Installing 3 pin Airport card in early 2009 Mac Pro
Help me please. I have just installed an airport card into my early 2009 Mac Pro as it was cheaper than installing ethernet to where my computer is. It IS working but has poor reception. The airport...
View ArticleWhat would you do?
I have MP 2010 with 2x E5620 and now I got one new X5687 for free. As I got only one I don't know what's the best thing to do. Sell all 3 of them on ebay and buy something else for the same amount of...
View ArticleCannot Empty Trash
I have a couple of items in trash that will not delete. I get this error message :- The operation canÂ’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8003). I have tried Force Empty...
View ArticleHard drives sleeping in spite of Energy Saver settings
Hi guys, Lately I've been noticing that the RAID volumes in my Mac Pro seem to spin down/go to sleep when I'm away from the computer even when I've UNCHECKED the "Put hard disks to sleep when possible"...
View ArticleHas anyone used this PCIe SATA card?
I am thinking about getting a SATA PCI card to run my OS off of. There are a few around, including some very expensive ones from OWC, but I thought this one on Amazon looked like a good deal. Plus I...
View Article7970 Heaven results
Hi Guys n gals I think my mind is made up on the 7950 Mac Edition, but just to be sure I would like anyone with a 7970 (pref a Hex core machine) to run the Heaven Benchmark for me on 1080p High quality...
View Articleproblems with external hard drive
I had a bunch of files on an external hard drive (a lacie). i deleted them off the external hard drive. when this happens - they get put into the trash. they're still sitting on the external hard...
View ArticleAdvice: New updated iMac or upcoming MacPro?
Hey guys, I'm not a techie, so alot of the specs go in one ear and out the other. I'm definitely wanting a new computer by the end of the year. Granted, we don't know what the new Mac Pro's will cost,...
View ArticleSonnettech Tempo Pro + Bootcamp woes
Hello, I recently bought a Sonnettech Tempo Pro for my Early 2008 Mac Pro (3,1) because I wanted to be able to get maximum throughput out of the SSD's I have installed in the system. Plus being able to...
View ArticleBest Raid Card for 5,1 Mac Pro
Hello to all, I am wanting to upgrade the storage in my Mac Pro. Currently I run 4x WD VelociRaptors 160GB's in Raid 0 as my boot volume with a 2tb and 1tb in the optical drive bay. Now what I would...
View ArticleOpenCL Fermi patch?
Greetings, all. I have an early 2009 Mac Pro, firmware patched to 5.1, running a W3680 on OS 10.8.4 with 14GM RAM. I recently installed a MacVidCards-flashed 3GB GTX 580 that seems to work well...
View ArticleSluggish hard drive performance
I have a 1tb and 2tb caviar black hard drives installed in my mac pro that are a few years old. I test them in disk utility and they come out fine but when I go browse the drives it takes awhile before...
View ArticleEmpty 4TB Seagate Drive Has Quite A Lot Used
I couldn't work out the ideal forum here for this question so I have put it here in the Mac Pro forum because that is the nearest. I have just put a new 4TB Seagate Desktop HDD.15 drive into my Mac...
View ArticleMacs are sealed - How to best go with the flow?
I'm trying to come to terms with the fact that Macs are sealed. Of course, Macs aren't totally sealed. If you have the time, knowledge, inclicantion and patience you can open them up and replace or...
View ArticleWhat is the date of release? When going on sale?
I want the exact date of release for the new Mac Pro...a definitive date. I want to know when they are going on sale. For certain. I cannot find reference to this anywhere, Apple, or elsewhere. The...
View Articleim looking at getting my first mac!
Hello, Im looking at getting a used mac pro, and i was looking at getting it off macofalltrades, or if u know a better site to get it from i would like to know what u think. but im not sure what is the...
View ArticleIs the new Mac Pro Overkill as a Gaming Machine?
I am currently using a high end MacMini (2012) with maxed out RAM. I do quite a bit of photo editing in Aperture but no video or 3D work. I do however enjoy playing X-Plane 10 and Sim City but find I...
View Articlesingle cpu in dual cpu machine
Does anyone know if you can run a dual cpu mac pro with only one processor installed? People who have one CPU break will know :P I'm planning to upgrade, but will probably do it in two steps due to...
View ArticleCan firmware from iMac GTX 780M be used to flash GTX 780s for Mac Pros?
Now that iMacs can be optioned with GTX 780M graphics, I was wondering if the firmware can be used to flash desktop versions of GTX 780s for use in Mac Pros. Also of interest is the firmware from the...
View ArticleFlashing Rocket 640L gives "No Adaptor Found"
I am attempting to flash the firmware on my Highpoint Rocket 640L and am encountering "No Adaptor Found!!" messages from the mvf_mag.exe flashing tool. I need to update the Broadcom BIOS to get past...
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