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Some will be lucky and it will work the first try. Once I got CPU A right and it seeing all my RAM, then I put in CPU B. Also unlike the video, do CPU A first because if you don't, you won't be able to tell which heatsink to tighten or how much. These are points the youtube video doesn't make. I also want to tell the readers that when your remove the glued down fan/temp wires (they are very fragile), take a very small flat head screwdriver and slide under the shrink wrap, slowly pulling up. Watch the youtube video of this guy and you will get there. Be patient, it really works! I left out the obvious like tools, thermal paste and cleaning and prep. The trick is not to panic when things go wrong. I paid $370 for the Processors and now my Geek Bench is slightly over 26,000 - that's pretty much double my 2.26GHz 8-core.
2009 mac pro 5.1 processor model upgrade#
Follow this guy's (youtube video) tips: "Mac Pro 2009 CPU upgrade 8 core Nehalem to 12 core Westmere". If your heatsink fan connectors don't seat far enough down you will never post.
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I used a small mirror to look into the heatsinks and made sure the fans were spinning. So I took out the second nylon washer on each screw and made slight equal tight and loosen adjustments and after several attempts it finally posted as a 12 core Mac with 24 gigs RAM. After many more adjustments of B CPU heatsink it still would not POST. I then made very slight adjustments to CPU heatsink A and the lights went out but when I checked my "about this Mac" it saw only the A CPU. The fan speed was normal but I had red lights on the CPU board.
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The fans on CPU A were at full speed and no matter what adjustments I made they stayed at full speed until I put in CPU B. I replaced the second washers with one's half as thick and now it posted with the 3 sticks of ram. I had a problem POSTing ( Power On Self Test), so when I looked closely at the processor under the heatsink I noticed it wasn't down cleanly on the socket. I put in (2) 1mm nylon washers on each heatsink screw and slowly tightened them down first on processor A only. ( Ref: Intel's X5670 specs.) I read everything I could find but so many things can go wrong. I finally got my nerve up to buy a matched pair of used X5670 2.93GHz CPUs. ( Mac Pro (4,1) updated to (unofficial) MacPro5,1 EFI for 6-core CPU support) ( First report, ) " 2009 Mac Pro 12-core CPU Upgrade - Dual x5670 CPUs (Updated Aug 21st, 2015 - archived guide link pulled) Using Dual Xeon X5670 or X5690 Westmere CPUs Report/Tips: 2009 Mac Pro 12-core CPU Upgrades Recent Updates | Mac Upgrades/Repairs | Storage | Video | Audio/HT | Apps/OS/Network | Home 2009 Mac Pro 12-Core CPU Upgrades using Dual X5670/X5690 6-Core CPUs and Mac Pro 5,1 bootrom
2009 mac pro 5.1 processor model how to#
I was trying to redefine the SMC Version for processor tray, so I hope that anybody knows how to do this, sometimes we have to change SMC Versions of cards or devices to be compatible with our System and/or Applications, so if this is possible, I wondering that this would be possible with this processor board too.
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Here's the entire Hardware Overview (minus serial numbers): Is there any way to get them the same since I think that's why the fans are going nuts? I just order and installed a replacement processor board, started it up and the fans are blaring but it's working fine (I'm typing on it right now). Hi people ! I've found and could get the MacPro 2009-2010 firmware tool, but doing upgrade or downgrade, it doesn't matter, because the problem is in the differents firmwares, of the backplane and processor board don't match. Your Mac Pro is all set and ready to go as it is! Please disregard my initial post (the one you quoted) as it doesn't apply to you. So once again: no reason to worry or change anything.
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B04 revision, I thought I would see if I could help. Since the symptoms that feins was describing sounded similar to my initial hiccups trying to use MacEFIRom's utility on an older MP41.0081. B07 first directly from Apple's website, then used MacEFIRom's utility to upgrade it to a 5,1 2010 Mac Pro with firmware revision MP51.007F. I upgraded my Mac Pro firmware to MP41.0081.
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rather than messing with the code in his utility. B04, which is why MacEFIRom's utility wasn't working for me. Your Mac Pro hex is fine the way it is, sooo 2010! The point I was trying to make was that MacEFIRom's upgrade utility will not work on a 2009 4,1 Mac Pro with firmware older than MP41.0081. Once again, 03 (EFI 1.5) is the latest 5,1 2010 firmware. Sslss: to clear things up a little, I think maybe you misunderstood my initial post (the one you quoted).