Long time PC guy here that a while back was going to, but ultimately abandoned building a hackintosh. I did ultimately buy all the parts for a PC that was totally compatible but never bothered after reading the amount of effort put into ensuring compatibility and upgrades.

After purchasing a MBP(late13) Retina I've begun to appreciate the high level of support for Apple hardware (as far as software). On my laptop I run a dual boot setup where I log into Windows 7 Pro for gaming & heavy business use and OSX for general use. When in OSX I have access to and use Windows applications through Parallels as well as linux images in Parallels VM. Being able to effortlessly use OSX, Windows & Linux in one sweeping motion is somewhat of a geek fantasy I've had for a while. The trouble was always OSX compatibility for hackintoshes.

I've decided to try to convert my PC setup with a hotrodded 4.1 (w/ 5.1 FW) dual processor setup with 32gb of ram, flashed graphics cards and non-apple drives. And with that I have a pretty beastly workstation I'm "replacing." A lot of the stuff I can carry over.

Machine gets a lot of varied use, but the stuff that I'm concerned about would be compatibility with FCP, Logic, Adobe etc. When I am in OSX, I'm either tooling around with linux distros or doing creative work. The creative work requires high levels of compatibility and I really don't have time to play geek anymore. So hackintosh type setups are totally out of the running. It just has to work. My MBP "just works" with all the operating systems and software playing perfectly.

So I have to be careful to walk the line with what hardware is "sanctioned."

Right now I have

Storage concerns
4x 512gb SSD sata 6bps
2x 2tb SATA drives (raid)

The 4x SSD drives backup daily to the raid array. The two drives are mirrored for eachother. So the entire setup is triple redundant.

Graphics concerns

I have a TON of monitors that I need supported.

4x VGA connections (only 2 running at any one time)
2x dual link DVI
2x HDMI (1 1080p, 1 4K 30hz) (only 1 running at any one time)
1 thunderbolt\displayport diplay

Will possibly be adding 2 more displays (720p60, 480p60).

I have a GTX660 that I can carry over that is supported by Nvidia's mac drivers. It has

On a PC this is actually pretty easy to deal with, unfortunately I really don't know how to solve this issue with a Mac. With my PC I can effortlessly run 2 video cards and also use built in video on my motherboard. This will be far more complex I can assume here.

Questions

• What's the best way I can handle the raid from a hardware pespective? Since I'll be dual booting, software is a poor solution IMO. Ideally I'd like it handled by a controller. Of course the choice of drives complicates this. I'm open to other solutions with for instance external drives.
• How to handle tons of displays? None of which are apple displays.
• I heard some quiet clammering that 4.1 with a firmware upgrade might handle videocards differently than 5.1? Is that true, and why? Are they not the same mobo?
• What concerns or worries do I have running non-apple, flashed graphics cards. Are they really future proof? Ideally I want to run Nvidia graphics hardware. It appears that the 600 series has official nvidia support, so I can only assume this is really the best way to ensure "native" level performance and compatibility.
• Does OSX play nice with more than 1 video card?
• Best way to handle 6gbps SATA?

Thanks for the help hotrodders!

Hi,
my Mac Pro sleepwalking on the night.
Every night for 2 times it's power on for few seconds and after return on sleep.
It's occurs with 10.9 and now with 10.10
why?

Thank's

Tried to connect my Mac Pro to a TV screen with HDMI, but the TV does not appear in the sound preferences.

It's a Mac Pro 5,1 (mid 2010) and the card is a Sapphire 7950 with HDMI. The TV a Panasonic Viera.

I read that some MacBooks from that era don't support audio through HMDI, I couldn't find anything about the MP but could it be that the same applies to this computer?

I recently copied all content from an old eMac to an external Western Digital drive. I used a FireWire 400 > 800 cable for that, as the eMac is pretty old already.
I didn't copy stuff using Disk Utility because it would sometimes give me an error and stop copying stuff, so I didn't know what was copied and what wasn't.

Instead I slowly copied everything from "Macintosh HD" by "hand". It's weird because a lot of files still couldn't be copied, so I had to grab less files at once and copy them individually, then it worked.

What I've noticed now for the second time - because yes I've restarted at some point because of the following issue - is that the User folder doesn't appear when I browse through the external drive on my Mac Pro. It's there because I see the size of the partition, but I just don't see it. I tried to show all hidden files, but it doesn't help. The only thing that works is if I rename the folder to some random stuff, on the eMac. Then it will show up on the Mac Pro too.

What's happening here? I'm scared it will be the case with other files too and that I can't find them later anymore if I haven't renamed them!

Hi guys, would like your comments about my nMP.

I've been using iStat Menu 5 for quite some time now, and today I had a look at the stats of my nMP, and was alarmed to see the temperature of my ambient sensor 2 about 10℃ higher than ambient sensor 1 and sensor 3, highlighted in red. If you guys don't mind taking a look at my stats, I would really appreciate it.

Just a brief overview, my system is nMP 8-core, D700, 1tb SSD, 64GM Ram, with dual 27" TB  Cinema Displays. The nMP is is placed at the right end of the dual displays, against a wall with a 2-inch gap.

