MP 6,1 Two Nvme SSD in a Mac Pro 6,1???

[TheBigHunt]

Hey,
I was wondering if anybody tried to put two SSD in a TrashCan?
Was looking at the two D300 and one has the SSD and the other not... What about if we put two D300, each of them being with a slot for the SSD?
What do you think?
Cheers

 

[adam9c1]

The video adapters are different.
Removing a non blade card and replacing with a card with a blade is not possible.

 

[avro707]

Hey,
I was wondering if anybody tried to put two SSD in a TrashCan?
Was looking at the two D300 and one has the SSD and the other not... What about if we put two D300, each of them being with a slot for the SSD?
What do you think?
Cheers

No, but you can do this:

For M.2 PCIe SSD modules (Mac Pro (Late 2013) cylinder) | Amfeltec Corporation

www.amfeltec.com

I've heard talk that cooling might be somewhat marginal.

Another older topic here with images:

Mac Pro (Late 2013) - Amfeltec AngelShark Carrier Board - Storage Upgrade

Test Mac Pro Specifications MacPro6,1 BootROM: MP61.0120.B00 macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 (17B1003) E5-1660v2 3.7GHz (15MB L3) Hexacore 16GB of Apple/SKHynix PC3-14900 ECC Apple/Samsung SM0256G PCIe SSD (SSUBX based) 2x AMD FirePro D300 with 2GB VRAM Testing Tools for SSD Benchmarks AJA System...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[TheBigHunt]

Hi
But nobody tried to install two gpu boards with a ssd slot on each of them?

 

[tsialex]

Hi
But nobody tried to install two gpu boards with a ssd slot on each of them?

Not even physically possible, the GPU A gets power (Apple calls it BUS BAR) from the left top side, while the GPU B get from the right top side.

Apple designed it intentionally this way so you never install the GPUs in the wrong places.

 

[avro707]

Not sure if this illustrates it, but I had mine pulled apart for a 2.7ghz 12 core CPU upgrade and took photos:

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-hrkts4w/0/e82ca812/4K/i-hrkts4w-4K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-crq6HqN/0/982e2c02/4K/i-crq6HqN-4K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-sWGhTgW/0/f25880ba/4K/i-sWGhTgW-4K.jpg

They are quite different cards.

And:

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-58RfpJ5/0/9fe61c50/4K/i-58RfpJ5-4K.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Zn7DLjQ/0/7b65929f/4K/i-Zn7DLjQ-4K.jpg

Hi
But nobody tried to install two gpu boards with a ssd slot on each of them?

See above - it's not possible.

 

[TheBigHunt]

Thanks for all your messages. I now know that it's impossible (I tend to dream sometimes...)

 

[TheBigHunt]

Hey, I'm coming back again on this topic. I've cleaned completely my new can and i checked the two GPUs. Yes they are different in the sense of where the power comes from. One has the two screws on the left, and the other one of the right. Anyone tried to connect a second GPU with the ssd slot and powered it with some wires to reach the good side?
The PciEx lane should be able to handle the GPU and the SSD as the same time, same as on the other GPU I guess...

 

[tsialex]

Did you even investigated the late-2013 Mac Pro schematic? How you gonna route the PCIe lanes for the SSD? You can’t share the 16 lanes for the GPU, Ivy Bridge does not yet have PCIe lane partition, the PCIe lanes for the SSD came from the PCIe switch instead.

 

[TheBigHunt]

Did you even investigated the late-2013 Mac Pro schematic? How you gonna route the PCIe lanes for the SSD? You can’t share the 16 lanes for the GPU, Ivy Bridge does not yet have PCIe lane partition, the PCIe lanes for the SSD came from the PCIe switch instead.

Hi. No i didnt, and i wont probably be able to understand it. What i only see is that the GPU card taht has the SSD uses exactly the same connector as the other one, and I guess it uses a pcie x16. I dont know if the ssd and the gpu share the same pice but if it's the case, then it could be possible to do the same on the other card.
By the way, what happens if we mix GPU? a d300 and a d700 for example. I guess some people tried this since 2013?