5.1

As part of my quest to get my 7,1 to run Linux (seemingly impossible at this point) - I decided it would be a good idea to pop my OWC 4M2 into my 5,1 to see if I could install Linux onto one of those drives and then install it back into the 7,1. The 5,1 is running a fully up to date version of...

Hi everyone, I've been lurking the forum for a while and now I'm looking for a solution to a problem that seems nobody on the internet has ever solved without replacing the motherboard, which I'd want to avoid as this Mac is a 0 budget project for me. I've recovered it 2 years ago literally from...

Hi everybody, I used OpenCoreLegacy Patcher to install Monterey on my Mac Pro. Il was difficult because the installation kept crashing but I finally succeeded after having read dozens of pages of forums. The graphic card was ATI Radeon HD 5770. I changed the card after the installation and put...

Hello, I've this issue each time I'm using my computer (5.1 bipro) running BigSur 11.6.5 and OC 0.7.6 and Vega 56 I'm editing my batch with Lightroom and suddenly the computer sort of freeze, I've to wait, then black screen and either the computer reboot or restart the session. Few things I've...

Hello, I'm struggling on the last step of the quest to make my 2009 4,1 (firmware upgraded to 5,1) Mac Pro a decent color grading station again. Have already succeed upgrading the firmware to 5.1, installing Open Core 0.6.7 and Big Sur 11.7.7, got all the PCI cards working, Da Vinci Resolve...

In my recent "Mac Pro 8.1 - WHAT IF..." someone mentioned wanting to see my home studio, and it got me thinking, I'd LOVE to see everyone's home offices, home studios, etc...I'm sure you all have really cool desks, offices, spaces, and it would be really awesome and inspiring to see all of...

Hello everyone, I've been running a very stable setup for years. My 4,1-5,1 Mac Pro has a MacVidCards Vega 64, 64GB of ECC RAM in triple channel and boots to opencore on nvme. There I sometimes choose to boot to Windows 10 on SATA. The nvme has Mojave. Everything was working fine for a long...

Hello All Mac Pro enthusiasts I am in a position when I can finally purchase one of these models. Before I commit, I request some expert advice to support upgrades and development and compatibility with my typical uses. On the Mac side I use my preferred workflow and now some photo editing...

Hi all, my trusty 4,1 (flashed to 5,1) all of a sudden just shut down without being under load and wouldn't properly start up anymore. After it cooled off, it will boot again, but within 5 minutes or so before it just shuts down again. I read the threads about the temperature issues and cleaned...

Friends, I have a Mac Pro 5.1 system Now I have Catalina installed, I installed it through the Catalina patcher I understand that other systems can not be installed just as easily. Tell me, does it make sense to switch to new systems? What is the most stable system for our Mac Pro 5.1 ? My...

Recently, I tried to install a powercolour rx580 into a mac pro, which made the computer, or at least the the gpu section stop working. The fans would turn but all a cables I tried didnt work, and the monitor didnt turn on. I'm willing to admit that I may have been rough and made the cable...

tried looking at different posts about this but got no hope. so my mac just suddenly stopped working when i boot up theres a red light on the tray and the fan just spins super loud and thats about it. I press the diag button to check on the power supply and it seems fine, tried removing all...

Hi there guys! I'm wondering how i can dump the Mac Pro's LogicBoard/CPU-Tray SMC's as well. Is there a way to dump the content of both SMC chips, using smcflasher.efi from opencore shell or anything that can be able to do that? I mean from the 3 Mac Pro's 2009/2010/2012? The reason why i want...

I have upgraded to a refurbished Mac Pro 5.1 running Big Sur. i have an older 3.1 running El Capitan and want to transfer my User Account to the newer Mac. My 3.1 has osx on an ssd and my data (including Home Folder) on 1tb sata drive in a second storage bay which i plan to remove and slide into...

I was hoping for some guidance here. I just recently moved, so my trusty old Mac Pro 5,1 tower is under my new desk. As everyone knows, the tower puts out a ton of heat. Now that it's close to my legs, it's relatively warm down there, not hot or unbearable but just a bit of an odd feeling...

Hey all - I have a mid 2012 Mac Pro and I love it. I love that I can add my own cards to it and stuff but it's stuck in the past and I don't know what core changes I need to do to make it relevant. I can't move past Sierra, my USB-C card I installed doesn't work because there are no thunderbolt...

Hi there, I have just purchased a mid 2010 Mac Pro Server. It comes running on OSX Lion and I would like to upgrade it to High Sierra so that I can install some more recent software versions that I use. I just wanted to ask how to do this as when I click "software update" it is the most up to...

Hi there, I currently have a 5,1 2010 Mac Pro of the 12 core 2.93 GHz variant, however I was wondering if there was much of a performance boost to upgrading the CPUs to the last release 3.46GHz? I have found it hard to find a direct comparison between the two and was wondering if anyone had any...

I've just received my first MacBook Pro - my first Apple product. I have existing 5.1 speakers, which connect to my Windows desktop computer via three small jacks. My question is simple: how can I plug these speakers into the MacBook Pro while maintaining full 5.1 audio? The audio output jack...

Hi, I´m using a 5.1 mid 2010. Exact configuration attached. I recently installed OC (using the easy hw-acceleration-package). Now I've remarked very strange behaviors as well in Mojave as in Catalina regarding videos (YouTube as well as desktop). They seem to be extremely "pixeled" in the...