Here are the stats, in celcius and corresponding values in fahrenheit.



I can't explain why the temperatures for ambient sensor 2 varies so much from the other 2. The only guess I could come up with is probably dusts getting sucked into the system and perhaps disrupted the airflow to the ambient sensors. My table can get rather dusty quickly. The fact that the temperature is in RED, kinda worried me. Is there a cause for concern?

Should I take the nMP apart, and give it a couple of sprays of compressed air?

Thanks in advance.

Hi there,

My early 2008 model Mac pro's memory card just failed. Looked online and couldn't find anywhere to buy a new one. Lots on eBay but would prefer new.

Apple recommends the following:
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (part number 630-9191 or 630-9897)
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600
ATI Radeon HD 4870, offered as an upgrade kit

but does anyone else know if other graphics cards (more recent) are also compatible?

thanks for the help!

I just got a new mac pro with 12 Gb of ram.
This means the 4th memory slot is empty and wanting to be filled asap.

Now what fits in there best?
Of course it has to be the same type that's in the other slots, so i'll be going with the Apple stuff.

But does it have to be a 4 Gb module, or can i put in an 8 Gb or even a 16?
Are there any downsides to not having "paired" slots?

I am a photographer and mostly work on the road with my 2011 Macbook Pro 17”, with a 3G OWC 1TB SSD in the optical bay for Lightroom catalogs and a Samsung 1TB 850 Pro in the hard drive bay with one partition for my system and another for my User directory. There’s no doubt it’s useful life has been extended by SSD’s, and I need the storage, so no retina for me… anyway, back to my Mac Pro, which I don’t use as often, but I would like to eek some life out of, too. I have been buying some upgrades; Sonnet Pro Card, USB Card, SSD’s. I may be missing a trick or two when it comes to the best setup, so any advice gratefully received.

Predictably, I mainly work in Lightroom and Photoshop. The LR catalogs and images are all on the RAID0 Hard Drives, my system and Home folder are on the Sonnet Pro.

OSX10.9.5
2008 Mac Pro 3,1 2 x 2.8GHz Quad Core

2x4TB WD Black in RAID0
2x4TB WD Red in RAID0

Card slot #1 (PCIe 2.0 x16) NVIDEA GeForce 8800GT

Card slot #2 (PCIe 2.0 x16) Sonnet Tempo SSD Pro Plus with 2x 512GB Samsung 840 Pro in RAID0, with a 100gb partition for my boot volume Macintosh System and a 923GB partition for my Home directory; 950MB/s read.

Card slot #3 (PCIe 1.0 x4) Inateck 4 Ports PCI-E USB 3.0 Expansion Card

Card slot #4 (PCIe 1.0 x4) cheap PCIE to SATA III and eSATA CONTROLLER CARD, ASM1061, connected to eSATA HD dock (this card lets me hot swap drives in the dock, whereas the eSATA ports on the Sonnet Pro don’t). Link Speed 6 Gigabit, negotiated speed 1.5 Gigabit, due to the dock I imagine; I can get 6 Gigabit link on an internal SSD, though only in slot #1 and #2.

I am about to install 1x 128GB Samsung 830 and 1x 120GB Samsung 840 EVO in RAID0 in the lower optical bay, connected to the two sata ports on the motherboard, to use as a scratch/cache disk for PS and LR.

I am about to upgrade my RAM from 12GB to 32GB with cheap RAM from eBay (fingers crossed).

I’m a little unsure of how best to set up my hard drive bays; I’d like to have around 6TB of storage for my LR catalogs, and the rest can be assigned to safety backups and additional storage. Not sure which HD’s to use, either; the RED’s are noticeably quieter, but the BLACK’s measure 280MB/s read vs. 200MB/s for the RED’s.

Should I assign a partition on the Sonnet Pro for any LR catalog I am working on (with the images on the hard drives)? I believe this might speed things up in LR, but perhaps not as it’s also the boot card (currently the catalogs are with the images on the Hard Drives). Or should the working catalog go on the scratch disks below the optical bay?

And finally, I might like to try a little Bootcamp and Windows in the future, if that allowed for some modest gaming.

As said, any tips appreciated!

I plan on buying a new graphics card for my mac pro 1,1 and wanted to know if a XFX ATI Radeon HD 4870 can be flashed to mac drivers, also, would it be functional in a Mac Pro 1,1.

Thanks!

Problem: It seems that now 3 times in the last week and half, my Mac Pro's GPU has failed to resume from sleep altogether. As a result, system log gets constant messages like this (the log entry is Mavericks version, but Yosemite is very similar):

Also, in System Diagnostic Reports, 'Kernel' has entries like this when the problem occurs:

In an earlier thread ( http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1826367 ) I said I hadn't seen any of this on Yosemite; however, my Mac Pro wanted to prove me wrong :p. When this happens, the main display is garbled (or blank), the secondary display is blank, and the device is accessible via network, but there seems to be no way to resurrect the GPU. shutdown -r now 'fixes' the problem.

