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    Imac 2010 A1311 Upgrade GPU CPU RAM

    Hello everyone, This is my first post. I own a mid-2010 21.5" iMac with a 3.06 GHz Intel Core i3-540 CPU and a very bad ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB. Checking forums, I made the following update I3-540 CPU by Xeon L3426 I read that adding the processor would have the possibility of 32gb of ram...
  2. Macsonic

    MP 1,1-5,1 Xeon 2.93Ghz Dual CPUs Stuck at Apple Logo in Boot Up Issue

    A client of mine was using his 2010 Mac Pro with dual Xeon x5670 2.93 Ghz cpus. His Mac Pro went to sleep and hanged when he tried to start using it again. He did a forced shutdown and restarted the Mac. Booted up with the chime sound but got stuck to the Apple logo. No progress bar. I took...
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    MP All Models Mac Pro Help Needed (New to macs)

    Hi All, I have been given a Macpro, the only other mac i have is a 1990 ish Performa 630 which ive had since i was little, so i have no idea about the new ones, and know very little about the old ones. It has a GT610 (i think) graphics card, and ddr2 ram, and i believe twin xenon processors...
  4. flaubert

    MP 1,1-5,1 What if... the community designed an updated CPU tray for cMP 5,1?

    OK, so this is a crazy, off the wall idea... but what if it was possible to design and implement a replacement PCB that would fit the standard CPU tray and heat sink of a classic Mac Pro 5,1? If you don't mind me summarizing 557 pages and over a million page views from the "Waiting for Mac Pro...
  5. cavedoll

    Upgrading my CPU (early 2009 4,1) advice?

    First post... Glad to be here! So, I've decided to overhaul my early 2009 Mac Pro tower. I've already upgraded the firmware from 4,1 to 5,1... upgraded the RAM from 16gb to 48gb (for now). Will be adding a PCI SSD boot disk and new GPU once I get the CPU sorted. So, next step is to upgrade my...