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“Elegantly” fixing the iMac Pro 😂

@techno_eclipse

3 ай бұрын

haha, lots of nuance in the way I completely broke that thing....

@PopRox

3 ай бұрын

@@techno_eclipse I’ve broke a couple of iPhone screens like that trying to replace the battery… the amount of money I’ve spent fixing my own problems

Now you're talking! I have a Mac 4,1 flashed to a 5,1 one processor w/thunderbolt 3/NVMe M.2/RX 6600 running OpenCore. The only issue is it runs at over 200 watts. I imagine two processors brings it up to the 300 plus watts like my dual 3,1. Not an issue unless you keep it up all the time like me. For that Intel MacMini's with egpu do the trick. It's sooo much fun, and sometimes challenging, upgrading these bad boys. Can't wait to see the results!

@techno_eclipse

3 ай бұрын

I am looking forward to it as well! Yeah the biggest drawback is how many watts these old systems pull. The M series pull 10% or less than these. Does not change how awesome these things are

Now we’re talking! Looking forward to following this Mac’s journey to redemption!

I still have four of this machines in use. And if you want to make it useful for a few more years, you can... Flash the 4.1 to a 5.1 / insert two X5680 or X5690 / add 48 oder 96 GB Ram / add a M2 SSD (WD with SN850X-controler) on a cheap PCIe-traycard / insert in a GFX-Card with Metal2-Support (may a RX6600 or a RX6800 for heavyer videoeditingstuff) / add a new Monterey-compatible BT/WLAN-Chip / put MacOS Monterey on the Mac Pro 5.1 ...and you can use this machines easliy as an everydaysystem for all your work in the next 3-4 years.

@techno_eclipse

2 ай бұрын

I have most of these parts ordered! Still trying to figure out the GPU though…

Hi, enjoyed your video. Would you sell the motherboard that you took out?

Great video - *looks longingly at my single G5 Mac Pro* lol Sits on the other side of my study :)

Try upgrading the processor ram and slap in some gpu and ssd to it

The b roll looks amazing

According to Everymac, the highest fully supported Mac OS version for this machine in it's current configuration is OSX 10.9 "Mavericks". OSX 10.11 "El Capitan" is compatible (As in, you can install it, and it will run) but, as you discovered, may not be fully functional. It also says that MacPro 5,1 is capable of running up to OSX 10.13 (High Sierra) but will again not really be fully functional past OSX 10.9 ("Mavericks being the last fully supported OS for that hardware)

@techno_eclipse

3 ай бұрын

Is that true? So that’s just a handful of years of support? Oh well, good thing the old Mac Pro scene is very large

I’ve got a Mac Pro 3,1 and it’s running windows 10, 3GB graphics card and 40GB of ram!

crazy that they destroyed it with software updates

Can you make a running list of what you buy for this? Friend gifted me one and I have zero computer knowledge lol

@techno_eclipse

2 ай бұрын

Check out "Definitive Mac Upgrade" here on KZread. He has everything you could possibly want

I have had a few of these machines and I got two in active use a 1,1 with Mavericks and another being 4,1-5,1 with high sierra because of my terrible gpu buying decision a titan x pascal

Your T-shirt, just catch my attention 😅

Install Linux instead, that’s based on UNIX, just like OSX is. That’s what I’ve done with mine. It works. You say “the computer doesn’t work” for the applications you want. The computer WORKS, the problem is that Apple won’t let you install the required OS, so change to Linux, that’s open source and no more corporate limitations. That’s dual processor machine with 8 RAM slots it’s still a good machine 👍🏽

Mfs when you replace all of the parts and build a new computer and are then surprised that by building another computer they have fixed their issue:

@techno_eclipse

2 ай бұрын

hahahahaha. I think I even mentioned that. I RESTORED THIS COMPUTER, by buying another computer