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  1. R

    MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro 3.1 Upgrade Advice for a noob

    Hi all, I’ve been using a semi-souped MP 3,1 for music production for the past 4 years. It came with Mojave. Specs as follows: - 2x 3.2GHz quad core Intel Xeon - 48GB 667mhz DDR2 FB-DIMM - 256GB Mojave (10.14.4) NVME start disc - NVIDIA GeForce gtx 680 2gb GPU It’s successfully run light to...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 Overclocking. Keyboard problem

    I see that most of overclockers here prefer to buy Xeon 3.2 GHz(for FSB = 400GHz) and 400GHz memory. Not a good choice because the entire overclocking process will be limited by memory frequency limit. That is why most of results are in the range 3.4-3.5GHz. I bought two Xeon X5460(3.16)...
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    OpenCore Boot issues from Yosemite to MacOs BigSure Lnx:missing file system Bep: unable to fetch boot entries-invalid parameter

    Ik probeer mijn Mac Pro 3,1 bij te werken van Yosemite naar Big Sur met behulp van opencore legacy patcher 0.5. Het moment waarop ik de optietoets ingedrukt moet houden tijdens het opnieuw opstarten. Om het EFI-opstartitem te kiezen, krijg ik het volgende bericht: LNX: ontbrekende...
  4. Tech Tested

    Installing OSX on Mac Pro 3.1, first Mac

    First I need to start by saying this is my first Mac. I bought it from an e-scrap recycler. It is a Mac Pro 3.1 with dual xeons. It did not come with an operating system and I have no other macs to try and get a recovery bootable USB from. I know that the latest official supported OS is El...
  5. mowl1ng

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 non-EFI GPU OS install - no OS preinstalled

    Hello. I have a problem with Apple hardware and googled it around as usual, but after days of search and trial I am out of options. This forum looks like it's the holy bible of Apple stuff, and although I like to tinker with computers, I am a noob in Apple devices, so I decided to give it a try...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 FirmWare upgrade to 7.1

    Hello, recently I bought a Mac Pro 3.1 2008. I’m not using it for something super intensive. I uust wanned to have a Mac for cheap. I’ve had in plan, to use some DosDude patchers to upgrade the Mac to macOS Big Sur. But unfortionetly, DosDude didn’t do a patcher for macOS 11. So I tried using...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Bootcamp Issue

    Hello, I have a MP 3,1 with an ATI Radeon RX580 8GB Graphics card, a dosDude Catalina (10.15.6) install on an internal SSD and and a Windows 10 Pro (Latest Version and updates) install on an internal HD. Both the mac OS and the windows work fine along with all parts of the mac. As I a have the...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3.1 rx 5500 xt

    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...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 3,1 + R9 280X gpu questions

    Hello, This is for anyone who has had a or currently has a Mac Pro 3,1 with an R9 280X gpu that has been flashed with the Mac efi. When using a flashed R9 280X gpu with mac efi, are there any issues with the compatibility with the 3,1 (for any OS version) being finicky or picky and not working...
  10. serpico007

    MP 1,1-5,1 Question about installing PC video card in 3,1

    Hey everyone, been reading here for the past several weeks about video cards for the cMP. I recently picked up a 3,1 and read that the GTX 680 or GTX 770 are the best for this model. My problem is I only find PC versions of these cards on the local used market. I'm not comfortable with the...
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    Mac Pro 3,1 bad VM performance for Win10

    Hello, I've got a Mac Pro 3,1 running High Sierra with 48GB RAM (6/8 Slots) and 3,2Ghz CPU Upgrade running from SATA SSD. In Virtualbox I get a strange bahavior for Windows 10 VMs. The Guest CPU ist shown as 100% utilized, but on the host it is not. Other Windows VMs run fine. Can someone...
  12. TechInit

    Mac Pro All Metal GPU Requirement Disability

    Hey, so, I want to install Mojave on a Mac Pro 3, 1 with dosdude1's patcher, a GTX 670, which is metal supported though not officially. Since the 670 Isn't technically supported, there are no EFI Firmware Flashes. While watching YouTube I discovered that when installing Mojave, "All GPU's in...
  13. TechInit

    GTX 670 in Mac Pro (2008)

    Hey, so, I know the GTX 670 Works, and is arguably the best price to performance GeForce Card that will work with Macs. Is there any way to flash the Firmware, and have the bootscreen show? I have the 2600 XT, but Mojave literally wont work with the card in it. I'm currently on El Capitan, as I...
  14. TechInit

    Quadro 4000 with MacOS Mojave

    Hey, So, I've been doing research, and found a out that the best value for money Graphics Card is the Nvidia Quadro 4000. I'm not sure wether to bite the bullet and buy it, or wait until later to buy an RX 560. The Mac Pro is the 3, 1, which can get Mojave when using Dosdude1's Patcher. Looking...
  15. TechInit

    El Capitan/Yosemite on 256MB of VRAM

    Hey, So, I'm thinking of investing in a 3, 1 Mac Pro, with a Radeon 2600 XT. It has 256MB of GDDR4 VRAM, and I was wondering if it would run on Yosemite or El Capitan. I'll definitely upgrade the Graphics Card to something better down the line, like a Quadro 4000, as I'm into video/ graphical...
  16. TechInit

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update

    As of recent I have acquired a Mac Pro 2, 1. It can currently run all the way up to OS X 10.11 El Capitan, which is still a good OS, but isn't supported by Apple. Is there any possible way to get a Firmware Upgrade from 2, 1 to the 3, 1? There is fundamentally no difference between the two, as...
  17. fhturner

    Mac Pro 3,1 2008 Mojave GPU verdict?

    Hey Everyone— I have been searching but cannot find a "complete" answer or recommendation on this (there's a 10.13 HS thread, but not 10.14 Mojave): I need to get a 2008 Mac Pro 3,1 upgraded (via @dosdude1's patched installer) to macOS 10.14 Mojave. So I need a Metal-capable GPU. To recap what...
  18. parisinvest

    Gigabyte 970 mac efi double DVI issue on mp3.1

    i've prepared recently a mp 3.1 for a client, witha gigabyte 970 video card, 2x dvi, 3x displayport, 1x hdmi, mac efi rom, all tested ok on cmp 5.1 with single cinema display, all video ports has activated for mac systeme and with boot screen, but has issue on mp3.1, my client he has two cinema...
  19. parisinvest

    mp 3.1 power cable issue with sapphire R9 280

    hi i've prepared two mp 3.1 for a client, 2.8GHZ 32Go ram ssd, +sapphire radeon 280 model power connector 2x 6pin, mac efi rom made by netkas script, cinema display with dvi, but i find out some power cable issue: when i plug in one 666Y cable - mini 6pin to 2x 6 pin, the mac will not start, it...
  20. g2only

    2009 cMP setup for 4K editing

    While still waiting on the new Mac Pro (2019), I'd like to get my 2009 cMP up to par to edit 4K (using BM DaVinci/Fusion) in the meantime. Kinda do now with 'OK' or doable results...anyone have APPLIED suggestions? Also, I'm not trying to spend a new computer budget on it. Mucho thanks in...