Correct Internal HD for Mac Pro 2009

Is this one of the proper ones for 2009 Mac Pro?
WD Caviar Black 640 Model WD6401AALS.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319
I just noticed it said SATA and not SATA II. Apple manual says SATA but some sites say SATA II...
Did i order the wrong one?

In addition to power cycles and inadequate cooling, the main source of added wear and tear to a hard disk drive is head movement, or "seeks". Other than defragmenting or optimizing, the main activity that causes a lot of extra head movement is partial secure erasure, such as with Finder's Secure Empty Trash or Disk Utility's Erase Free Space options. Simple erasure of an entire volume (or repartitioning of a disk without moving files beforehand) doesn't involve a lot of extra head movement, as you can tell from the fact that it doesn't take much time or produce much "thrashing" noise from the drive. Secure erasure of an entire volume takes a long time but doesn't result in as much movement of the heads back and forth as partial secure erasure does.

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HD 7970 video card for Mac Pro 2009

I just wanna buy one HD 7970 3GB for my 2009 MAC PRO. Do you guys flash the card or does 10.9.2 natively support HD 7970 diver? I've been looked at some HD 7970 cards on ebay, just confused with the power cables, some has one 6 to 6 pin and 6 to 8 pin cables. Others has two 6 to 6 pin cables. I don't know which one to buy is safe.
Here is the link:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/141058814...84.m1438.l2649
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231169142...84.m1438.l2649

yes-i agree with what kaz-k has written. As long as you get the correct power cables for your graphics card you should be okay. I think the Mac Pro has 2 6pin sockets. We don't flash the card ( thought I'm assuming it could be done elsewhere) , and Apple doesn't support anything other than a few graphics cards anyways, and it doesn't really read what's been posted here. here's the takeway: The card will probably work, however, due to the lack of a Mac EFI (basically a boot rom), you won't see a startup screen should you choose to install the card into your mac pro 2009. As the OS gets going you will see graphics. Should you need to do basic troubleshooting, eg choosing which drive to start up from
(command R on startup, I believe), the lack of a boot screen could be troublesome. If you don't care about that, by all means go ahead. 10.9.2 should have support for this card. If it helps, I bought a Sapphire 7950 for my Mac Pro 2008 (3,1) and although it doesn't run at quite full speed, it was a breeze to install, and it beat the 8800GT which was in that slot
good luck
John B

Extra hard drive for mac pro 2009

I have bought an extra 2.5 inch solid state drive for my mac pro (2009). I have tried it in all 3 spare slots and its not being seen at all. Where am I going wrong?

oliverswan wrote:
Studio K, can you point me in the direction of instructions for your suggestion?
Go to this link and you sill see a picture showing the SSD in the lower DVD drive bay.
Just scroll halfway down and you'll see......
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-InstallingSSD.html
To access the DVD drive bays, open the Mac Pro case and simply pull the drive bay assembly out by the handle. Don't pull all the way out, because the drive is connected to a cable.
Icy Dock is problematic for some people. OWC MountPro is a nice drive sled solution.

RAID harddrives for Mac Pro 2009

Hello,
I'm planning to build a software RAID for a MacPro4.1 that offers me a quiet solution with reasonable performance. I would like to create a RAID 10 with four 2 or 3 TB drives.
I found the Western Digital Cavier Green 2 TB drives WD20EARS very tempting at first because of price and specs, but I read there are problems when using them in a Mac. It seems the problem is clicking, performance lags and final drive failures after a couple of hundret days. The specs page outline that these drives can be used for desktop RAID, but not for business critical RAID applications. So what does this mean? WD makes the 2 TB WD2003FYYS Raid Edition 4 drives with different features, but they are also 3 times more expensive.
If the WD20EARS drives are indeed a problem, how about the WD blue and black drives? Information from WD outlines that non of the desktop drives have the TLER features, which is necessary for RAID, among other things.
How about drives from other manufacturers like Seagate Samsung and Hitachi?
Thanks!

