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MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro5,1 with Thunderbolt Display 2011 Not Show (Blackscreen)
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Is it a Thunderbolt Display (as your post states) or a Cinema Display (as your signature states)? There's a big difference. The TB Display requires a Thunderbolt connection to drive it, so you won't get that to work on a classic Mac Pro. Well, not without a lot of TB3 hacking and an adapter, I guess. The Cinema Display uses Mini DisplayPort, so it should work. So, which do you have?
Thunderbold Display brother, year 2011 27inchi
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this my Thunderbolt Display
Apple Thunderbolt Display - Technical Specifications - Apple Support
I gotcha...know all about it...writing this on one right this second. But your signature is in conflict w/ your post, hence my wanting to clarify. You will not be able to use the TB Display w/ your Mac Pro (aside from the aforementioned possibility of a "hacked" TB3 PCIe card installation and then a TB3-to-TB2 adapter connected to that). Sorry.Thunderbold Display brother, year 2011 27inchi
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this my Thunderbolt Display
Apple Thunderbolt Display - Technical Specifications - Apple Support
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ok brother thanks for replay
but im trying to use macpro 2010 my friend, its working fine, normal no blackscreen
I'm sorry, I just don't follow you. I can't tell whether:
– you have a Cinema Display or Thunderbolt Display
– you have a 2010 or 2012 Mac Pro (they're essentially the same, but you've mentioned both model years)
– it is "working fine" or "only black screen"
The Thunderbolt Display should not work with a classic Mac Pro (2006–2012). As you can see in the System Requirements section of the link you posted above, Mac Pro does not appear there.
– you have a Cinema Display or Thunderbolt Display
– you have a 2010 or 2012 Mac Pro (they're essentially the same, but you've mentioned both model years)
– it is "working fine" or "only black screen"
The Thunderbolt Display should not work with a classic Mac Pro (2006–2012). As you can see in the System Requirements section of the link you posted above, Mac Pro does not appear there.
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Apple Thunderbolt Displays are only compatible with late-2013 Mac Pro or 2019 Mac Pro. Earlier Mac Pros DON'T support Thunderbolt connections.
ATD will not work with your Mac Pro.
Being as this is a few months ago, and I have seen some YouTube that say they can, (I don't know enough to say if they are right) is it still the case that you can't get a Thunderbolt display to work on 5,1 Radion Sapphire GPU?
I saw one that claimed an ASUS ThunderboltEX 3 card.
While for sure you can hack it to make it work, see the thread below, it's still a hack and there are several incompatibilities.
testing TB3 AIC with MP 5,1
The good folks at egpu.io have had some encouraging results with the latest Gigabyte TB3 add-in card and will be testing in MP 5,1. Will be very interesting to see the results. Hat tip to @itsage. [edit] to correct link
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