I have not changed anything recently (except turned transparency off at sometime in December), although the machine was also unused most of December. Before that, I do not think this occurred at all in November. It smells of a hardware problem to me; but as I loathe to be without my main Mac, any other options or opinions?

The device is a 6c nMP with d500. It has 2 4k monitors and fullHD projector attached to it. I bought AppleCare for it at some point, as it _did_ seem to have issues from the start and I figure if I get 3 years of useful life out of it I consider myself a winner in the transaction :).

I am not getting any 'No Paging detected' results here; but I'm no expert, so could someone shed their light on this please;

MemoryTester 1.6 64-bit, diglloydTools 2.2.2, 2013-10-26 13:20
Copyright 2006-2013 DIGLLOYD INC. All Rights Reserved
Use of this software requires a license. See http://macperformanceguide.com/Software-License.html

OS X 10.9.5, 8 CPU cores, 12288MB memory
Saturday, 3 January 2015 11:12:19 Greenwich Mean Time

mt stress —duration 5m

Bus clock: 800 MHz
Processor clock: 2800 MHz

********************************** Stress Test *********************************

Test duration: 5m
CPU percent: 100% per cpu core
Num CPU threads: 8
Memory per thread (requested): 1.34GB

Testing for non-pageable memory (can take several minutes before stress-testing begins)…

