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    MP 1,1-5,1 Can I clone NVRAM to new chip for my MacPro and expect it to Just Work?

    Long story short: my mid-2010 cMP5,1 started exhibiting symptoms of Flash ROM corruption such as failure to find bootable USB, et al. Using 4-bong NVRAM resets, ROMTool/UEFITool consistently shows 24KB of free space. But, I'm afraid it'll hard fail soon. So, here's what I've done: - bought a...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Healthy NVRAM normal behaviour on 4,1->5,1 machines

    Contrary to popular belief, this is a perfectly healthy NVRAM of a 4,1->5,1 machine: test-nvram.app report on the same dump: More details will follow.
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    MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro 5,1 requires frequent SMC reset

    My MacPro 5,1 appears to require frequent SMC reset to function properly. If I do not unplug and replug the MP before starting my daily work, I often notice that it become sluggish, programs load and run slowly and often hang requiring force quit. These problems don't appear if I reset the SMC...
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    MOJAVE Lagging

    Hi there, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 and it's lagging on Mojave. I've tried writing this on terminal over recovery mode: nvram 8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c:epid_provisioned=%01%00%00%00 It work's just fine! But I have to do this time to time, when it starts to lag again (when I start the...