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mac pro early 2008

  1. tsialex

    Resolved Someone still have Firmware Restoration CD 1.5, for early2008/MP3,1?

    I lost my backup with a hard drive crash some years a go for the early-2008 Firmware Restoration CD 1.5, I've tried to download it from Apple but the link is not working at the present time: When I click on the SLA to accept the agreement and download: Anyone still have it? I know that is...
  2. B

    Mac Pro Early 2008 Thermal Issue

    I acquired an early 2008 Mac Pro on Thursday last week and it is working ok. When I got it I noticed it was VERY dusty inside so I got my air compressor and blew it out. After that I took it apart and replaced the thermal paste under the cpus and the Northbridge. After that I have installed Mac...
  3. H

    Magic Trackpad v1 not recognized as trackpad

    After some some years not using it, I wanted to use my 1st generation Magic Trackpad again (now having a larger screen where the trackpad scrolling feature would be appreciated). Im using a Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008; with internal Apple bluetooth module, I think Bluetooth 2.0+EDR) with OS...
  4. RomerosDaniel

    Resolved Where else in my early 2008 mac pro can I get power?

    Hi, Ok, so I'm using Apricorn's Velocity Solo x2 and want to add an addition ssd through it's sata port (reason for this is Apricorn says read/write speeds will go up to 800mbps with two ssd's working together; please read about it if you don't know of this product), but I can't find any place...
  5. tech4all

    Enabling TRIM for Samsung 850 EVO

    I have a Mac Pro (early 2008) running OS X Mavericks 10.9.5 in which I installed a 500GB Samsung 850 EVO using a 2.5" to 3.5" Icy Dock converter. I want to enable TRIM and tried using the Terminal method found here (the code to use doesn't fully show on the website, so the author provided this...
  6. misalo

    Looking for recommendations for graphics card

    My graphics card (ATI Radeon HD 2600XT) is on it's last leg and I need to replace it ASAP. Looking for recommendations. Do I need to look for something compatible with my OS (El Capitan)? MacPro - Early 2008 2x2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Xeon Intel Running OS 10.11.3 El Capitan UPDATE: Thank you all for...