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.74GB
343MB…686MB…1.00GB…PAGING DETECTED after 1.34GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.63GB
340MB…680MB…1020MB…1.33GB…1.66GB…PAGING DETECTED after 1.99GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.53GB
336MB…672MB…1008MB…1.31GB…1.64GB…1.97GB…2.30GB…PAGING DETECTED after 2.62GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.42GB
333MB…666MB…999MB…1.30GB…1.63GB…1.95GB…2.28GB…2.60GB…PAGING DETECTED after 2.93GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.32GB
330MB…660MB…990MB…1.29GB…1.61GB…1.93GB…2.26GB…2.58GB…2.90GB…PAGING DETECTED after 3.22GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.21GB
326MB…652MB…978MB…1.27GB…1.59GB…1.91GB…2.23GB…2.55GB…2.87GB…3.18GB…PAGING DETECTED after 3.50GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.11GB
323MB…646MB…969MB…1.26GB…1.58GB…1.89GB…2.21GB…2.52GB…2.84GB…3.15GB…3.47GB…PAGING DETECTED after 3.79GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 10.01GB
320MB…640MB…960MB…1.25GB…1.56GB…1.88GB…2.19GB…2.50GB…2.81GB…3.12GB…3.44GB…3.75GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.06GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.91GB
317MB…634MB…951MB…1.24GB…1.55GB…1.86GB…2.17GB…2.48GB…2.79GB…3.10GB…3.41GB…3.71GB…4.02GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.33GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.81GB
313MB…626MB…939MB…1.22GB…1.53GB…1.83GB…2.14GB…2.45GB…2.75GB…3.06GB…3.36GB…3.67GB…3.97GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.28GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.71GB
310MB…620MB…930MB…1.21GB…1.51GB…1.82GB…2.12GB…2.42GB…2.72GB…3.03GB…3.33GB…3.63GB…3.94GB…4.24GB…PAGIN G DETECTED after 4.54GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.61GB
307MB…614MB…921MB…1.20GB…1.50GB…1.80GB…2.10GB…2.40GB…2.70GB…3.00GB…3.30GB…3.60GB…3.90GB…4.20GB…PAGIN G DETECTED after 4.50GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.51GB
304MB…608MB…912MB…1.19GB…1.48GB…1.78GB…2.08GB…2.38GB…2.67GB…2.97GB…3.27GB…3.56GB…3.86GB…4.16GB…PAGIN G DETECTED after 4.45GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.42GB
301MB…602MB…903MB…1.18GB…1.47GB…1.76GB…2.06GB…2.35GB…2.65GB…2.94GB…3.23GB…3.53GB…3.82GB…4.12GB…PAGIN G DETECTED after 4.41GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.32GB
298MB…596MB…894MB…1.16GB…1.46GB…1.75GB…2.04GB…2.33GB…2.62GB…2.91GB…3.20GB…3.49GB…3.78GB…4.07GB…PAGIN G DETECTED after 4.37GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.23GB
295MB…590MB…885MB…1.15GB…1.44GB…1.73GB…2.02GB…2.30GB…2.59GB…2.88GB…3.17GB…3.46GB…3.75GB…4.03GB…PAGIN G DETECTED after 4.32GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.14GB
292MB…584MB…876MB…1.14GB…1.43GB…1.71GB…2.00GB…2.28GB…2.57GB…2.85GB…3.14GB…3.42GB…3.71GB…3.99GB…4.28G B…PAGING DETECTED after 4.56GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 9.05GB
289MB…578MB…867MB…1.13GB…1.41GB…1.69GB…1.98GB…2.26GB…2.54GB…2.82GB…3.10GB…3.39GB…3.67GB…3.95GB…4.23G B…PAGING DETECTED after 4.52GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.96GB
286MB…572MB…858MB…1.12GB…1.40GB…1.68GB…1.96GB…2.23GB…2.51GB…2.79GB…3.07GB…3.35GB…3.63GB…3.91GB…4.19G B…PAGING DETECTED after 4.47GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.87GB
283MB…566MB…849MB…1.11GB…1.38GB…1.66GB…1.93GB…2.21GB…2.49GB…2.76GB…3.04GB…3.32GB…PAGING DETECTED after 3.59GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.78GB
280MB…560MB…840MB…1.09GB…1.37GB…1.64GB…1.91GB…2.19GB…2.46GB…2.73GB…3.01GB…3.28GB…3.55GB…3.83GB…4.10G B…PAGING DETECTED after 4.38GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.69GB
278MB…556MB…834MB…1.09GB…1.36GB…1.63GB…1.90GB…2.17GB…2.44GB…2.71GB…2.99GB…3.26GB…3.53GB…3.80GB…4.07G B…PAGING DETECTED after 4.34GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.60GB
275MB…550MB…825MB…1.07GB…1.34GB…1.61GB…1.88GB…2.15GB…2.42GB…2.69GB…2.95GB…3.22GB…3.49GB…3.76GB…4.03G B…PAGING DETECTED after 4.30GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.51GB
272MB…544MB…816MB…1.06GB…1.33GB…1.59GB…1.86GB…2.12GB…2.39GB…2.66GB…2.92GB…3.19GB…3.45GB…3.72GB…3.98G B…4.25GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.52GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.43GB
269MB…538MB…807MB…1.05GB…1.31GB…1.58GB…1.84GB…2.10GB…2.36GB…2.63GB…2.89GB…3.15GB…3.42GB…3.68GB…3.94G B…4.20GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.47GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.34GB
