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    Mac pro '09 high-pitched noise with firewire interface

    Hello, recently I bought a used Mac pro '09 and I'm using my RME Fireface 400 with it. Everything is stable and working as it should except that every time I'm playing audio through the interface there's a high pitched tone ringing inside the computer. This ~8 kHz whistling is not loud but it's...
    • 5ibl1
    • Thread
    • firewire interface mac pro noise
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Digital Audio
  2. J

    Reinstalling Old Mac Pro. Please help!

    Hi. I had a trouble partitioning my hdd and ended up deleting my hdd with the Operating System, which is OS X El Capitan. unfortunately/fortunately El capitan has an OS install program saved on the HDD, but requires an Internet connection to valid the IMEI. But apparently My Mac Pro from 2008...
  3. N

    2010 Mac Pro or 2015 Macbook Pro for 4k Workstation

    Hi Guys, Relatively new to the apple world but i'm wanting to purchase a mac to move to Final Cut pro. This will purely be a 4k editing workstation. I currently edit on Premiere Pro, but considering a lot of the work I do is producing content for youtube, I've heard FCP is friendlier in this...
  4. J

    Go from El Capitan to Yosemite (Mac came with El Capitan)

    Hello, i recently bought a new Mac Pro which came with El Capitan preinstalled. I need to roll back to Yosemite because of some software incompatibilities. All the guides I found in the internet were for Macs which had other OS X versions preinstalled and thus could roll back via the Mac Store...
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    How Long Will It Last..?

    Hi, I'm going to be moving soon, and I'm looking to buy a new (old) Mac. To save some money I was thinking that I'd buy either a Mac Pro 4,1 or 5,1 and do a CPU upgrade, likely to dual X5690's (2x 6 core 3.46GHz) and either 64gb or 128gb of RAM (both the CPUs and the RAM will be bought on ebay...
    • mrmeister
    • Thread
    • cpu futureproof lifespan mac pro upgrade
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  6. zoomfinder

    Web driver not installing

    I'm running El Capitan in Mac Pro 3,1 8-core @3.2GHz with Elsa GTX680 in PCIe slot #1 but Web Driver would not install. It always produces an error message at the end of the installation process and when I open System Preference, the NVIDIA Driver Manager preference pane is visible at the bottom...
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    How to use LG 2560x1040 with HDMI only input with Mac Pro Mid 2010 with ATI 5770?

    I have a mid 2010 mac pro with ATI 5770 Graphic card with latest El Capitan. I also have a LG 2560x1040 resolution monitor that I would like to use with my mac. The monitor only has 2 HDMI inputs. How can I get full 2560x1040 resolution with my setup. -5770 specs shows that can support 2560...
    • mrshoghi
    • Thread
    • ati 5770 lg ultrawide mac pro
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  8. K

    Resolved cMP (mid 2010) only showing up 16gb instead of 24gb

    Hi everyone. So I just installed some memory from OWC. I bought 3 sticks of 8gb RAM for a total of 24gb. However, when I boot up, only 16gb show up (and it also says only 2 dimms are being used as opposed to 3). I used to have 3 4gb DIMMs (total of 12gb) that worked just fine. My specs: Mid...
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    Mac Pro Cursor Motion Speed is Very Slow

    When I use the cursor keys or backspace/delete key to move the cursor in a text type field it takes for ever to move left or right and is jerky. This happens when I have the cursor in a Word doc, Excel cell, Safari and Chrome browser text boxes, Finder when editing a file name etc. It is really...
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    Mac Pro with Windows 10 Issues

    Hi All, I have a Mac Pro with no Apple OS installed. It has just Windows 10 installed on a standard HDD. Windows has successfully installed and it boots up fine. It will randomly restart every 10 minutes or so and I'm trying to figure out why. I know that Windows 10 isn't supported when using...
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    Mac Pro4,1 Early 2009 Won't completely boot, no chime, no display

    Hello, I have a early 2009 Mac Pro 4,1. Out of no where while using it just shut it off completely and when I went to go reboot it, everything sounded fine except that I didn't hear the start up chime and my display remained inactive. The light above the power button stays solid and when I...
    • Izenhour
    • Thread
    • boot help issues mac mac pro mac pro 4.1 mac pro early 2009 power
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Mac Pro
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    Broke a piece off logic board on Mac Pro. What is it?

    Could someone please help me identify the piece (circled in the picture below)? And should I worry about replacing it? Very much appreciate it.
  13. pat500000

    which is better buy of mac pros?

    Mac Pro 6,1 price 3,500 usd 3.5ghz 6 core 32gb Ram 1TB SSD D700 graphics card x2 mint condition Applecare until 2017 or Mac Pro 5.1 mid 2010 $900 3.5 terabyte of hard disk space with 480GB solid state drive as the primary system drive, 16GB of Ram, upgraded ATI Radeon HD 5870 I currently...
  14. barry.pearson

    SSD in 3.5" HDD Sled

    Hey just wondering if someone could point me in the right direction. I have a Mac Pro 2009 and my HDD is starting to fail so I was going to put in an SSD I have spare, however the ports won't line up. My main drive, also a SSD, sits inside a plastic adaptor to line up with the power and SATA...
  15. fxps

    Monitor Poll

    Help me decide which monitor to move forward with ViewSonic VX2880ml or Dell P2715Q 27
  16. Ultracyclist

    What do you think?

    Hi Guy's (and girls) Recently I got this 2006 Mac Pro 1.1 I did the firmware update to 2.1 and with al the hardware updates this is my total setup Mac Pro 2006 2X Intel Xeon x5355 Edit: replaced with the X5365 32gb RAM 667Hrz ATI Radion 5770 1gb Edit: replaced with an Sapphire HD 7950 3GB...
  17. ^squirrel^

    Server Advice 75 Users

    Hi, I currently run and IT environment based on OSX server for a network running 25-30 users. Our storage is connected via Thunderbolt 1 to a Promise Pegasus. Our Master and Replica servers are both 2011 Mac Mini's. This system has been great for the last 10 yrs. We are moving and joining our...
  18. vincenzo79

    ML or Yosemite. I need to change the graphics card ?

    Hello. This is my first message. I apologize for my English is not perfect, I'm trying to improve. :-). I wanted to ask you an information. I managed to change my iMac 17" Core 2 Duo with a Mac Pro 1.1, bought with little money. On this Mac Pro I've read that you can install Mountain Lion and...
    • vincenzo79
    • Thread
    • graphics card mac pro mavericks mountain lion
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  19. K

    Audio through GTX 760 HDMI

    Hello All, I have a Mac Pro 2009 4,1 with the 5,1 mac pro firmware upgrade. I just installed a GTX 760 into it but it seems I cannot get the mac to recognize the card for audio out. I have installed the latest nVidia web driver with no avail. It is outputting though HDMI to HDMI. When I had...
    • kadizzle
    • Thread
    • audio card gpu audio graphics gtx gtx 760 mac pro
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  20. jer2eydevil88

    Mac Pro Mid 2010 - Looking to find USB to 3.5mm Adapter

    I have a Mac Pro Mid 2010 that I use at home. I'm looking to use my Apple earbuds with it like I do with my 15" Macbook Pro Retina 2014 notebook. The Macbook Pro has a headset jack that doubles as an audio input interface. The Mac Pro does have a headphone jack but its not the same...
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