Mac Pro w/ Quadro FX 4500 not sending 1080p signal

Hi,
I've got a Mac Pro with an nVidia Quadro FX 4500 video card and I'm having a lot of difficulty getting OS X to send a 1080p signal to my high-end Sanyo PLV-HD10 projector via DVI. When I say 1080p, I mean 1920x1080 in progressive (non-interlaced) mode.
The trouble is OS X detects the projector as "LCD Monitor" and under "Displays" in System Preferences i'm given a maximum resolution of 1920x1080 INTERLACED, which is very close to, but not exactly what I want. I need this thing to send a non-interlaced signal to the projector, and I just can't figure out how to make OS X do that. I've tried using 3rd party hacks like "SwitchresX" and "DisplayConfigX" - with no success. BTW, I am fully up to date on "Software Update" and this is a clean install of OS X 10.4.8 (just got the machine a week ago).
I called Sanyo for support and they couldn't help me, because they don't make any software/drivers for their devices. They asked me to take the matter up with Apple.
The funny thing is, I've got Boot Camp running on this Mac Pro, and Windows XP Pro (SP2) is able to detect the Sanyo projector AND send a full 1080p signal to it. This tells me the hardware is fully capable of doing what I need it to do... The problem is OS X isn't detecting the projector correctly, and so it's not letting me push the correct resolution to it.
I'm not at all against hacks, via Terminal or otherwise, to get this working. ANY help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
--ashwini
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You could mention that Nvidia is coming out with an FX 4800, along with GTX 285.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/productquadro_fx_4800_for_macus.html
The GTX 285 seems to still be under wraps but expected to come out in June. And nothing happens exactly when it's suppose to let alone on time.
Barefeats has most of the test comparisions but even the FX4800 hasn't seen the light of day. A) needs more work and new drivers and OS revision? is really being aimed at something for OpenCL to exploit perhaps.
G5 = Open Fimrware, Mac is now EFI

Similar Messages

Early 2008 Mac Pro, NVIDIA Quadro 5600, and Adobe CS5 - HELP!!!

Hello, I am currently pulling my hair out over my GPU situation. I'm eagerly awaiting the ship date for CS5, but I'm concerned about one of its system requirements, where it says an OpenGL capable card must be supported for the software to work.
So I went to their handy chart explaining which cards are supported, and mine, the Quadro FX 5600, is not listed on the Mac side. It is however listed on the Windows side.
But when I bought my Mac Pro, the 5600 was being offered by Apple, they're the ones who installed it for me! Haven't had a problem in CS4, but now I'm afraid I won't see the significant boost in power Adobe is promising from CS5.
When I called Adobe about it, I was on the phone for more than 45 minutes, talking to people in India who I even got to admit don't actually use the software, and ultimately told me they simply couldn't answer the question.
So if anyone could advise me wether or not my Early 2008 Mac Pro with Quadro FX 5600 graphics card will support OpenGL in After Effects CS5, I'd be eternally grateful.
Thanks so much!

I have always assumed there would be no problem. You can download from
http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/download.html
the OpenGL Extensions Viewer, which, when launched DIRECTLY TESTS with which versions of the OpenGL standard your card is compatible. (Right now there appear to be download problems with the URL above (a 421 FTP error: server is limiting available connections.)
I'm also hoping this indicates no problems with CS5!
Hope this helps.
DMW

My Mac Mini was not sending a signal to the monitor. I powered down using the power button and now it will not start. When i power up I get a strange 2 tone sound, like a warning alarm. The fan starts, and the light comes on, but no screen

My Mac Mini was not sending a signal to the monitor. I powered down using the power button and now it will not start. When i power up I get a strange 2 tone sound, like a warning alarm. The fan starts, and the light comes on, but no screen.
I have tried with a wired USB keyboard and mouse using a single screen. Powered up with option pressed. No change.
Reset SMC no change

Run the Apple hardware test to see what it tells you. Run the extended test when prompted, which can take awhile.

