2010 Mac Pro and Leopard

I recently purchased a retail version of Leopard. I want to install this on my 2010 3.3ghz 6-core Mac Pro, but no luck. The DVD just does not work. I'm thinking you can't do it on the Mac Pro..
Thoughts? Thank you.

AppleUsur wrote:
mine was shipped with snow leopard...I know you may not be able to install something earlier than that,
but is it possible? I need to run software that is only compatible with 10.5...
What software will run with Leopard but not Snow Leopard? There's a major divide between 10.6 and 10.7, what with Rosetta, which supports PPC/only applications, being dropped beginning with 10.7, but I don't remember anything that drastic being done between 10.5 and 10.6. Rosetta is one of the optional installs on the DVD that came with your Mac Pro; is it possible that it isn't yet installed and that's what you need?
Update: I just checked the contents of the optional install package on my 10.5 Retail installer, and Rosetta is not there, so it must be part of the standard installation. Perhaps that's the difference, and the solution.

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Problems with EFI Firmware Update to 1.5 for mid 2010 Mac Pro, and sleep issues

Hello to the community, I have run into an annoying issue.
I need to update the EFI firmware on my 8 core mid-2010 Mac Pro. I downloaded the EFI update from the apple website from here : http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1321
But everytime I download it, as I click to install, it gives me the message:
Alert
This software is not supported on your system.
But clearly this is the correct EFI for my computer. I tried burning the Firmware restoration onto a CD from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1320
But the computer did not respond the way it said it should (with the 3 flashes/beeps etc.) and have the optical drive open for the CD.
So I'm completely stuck.
*Also my Mac Pro had issues with sleep, when I put it to sleep, sometimes when I try to bring it back, it restarts itself, and other times, it just turns itself on and the monitor screen remains black, so I have to hit the power button to turn it off then back on again. This only happnens when the computer has been put to sleep for a slightly extended period of time, roughly 20mins +, sometimes longer. I was trying to solve this problem by first updating the firmware because I think it could be related to that, but I've had this problem with the firmware so I couldn't find out. This is actually the bigger problem for me because it will affect my work. I am currently using an iMac while I fix up this mac pro.
I'm a music composer so I've upgraded many aspects of my system due to work. I have a 1TB Samsung 840 evo SSD, 2 seagate 2 TB HDD, and 1 WD 1TB HD (the original one in the mac pro), along with 32 GB of RAM. So my only problems are the firmaware and the weird activity when the computer is put to sleep.
Some help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm running OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
mid-2010 Mac Pro
8 core processor (2 X 2.4gHz)

According to this article, your EFI firmware is up to date:
Computer
Model identifier
EFI Boot ROM version
SMC version
Mac Pro
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
MacPro6,1
MP61.0116.B04 (EFI 2.0)
2.20f18 (SMC 2.0)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
MacPro5,1
MP51.007F.B03 (EFI 1.5)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
MacPro4,1
MP41.0081.B07 (EFI 1.4)
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
MacPro3,1
MP31.006C.B05 (EFI 1.3)
Mac Pro (8-core)
MacPro2,1
MP21.007F.B06 (EFI 1.2)
1.15f3 (SMC 1.1)
Mac Pro (Original)
MacPro1,1
MP11.005C.B08 (EFI 1.2)
1.7f10 (SMC 1.1)
EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs

