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How do I get an XFX Core Edition 6770 to work in my Mac Pro?
I have an XFX Core Edition 6770 that I'm trying to get to work with my Mac Pro and Mountain Lion (10.8.4). How do I get it to work? I see that it is connected in the Expansion Slot Utility (1st slot):...
View ArticleBlack Screen When Doing Bootcamp Install
I successfully partion my disk during the bootcamp install. The computer then restarts and tries to boot off of my windows disk (for installation). At the top left of the screen a cursor "|" blinks...
View ArticleTo partition or not to partition.
I'm replacing the 120GB SSD in my mac pro with a 500GB SSD and I would like to use part of it as my start up disk and the remainder of it for working files. With that being said would it be best to...
View ArticleWhich is better? 2 SSDs or 1 BIG 1TB SSD
Now that affordable 960GB SSDs 1TB SSDs are here which is choice for my 2010 Mac Pro 5,1 3.33 GHz 6-Core Xeon upgrade to my main system disk? 1. 2 480GB ssds on a Sonnet Tempo Pro (RAID 0) 2. one (1)...
View ArticleMac Pro - No chime but power and fan on
I have 2, 4 year old, Mac Pro Intel Xenons, purchased in May of 09. I am holding out till the new desktops come out ( hopefully soon ). I never upgrade other then adding hard drives. One just stopped...
View ArticleMac Pro - will not shut down/restart
I have 2, 4 year old, Mac Pro Intel Xenons, purchased in May of 09. I am holding out till the new desktops come out ( hopefully soon ). I have had a problem shutting down and restarting... it shuts out...
View ArticlePower Mac G4 Glitchy Graphics
Hi. Here my power mac has been exhibiting graphics problems for well over a year now. I replaced one of the graphics cards recently and it seemed to work for a while now it's doing it again. There...
View ArticleBest Budget SSD for Mid-2010 Mac Pro
I would appreciate some recommendations regarding an SSD as a main hard drive from my 2010 Mac Pro. It is a quad core, and I don't do anything heavy, but I've noticed it is really slowing down. I...
View Articleneed help. no picture
hello. I don't know much at all about computers so could use some help. I am getting no picture from my mac. I have tried hooking it to a different monitor with no luck and have used a different vga...
View ArticleWhere would I notice the performance boost?
Hello everyone, I'm looking to upgrade my 12-core Mac Pro in the near future my main line of work is centered around adobe premiere pro, after effects and cinema 4d. What do you guys think I would see...
View ArticleAreca ARC-1223-8I & ICY DOCK Backplane
Hi, Could some confirm that this configuration I have planned would work in a MacPro 5.1 2@2.66 12 core w/ OSX 10.6.8. and the ICY DOCK fit LxWxH We are mostly doing large PS .PSB files 2GB+ and...
View Articlemac pro hard drive install problem
I thought I might find this but search did not get any hits- I am trying to install a second hard drive in my mac pro 2x2.66 dual core intel xeon. I bought a seagate drive from newegg (22-148-840 HDD...
View ArticleMac Pro 2009 install RAM
I thought that installing ram in a Mac Pro couldn't be so hard, until I started the Mac Pro... I have 4x4GB and 4x2GB, So at first I did: 1 -> 2GB 2 -> 2GB 3 -> 4GB 4 -> 4GB 5 -> 2GB 6...
View ArticleMy essay on Thunderbolt ports vs PCIe Slots
Why Thunderbolt This essay starts on the premise that mobile computing is the trend, even amongst creative professionals, and that the PC is in decline, and along with it, vendor interest in developing...
View ArticleMac Pro Fan revs to 1500+ at boot
Hey my mac pro 5.1 3.2 has a problem where the expansion fan revs to 1500+ at startup just right after the apple logo shows and as soon as it hits desktop the fans take about 20 seconds to go down to...
View ArticleGTX Titan So where do we stand...?
Hi guys, Sorry again to re-open such topics, but as far I read here and there, for instance this very interesting discussion (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...1565650&page=5) and so on so...
View ArticleMP and Time Capsule
I bought an Airport Extreme the other day and figured, what the heck, for an extra $100 Apple throws in a 2 TB HDD. I thought I might use it as a shared network disk for a couple of Mac systems. Or, I...
View Article'09 MacPro's GT120 powerful enough for 2560x1440?
Thread title pretty much sums it up. According to everymac.com my machine (2.66 quad) can handle resolutions up to 2560x1600, but I wonder if it does so comfortably and seamlessly or whether there will...
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View ArticleWhat does QCX stand for on Spec label?
I was looking at Mac Pros on ebay (to maybe own one :) ) and this one I was looking at was a 2.66GHz QCX (Quad Core ...) and was wondering what that stood for. So my other question is, is it 2x dual...
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