You want quiet, otherwise I would have said go for hardware RAID controller and external drives, and look at RAID6.
Software can't - though some have with very mixed results - used Disk Utility but the overhead of 10 isn't conducive. And not worth the risks and limitations.
If Apple implemented hardware motherboard RAID, yes, but when you get into 2TB size drives forget RAID3/5 and others.
Just have redundant sets and good backup strategy.
Keep the boot drive to OS-only (and apps of course)
There are, have to be, one or two controllers with internal drive support, but harder to do on Mac Pro with its wiring of cables and such.
WD RE are meant for hardware RAID. Black edition are fine for software based. And if you want a better RAID mousetrap, I'd invest in SoftRAID 4.0 even for stripe or mirror (and a much better feature set to help protect your drives and data).

Best GPU options for Mac Pro 2009/2010

hey guys Im Cinema4D and Photoshop user, currently there is stock graphics card (120GT) on my 2009 Mac Pro. Im thinking of upgrading it, because this card doesnt suit my needs. What would be best I could get for my use? Should I stick with something like ATI Radeon HD 5770 or 5870, or should I go beyond that? Also I found a great deal on ATi Firepro V8800 which is PC card. What dissadvantages will be if Ill go with a PC card?

If you really and truly want to know what AMD GPUs are supported in a specific version of OSX, AMD and Apple have been kind enough to let you check.
S/L/E to the AMD family.
Start with "AMD7000Controller.kext" and right click it.
Show contents leads you to the "info.plist"
Open in an editor, then expand "iokitpersonalities"
Then "controller"
Here you will see "IOPCIMatch"
These are the device ids that the 7000 driver works on.
"0x26001002 0x22001002 0x67901002 0x67981002 0x679A1002 0x679E1002 0x67801002 0x68201002 0x68211002 0x68231002 0x68251002 0x68271002 0x682D1002 0x682F1002 0x68391002 0x683B1002 0x683D1002 0x683F1002 0x68001002 0x68011002 0x68061002 0x68081002 0x68101002 0x68181002"
"1002" identifies AMD
The other number is the Device ID. Each GPU has a specific one. (except for 7970 and D700 which share one and 7870 and D500 and R7 somethingorother and D300)
Anyhow, looking at the list I know two by heart.
"6798" is the AMD 7970 and "679A" which is the 7950 (underlined and BOLDED)
So, you need to go to the GPU Database at TechPowerup and find the cards you want to know about and look through that list.
Note that being in that list doesn't GUARANTEE that a driver is complete. (The R9 290x is in one of them and it doesn't work) But, on the other hand, if it isn't in any of the driver lists, I can ABSOLUTELY, 100% GUARANTEE that it WON'T work.

Any updates on the ATI Radeon HD 5870 upgrade kit for Mac Pro 2009/2010?

So,
while the card is shipping without delay in new BTO Mac Pro units, there still is no sign of the kit posted on on the online store months ago (day/date with current Mac Pro release). To date, the card hasn't shipped (to anyone - no 3rd party store has received it), Apple still shows 'currently unavailable' - without even an 'add to cart' button (like the Quadro 4000); and even AppleCare is in the dark (you'd assume they can send units for replacement. Yet, while they can be setup in the GSX system, there is apparently no 'cost' shipments available even from support).
I suppose not - but does anyone have any more insight into what's going on here? This looks suspiciously like this card is not going to see the light of day as an upgrade kit; for either 2010 or 2009 Mac Pro.....
Cheers,
Dan

Ugh.
That rhymes with what we are seeing.
After about a week of there being an 'order' button for the 5870 (it remained 'currently unavailable' though), the 'add to cart' option has, today, disappeared again. I assume anyone who ordered the card during the window will not see the card, and there seem to have been no purchase confirmations (usually sent within 15 minutes of processing) sent to anyone who ordered.
All this, as well as you report, points to the 5870 being EOL; apparently only a contingent was made for the Mac Pro, and now even AppleCare is running down on inventory for replacements.
That begs the question; once inventory runs out - assuming it does - to even supply the Mac Pro BTO, there has to be some replacement ready; assumingly something with better yield.
BTW - the 5870 cards for the Mac Pro are made by AMD (they are identical to the reference boards), and are stamped as such in Mac Pros. Whatever Apple does with them, they still get them from AMD, not a third party....
And, the Quadro 4000 isn't a good replacement - apart from the cost (which is reasonable for a productivity card) as for non-optimized apps (i.e. users that would usually buy a 5870) it'll likely be much slower due to the low clock and memory speed on the card. And, WOW isn't CUDA aware
Oh well
Dan

Can I use 27' iMac(Later 2009) as a display for Mac Pro(future 2013)?

