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RealKGB

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Dec 26, 2021
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This thread:
is a guide on how to flash an Xserve3,1 to a MacPro5,1. It notes that if you do the flash, the system won't boot with the old quad-core CPUs that the Xserve normally supports, only the six-core CPUs that the MP5,1 does.
Specifically, it mentions this line:
Stock CPU unsupported (gonna try to make a "transition" hybrid MP5,1 ROM with Nehalem microcodes added later)

This is very much not my area of expertise, but I believe this implies that you could create an Xserve3,1 ROM with the microcodes for six-core CPUs?
 
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