10.5.2, Mac Pro with AE Card, AEBS (not Gigabit) lost wireless connection

Since I upgraded to 10.5.2, I have been having issues with my wireless connection on my Mac Pro. Here's my setup - an 802.11n Airport Extreme Base Station (not gigabit one) with a 802.11g AEBS connected to it. the 802.11n is running on the 5GHz Spectrum only and does not share with 802.11a (so it's running 802.11n only). The 802.11g AEBS is set to run on the 2.4GHz Spectrum and is set to accept both 802.11g and 802.11b. The MacPro has an Airport Extreme Card running 802.11n. The 802.11n base station is almost next to the 2 base stations.
Every once in a while, my Mac Pro will get disconnect to the basestation, and when I go to the Airport Signal icon, I can see both my basestation. I just have to select it again as if all of a sudden, my Mac Pro forgot which basestation it is connected to and get totally confused. It is one thing if the signal to the basestation is gone (have experienced that a few times when I have the 802.11g base station), it's something else to just get disconnected for no reason. Of course, when I select my basestation again, everything works fine (not as if it has problem re-establishing connection). This is getting a bit annoying, especially when I am trying to backup my files only to have been disconnected from the basestation. This doesn't happen every time I backup my files. It happens in random and there can be a long time without having drop the connection and then it can drop the connection 3 times in 10 minutes.
Help!

I have read all the other post, but got no satisfying answer other than people saying Apple really screwed up with 10.5.2 and that doesn't really resolve the problem. Plus, it seems to me that most people's problem are with a 3rd party base station rather than an AEBS. My only other option maybe to down grade my Airport Card software, because I think the problem is with the Airport Card driver that's bundled with the Mac Pro, and frankly, I am not sure if Apple is ignoring the problem or working hard on it, but in either case, it's not fast enough in term of damage control.

Mac Pro with 10.5.8 not booting

Hi everyone My Mac Pro with 10.5.8 is not booting suddenly, it stays on gray screen with the spinning watch. Actually i was trying to edit the hosts file to patch one application in that process i deleted three file from \private\etc\ folder the files are hostconfig, hosts, hosts.equiv, after this my mac pro is not booting. I am still runing MAC OSX 10.7 lion from the other partition without any problem. But i want osx 10.5.8 to be fixed as i have lots of applications installed in it. Is there any way that i can REPALCE THESE FILES BACK ( BEFORE DELETING THOSE FILES I HAD TAKEN A COPY ASUMMING SOME PROBLEM) OR Can i reinstall same OSX 10.5.8 in it preserving all the settings as it is. I tried Safe Mode, Single user mode for no luck. i tried to get the errors during bootup by pressing Command-V the error shows are 1. bootup lookup server failed, 2. mdsync launch failed (ipc/send) invaild destination port, etc, etc, etc, etc
Can Anyone Hep Me Please
Addins

Restart into Mac OS X 10.7, open the root level of the Mac OS X 10.5 partition, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, provide private/etc/ as the path, and drag the backup copies of those files into that folder. If needed, the default permissions for them are system with read and write access, wheel with read only access, and everyone with read only access.
(61720)

Mac Pro & Nvidia Quadro GPU

Will the 2013 incarnation of the Mac Pro have an available Nvidia Quadro professional level GPU as one of its configurations for purchase from Apple?
Charles Daley

I didn't think the Mac Pro came with a Quadro GPU as part of any of its set ups. I thought even on the Mac Pro they were using GeForce GPUs. They are good from what I can read and gather from forums but a PDF from Nvidia compared and contrasted the Quadro vs. GeForce and on graphic intense programs like Maya and 3DS Max alot of the features that were part of the program would not operate to there fullest with the GeForce. Only the Quadro would allow you to use 100% of the capabilities the program has to offer. Or does anyone have other experiences with using these programs with a top level GeForce chip, maybe something like Geforce GTX 680 MX? (I think that is the top level GPU on the new 27" iMac?)

Mac Pro to Samsung HDTV - "Mode not supported"???