Apple Remote Desktop, 2010 Mac Pro, and six displays

Under 10.8, we were able to operate a 2010 Mac Pro (MacPro5,1) with 2 x HD5770 video cards and 6 x LED Cinema Displays (the mini DisplayPort models, two of them via IUSB-powered Atlona DVI Dual-Link-to-mDP adapters, via Apple Remote Desktop.
Under 10.9 (currently 10.9.2), all the displays still work, but ARD is having significant heartburn: if it is able to connect with the ARD agent on the display syste, the display arrangement is incorrect, and no amount of swapping mDP cables, moving the displays around in the Displays System Preference pane, and/or rebooting appears to help. Oh, and the most recent end state, when I finally managed to get the menu bar on one of the displays on the top (physical) row (we have them arranged 2 x 3, in order to display 4096 x 4096 pixel movies of spacecraft data), flummoxed ARD completely --- it simply refused to connect with the display machine at all. (I can ssh into the display system and use a cabled keyboard and mouse as well, but that's not a long-term solution: we have to be able to operate remotely, as we did under 10.8.) Oddly, ARD works OK, if not perfectly every time, with the target system when it's only connected to four or fewer displays (regardless of whether they're connected to mDP ports or via the Atlona devices). The host ARD system is another MacPro5,1 with 24 Gbyte of RAM; the target has 96 Gbyte.
Reading the release notes for ARD 3.7.2, it sounded as though all our issues would be addressed, but alas, it is not so: we're still stuck with ARD trying to but unable to open a "Control" connection to the display system.
Does anyone have any experience, positive or negative, with a similar setup under 10.9 and ARD 3.7.2?
Is there any way to clear all the settings in ARD? I can't find any .plist files with client system-by-system info in them, and I suspect they are (appropriately) encrypted because they can contain passwords, or at least store the hashed passwords in encrypted fields.
Thanks in advance for any clues for the clueless.

Mac Pro
Date introduced
Original Mac OS X included
(see Tips 1 and 3)
Later Mac OS X included
(see Tip 1)
Mac OS X Build(s)
(see Tip 2)
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
Jun 2012
10.7.3
10.8
11D2001, 12A269
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Aug 2010
10.6.4
10.7, 10.7.2, 10.7.3
10F2521, 10F2554, 11A511a, 11C74, 11D2001
Mac Pro with Mac OS X Server (Mid 2010)
Aug 2010
10.6.4
10.7, 10.7.2, 10.7.3 (Server)
10F2522, 11A511a, 11C74, 11D2001 (Server)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mar 2009
10.5.6
10.6
9G3553, 10A432
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
Jan 2008
10.5.1
10.5.2, 10.5.4
9B2117, 9C2031, 9E25
Mac Pro
Aug 2006
10.4.7
10.4.8, 10.4.9, 10.4.10, 10.5
8K1079, 8N1430, 8N1250, 8K1124, 8P4037, 8R3032, 8R3041, 9A581, 9A3129
I expect your Hardware is essentially unchanged since the 2010 model, and should run the custom 10.6.4 they provided, or 10.6.5.
The "Full Retail" 10.6.3 is only 10D575, so it will not suffice.

2010 Macbook Pros and Leopard 10.5

I've recently found out the hard way that you cannot run Leopard 10.5 on a new Macbook Pro (2010 models). I sold off my old MBP (17" - 2006 model - Core Duo 2.16) and recently purchased a brand new MBP 17" Intel Core i7. I tried installing 10.5 on the internal hard drive. I tried booting from external hard drive with the 10.5 OS installed. Yesterday, I confirmed (after calling Apple Support) that the new 2010 MBP models will not run any old version of OSX - they will only run 10.6.4 and higher.
The reason why I would like to be running Leopard 10.5: so I can use some ExpressCard/34 adaptors I have - namely, the Duel Adaptor (a Panasonic P2 card reader). It is quite frustrating to find that the tools I've been using in my video work flow for years have come to a complete halt because I bought a brand new computer - a brand new computer with the same ports and connectivity as my previous computer... but with a newer, incompetent OS.
My questions:
Is there a list of ExpressCard/34 devices that DO work on the 2010 MBP's with Snow Leopard 10.6.4 (even if you have to download the drivers)?
Is there a version of Leopard 10.5 that has been reprogrammed to work on the 2010 Macbook Pros with the Intel Core i5 and i7 processors?

Murat Lahur - Thanks for the research. That's all I could find as well.
rkaufmann87 - Thank you. I've heard rumors of hacked and/or manipulated versions of OSX, however, I've never seen one.
OrangeMarlin - Incompetent only in the sense that the Apple motto we love, "plug and play on a mac", seems untrue with so many drivers dropped, unsupported or unavailable for Snow Leopard. I have all the available drivers for P2 installed. I can read P2 cards by plugging the camera into the computer via firewire. However, plugging the camera into the computer to download footage means that the camera is tied to the computer. It was wonderful having a ExpressCard P2 card reader that downloaded the cards faster than firewire and kept the camera free for shooting on busy days.
As far as my research has shown, there is no 54 to 34 ExpressCard adapter that works with Snow Leopard. Therefore, Snow Leopard has seriously slowed my work flow and left me with useless devices.