Can I use 27' iMac(Later 2009) as a display for Mac Pro(future 2013)?

See > http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11302
To be able to use the iMac as an external display, the Mac Pro should come with a Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt port, so think that it will include Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt, although we don't know anything.
To connect the iMac to the Mac Pro, as your iMac has got a Mini DisplayPort, you have to use a Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort cable (Thunderbolt is compatible with Mini DisplayPort cables, but Mini DisplayPort isn't compatible with Thunderbolt cables). Then, just follow the steps of the page above to use the iMac as an external display

Where can I find internal DVD replacement for Mac Pro 2008?

My optical DVD drive on my Mac Pro (3,1) has been dead for a good long while.
Looking for a cheap replacment. Just saw OWC stopped carrying them. Any leads?

For Mac Pro 3,1 and earlier (2008 and previous) you need an IDE/ATA drive like this one:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/superdrive/Mac_Pro_Xeon

Mac Pro 2009 won't boot.

Hello,
Since yesterday my computer simply refuse to boot (Mac Pro 2009, Quad-Core 2.93 with a flashed Radeon 5870).
It was working fine the day before, I shut it down, unpluged it and when I came back the following day it wasn't working anymore.
When I try to boot it I can hear the fans but not the starting "DONG" it should do.
I tried to replace the graphic card with my old ATI 4870, tried to switch with some old RAM I had and tried to disconnect my hard drives one by one but it did nothing at all.
The only thing I have is this red dignostical LED you can see on this picture. I tried to find it's meaning but I wasn't able to find anything.
It would be nice if someone was able to tell me what this LED meant (and even nicer if it wasn't something expensive to replace !).
Thanks !

Hello once again,
So, I finally had time to look a little deeper into this processor board and after removing the heatsink and cleaning the processor I noticed two little plastic screws (the ugly little red arrow on the picture I took from macbidouille.com, not the nice and big one) maintaining another heatsink on the board.
I'm not sure what is the component under this heatsink but one of these screws was broken (they aren't really screws but I don't know how to explain in English) and the heatsink wasn't correctly positioned anymore so I replaced these two screws, put everything back in order (with some thermal grease on the processor and the unknown component) and everything worked like a charm when I was done.
Thanks everyone for your help !

Mac Pro 2009 - Kenel panic problem, any ideas?

