidia card that need the web driver, Maxwell and Pascal ones, wait for Nvidia release it for Mojave]
8. Download the full Mac App Store installer for Mojave.
9. Open the installer, do the firmware upgrade as asked.
10. After the reboot, open System Information and check if you have BootROM 138.0.0.0.0, if yes, you can do a createinstallmedia USB clean install (read NVIDIA GTX 680 note) or upgrade your previous High Sierra install.

Note, some people are getting black screens with Mojave when using RX-560/580 GPUs, if you are having it, do a clean install or debug your kexts, seems a problem with incompatible kexts (probable something related with AirDisplay).

NVIDIA GTX 680 note:

If you have a NVIDIA GTX 680 Mac Edition card, or GTX 680 flashed with the Mac Edition firmware, you can't do a USB clean install with it at the moment. The USB installer don't detect that GTX 680 is a Metal supported card and don't continue the install, it's a bug.

To do a clean install, do from macOS with two drives - just select your empty one when doing the install.

With regards to Mojave’s on a flashed 5.1 can I use a gt120 for all the boot menu stuff and then put back in my better GPU once upgraded?

Also I hear that the original WiFi and Bluetooth card is not supported, are you able to confirm if this is correct or not?

 

[h9826790]

I accidentally upgraded my firmware to 138.0.0.0 without installing mp51.0089.b00, is there anyway I can downgrade the firmware to 0089? My cmp doesn’t boot without efi card while installing Mojave, regular boot to high Sierra is fine without efi card. Thank you!

Sorry, I can't quite understand what your problem is.

There is no function / OS can only work on 0089.B00 but not 138.0.0.0.0

 

[tsialex]

With regards to Mojave’s on a flashed 5.1 can I use a gt120 for all the boot menu stuff and then put back in my better GPU once upgraded?

Also I hear that the original WiFi and Bluetooth card is not supported, are you able to confirm if this is correct or not?

You have to use GT120 until you upgrade to MP51.0089.B00, after that you have to replace it with a Metal GPU supported by Mojave installer to upgrade to 138.0.0.0.0 and install Mojave.

 

[leadfeet]

That's reassuring, you and others have the same monitor and display board, and Mojave works fine. That means the problem is with my specific MacPro. Puzzling, High Sierra is rock solid - the only difference is Mojave (and 138.0.0.0.0 firmware).

Thank you for the tip. I'll try moving the PCIe SSD disk to a drive bay, and put the Saphire RX580 in slot 1, and will post back here - may take a few days..

I re-arranged my PCIe slots: RX580 slot 1, Velocity Duo (with one disk) slot 3, USB 3.0 card slot 4. Installed Mojave on an SSD in a drive bay, and left High Sierra on the PCIe SSD. I can now reliably boot either Mojave or HS. I have not tried Mojave off a PCIe SSD drive, but think it will work fine. Not sure what the problem was before.

Please, Apple: Fix the problem with booting with a 4K display attached, maybe even get a boot drive selector screen...

The "dark mode" is very nice, much easier on the eyes.

 

[macpro00]

Hi guys -- i am a bit slow and want to make sure I am getting this correct. I have a 5,1 (updated from 4,1) with Boot ROM MP51.0084.B00. I am running 10.13.6 and my video card is Nvidia GTX760. What do I need to do to update to Mojave? Is it worth it to update to Mojave?

 

[crjackson2134]

Hi guys -- i am a bit slow and want to make sure I am getting this correct. I have a 5,1 (updated from 4,1) with Boot ROM MP51.0084.B00. I am running 10.13.6 and my video card is Nvidia GTX760. What do I need to do to update to Mojave? Is it worth it to update to Mojave?

Did you read post #1 and the rest of the thread? Post #1 lays it out pretty well.

 

[macpro00]

Did you read post #1 and the rest of the thread? Post #1 lays it out pretty well.

Downloading High Sierra, as we speak. Do I need to swap out my video card (GTX 760) and install the original card?

 

[macpro00]

Downloading High Sierra, as we speak. Do I need to swap out my video card (GTX 760) and install the original card?

I am stuck! I successfully updated the Boot Rom (reinstalled my GTX760) and installed Mojave. However, the tower rebooted and now stuck on a black screen? I am running dual monitors and both monitors appear to be active but it is just a black screen? HELP!!

 

[bookemdano]

Put the 5770 back in and see if you get an image (yes the 5770 will technically work in Mojave, but it won't be accelerated).

 

[macpro00]

Put the 5770 back in and see if you get an image (yes the 5770 will technically work in Mojave, but it won't be accelerated).

I believe the GT120 came with my machine. Will that work?

 

[bookemdano]

I believe the GT120 came with my machine. Will that work?

Oh, sorry I misread. Yes the GT120 will "work" the same way in Mojave. Should give you a desktop, just no acceleration.

Edit: Assuming that works, then you know the install is OK. Swap the 760 back in and try just connecting one of your monitors. Try all the ports on the card.

 

[macpro00]

Oh, sorry I misread. Yes the GT120 will "work" the same way in Mojave. Should give you a desktop, just no acceleration.

Edit: Assuming that works, then you know the install is OK. Swap the 760 back in and try just connecting one of your monitors. Try all the ports on the card.

I unplugged 1 of the monitors and the grey screen just appeared showing 31mins remaining. I am assuming it is installing Mojave? Anyhow, I am letting it run its course and hoping it completes. If I am correct, Mojave does not like to show its installation progress on dual monitors??