267MB…534MB…801MB…1.04GB…1.30GB…1.56GB…1.83GB…2.09GB…2.35GB…2.61GB…2.87GB…3.13GB…3.39GB…3.65GB…3.91G B…4.17GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.43GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.26GB
264MB…528MB…792MB…1.03GB…1.29GB…1.55GB…1.80GB…2.06GB…2.32GB…2.58GB…2.84GB…3.09GB…3.35GB…3.61GB…3.87G B…4.12GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.38GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.18GB
261MB…522MB…783MB…1.02GB…1.27GB…1.53GB…1.78GB…2.04GB…2.29GB…2.55GB…2.80GB…3.06GB…3.31GB…3.57GB…3.82G B…4.08GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.33GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.09GB
259MB…518MB…777MB…1.01GB…1.26GB…1.52GB…1.77GB…2.02GB…2.28GB…2.53GB…2.78GB…3.04GB…3.29GB…3.54GB…3.79G B…4.05GB…4.30GB…PAGING DETECTED after 4.55GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 8.01GB
256MB…512MB…768MB…1GB…1.25GB…1.50GB…1.75GB…2GB…2.25GB…2.50GB…2.75GB…3GB…3.25GB…3.50GB…3.75GB…4GB…4.2 5GB…4.50GB…4.75GB…5GB…5.25GB…5.50GB…5.75GB…6GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.25GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.93GB
253MB…506MB…759MB…1012MB…1.24GB…1.48GB…1.73GB…1.98GB…2.22GB…2.47GB…2.72GB…2.96GB…3.21GB…3.46GB…3.71G B…3.95GB…4.20GB…4.45GB…4.69GB…4.94GB…5.19GB…5.44GB…5.68GB…5.93GB…6.18GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.42GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.85GB
251MB…502MB…753MB…1004MB…1.23GB…1.47GB…1.72GB…1.96GB…2.21GB…2.45GB…2.70GB…2.94GB…3.19GB…3.43GB…3.68G B…3.92GB…4.17GB…4.41GB…4.66GB…4.90GB…5.15GB…5.39GB…5.64GB…5.88GB…6.13GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.37GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.77GB
248MB…496MB…744MB…992MB…1.21GB…1.45GB…1.70GB…1.94GB…2.18GB…2.42GB…2.66GB…2.91GB…3.15GB…3.39GB…3.63GB …3.88GB…4.12GB…4.36GB…4.60GB…4.84GB…5.09GB…5.33GB…5.57GB…5.81GB…6.05GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.30GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.70GB
246MB…492MB…738MB…984MB…1.20GB…1.44GB…1.68GB…1.92GB…2.16GB…2.40GB…2.64GB…2.88GB…3.12GB…3.36GB…3.60GB …3.84GB…4.08GB…4.32GB…4.56GB…4.80GB…5.04GB…5.29GB…5.53GB…5.77GB…6.01GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.25GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.62GB
243MB…486MB…729MB…972MB…1.19GB…1.42GB…1.66GB…1.90GB…2.14GB…2.37GB…2.61GB…2.85GB…3.08GB…3.32GB…3.56GB …3.80GB…4.03GB…4.27GB…4.51GB…4.75GB…4.98GB…5.22GB…5.46GB…5.70GB…5.93GB…6.17GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.41GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.54GB
241MB…482MB…723MB…964MB…1.18GB…1.41GB…1.65GB…1.88GB…2.12GB…2.35GB…2.59GB…2.82GB…3.06GB…3.29GB…3.53GB …3.77GB…4.00GB…4.24GB…4.47GB…4.71GB…4.94GB…5.18GB…5.41GB…5.65GB…5.88GB…6.12GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.35GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.46GB
238MB…476MB…714MB…952MB…1.16GB…1.39GB…1.63GB…1.86GB…2.09GB…2.32GB…2.56GB…2.79GB…3.02GB…3.25GB…3.49GB …3.72GB…3.95GB…4.18GB…4.42GB…4.65GB…4.88GB…5.11GB…5.35GB…5.58GB…5.81GB…6.04GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.28GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.39GB
236MB…472MB…708MB…944MB…1.15GB…1.38GB…1.61GB…1.84GB…2.07GB…2.30GB…2.54GB…2.77GB…3.00GB…3.23GB…3.46GB …3.69GB…3.92GB…4.15GB…4.38GB…4.61GB…4.84GB…5.07GB…5.30GB…5.53GB…5.76GB…5.99GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.22GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.32GB
234MB…468MB…702MB…936MB…1.14GB…1.37GB…1.60GB…1.83GB…2.06GB…2.29GB…2.51GB…2.74GB…2.97GB…3.20GB…3.43GB …3.66GB…3.88GB…4.11GB…4.34GB…4.57GB…4.80GB…5.03GB…5.26GB…5.48GB…5.71GB…5.94GB…6.17GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.40GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.24GB
231MB…462MB…693MB…924MB…1.13GB…1.35GB…1.58GB…1.80GB…2.03GB…2.26GB…2.48GB…2.71GB…2.93GB…3.16GB…3.38GB …3.61GB…3.83GB…4.06GB…4.29GB…4.51GB…4.74GB…4.96GB…5.19GB…5.41GB…5.64GB…5.87GB…6.09GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.32GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.17GB
229MB…458MB…687MB…916MB…1.12GB…1.34GB…1.57GB…1.79GB…2.01GB…2.24GB…2.46GB…2.68GB…2.91GB…3.13GB…3.35GB …3.58GB…3.80GB…4.03GB…4.25GB…4.47GB…4.70GB…4.92GB…5.14GB…5.37GB…5.59GB…5.81GB…6.04GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.26GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.10GB