My Mac Pro 2009 is nearly 3 years old, haven't had any problems with it but in the last day i've had a crash and a kernel panic. 1st time a grey box came down over a quarter of the screen and the machine froze and I had to hold th power button to restart.
2nd time I had a kernel panic with the following error, I haven't added any new hardware for months. The kernel panic I got is as follows:
[COLOR="Teal"]Interval Since Last Panic Report: 3567480 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    89C272F3-CAEE-467F-B957-F2D902168859
Mon Dec 19 07:00:42 2011
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 10) 0x0000000000001c09:
family: 6 model: 26 stepping: 5 microcode: 17
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5520 @ 2.27GHz
9 error-reporting banks
threshold-based error status present
extended corrected memory error handling present
Machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x0000000000000800 invalid
IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0xbe00000000400e0f valid
MCA error code:            0x0e0f
Model specific error code: 0x0040
Other information:         0x00000000
Threshold-based status:    Undefined
Status bits:
   Processor context corrupt
   ADDR register valid
   MISC register valid
   Error enabled
   Uncorrected error
IA32_MC1_ADDR(0x406): 0x0000000000000280
IA32_MC1_MISC(0x407): 0x0000000001061d50
IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC6_STATUS(0x419): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
IA32_MC7_STATUS(0x41d): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
Package 1 logged:
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
Package 0 logged:
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
panic(cpu 10 caller 0x2aaf41): Machine Check at 0x00f039c6, thread:0x198cdb7c, trapno:0x12, err:0x0,registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x000f7000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000006, EBX: 0x16b18c00, ECX: 0x859250a8, EDX: 0x00000000
ESP: 0x93352680, EBP: 0x93352758, ESI: 0x16a2ca00, EDI: 0x00000003
EFL: 0x00000046, EIP: 0x00f039c6
Backtrace (CPU 10), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x85981fb8 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x85981fec 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x85982008 : 0x2aaf41 (0x59dfe4 0x59e0d1 0xf039c6 0x198cdb7c)
0x859820f8 : 0x2a29f2 (0x1 0x28 0xe8243489 0xfffeed30)
0x93352758 : 0xf04c58 (0x9fd722e8 0x76 0x3 0x2b1f6a)
0x93352858 : 0x2ad0c5 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x93352898 0x858ae000)
0x93352878 : 0x225bba (0x858ae49c 0x9fd6e6f1 0x76 0x858ae488)
0x933528d8 : 0x22698c (0x1 0x198cdb7c 0x16b030dc 0x0)
0x93352948 : 0x2275b0 (0x198cdb98 0x2198ae 0x0 0x0)
0x933529b8 : 0x227654 (0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x933529d8 : 0x2199ab (0x0 0x76 0x933529f8 0xbcb382)
0x93352a08 : 0x535547 (0xa 0x3e8 0x93352a58 0xbcb3d5)
0x93352a28 : 0xbcb348 (0xa 0x304 0x0 0x38377073)
0x93352a58 : 0xbcb6c5 (0x1791c300 0x93352a7e 0x0 0x93352b2c)
0x93352a98 : 0xbcb759 (0x1791c300 0x544d4133 0x93352df8 0x5526cf)
0x93352ab8 : 0x5542d0 (0x1791c300 0x544d4133 0x93352df8 0x0)
0x93352b08 : 0xbc742c (0x17760fc0 0xbcb726 0x544d4133 0x93352df8)
0x93352b48 : 0xbc98a7 (0x1791c300 0x544d4133 0x93352df8 0x2)
0x93352b98 : 0x56d196 (0x1791c300 0x18563c70 0x93352ddc 0x50)
0x93352bd8 : 0x56e2d8 (0xbcf570 0x19298700 0x18563c70 0x50)
0x93352c28 : 0x56eb59 (0x19298700 0x2 0x93352c70 0x0)
0x93352d48 : 0x286638 (0x19298700 0x2 0x18563c6c 0x0)
0x93353df8 : 0x21dbe5 (0x18563c44 0x191e05a0 0x8f9f0 0x6377)
0x93353e38 : 0x210a86 (0x18563c00 0x0 0x19815310 0x18717d90)
0x93353e98 : 0x216f84 (0x18563c00 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x93353f18 : 0x295914 (0x93353f44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x93353fc8 : 0x2a20f8 (0x19274940 0x0 0x10 0x0)
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.driver.AppleSMC(3.1.0d5)@0xbc6000->0xbcffff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.3.0)@0xbc2000
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(142.6.0)@0xf02000->0xf25fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: TemperaturMonito
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 509488144627
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet    2.1.3b1 (addr 0xee5000, size 0x118784) - last unloaded 126385491163
loaded kexts:
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring    8.0 - last loaded 38786563416
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic    6.0 11994.637263
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge    6.0 11994.637263
com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect    6.0 11994.637263
com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook    6.0 11994.637263
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor    6.0 11994.637263
jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse    4.0.3f1
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower    1.5.1
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothSCOAudioDriver    2.4.5f3
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs    3.4
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver    1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.31
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.3d0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.20
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.0.5f14
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.0.5f14
com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer    6.3.6
com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000    6.3.6
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.57
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelNehalemProfile    11
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.5.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    2.6.8
com.apple.BootCache    31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI    4.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    1.6.4
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L    2.1.8b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI    4.2.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.3.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.4
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com.apple.security.sandbox    1
com.apple.security.quarantine    0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    2.1.14
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com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    141.5
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction    17
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.0.5f14
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com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction    20
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com.apple.kext.ATI4800Controller    6.3.6
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com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily    41
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com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
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Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B07, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.26 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f5
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4870, ATI Radeon HD 4870, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: global_name
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: pci1033,35, sppci_usbopenhost, Slot-3@4,1,0
PCI Card: pci1033,35, sppci_usbopenhost, Slot-3@4,1,1
PCI Card: pci1033,e0, USB Enhanced Host Controller, Slot-3@4,1,2
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N, 67.1 MB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD6400AAKS-41H2B0, 596.17 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2, 596.17 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDT721010SLA360, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDT721010SLA360, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD103SJ, 931.51 GB
USB Device: Hub, 0x050d (Belkin Corporation), 0x0234, 0xfa200000 / 2
USB Device: iP4300, 0x04a9 (Canon Inc.), 0x10b6, 0x41400000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 4
USB Device: USB Receiver, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc52b, 0x3d100000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec[/COLOR]

Uninstall the Hardware Monitor kernel extension, reboot, and see whether there's any improvement.

