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  1. dood_son

    Resolved Mac Pro with El Capitan (Pike's boot.efi) unable to restart

    I am running a Mac Pro 1,1 that was firmware upgraded to 2,1 and runs the latest version of El Capitan (10.11.6) thanks to Piker Alpha's modified boot.efi. The computer has an ATI Radeon HD 5750 video card with a modified ROM that makes it appear in the OS as a 5770. Boot screen is showing...
  2. dood_son

    Resolved Mac Pro 2,1 running El Capitan is unable to boot into Apple Hardware Test

    Guys, I have a problem with running the Apple Hardware Test. I am currently running a Mac Pro 2,1 (Mac Pro 1,1 with an upgraded firmware) with a passive-cooled ATI Radeon 5750 that was ROM-tweaked to appear as a 5770. Bootscreen is available. The machine is sweet. Many off these mods were...
  3. jrazor

    Running El Capitan on a 2006 1,1

    Hello to all... Hopefully I posted this correctly... Hoping that no one else is having this challenge, but would love to know what I am doing wrong... Trying to get El Capitan running on a 2006... Have used a 2008 to upgrade OS X from 10.7.5 to 10.11 El Capitan on the 1,1 hard drive... When...