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The file from BootROM 144.0.0.0.0 can be extracted and used AFAIK.

Yes, some people had success, some bricked their cMP.

No, it is NOT safe for your machine. It could easily hard-brick and require a physical repair to recover.

It’s not worth the risk for most people IMHO.
 
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For such an old machine with poor nvme support just put a sata ssd in, don’t chance bricking it.
Surely there must be other bottlenecks making nvme unpractical on a 3.1 mac.
 
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