Mac Pro 2009 audio problems

Hi there.
I have a mac pro 2009 quad-core intel xeon and since i've updated to 10.7.3 i've started to have problems with audio.
Sometimes when i turn on the mac, the audio doesn't work (the audio icon in the menu bar is shown grey, and if i try to rise the volume using the keyboard it doesn't work.
I've tried to get inside the audio preferences and select a different audio output like the internal speakers (i currently have speakers connected into the jack output) but it doesn't work too.
The only way to resolve this seems to do a RAM reset during the boot, but it's very annoying do this every time.
Anyone can help me to resolve this? Is it a software problem? Or my logic board is going to die?
It never did anything like this before the update.
Thanks for the support and forgive me for my bad english.
Greetz,
Lorenzo

I'm having similar problems with a brand-new Mac Pro 8-core. Mouse cuts out (I'm using a wired keyboard thankfully) and my Jawbone headset will work wonderfully with my old MacBook Pro but will only pair (maybe) on my Mac Pro.
Called and spoke with an expert and feel I get the run around. He had me shut down and unplug everything for 30 seconds. I did it but felt he was just having me "do something" to get me off of the line.
Apple has a problem with Bluetooth on their Mac Pros and isn't dealing with it.

HT2090 External iSight camera video feed working fine but mic is not working Mac Pro 2009 and Mountain Lion 10.8.4

Finally I decided to move forward and installed Mountain Lion 10.8.4 (with all the updates). Now I am facing a dilemma, my external iSight Camera is working fine regarding the video fee but the Mic is useless. I am using a Mac Pro 2009 and a Apple Cinema Display 30". I checked all the trends about iSight External devices but no one has a really specific solution for my problem. Firewire is not longer supported with Mountain Lion? By the way my iSight was working perfectly before. So I am wondering if something wrong happened with the OS and the support for this kind of device?   I reset the PRAM, the SMC, even I reinstalled the MAC OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4) from scratch. So I am wondering if the problem is that ML is not longer supporting this device or what is the issue here.
Hope someone can help me with it!
Thanks
Jalcom

Jalcom wrote:... Firewire is not longer supported with Mountain Lion?...
Not true. External iSight works fine with my '09 Mac Pro and 10.8.4.
Jalcom wrote:... So I am wondering if something wrong happened ...
So it must have.
Jalcom wrote: ... help me with it!...
You have tried several good things, but there may be other suggestions from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090 that you have not yet considered. Be sure to check more than one Apple app in more than one user account to help you pinpoint the cause of your trouble. Then you will know what to fix.
In addition to the Apple troubleshooting, check your  > System Preferences... > Sound > Input to verify that your iSight's mic is selected, not muted, and that its volume setting is properly adjusted. You may need to check this again after restarting Mac or changing apps that use the mic.
Also, be certain that the apps you are testing are configured to use iSight's mic. Different apps select the mic in different ways. For example, QuickTime X allow selection among various microphone alternatives via one of its preferences as shown in the image below:
(I was using my Display microphone and did not have my external iSight connected when I made this image. Therefore, there is no iSight mic shown in my list of mic choices above. If your iSight's mic is properly connected, turned on, and recognized by your Mac, iSight will show in your QTX microphone preference choice list.)
If you are trying to use your iSight with a Flash based web site, also check your Mac's  > System Preferences... > Flash Player > Camera and Mic settings to verify that your Flash system preferences are not blocking your mic.
Some other apps may offer mic and or camera selection via their application menus. If you have trouble finding out how to select the iSight internal mic in other apps, check each apps' Help or post back the name of the app whose selector you cannot locate here so we can try to help.
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Mac Pro Quad Core (Early09) 2.93Ghz OSX 10.8.4 24" LED Cinema Display          External iSights

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