227MB…454MB…681MB…908MB…1.11GB…1.33GB…1.55GB…1.77GB…2.00GB…2.22GB…2.44GB…2.66GB…2.88GB…3.10GB…3.33GB …3.55GB…3.77GB…3.99GB…4.21GB…4.43GB…4.66GB…4.88GB…5.10GB…5.32GB…5.54GB…5.76GB…5.99GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.21GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 7.03GB
224MB…448MB…672MB…896MB…1.09GB…1.31GB…1.53GB…1.75GB…1.97GB…2.19GB…2.41GB…2.62GB…2.84GB…3.06GB…3.28GB …3.50GB…3.72GB…3.94GB…4.16GB…4.38GB…4.59GB…4.81GB…5.03GB…5.25GB…5.47GB…5.69GB…5.91GB…6.12GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.34GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.96GB
222MB…444MB…666MB…888MB…1.08GB…1.30GB…1.52GB…1.73GB…1.95GB…2.17GB…2.38GB…2.60GB…2.82GB…3.04GB…3.25GB …3.47GB…3.69GB…3.90GB…4.12GB…4.34GB…4.55GB…4.77GB…4.99GB…5.20GB…5.42GB…5.64GB…5.85GB…6.07GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.29GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.88GB
220MB…440MB…660MB…880MB…1.07GB…1.29GB…1.50GB…1.72GB…1.93GB…2.15GB…2.36GB…2.58GB…2.79GB…3.01GB…3.22GB …3.44GB…3.65GB…3.87GB…4.08GB…4.30GB…4.51GB…4.73GB…4.94GB…5.16GB…5.37GB…5.59GB…5.80GB…6.02GB…6.23GB…P AGING DETECTED after 6.45GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.82GB
218MB…436MB…654MB…872MB…1.06GB…1.28GB…1.49GB…1.70GB…1.92GB…2.13GB…2.34GB…2.55GB…2.77GB…2.98GB…3.19GB …3.41GB…3.62GB…3.83GB…4.04GB…4.26GB…4.47GB…4.68GB…4.90GB…5.11GB…5.32GB…5.54GB…5.75GB…5.96GB…6.17GB…P AGING DETECTED after 6.39GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.75GB
215MB…430MB…645MB…860MB…1.05GB…1.26GB…1.47GB…1.68GB…1.89GB…2.10GB…2.31GB…2.52GB…2.73GB…2.94GB…3.15GB …3.36GB…3.57GB…3.78GB…3.99GB…4.20GB…4.41GB…4.62GB…4.83GB…5.04GB…5.25GB…5.46GB…5.67GB…5.88GB…6.09GB…P AGING DETECTED after 6.30GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.68GB
213MB…426MB…639MB…852MB…1.04GB…1.25GB…1.46GB…1.66GB…1.87GB…2.08GB…2.29GB…2.50GB…2.70GB…2.91GB…3.12GB …3.33GB…3.54GB…3.74GB…3.95GB…4.16GB…4.37GB…4.58GB…4.78GB…4.99GB…5.20GB…5.41GB…5.62GB…5.82GB…6.03GB…P AGING DETECTED after 6.24GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.61GB
211MB…422MB…633MB…844MB…1.03GB…1.24GB…1.44GB…1.65GB…1.85GB…2.06GB…2.27GB…2.47GB…2.68GB…2.88GB…3.09GB …3.30GB…3.50GB…3.71GB…3.92GB…4.12GB…4.33GB…4.53GB…4.74GB…4.95GB…5.15GB…5.36GB…5.56GB…5.77GB…5.98GB…6 .18GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.39GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.54GB
209MB…418MB…627MB…836MB…1.02GB…1.22GB…1.43GB…1.63GB…1.84GB…2.04GB…2.25GB…2.45GB…2.65GB…2.86GB…3.06GB …3.27GB…3.47GB…3.67GB…3.88GB…4.08GB…4.29GB…4.49GB…4.69GB…4.90GB…5.10GB…5.31GB…5.51GB…5.71GB…5.92GB…6 .12GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.33GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.48GB
207MB…414MB…621MB…828MB…1.01GB…1.21GB…1.42GB…1.62GB…1.82GB…2.02GB…2.22GB…2.43GB…2.63GB…2.83GB…3.03GB …3.23GB…3.44GB…3.64GB…3.84GB…4.04GB…4.25GB…4.45GB…4.65GB…4.85GB…5.05GB…5.26GB…5.46GB…5.66GB…5.86GB…6 .06GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.27GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.41GB
205MB…410MB…615MB…820MB…1.00GB…1.20GB…1.40GB…1.60GB…1.80GB…2.00GB…2.20GB…2.40GB…2.60GB…2.80GB…3.00GB …3.20GB…3.40GB…3.60GB…3.80GB…4.00GB…4.20GB…4.40GB…4.60GB…4.80GB…5.00GB…5.21GB…5.41GB…5.61GB…5.81GB…6 .01GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.21GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.35GB
203MB…406MB…609MB…812MB…1015MB…1.19GB…1.39GB…1.59GB…1.78GB…1.98GB…2.18GB…2.38GB…2.58GB…2.78GB…2.97GB …3.17GB…3.37GB…3.57GB…3.77GB…3.96GB…4.16GB…4.36GB…4.56GB…4.76GB…4.96GB…5.15GB…5.35GB…5.55GB…5.75GB…5 .95GB…6.15GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.34GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.28GB
201MB…402MB…603MB…804MB…1005MB…1.18GB…1.37GB…1.57GB…1.77GB…1.96GB…2.16GB…2.36GB…2.55GB…2.75GB…2.94GB …3.14GB…3.34GB…3.53GB…3.73GB…3.93GB…4.12GB…4.32GB…4.51GB…4.71GB…4.91GB…5.10GB…5.30GB…5.50GB…5.69GB…5 .89GB…6.08GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.28GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.22GB
199MB…398MB…597MB…796MB…995MB…1.17GB…1.36GB…1.55GB…1.75GB…1.94GB…2.14GB…2.33GB…2.53GB…2.72GB…2.92GB… 3.11GB…3.30GB…3.50GB…3.69GB…3.89GB…4.08GB…4.28GB…4.47GB…4.66GB…4.86GB…5.05GB…5.25GB…5.44GB…5.64GB…5. 83GB…6.02GB…PAGING DETECTED after 6.22GB
Paging detected, reducing memory usage and retrying.