 

[bookemdano]

Not sure, I've never run dual monitors, but in any troubleshooting scenario it's always good to remove as many variables as possible. Glad you got it figured out.

 

[macpro00]

Not sure, I've never run dual monitors, but in any troubleshooting scenario it's always good to remove as many variables as possible. Glad you got it figured out.

Thank you for your help. What I learned and want to share with others:

1. Follow the instructions, read the very first post within this thread
2. Before you install Mojave, unplug any accessories including secondary monitors
3. Enjoy your new OS

Cheers!

 

[LittlePaul]

I am stuck! I successfully updated the Boot Rom (reinstalled my GTX760) and installed Mojave. However, the tower rebooted and now stuck on a black screen? I am running dual monitors and both monitors appear to be active but it is just a black screen? HELP!!

Mojave have you ask to install a new Boot Rom?
If yes, you have installed with the GTX760?
I ask because i have a GTX770 NO EFI and i know that to install a Boot Rom is necessary a compatible-EFI video card.
Thank's

 

[Lake Tahoe Bob]

Mojave only will install if you have upgraded your BootROM and your Mac Pro have a Metal capable GPU. If you are trying to install Mojave on a Mac Pro 5,1 (2009 updated to 5,1 firmware, 2010 and 2012), you have first to upgrade your BootROM to version MP51.0089.B00 and to High Sierra 10.13.6, then you can install a Metal capable GPU and install Mojave.

You can read the Apple Support article here: Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on Mac Pro (Mid 2010) and Mac Pro (Mid 2012).

Remember: Apple Mojave recommend RX-560/580 cards do not have Mac EFI, so you need to install your original EFI GPU to upgrade your BootROM to MP51.0089.B00 using the Mac App Store 10.13.6 full installer. After that, Mojave installer can upgrade your firmware without the need of a Mac EFI GPU and requires that you only have Metal supported cards installed on your Mac Pro.

The Apple third-party graphics cards list identifies specific cards that are compatible:

• MSI Gaming Radeon RX 560 128-bit 4GB GDRR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon PULSE RX 580 8GB GDDR5
• SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950 Mac Edition
• NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition

The three cards listed in bold above have Mac EFI.
The list also identifies cards that might be compatible, none of which have Mac EFI:

• AMD Radeon RX 560
• AMD Radeon RX 570
• AMD Radeon RX 580
• AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
• AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
• AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
• AMD Radeon Frontier Edition

If you have a earlier than MP51.0089.B00 BootROM version, these are the steps to upgrade your BootROM to have Mojave support:

1. Disconnect any 4K or DP1.2 display. MP5,1 efiflasher don't support 4K screens or DP1.2. You can't update to MP51.0089.B00 with a 4K/DP1.2 screen connected to your Mac EFI card. It's a old bug that Apple corrected with MP6,1 and "forgot" to correct with the 5.1.
2. Disable FileVault2 if enabled as FV2 isn't supported on Mac Pro 5,1 with Mojave.
   
3. Install a Mac EFI64 card. Any original Apple card from 2008 to 2012 (HD 2600XT, 8800GT, Quadro FX 5600, GT120, HD 4870/5770/5870) plus the Sapphire HD 7950 Mac Edition, eVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, NVIDIA Quadro 4000/K5000 or self-flashed/MVC flashed cards.
4. Download the full Mac App Store Installer for 10.13.6 (even if you already are on 10.13.6) View attachment 793503
5. Open the installer, do the firmware upgrade as asked.
6. After the firmware upgrade, 10.13.6 installer will open again, you can close it.
7. Now you check if your Mac Pro BootROM is MP51.0089.B00, if yes you can shutdown and install your Metal capable GPU (any AMD equal or newer than HD 7xxx, Nvidia GTX 680 Mac Edition, Quadro K5000 and other Nvidia Kepler cards/newer). [If you have a Nvidia card that need the web driver, Maxwell and Pascal ones, wait for Nvidia release it for Mojave]
8. Download the full Mac App Store installer for Mojave.
9. Open the installer, do the firmware upgrade as asked.
10. After the reboot, open System Information and check if you have BootROM 138.0.0.0.0, if yes, you can do a createinstallmedia USB clean install (read NVIDIA GTX 680 note) or upgrade your previous High Sierra install.

Note, some people are getting black screens with Mojave when using RX-560/580 GPUs, if you are having it, do a clean install or debug your kexts, seems a problem with incompatible kexts (probable something related with AirDisplay).

NVIDIA GTX 680 note:

If you have a NVIDIA GTX 680 Mac Edition card, or GTX 680 flashed with the Mac Edition firmware, you can't do a USB clean install with it at the moment. The USB installer don't detect that GTX 680 is a Metal supported card and don't continue the install, it's a bug.

To do a clean install, do from macOS with two drives - just select your empty one when doing the install.

[doublepost=1539987126][/doublepost]I tried to install Mojave on a PCIe 2 TB SSD card. It had 10.13.6 installed when I tried to install Mojave. I have a Sapphire RX580 GPU installed. The install failed with "...installer resources have expired..". The Boot Rom Version is listed as 138.0.0.0.0. I also tried to install Mojave on a physical hard drive in bay #4. Same errors. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[bookemdano]

Was your system clock/date correct?

 

[Lake Tahoe Bob]

Was your system clock/date correct?

[doublepost=1539988713][/doublepost]Yes. I even checked the system clock in my fusion virtual machine.

 

[bookemdano]

I would delete and re-download the Mojave installer then.