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MP All Models PCIe SSDs - NVMe & AHCI
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No I definitely did follow your instructions. First of all the mac store nonsense is not allowing a download it just says "Open" (because there is a previously downloaded version present in my applications folder - but not installed.
That version was the version I performed the Bios flashing which brought me to MP51.0084.B00.
However, Upon inspection of that download it now says the download is corrupted? I have never seen that occur in my 30 years with Apple, where minutes after using some software it is now showing corrupt. (but as everything that Apple is doing these days, unless one focuses extraordinary amounts of time in these operating system matters you have no way of telling what happened because everything goes through their mac store, ewww. nothing is transparent, everything is hidden and restricted, nothing like the openness in the past.)
And when you attempt to actually get complete versions of their operating systems (not updates but complete final versions) of their various OS versions, you only find (after a long search because Apple has decided to not make any of this easy as it should be) you finally find a "support" page listing a bunch of versions - ALL of which have the word "update" and non of which have the word "complete" or "final" and since I am not a mac os programming professional and since my crystal ball doesn't seem to work I have no idea which if any of these "updates" is a FULL VERSION because apple does not make any of this as easy as it should be.
On Their Support Page where I finally found OS download links NOT ONE SINGLE LINK would indicate that they are anything other than an UPDATE. And to me the word update means that it is not a full final version.
So the problem is very definitely NOT with this 30 user who has never faces such difficulties before with Apple Inc. The problem of course is obviously because Apple Inc aint the same company it used to be, Apple is purposely making life as difficult as they possibly can for creative professionals. That is definitely the problem because all of this nonsense would have been solved by ONE SINGLE CLICK OF A MOUSE like all such operating systems issues should be handled. (if they did their job right this would be an issue it would be ONE CLICK like it should be and then this stuff called "programming" handles all this stupid nonsense that users or creative professionals don't need to know and definitely don't have the time to care)
It should be ONE CLICK and then you do what you are supposed to be doing which is your CREATIVE WORK. Thats WAS the philosophy and purpose of Apple inc. And that would still be the case if Mr. Jobs was alive today. It would be one click (as it should be ) then all this nonsense that I have WASTED three days on I would have been doing what I love. Making art and film projects, NOT fiddling with bios updates.
Thank you though for trying to do was Apple has refused to do. I do appreciate whatever help I can get.
As for my view with Apple inc, it is nothing but frustration, mistrust and frankly anger at this point. Apple is Microsoft 2.0 basically.
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I tried to re download and it just asks me to do a bios update and does not download and when i click update bios the computer shuts down, and after a while I hold down the power button and it beeps and goes blank for longer than it did during the first Bios update yesterday and when it powers up again the Bios has NOT changed
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These are the exact instructions that I have been following for the past three days.
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Hold power button and continue holding power button until 10-15 seconds after the beep stops. Do not release before that. Too many people report errors because they let go of power button too soon. CD/DVD should open as well.
@deathtogoogle - please be sure to check your Application Folder and delete any High Sierra Installer. You may need to move other versions, too. Then follow @tsialex instructions.
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/macos-high-sierra/id1246284741?mt=12
Ouch, my finger got caught on the cut and paste feature. Please keep your posts on topic and don't base them on your frustrations being re-directed at those attempting to help you complete what many others have already successfully completed.
SATA's are needed until the newer bootroms-but you said you've been working with Apple equipment for over 30 years so you have one laying around right? I think you busted yourself here bud.
This isn't the bootrom thread after all. Once you get your bootrom updated you can then use your NVMe/AHCI card for your fresh OS install.
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I've held the button down for 15 seconds after hearing the beep. It still only updates to MP51.0084.B00.
I have erased the old version of High Sierra but the apple store will NOT allow me to download the full software. It downloads 22.7 mb - since i am NOT a mac OS programmer or specialist nor do I wish to be i don't know the correct terminology for this 22.7mb file but in the old days we would call them helper apps, or installers (but not real installers just helper apps) whatever its called 0 it is not the full download and this screen which comes op asking of I want to update by bios is to the best of my grasp here coming from this partial download.