Alright, so I have just received my new Mac Pro in the mail yesterday and wanted to hook it up to my television - a 1080p Samsung (Samsung LN-T4671F) HDTV. I am using a DVI-to-VGA cable. I feel I should probably explain the entire situation so that it's all clear.
The first time I started the computer after plugging it into the TV, the Apple logo with the Loading, spinning thing (not the multicolored wheel) showed in beautiful 1920x1080. After loading, the screen jumped to a lower resolution for a second and then went black, finally giving me a "Mode not supported" error. Thinking it was just a little hiccup, I restarted the computer and after the Apple logo screen, it showed me a screen on how to put batteries in my mouse (or something along those lines, I didn't really look), and then it had me set up my wireless keyboard. After this, it showed me the WELCOME video and allowed me to log on to my computer and start using it.
After about 15 minutes, I was going through the system prefs and came across display. Thinking maybe I should lower the resolution to better see text, I clicked on a lower resolution around 1600xsomething. The screen went black and gave me the "Mode not supported" error again. I thought I could just wait a few seconds and if I didn't confirm the resolution, it would go back...but it never did. After trying to restart my computer a number of times and receiving the error message each time, I booted in Safe Mode, which I am in right now.
I went into the sys prefs and made sure the resolution was set to 1920x1080, which it already was, and restarted the computer. Error again. I went into the settings of my TV and went to PC and had it auto correct the resolution to the input. Error again. I have been running in Safe Boot since - no sound is annoying - and enjoying the display in full 1920x1080 (1080p)...so the set obviously supports it (and the manual says it does too).
My video card is an NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT. What's most annoying is that it's pretty obvious that the display supports this resolution and yet won't allow it to work outside of Safe Boot mode.
Please help

Had the same problem with an AOC 1080p TV, trying to connect to it using VGA cable.
Ivan's earlier post clued me in to solution:
- Plug in the TV, get the "Mode not supported" message on the TV
- Open the Display Preferences, you should see the display preferences for the laptop "Color LCD" monitor. Click the "Gather Displays" button - this should bring the display preferences for the TV behind the laptop preferences window. Switch to the TV's display preferences window.
- In the TV's display preferences window, switch refresh rate down to 59.9 Hertz (your TV may need different refresh rate, but on mine I only get options for 59.9 or 60).
That did it for me!

Mac Pro USB and FW800 ports not working

I've been reading tons of forum entries in the Apple Support Community and in other forums. Nothing seems to answer quite what's going on with my Mac Pro Tower.
Here are the details and steps taken up to now:
- I'm running a Mac Pro Tower (MacPro 3,1, 2x 2,8GHz Quad Core, Early 2008 model), currently running OS 10.6.8
- I moved before the holidays in December and left my computer unplugged for over month while away. Didn't have any issues before the move.
- up until the last couple of weeks, I had actually been running on Leopard (yes, I'm a luddite!, please, no teasing )
- I was trying to update my ipod touch's iOS and kept getting errors preventing it from completing the process. At first I thought it was an ipod app causing the issue after having read a few threads on that topic...
- Also, on startup, the Mac started searching for a Bluetooth keyboard, of which I don't have, and would not detect my usb keyboard. I would disconnect and reconnect the keyboard and the majority of the time, the Mac would then recognize my USB keyboard.
- I decided to upgrade to Snow Leopard, which didn't help with the iPod update. I did not do a clean install.
- Then I noticed that my USB stick wasn't working and tried it in all the usb ports (except the ones on the keyboard)
- Also, I had removed and then reinstalled printer and scanner drivers for my All-in-one printer. After this I kept getting constant communication errors between the mac and the printer via the usb port, although I was able to print a test page.
- I've used Hardware Test once which didn't detect any issue.
- I reset the SMC
- I reset the PRAM, and for a few seconds I was able to read from my USB stick, then never again, even after another PRAM reset.
- I've cleaned the whole inside of the computer and checked for loose cables. Cables are in so tight it's so hard to loosen them!
- I now tested all the ports:
     ∞ the 2 front and 3 back USB ports are unresponsive to my usb key and to my VoyagerQ dock
     ∞ the front and back FW800 ports are unresponsive to my VoyagerQ dock
     ∞ However, the keyboard works in any fo the back ports and my USB stick is recorgnized by the USB port of the keyboard.
     ∞ I also plugged in my Logitech webcam into the keyboard and it works there but not in any other port.
     ∞ When I plug in USB powered speakers into any of the ports, they work fine
     ∞ And the FW400 ports are also working fine with my VoyagerQ dock
- a few times, including once today, my mac restarted by itself. The times before today, I thought it was because I was sort of moving back the computer in place, but today I was nowhere near the computer.
So what does this all mean? Should I do a clean install of the Mac OS? Or is it a problem with my Logic Board?
Any insight please would be helpful. I had Apple Care and missed the reminder to renew it so I really hoping not to spend more money than necessary.