Checking for virtual memory paging for 6.16GB
197MB…394MB…591MB…788MB…985MB…1.15GB…1.35GB…1.54GB…1.73GB…1.92GB…2.12GB…2.31GB…2.50GB…2.69GB…2.89GB… 3.08GB…3.27GB…3.46GB…3.66GB…3.85GB…4.04GB…4.23GB…4.42GB…4.62GB…4.81GB…5.00GB…5.19GB…5.39GB…5.58GB…5. 77GB…5.96GB…6.16GB…
Allocated 788MB per thread (6.16GB) for 8 threads, reverifying paging behavior…
Done determining pageable memory.

Avoid starting applications while tests are running; system response will be very sluggish.
Memory usage per thread: 788.2MB
Volumes to test: none

Creating 8 thread(s) at 100% utilization, each consuming 788.2MB for a total memory use of 6.16GB
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Starting…
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 started.
Waiting for all threads to start…
All threads were started.
8 threads started successfully using a total of 6.16GB of memory, to be accessed continually.


=====> Use ctrl-C to stop <=====
Speeds denote memory bandwidth: copy and compare speed (memcpy + 64-bit compare)
Allow several minutes for averages to stabilize, especially with large memory sizes.

6s: 5033 629 629 629 629 629 629 629 629 (best)
10s: 3071 384 384 384 384 384 384 384 384
16s: 5571 727 727 727 727 727 727 484 727 (best)
20s: 4666 583 583 583 583 583 583 583 583
26s: 4799 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600
30s: 5206 651 651 651 651 651 651 651 651
36s: 5213 652 652 652 652 652 652 652 652
40s: 5478 685 685 685 685 685 685 685 685
46s: 5448 681 681 681 681 681 681 681 681
50s: 5642 705 705 705 705 705 705 705 705 (best)
56s: 5600 700 700 700 700 700 700 700 700
60s: 5686 719 654 719 719 719 719 719 719 (best)
66s: 5706 713 713 713 713 713 713 713 713 (best)
70s: 5493 729 673 673 673 673 729 673 673
76s: 5474 723 671 671 671 671 723 671 671
80s: 5496 687 687 687 687 687 687 687 687
86s: 5479 685 685 685 685 685 685 685 685
90s: 5585 698 698 698 698 698 698 698 698
96s: 5564 696 696 696 696 696 696 696 696
100s: 5657 707 707 707 707 707 707 707 707
106s: 5634 704 704 704 704 704 704 704 704
110s: 5537 714 679 679 679 679 714 679 714
116s: 5556 711 678 678 711 678 711 678 711
120s: 5502 688 688 688 688 688 688 688 688
126s: 5490 686 686 686 686 686 686 686 686
130s: 5563 695 695 695 695 695 695 695 695
136s: 5492 694 694 694 694 665 694 665 694
140s: 5504 702 702 702 674 674 674 674 702
146s: 5493 700 700 700 673 673 673 673 700
150s: 5505 708 682 682 682 682 682 682 708
156s: 5520 706 681 706 681 681 681 681 706
160s: 5530 713 688 688 688 688 688 688 688
166s: 5520 711 687 687 687 687 687 687 687
170s: 5552 717 694 694 694 671 694 694 694
176s: 5564 715 693 693 693 693 693 693 693
180s: 5594 721 699 699 699 677 699 699 699
186s: 5583 719 698 698 698 677 698 698 698
190s: 5610 704 704 704 704 683 704 704 704
196s: 5619 723 702 702 702 682 702 702 702
200s: 5645 708 708 708 708 688 708 708 708
206s: 5652 726 707 707 707 688 707 707 707
210s: 5657 712 712 712 712 693 712 693 712
216s: 5682 729 710 710 710 692 710 710 710
220s: 5668 715 697 715 715 697 715 697 715
226s: 5692 714 714 714 714 696 714 714 714
230s: 5679 718 701 718 701 701 718 701 718
236s: 5718 717 717 717 717 700 717 717 717 (best)
240s: 5705 721 705 721 705 705 721 705 721
246s: 5710 720 704 720 720 704 720 704 720
250s: 5729 724 708 724 708 708 724 708 724 (best)
256s: 5718 722 707 722 707 707 722 707 722
260s: 5736 726 711 726 711 711 711 711 726 (best)
266s: 5740 725 710 725 710 710 725 710 725 (best)
270s: 5742 729 714 714 714 714 714 714 729 (best)
276s: 5760 727 713 727 713 713 727 713 727 (best)
280s: 5762 731 717 717 717 717 717 717 731 (best)
286s: 5779 729 716 729 716 716 729 716 729 (best)
290s: 5781 733 719 719 719 719 719 719 733 (best)
296s: 5796 731 718 731 718 718 731 718 731 (best)
300s: 5798 735 722 722 722 722 722 722 735 (best)
Memory copy speed (memcpy): 5798 MB/sec
Waiting for tasks to exit…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…8…7…7…6…6…6…6…6…6…6…6…6…5…5…5…5…5…4…4…4…2…done.
Test duration: 300.2 seconds…

Command “stress” executed in 642.51 seconds.

The processor in particular.
Are the four CPU options all the same socket type / same motherboard architecture/ compatibility?
I have seen statements regarding this issue as well as responses claiming the contrary which is confusing.

Generally mainstream computer hardware drops in price drastically after a period of time, but since the hardware components for the nMP are mostly unique perhaps getting parts cheaper later on is unlikely.

Due to the huge discrepancy in price between the four CPU options I can imagine some of the owners of this machine would be interested in an eventual upgrade to lengthen the usable life of their computer or simply make it more capable when it is affordable.

Your thoughts? Knowledge? Recommendations?

Hi all,

I’ve been having issues for a while with my mac pro early 2008. Here are the specs :

Mac pro early 2008
OSX Mavericks
2x2.8ghz Quad Core Intel Xeon
32 GB
ATI Radeon HD 5770
1.5TB and 2TB Samsung HD

So my computer has been restarting randomly for a year or so now. Sometimes it restarts continuously for 5mns, sometimes just once and sometimes not at all for a week or more. I first brought it to a mac repair guy who diagnosed a fail hard drive so he replaced it with a brand new one. Nothing else was wrong.

It went well for a few weeks but it started all over again. So I resetted the SMC a few times but nothing. I did a memtest on the new rams I bought but it passed.
Then I used a fan controller (smcFancontrol) and it worked well for months! Until summer came, my room got hot and it did it again.