Does anyone have a PA271W, 2010 Mac Pro, and 5870 working via DisplayPort?

Hi All,
There are numerous threads about multi-monitor and resume-from-sleep issues with Mac Pro 2010 (5,1) and ATI 5870. There is also one thread in this forum with another user having problems with DisplayPort (henceforth, "DP") on his PA271W, but he has other issues that point to power supply or some other kind of problem.
My problem is that my brand new Mac Pro won't drive my PA271W at all with a mini-DP to DP cable. The same PA271W will drive fine from the secondary output of my iMac. The same PA271W will also work fine on the Mac Pro with DVI.
Apple sent me a replacement 5870 today, and it exhibits the same behavior. I'm trying to determine which of the following is the case:
a) 2010 MP, ATI 5870, and PA271W are an impossible combination that doesn't work.
b) My 2010 MP has some weird issue that makes the 5870 and PA271W not work.
Unfortunately, I don't have another DP monitor to swap the third variable. I've swapped the second variable courtesy Apple. I'd rather not swap the first variable until I absolutely know that's the problem, because it's a huge hassle to disassemble and reassemble another machine.
Anyone already have this exact configuration working okay?
Thanks,
Ben

To answer your question based on what I have seen and inferred so far:
a) I think there's some odd interaction b/w the PA271W, the 5870, and some diagnostic message the 5870 send to the logic board.
b) I don't think this is the case (alternatively ALL 2010 MPs are screwed up!). I was at the Apple store yesterday and tried both a 30" + dual-link miniDP adapter and a 24" miniDP monitors with no issues at all. There's clearly and issue between the PA271W and the 5870, I think.
My PA271W + miniDP/DP cable work fine on both a '09 mac mini and a '09 macbook pro 17". On the mac pro, I cannot boot with it's connected to the miniDP, but it works fine when connected to the DVI port. I can actually connect the PA271W to the miniDP after booting, and this actually works fine, but I'm not going to be doing this every time, too much of a pain.
One important clue (I think): If the mac pro is switched OFF and the PA271W is switched ON, the overcurrent LED light (right next to the CPU) will light up. What this indicates to me is not that there's a power issue (as I originally thought) but that somehow the 5870 is reporting to the mac that something really nasty is connected to it's miniDP connector, and that the mac should not boot.
A poster suggested I disable the DDC/IC on the PA271W. I have the impression this might work (will try tonight). Spectraview can use the USB port for communication with the monitor so I don't think this would be a problem.
Miguel

Just got the new 2010 Mac Pro and the Mini DVI ports are dead

Anyone else having this issue?
Anyone know if they need to be "enabled" somehow?

Yes, the adapter does seem to go all the way up to the plastic shell. And the the adapters and displays work fine when driven by either of my MacBook Pros. And there seems to be some sort of connection being made because when the adapter is unplugged, the monitor goes through its typical "I'm unplugged" test mode phases with color screens and so forth, but when I plug it in to the Mac Pro, it goes black.

Monitor problems with Mac Pro and Leopard

I can't turn energy saver off.I have two LCD monitors connected, one 19" Viewsonic VX924 and one 30" Dell3007WFPHC . I set energy saver:Put the display(s) to sleep when computer is inactive for Never.
Yet I can turn the monitors off and back on later and it's put the Viewsonic to sleep ,but not the Dell.
I then open the energy saver system preferences again and low and behold it's changed itself back to sleep at 26 minutes.Ghost in the machine?Why doesn't it put the Dell to sleep as well?????Why does it keep changing back to 26 minutes regardless of how many times I set it to never and lock it?
I even tried just using the Viewsonic only and setting to never,I also trashed a pref file I thought was energy saver , still same behavior, this is a REALLY big hassle ,because I have to restart every time just to get this monitor back up.
Any clues?
Many thanks!
Hayes
Memphis,Tn.

