r/macpro

Hi all,

I’m running into a purple screen on my Mac Pro 3,1 after updating OpenCore Legacy Patcher, and I’m out of ideas.

Setup:

• Mac Pro 3,1 (Early 2008), dual Xeon Harpertown
• 16 GB RAM
• GPU: AMD Radeon RX 570 Sapphire Nitro+ 8Gb
• macOS Monterey 12.7.x installed with OCLP

What happened:

1. Earlier today I installed Monterey using OCLP. Everything worked fine: OpenCore built and installed, root patches applied, normal boot and graphics.
2. OCLP then offered an update to 2.5.1. I accepted it.
3. I can log in but the screen is purple

What I’ve tried:

• Root patch Revert, then re-patching: same purple screen
• Fully reinstalled OCLP, rebuilt and reinstalled OpenCore to the EFI, re-applied root patches: no change

Questions:

• Is this a known issue in OCLP 2.5.1 on the Mac Pro 3,1, or with the RX 570?
• Since the RX 570 is natively supported on Monterey, could unnecessary root patches be conflicting with the GPU driver?

Thanks in advance!

Just acquired 2 trashcan Mac Pros (both manufactured in early 2015).

I mainly got them for their visual design and compatibility with some of my older Thunderbolt peripherals.

Specs for both are pretty much identical:

Processor: 3.5 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon E5
GPU: AMD FirePro D500 3 GB
RAM 64 GB

One has a 1 TB SSD, the other 256 GB.

Other than Starcraft II and Apple Arcade, looking to install some fun hardware appropriate games for the two setups.

One machine will function as a guest bedroom computer and the other machine will be a living room unit that's connected to an old G-RAID NAS archive so it's kind of functioning like a home server.

Also looking for other use cases for the machines.

I know power consumption while idle isn't great compared to current Apple Silicon so will power them down when not in active use.

Hello all I’m interested in picking up a 2013 Mac Pro and using it as a budget gaming pc. I’ve seen lots of videos about dual booting Windows and running games with pretty decent performance.

My question is, would this even be a smart decision? And what would I realistically need to put into this 13 year old computer to make it perform well. I’m mainly interested in the Trash can because it seems relatively easy to work on and add upgrades.

Appreciate any feedback!

hi its my first Mac so I wanted to know if there's anything you guys would recommend for me like apps or things to do

also is the original apps torrent is safe to download stuff from?

Hi! I have a silly question about Wi-Fi and Bluetooth upgrade for my cMP. Should I get a BCM94360CD card or ВСМ943602СDР from 2018 iMac? I’m willing to install it via adapter in place of an old/stock Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card that my Mac shipped with

Hello everyone!

So as an avid Mac Pro 2019 user (still, 28-Cores, 768GB DDR4, 8TB SSD, W6800X) I kind of skipped the 2013 Mac Pro.

I skipped straight from 5.1 to 7.1.

So I’ve never owned a Mac Pro 2013, which is why I really wanna get one just for the sake of it.

So a few questions from a trash-can-newbie :-)

- What’s upgradeable? Like eveything including the GPU?
- Which GPU should I go for? I’ve heard some stuff about overheating on the D700, wondering now if that’s really such a big issue.
- How much RAM should I get?
- What’s up with the SSD? Do all NVMes work? (I kinda need 2TB) or should I maybe get the OWC Aura SSD?
- Some other issues I should be worried about?
- Does it work with the Pro Display XDR, or the Studio Display? Or do I need to get the Thunderbolt Display as well?
- And finally: What can I do with this beautiful peace of teach? Planning to run macOS Monterey on it and to my work on it, or maybe downgrade to macOS Mojave and replace some old 32-Bit Mac games including GTA San Andreas :-D

Still looking through my local eBay offers, since I’m very picky about condition, so it’s gotta be mint 😁

(I know, I could have googled parts of this, but I just love talking with people)

I'm working on getting my old MacPro 2006 back into daily service after being stored away for a decade. It currently has 10GB memory - two 4GB and four 512MB. I'd like to bump the total up if I can find the right ones. I see some available on FB that are labeled as PC2-5300. I know I can use PC2-5300F and can't or shouldn't anything with a letter other than F on the end. But when no letter is printed on the label or advertised on the listing, is that a different animal from all the others including F?

My existing memory (see photo) is the original Apple logo'd Micron, some Crucial, and some Nanya. The Micron and Nanya are labeled as PC2-5300F. The Crucial says PC2-5 and then adds a circular arrow. I will assume it is the F variety because it always worked and I'm feel that when I bought it in 2013 that it was listed as the F type.

For buying used memory, should I be concerned about PC2-5300 (with no letter) ? It does have the big heat sinks.

https://preview.redd.it/m2phjl5fs3uh1.jpg?width=2695&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c47dcfeb18536f15c4349ce4396ffbc3246af11f

I recently did a firmware update to my MacPro 2006. System profiler now reports it is a MacPro2,1 (the 2008). With the 2006/2007 maxing out at OSX 10.7, I hoped this would allow me to go as far as 10.11 like a real 2008 model. But the Mountain Lion installer balked saying it would not run on this machine.

Clearly, the installer checked more than the firmware level to determine what my machine was. Perhaps if I swapped the CPUs to two quad-core Xeon, it might then recognize the machine as a 2008.

Has anyone with a MacPro 2006/2007 done the firmware update and CPU swap and successfully installed an OSX 10.8 through 10.11 ?

Edit: I now understand the 2,1 designation is the 2007, which is also limited to OSX Lion like the 2006. Working on the Pike's boot.efi method.