I noticed that it always does it when my room gets warm. But I can hear the fans, I checked inside and they all seem to work.
I’ve checked a lot of forums on internet, people talk about the power supply, others about giving it a good clean. I cleaned it with compressed air cleaner but it does the same.

So I decided to do a hardware test but for some reason I cannot make it worked. Whether I hold D or Option +D, nothing happens, it just starts as usual.. I have a wireless keyboard and some people reckon it’s because I’d need a usb keyboard.

Are there some people with a solution out there? It’s just so frustrating I want to buy a new one but it’s pretty useful for music composing (and expensive!)

Thanks
Nadege

Hello,

I have been following this group for a long time and just ordered a refurb base nmp. I obviously need more storage and was curious the best, most affordable options you are using.

I was thinking a Lacie thunderbolt 2 disk drive (knowing that tb2 at 20gbs won't work with a 7200 disk drive). It's affordable and has a lot of space.

I take it most of you are keeping your OS and software on the 256gb flash and storing all of your media on the external drive?

Does this work well? I am just a consumer with a lot of images and will use it to make movies and media projects for our family.

Should I just see if Apple will upgrade my refurb computer for the same cost as ordering the config? Like a 512 or 1tb?

Sorry for all the questions, I am just looking for a good opinion. Thanks!

I had a brilliant plan to upgrade my Mac Pro from Mountain Lion to Yosemite...bad idea. It was a clean install with the stock 8800GT, turned on FileVault and swapped back in my 660Ti, thats when I ran into trouble.

With the PC NVIDIA GPU under Mountain Lion with FileVault2, I would normally decrypt the disk "blind" by just typing in the right keys and hoping the sequence was right.

Under Yosemite, the same typing-blind trick wont work any more. The machine simply wont boot with ONLY the PC GPU installed. I spent over an hour swapping hardware and I was finally able to boot with the PC GPU after turning off FileVault (with the stock 8800GT).

Is this a known issue? I couldnt find any reference to it in search.

I know Apple only supports their own drives, but my older 2006 Mac Pro uses WD SATA drives just fine as well as a boot OSX Intel SSD. I have a SSD booting my newly purchased 2009MP.
I want to do a RAID 5 with this and have purchased an Apple Raid card and a fresh battery for it.
I need to get hard drives and I heard there is a 2TB limit for the Apple RAID card. Is this true?
Anyone have experience using particular drives, etc?
WD Red? (Western Digital Red, maybe?
I read about a firmware update for the Apple RAID. That's help?
Thanks everyone.
-Beau

Hi,
Quick question to nMP owners:

How long does it take to put your machine to sleep?
Mine wakes up immediately but it takes around 40 seconds to 2 minutes to turn off.

Does anybody know whether this behaviour is normal?

I'll be getting a 5.1 2009 MacPro to replace my 2011 iMac so my Western Digital Thundetbolt Velociraptor Duo won't be compatible. After doing a fresh back up of the drives I believe I can reconfigure them as JOBD with the WD utility software and then I'll install them in slots #2 & #3. Then I Should be able reconfigure them for RAID 0, even if I end up having to reformat them, using Apple's Disk Utility and copy the files back onto them from the backup drive.

Any possible problems here?

I heard some 2009 MPs (4,1) were sold with single socket boards but some were also sole with dual socket boards but with only one CPU. Mine only has one CPU, but it's a single quad core. My old 2006 MP1,1 had 2 X dual core 2.66's
How can I tell if mine has a dual socket board?
(I want to upgrade to dual 6 core procs and the upgrade person wants to know if it's a single proc board or not. Costs more for single proc board upgrade to dual)
Thanks.

Hope for some good advice here as I decide what to buy as my new mac....Mac Pro vs the new 27" iMac, and with what upgrades/add-ons. I've been reading a ton online, but am still not sure on the tradeoffs for the kind of work I will be doing...which is 2D graphics apps like illustrator and photoshop mostly, and solidworks & autoCAD occasionally (3D in parallels).

This machine will be my studio machine for at least 5 years. I am upgrading from a MBP 2008 which is too slow now, and chugs on graphics apps, especially after my Wacom Cintiq 24 HD touch tabled joined the mix.

My 30" cinema display just died last week. RIP.

Some reviews say that the iMac is now very close to the Mac Pro in performance, unless you are doing professional stuff, or you need a lot of upgradability/expansion. I'm an amateur, but I don't know if my planned usage is "professional" or not. As for upgradability, I don't know how to judge...I will be using this machine for 5 years...?

If I trick out the 27" iMac with the processor, RAM, and graphics card and 1T flash drive, its just under $5K. That's about the max budget. What's the relative value of the iMac with all the bells and whistles, vs a Mac Pro (with what options?), considering I don't want to spend more than $5K for the whole system? And with the Mac Pro, I have to buy a display too...

I am assuming the iMac will have no trouble driving my Wacom Cintiq 24DH Touch tablet with no delays or issues....?

Any help or advice would be super. thanks.