mac pro 3.1 early 2008

Hi, I'm currently running a Mac Pro 3.1 with a patched version of Sierra (using the Dosdude method). My current video card is a Nvidia GTX1070, which is just a standard PC video card with no mac bootup EFI. I've been using this setup for quite sometime, but I really want to try and upgrade this...

i was making a video about running macOS Sonoma on a Mac Pro 2008. I had it connected to an CamLink 4k to capture the video for things OS installation via a DVI to HDMI cable, the exact model is this, an Amazon Basics cable. The HDMI end is on the Camlink, and the DVI end on the GeForce 760. I...

My mac pro 2008 after upgrade dual x5482 and 64gb ram, ssd, wifi card, working well 2 years. But at this moment can randomly shutdown. When i turn on it, mac can work, or turn off again after 1-2 sec. When im left 2 memory sticks on top board, mac work stable. All memory was tested, and have no...

Hi Mac Pro experts, I'm looking to substantially increase the speed/processing power of my Mac Pro (early 2008) 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Cores. I've read that it's possible to switch out the two processors with 3.8 GHz Quad-Cores (or 2 hex-cores) and max out the RAM at 32 GB. However, I read that...

Hello everyone, a few months ago, i got a Mac Pro 3.1 2 x 2.8 Ghz Xeon, with 2 Nvidia Quadro FX 4600. First, i tried every method but i can't make the 2 GPUs work toghether, but i thought that even working toghether, i definitely need more GPU power, and in AMD cards, i found a very interesting...

Hello, I've trawled the Internet and performed so many steps I can't recall now! I have a 2008 Mac Pro 3.1 which I want to sell on and have taken the hard drive out. I simply want to install MacOS (any version) onto it to resell and have a fresh working OS to sell/demonstrate that it works to...

I've owned plenty of Macs in my day but I recently picked up a Early 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 With the Dual Xeon CPU's. My question is this, with only 3 apps running in the background my CPU temps are reasonably high and i was just wondering if this is normal or if i should tear into it and replace the...

Hello fellow mac users ive been using this mac pro lightly for a little while and i have noticed that the memory and cpus of my mac pro run pretty hot. I am more familiar with pcs than macs so I don't know if this is normal so I thought ill let you see and tell me if this is normal or not. This...

Hi, I am a complete newbie to this so I am unsure if I am posting this in the correct place but here goes; I have a Mac Pro 3,1 (early 2008) that has 2 hard drives, 1 hard drive running Windows 10 and 1 hard drive running El Capitan 10.11.6. I had a nvidia geforce 8800 gt that no longer worked...

Here is a head scratcher. I have no boot screen, and am running a MP3,1 el capitan. I need to upgrade to at least High Sierra for my new GPU to have working web drivers(1050ti). I have a geforce 210(came in the damned machine) and a GTX 750 ti, I had here laying around. I went to a Ma and Paw...

Hi fellow 'rumors, After reading all about the exciting bootrom hacking and trying out dosdude1's High Sierra Patcher for older models no longer supported officially I wanted to try installing an AMD Radeon VEGA FRONTIER EDITION in this old, dusty Mac Pro 3.1 and see if I could get an extra...

Hello, I have a 2008 Mac Pro that running on 10.11.6 and before I wasn't able to get the computer to access it's booting screens which became a major issue when I was starting to boot camp the computer. After a decent amount of research I determined that the graphics card was the issue after...

Looking for suggestions on other ways to repair this HD and an explanation of its now you see it, now you don't behaviour. I have a Seagate 2T drive that had been in a OWC USB/eSATA/FireWire enclosure for several years connected to our 2011 MacMini Server via Firewire. The Mini is our home media...

Based on my previous topic (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/cmacpro-for-video-editing-fcpx-or-premiere-no-matter.2032173/) I want to share my other doubts with you, my friends. As I calculated my upgrade from Mac Pro 3.1 2008 (1 x 4-core Xeon 2.6Ghz, 6GB RAM, NV GTX 285 1GB) to Mac Pro...

Dear friends, I'm in very need of your advice. I'm having Mac Pro 3.1 2008 (1 x 4-core Xeon 2.6Ghz, 6GB RAM, NV GTX 285 1GB). And it is very slow even in web-browsing on clean install SSD! What are your ideas what to upgrade? I'm sure that I need to upgrade it to at least 12-24 or better...

Hello everybody, I'm new to this forum and I wanted to ask the following question: I have bought a Mac Pro in 2008 which is a 3.1 (early 2008). I have run it a long time under Leopard with the original video card, and I finally upgraded to Yosemite, and after a short time the video card...

My Mac Pro (early 2008) 8-core 2.8 GHz is operating normally as far as I can tell. All memory recognized, all fans operating. No weird noises. However the white status light on the front of the case remains lit even when the machine is shut-down. It doesn't blink -- just remains steadily lit...