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    MP 1,1-5,1 NVME M2 Speed changing between 800-1700 MB/s Mac Pro 5.1 Windows 11 PLEASE HELP

    Hi Everyone! Please help me to solve it. 2xXeon 5690 64gb 1333 RAM RX580 8Gb 240 Gb SSD GoodRam connected through diskrom (Windows 11 installed here) 1Tb M2 KINGSTON SNV2S1000G installed through adapter Frime PCI-E x4 to M.2 (B & M Key) NGFF (ECF-PCIEtoSSD001.LP) Im searching my solve almost...
  2. Raphaël10

    MP 1,1-5,1 Flashing an RX580

    Hello, i have an 2009 Mac Pro flashed to 5.1 running High Sierra. I want to buy a AMD Radeon RX580. Macvidcards it’s to expensive for me, so I want to know if I can flash it by myself to have a bootscreen. I want to have a dual boot macOS/Windows.
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Monterey won't boot after restore VMM flag and SMBIOS to default, Opencore Martin Lo.

    I've BigSur on an ssd on a pcie slot, and Monterey newly installed in another, I've installed Monterey after turning ON the VMM flag and SMBIOS spoofing OFF, but when it finished, and reset the two tweaks to default to get full acceleration as recommended by Marin Lo, Monterey can't boot, it...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 5,1 GT120 & HD5770: No video output via DP to Ultrawide Display

    Hey gang, I recently acquired a 2012 5,1 that came with no drives and RAM. Got it home and tried to get it booted using the HD5770 connected to my LG 35" Ultrawide via the mini DP on the card to the DP on the display. No output whatsoever. Basically no signal detected by the display as it...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Can the 5,1 run the AMD 7000 Series under Windows 11?

    I've done a fair amount of searching and can't seem to find an answer to this question. Is it possible to run an AMD 7000 series GPU in a 5,1 under Windows? I know the 6000 series can run with the Syncretic firmware patch, but the 7000 is lower power and actually cheaper to buy than the 6000...
  6. Cheekyrobot

    MP 1,1-5,1 mac pro 5.1 mac os ventura amd radeon rx560 - black screen aftter boot PLEASE HELP

    Hi, I am new to the forum hopefuly some gentle soul can help me =) I decided to upgrade my mac pro 5.1 from monterey to ventura through open core patcher but since my gtx 970 has no metal capabilities i decided to buy an amd rx 560 which is polaris 21 architectural. I need metal because logic...
  7. Whipmaker

    MP 1,1-5,1 DVD causing random restarts

    I have a 2010 Mac Pro 2010 5,1 For the last 2 months it has been experiencing random restarts, always late at night when no one's around and the only way for me to tell it has in fact restarted is that a 8TB drive that I use for Time Machine has not loaded This drive has never loaded on a...
  8. culser

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 2012 5.1 red lights on CPU board

    2 red lights on the cpu board have come on, i don't remember when. what do they mean Mac Pro 2012 5.1 2 - 6 core 3.46Ghz / bootRom 144 installing Monterey as the time and date of this post Please advise
  9. Black Ninja Original

    MP 1,1-5,1 MacPro 5.1, Opencore and best macOS 2023 for audio

    Hi! I have a MacPro 5.1, macOS Mojave, 96GB RAM, Kyrom.2 aquacomputer with Samsung 970 EVO SSD, Allegro Pro USB3.2 PCI Card and NVIDIA Quadro K5000 for Mac. I work with music production in Logic Pro and use tons of plugins (Waves, Izotope, Fabfilter, Native Instruments, IK Multimedia and...
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    Mac Pro 5,1 with Opencore, Windows 11 installer couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one

    I’m trying to get Windows 11 installed on my cMP running Monterey with Martin Lo’s OC and I’m stuck with an error saying ”Windows 11 installer couldn’t create a new partition or locate an existing one” when I’m choosing the drive to install to. I’ve tried formatting the drive but it won’t fix...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mini PCIe to PCI wifi card

    Hi everyone, I have upgraded Mac Pro 5.1 with a working Fenvi T919 wifi-bluetooth card in the PCIe slot and I've recently received this mini PCIe to PCIe card https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000809732039.html I tried installing this card in miniPCIe (wifi) slot on mac pro motherboard and...
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    Monterey Install loop with Open Core Legacy

    Hello! I need help please. I am trying to install Monterey via Open Core Legacy on a Mac Pro 5.1 (high sierra) and the instalation never finishes. The computer keeps restarting after the progress bar finish and goes back to the disk selection (pictures attached) and go again to a progress bar...
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    Maximum RAM 4 slots

    I'm experiencing slow performance and wondering if my RAM configuration is slowing my Mac Pro mid 2012 5.1, 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Xeon. Running Big Sur 11.7.1 with Opencore. I have 48 GB 1066 DDR3 ram, 2 x 16; 2 x 8 set up. Here's a pic of the config. How should I configure for max performance...
  14. Dashingsuper

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 can't boot to Mac OS Installer from flash drive

    I just recently bought a Mac Pro 5,1 that was used, and I am attempting to reinstall mac OS on it as the hard drive was 100% wipes, no partitions or anything, I know that it works as I get display out and before I bought it, I got it to boot to a Linux flash drive so the USB ports work and I've...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 MAC PRO 5.1 RADEON VII NO VIDEO OUTPUT!!

    Hello everyone! I need some help with my cMP 5.1 Bought a 2nd hand XFX Radeon VII, saw it working on the computer it was pulled off from. Got home, replaced my RX 590 NITRO+ SE with the Radeon VII and got no boot screen on any output port on the GPU. Plugged back my 590 and everything works as...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Install Windows 10 next to Monterey w/ OCLP, Mac Pro 5,1

    Install Windows 10 next to Monterey w/ OCLP, Mac Pro 5,1 I'll try to be to the point: I have a Mac Pro 5,1 with an RX 6600XT (patched w/ friends PC for boot screen), dual 1TB NVMEs on a single PCIe, one for Monterey and one for extra space. I also have a 1TB SATA disk that I wanted to install...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 MacVidCards Europe Radeon RX 6800/RX 6600XT for Mac Pro 4,1/5,1 benchmarks

    Radeon RX6800 16 GB is now the fastest card for Mac Pro 4,1/5,1 with standard EFI boot screen. You can see EFI boot screen even without any HDD/SSD installed at all. macOS Monterey 12.2.1 works natively without any patches. You just need to either move Monterey from supported Mac or install it...
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    Dual monitor change picture syncronization

    Hi, I've searched almost everywhere for advice or a suitable script that would restore the same order and start from the same image set in rotation on two monitors when the monitors wake up. This problem does not occur after restarting the computer and after waking up from the "screen saver"...
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    Resolved Full speed of the FRONT FAN after BCM94360CD (BT+WiFi) Module upgrade

    Hi all ! Today I've proceeded to the long awaited upgrade of the WiFi and BT in my Mac Pro5,1 (mid 2010) Monoprocessor 6-core @3,33GHz SDRAM 48GB@1333MHz Radeon RX 560 4Go > I've replaced the original WiFi by this one : BCM94360CD > I have fully disconnected (USB alim and antenna) the...
  20. Jamesconnery

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5.1 Audio problem

    Hey all , I have been plagued with no sound showing up in the system preferences. I have reinstalled Mavericks more than once however the problem still persists. I have attached two screen captures, one show the lack of built in sound in the system preferences and the other shows error...