I guess I will have to seek another way to perform this flashing because I'm pretty good at following directions. For some reason these directions keep yielding the same results - fail.
I think many here may be missing the point. The point is this is the year 2019.
Words like boot rom, the concepts behind boot rom, the inner workings of NVME, and the many workarounds to deal this nonsense, are ALL subjects and concepts that should be OF ZERO CONCERN OR KNOWLEDGE TO CREATIVE PROFESSIONALS. But that is only the case when companies actually do the right thing.
Trust me on this one, if I never hear the word boot rom or ever in my life read paragraph after paragraph and page after page and hour after hour about boot rom and NVME rams - trust me on this one - I will not despair.
I frankly never want to deal with such nonsense every again and this all has to do with the new deep state corporate plan to put roadblocks in front of creators, return from non linearity to linearity (fb, twitter etc) return to centralization from decentralization. Everything is going as planned so if you are not angry there is definitely something missing.(or you are a billionaire)
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Why you are trashing the thread with all this? Don't mess with a thread that so much people has been contributing since the start.
If you can't follow instructions that hundreds of Mac Pro owners successfully did, pay someone to do it.
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I would definitely pay - If I can find someone in NYC who can do it I would be thrilled to pay.
Anyways Thank You for your help though.
I have much more respect for the people on this board who have tried to help me than that creep in cupertino who is destroying that awesome company.
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At upstart the led of the card flashes once. Then no more and it doesn't show up on the desktop or in diskutil.
What could be wrong?
I'm at rom 140, card is kryoM.2 evo PCIe 3.0 x4 Adapter für M.2 NGFF PCIe SSD, M-Key mit Passivkühler and ssd is EVO970.
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Usually NVMe and AHCI M.2 blades came from factory unformatted, did you took a look at System Information / NVMExpress?
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I was still on Sierra. Updated to HS and bingo! But when I boot from old system still can't see the new SSD card.
Apple SSD Controller:
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB:
Capaciteit: 1 TB (1.000.204.886.016 bytes)
TRIM-ondersteuning: Ja
Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
Revisie: 2B2QEXE7
Serienummer: S467NX0KA16089W
Breedte koppeling: x4
Verbindingssnelheid: 5.0 GT/s
Externe eenheid: Nee
BSD-naam: disk0
Type partitie-indeling: GPT (GUID-partitietabel)
Verwisselbare media: Nee
Volumes:
EFI:
Capaciteit: 209,7 MB (209.715.200 bytes)
Bestandssysteem: MS-DOS FAT32
BSD-naam: disk0s1
Inhoud: EFI
Volume-UUID: 0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B
disk0s2:
Capaciteit: 1 TB (999.995.129.856 bytes)
BSD-naam: disk0s2
Inhoud: Apple_APFS
Apple SSD Controller:
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB:
Capaciteit: 1 TB (1.000.204.886.016 bytes)
TRIM-ondersteuning: Ja
Model: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 1TB
Revisie: 2B2QEXE7
Serienummer: S467NX0KA16089W
Breedte koppeling: x4
Verbindingssnelheid: 5.0 GT/s
Externe eenheid: Nee
BSD-naam: disk0
Type partitie-indeling: GPT (GUID-partitietabel)
Verwisselbare media: Nee
Volumes:
EFI:
Capaciteit: 209,7 MB (209.715.200 bytes)
Bestandssysteem: MS-DOS FAT32
BSD-naam: disk0s1
Inhoud: EFI
Volume-UUID: 0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B
disk0s2:
Capaciteit: 1 TB (999.995.129.856 bytes)
BSD-naam: disk0s2
Inhoud: Apple_APFS
Let me quote what I wrote on the first post of the thread, since it's a recurring question:
I'll add that no other macOS version supports NVMe blades.
10 seconds? Hard to believe. You must be running on a single stick of 8GB RAM. The cMP usually takes it's time to post.
I mean postcheck, from the blank screen, of course.