I think there are some powermanagement prefs in your account and in /Library but I also read of problems with ViewSonic VX back when the Mac Pro came out in 9/06.
I would give the SMC button a good 'kick' and see if that helps.
And when you restart, this is normal safe restart, or forced?
SMC button, this is restart button on the inside of the mac?
It's always a safe restart,the whole computer doesn't go down, it's just the viewsonic power light blinks on and off and there is not much I can do to get back up quickly, but restart. I have played with display settings and got it back before, but that's hit or miss and very time consuming.
Thanks you so so much for your help and suggestions!

HT201343 i have a mid 2010 mac pro and the fact that it have most of the components as the ones compatible with the airplay mirroring mine does not work ?

i have verify that all the components are almost the same please advice why because i was able to previously airply movies why not now that i have the latest os x mountain lion

iTunes airplay still works as it always has.
AirPlay Mirroring (the ML-added feature) requires the latest Intel hardware (specifically the Intel HD Graphics subprocessor). This hardware includes a feature called QuickSync Video (similar to HDMI-over-wifi).
There is no 'almost' have it. Either you do or you do not. It wasn't an arbitrary decision by Apple to deny older Macs of this hardware feature.

Recent bootrom update to 2010 Mac Pro?

Hello everyone,
While browsing through Geekbench today I noticed the following:
MP51.007F.B01
My bootrom for my 2010 says: MP51.007F.B00
What is going on here? Is this a new firmware update or just someone pretending to use a PC to emulate a Mac?
Here is the link: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/293941
I thought the 2010 mac pros and 2010 parts show firmware of: MP51.007F.B00 - what is B01?

Hi,
Apple lists the avaiable Firmware (EFI and SMC) updates here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237 and according to this there are no updates for the 2010 Mac Pro.
And if it also isn't shown through the "Software Update" it is either a hoax or some sort of Beta-testing guy violating his NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).
Regards
Stefan

I can't get 5.1 Surround Sound running Windows 7, Mid-2010 Mac Pro

Hello,
So I'm running bootcamp on my Mid-2010 Mac Pro and I can't get Dolby Surround Sound to run from the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Is there a way to produce true Dolby 5.1? I understand this may be more bootcamp related than to the actual hardware itself but I figured this is the best place to start troubleshooting this.
Thanks

I can try-dunno how much help I'll be, though
go here for Realtek drivers for surround sound
http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=37&Level=5&Co nn=4&ProdID=144
try this: go to Windows Sound, then playback devices, then click on speakers icon (should have realtek as default). Click on that, and click configure
if realtek has a sound manager, try clicking on that, and a config dialog might appear
sorry can't be much more help than that
JB

I have a 2010 Macbook Pro and am a very new user to Mac community. My Mac is just hanging and I am unable to shut it down or do anything at all. I left it for 2.5 days hoping the battery will run flat but it is not working. Pls help! I am desperate. Tx

I have a 2010 Macbook Pro and am a very new user to Mac community only started to use this PC a few weeks ago.
My Mac is just hanging and I am unable to shut it down or do anything at all. I left it for 2.5 days hoping the battery will run flat but it is not working. Pls help! I am desperate. Tx

In order to resolve the issue if it occurs again, more info would be helpful as to what occurred prior to the "hang." One potential fix would be to try a Safe Boot:
After the Mac is completely shut down, push the power button and immediately after the startup tone, hold down the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone but not before.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
There should be a message that says "SafeBoot." After the Mac is completely booted, try restarting and see if the issue is gone.

Does anyone know how to access the sound software on a Mid 2010 Mac Pro? I have a Logitech Z906 5.1 surround system with fiber optic in and out, I only seem to be able to get stereo and simulated 5.1 sound .

A mid 2010 Mac Pro, trying to get 5.1 surround out of the onboard sound software using fiber optic out connected to a Logitech Z906 5.1 speaker sys. with fiber optic in and out, all I get is stereo and simulated 5.1 sound out of the speakers. In utilities, Audio Midi Setup I can't get the Mac to see the Logitech speakers for 5.1 speaker configuration. Without being made to feel like a dummy, does anyone have a solution? Thanks, Carl

