macpro 2010

I purchased an OWC Accelsior 1M2 PCIe card for my Mac Pro 5,1. Initially, there were a lot of problems getting the machine to recognize the card. I got it working (somewhat) but ended up having it replaced trying to fix the issues I'm having. It didn't do the trick. Maybe someone here could...

Hi folks - migrating back to my 5,1 upgraded proc 3.33 12-core. I have the stock GFX card in there now, but I'd love to get my radeon 580 8g working where I can have the grey startup disk options. I just am diving back in and could really use a couple pointers. Would anyone be able to point...

Hi I am looking for advice to help me make the decision whether to upgrade from my Mac Pro mid 2010. I use it mainly for: Photo editing Netflix Working from home Occasional Gaming The only reasons I am looking to upgrade are: 1. upgrade my monitors (looking at second hand Thunderbolt...

Hi, I have a problem with my Mac Pro 5.1 and I though maybe one of you could help me resolve the issue. I'll try to give as much detail as I can on what is going on. First, I the problem occurred when the tip of a lightning connector (connected on one of the front USB ports) accidentally...

Hello, I have an old 5,1 machine, that I recently bought a new MSI Radeon RX580 GAMING X 8GB Graphics card to keep it alive with Mojave. The specs are: Mac Pro Server (Mid 2010) 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 16 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 RAM Would someone be so kind to tell me if a CPU and memory...

Hi there. I'm going crazy trying to figure this out. I have a novice experience level, so please forgive if I miss details. As much info as you can provide me would be really helpful. Here's the deal: I've stripped every inch of the computer apart based on another forum & as I added a part I...

New member here, with ... Basic question: I see the term "boot screen" a lot in reference to video cards, but can't seem to locate an explicit definition. Could someone explain: what exactly is meant by "boot screen" ? and, perhaps more importantly what are the effects and implications of...

I am on a single processor 'mid-2012' MacPro 5.1. I was running along reasonably happy on High Sierra then decided I needed to go to Mojave because of wanting some Photoshop plugs-in that will only run on Mojave. So I decided to throw some money at it. Upgraded the CPU to a 6-core Xeon 3.46 ghz...

Hi, im new to this forum. So im building my macpro 5,1 for editing and grading. The files are mostly coming from my Panasonic GH5 so its a 4k 10bit footage. So i install my zotac GTX 1080 mini. I got the latest cuda driver and Nvidia web driver for OS Sierra 10.12.6 I edited the file in...

Hello all... I tried to install the new Security updates for macOS High Sierra this morning and all I get when my machine starts to restart to install the updates is a light black screen and my cursor moves over the to top left-hand side of my screen. I downloaded the three-part updates as one...

The monitor on my 2010 MacPro 5.1 goes on and off during use only. When idle, it stays on but as soon as I work with it, it goes to black and then back on and repeats until I stop using it. I've started from different Hard Drives and different OS but it does not fix. I'm thinking it's the...

Hello, Has anyone swapped/upgraded the Broadcom WiFi mini-PCIe card in their cMP for a non-Broadcom card? I have a MacPro5,1 that I'd like to use other OSes with, but Broadcom drivers seem to be lacking for many. That said, if OS X will not work with non-Broadcom cards, that would be good to...

Has anyone who owns a Mac Pro 2010 noticed any squealing noises when the unit is under load or transferring large amounts of network traffic? I only noticed this just recently after copying over 600MB of data over the External Hard Drives . The sound is similar to this:

I'm running 10.12.6 on my MacPro 12 Core (Mid 2010) with 64GB and 520GB SSD Drive plus QTY 3 x 3TB Internal HDD Drives.... plus 15TB DroboS Gen 2 (Firewire). I want to upgrade to High Sierra... all my core software has been updated to be compatible... anyone have any issues with upgrading an...