Mac Pro 2010 PCIe slots: which is which?
Hi there, Can someone advise, please? I know there are four PCIe slots in the back of my Mac Pro. For some reason (I find it counterintuitive), they're numbered from the bottom up. So the lowest PCIe...
View ArticleHas GTX 650 Ti been confirmed in OSX?
I was looking into getting a 6870, but since almost everyone is out of stock on them I'm considering going with a 650 Ti for now and then upgrading later. It just came out last month and it's not...
View ArticleBuying a Mac Pro 2009 - and then swapping processors - a few questions
Which Mac Pro 3.1 should I buy if I wanted to just swap out the processors right away? This will replace my 1,1 for mostly Lightroom 4 and Photoshop work.
View ArticleUNIX/linux
I am looking to specifically get a Mac Pro soon, and was wondering if many users dual boot with a version of Linux or UNIX as well, and if so, how's the compatibility? Specifically it will be a 2012...
View ArticleSpeed difference: 12 core 2.93 vs 12 core 2.66
Hi Guys, I've just bought a refurb 2010 12 core 2.93 which is being kinda glitchy (mouse not working on login screen & buzz coming from both front and back headphone sockets) and apple care are...
View ArticleNew Video Card - Final Questions
I posted a while ago about getting a new graphics card for the 2010 1x 6-core Mac Pro. The video card that came with it is the ATI 5870. If I get this card:...
View ArticleTwo 5770s in Early 2009 Mac Pro?
Hey guys! We're going a lot more video stuff at my church, and our old GT120's just weren't handling what we needed. Is there any way to put two 5770's in a 2009 Pro? I know they technically aren't...
View ArticleMac Pro 2009 SMC Error. Please help!
Hi there, It's the first time I post here, any help would be apreciated. I have a Mac Pro Early 2009 and since a few days all fans turn at full speed right after the startup chime. I've done SMC and...
View Article3 DIMM slots in 2010 MP, 4th slot empty. Can I add another stick?
This may be a stupid question, but because I have no idea why I put three 8GB sticks of RAM in my Mac Pro 2010, and left the 4th DIMM slot empty, I have to ask: can I go ahead and add another 8GB stick...
View ArticleMounting a drive instantly crashes my Mac
Hello, I wanted to install Windows on a drive, and I used the BootCamp helper. Under Windows, in the list of drives, I couldn't find the drive I wanted to use, because Windows couldn't make sense of my...
View ArticleCan you install dual gtx 680's in a Mac Pro on bootcamp?
Just what the title says. Looking to put in one 680 at least but I wonder if down the road I could put in another as well Brodie
View ArticleeSATA drives not seen when powered on
Running 10.6.8 on a 2009 5,1 (upgraded from 4,1). I have noticed that eSATA drives in a Sans Digital enclosure do not appear in Disk Utility nor on the desktop when I power the unit up. They will show...
View ArticleLet's rev up some excitement for the 2014 Mac Pro!
Just a twist on the 2013 thread. I wanted to ask the community the following, as Professionals using the machine to make a living, do you foresee yourself sticking with the Apple ecosystem in future if...
View ArticleHow to tell which Bluetooth Controller is being used?
Hey everyone, I bought a rocketfish bluetooh USB and plugged it into the Mac Pro and rebooted. Is there a way to see if the computer is using this as the bluetooth chip - over the internal one? Thanks...
View ArticleMacPro Multi GPU onboard
Imagination Technologies says that the PowerVR 6 series will offer performance up to 1 TFLOPS. I wonder whether it would be possible and reasonable to put a several such GPU processors on MacPro...
View ArticleIs it possible to simulate use over some days?
I have struggled with a Mac Pro since this summer. We have had strange problems and I think I have nailed it down to the HDD's. Now everything is reinstalled with new drives, and I would like to...
View Article"Fusion Drive" on a Mac Pro
From the little I have learned on "Fusion Drive", it seems to create a single volume for a SSD and HDD, using algorithms to read/write to the respective drives in order to increase speed. I have a...
View ArticleMac Pro LED cinema connections
I purchased a used Mac Pro 2009 8-core machine and today received a new 27" LED Display. This is the model before Apple came out with the Thunderbolt display. My Mac Pro has the 512 MB VRAM RADEON HD...
View ArticleStrange Problem... please help
I have a Mac Pro 2010 with Dual processors. I have a strange problem that happened after I tried to carbon copy my regular hard drive to ssd drive. My mouse and keyboard do not work after a reboot for...
View ArticleRunning 5x Displays on a Mac Pro 1.1 using two 5770
Hi Everyone, Been working on a quartz composer video wall using a Mac Pro 1.1 Quad-Core, two flashed/windows ATI 5770s and five Samsung 1080p monitors. The problem is I can't seem to get more than two...
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