Hello John, I figured it was a signal issue. All the speakers fire and the sound is great. I was running the speakers thru a Dell PC with a Creative X-Fi Elite Pro, THX Certified, 7.1 soundcard using a fiber optic from the Mac Pro to the Z906's, it worked great until the Dell died!!! When I bought the soundcard from Creative I also bought the GigaWorks S750, THX Certified, 700 watt, 7.1 speaker system, used the speakers for 11 years and then the woofer/amp said "I QUIT" Creative quit making the speaker system and the sound card. The satellite speakers from the Creative GigaWorks speaker system still sound great (rated at 78 watt each) and are a little better speaker than the one's that came with the Z906 and the wattage from the 906 is sufficient to drive the satellites without any distortion. Thank you for addressing my issue, you confirmed what I suspected all along, just needed to hear it from someone with the same setup.
One last question, I purchased a Diamond Multimedia USB Soundcard, can't use the fiber optic(not supported by Mac) but the green, tan and black RCA's plug in and produces adequetly. When you plug your 906's into the Mac Pro using the fiber optic how do you set your speaker configuration? When I plug into the mac pro with fiber optic the 'Audio Midi Setup' does not seem to see the 5.1 configuration. Any thoughts there?
Carl

Best Router for both a Mac Pro with Leopard and a Dell

I have posted this question in another forum, but maybe this discussion page is the better one for my question, especially in light of all the connectivity problems I'm reading about for people who have upgraded to Leopard -
Can anyone suggest a good router to purchase that would work with no problems for a Mac Pro with Leopard?
Or, the other side of the coin - what routers have you personally had problems with?
I would be connecting to the router via an ethernet cable, but I'm looking specifically for a g and b router. I need to cover my roommate too - she has a Dell and she uses a wireless usb adapter to connect wirelessly. We have a modem (cable or DSL, I think?) and high-speed internet service.
We were previously using a Netgear router, but suddenly it won't work for more than 10-15 min before it loses connection after we reset it. And this happened before I updated to the Leopard.

Apple AirPort Extreme has served my mixed environment very well. You can buy a refurbished one from Apple and save some $.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=AA9 C1548&nclm=CertifiedMac

My Toshiba 1TB 2.5 inch External StorE Art HDD doesn't show up in Finder. The light is on and it hums. Has always worked perfectly and now this. Using it on a 2010 Mac with Snow Leopard 10.6.8

My
Toshiba 1TB 2.5 inch External StorE Art HDD doesn't show up in Finder.
The light is on and it hums. Has always worked perfectly and now this. Using it on a 2010 Mac with Snow Leopard 10.6.8

tried another cable (from a camera) with no joy. However after turning off TM and searching for the EHD and not finding it, I revisited Disk Utility and can 'see' it there. The bad news is that it says,
Verifying volume “Toshiba 1TB”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Invalid extent entry
The volume could not be verified completely.
Error: This disk needs to be repaired. Click Repair Disk.
Verify and Repair volume “Toshiba 1TB”
Checking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Invalid extent entry
The volume could not be verified completely.
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.Error: Disk Utility can’t repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."

2010 Mac Pro, Sapphire 7950 Mac Edition, and Boot Camp

A few months ago, I installed a Sapphire 7950 Mac Edition GPU in my 2010 Mac Pro (3.2GHz quad-core). I don't have Boot Camp installed. Recently, I tried setting up a Boot Camp install with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit but have been unsucessful.
I use the Apple Boot Camp Assistant (v5.1.2), use a USB flash drive (for Windows support software), and a Windows 7 Pro 64-0bit DVD. The Assistant runs, partitions my drive (I have a blank HFS+ drive that the Assistant partitions into Mac and Win partitions), and then reboots. The computer reboots but the screen is black and I cannot detect any activity.
I suspect that the Windows installer that the Assistant sets up does not have drivers for my 7950.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Ted

I'm very late to this game but thought it might be useful to reply as there have been people looking at this. The problem sounds like the 7950 is in PC mode and not in Mac mode. With the card in PC mode, you'll get a black screen instead of the Bootcamp option at startup.
There's a switch on the card to change between modes (only do it when the system is powered down). Have a look in your "About this Mac". If it says your card is an AMD 7xxx, you're in PC mode. If it says your card is an AMD 7950, you've got it in the correct mode.
Be warned that my Sapphire 7950 came with PC mode flashed to both positions of the switch and I had to beat the Sapphire support people for ages to get it properly flashed. Despite sending the card back to Sapphire, in the end I had to put the card in a PC and flash it myself.

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