Thanks Grant,
The battery is a start and something inexpensive to replace.
I did do a PRAM reset (command + option + P + R) and was able to hear the chime 4 times. I tried resetting it a number of times over the past week, as well as yesterday with no success in reviving the USB ports. But isn't it weird that my USB powered speakers work by plugging them in any USB port (with the mini jack pugged in the back or front earphone plug)?
I did not use the USB ports on the keyboard until yesterday, so that is not the cause of the other USB and FW800 ports failing. But I'll follow your suggestion and not use them except for the mouse.
Another weird thing that happened yesterday, I have 16GB of RAM and I spent all day trying to troubleshoot a RAM issue that is magically fixed after leaving the computer on overnight to do an extended Hardware Test. The issue was:
- Only 8 RAMS were being recognized
- a red LED light appeared on the top riser
- first I thought I had isolated the faulty RAM bar, and then a second one
- Then going pair by pair again, I no longer saw the LED light
- Put back all 8 bars, only 8 GB of RAM recognized
- Left computer overnight running Hardware test (said it took almost 3 hours, with no errors)
- Now all 16 GB are recognized!
Thanks again for the tips

My external hard drive is not being recognized by my MAC Pro. The icon does not appear on my desktop when I connect it to the MAC.

My external hard drive that I use as a backup is not being recognizedc by my MAC PRO. Usually I get the icon for the backup, when I attach it to my computer, but that isn't happening. What can I do?

Well, I tried all of your suggestions and they didn't work -- no surprise because I was trying to backup to my external c.d. disk. Duh! The application for the home is in the mail.

Is this creative suite or leopard causing my mac pro to freeze, quit and not sleep?

I hav recently bought a high end mac pro and leopard and I am lucky if I get 30 minutes before the whole system freezes. Tried re-installing in a different hard drive on the pro - same problem. If I put the computer to sleep, 80% of the time when I return, it has shut down. Actions in CS3 are deleted. Everything is a bit random and I can not work it out. Running disk utility, from the computer and disk produces this:
ACL found but not expected on Applications/Utlities
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" on Applications
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" on Library
Permissions repair complete
All software is up to date. I do have some plug-ins that are supposed to be cool with this system.
Can anyone help or do I have to return this computer?

On 3/9/08 2:16 PM, in article [email protected], "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Permissions repair complete > > All software is up to date. I do have some plug-ins that are supposed to be > cool with this system. > > Can anyone help or do I have to return this computer? Sounds like the logic board is malfunctioning, reading and writing in the wrong places to the HD. Try a Safeboot [hold down shift key] and see if the problem persists. If not, then you have a plugin problem most likely. Also, do this first: boot holding down cmd-S keys. When you drop into Unix, at the prompt, type fsck -fy keep the space between the commands. Let it run and see what happens, but because it happens on both drives, it sounds more like the logic board or wiring in the system is on the blink. If it is new, should be under warranty... Jeff ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com

Mac Pro 2009 - To keep or not to keep? Only running windows

Well, with values of older Mac Pro's going down, i'm now unsure what I should do.
In total I have 3 Mac Pro's. 1 for work at my father's house (2009, 2.26 8 core), 1 there for Testing and Guests (2006 2GHz dual core).
My third one, however, I keep here for gaming. It is fully loaded, SLIpatched. It currently uses a 5970, 2 SSD (1 for windows boot, 1 for steam games). It has 4GB of the original ECC ram and 16GB of Kingston HyperX. It is unable to run OS X at the moment, but only due to the OS X hard drive being removed and the 5970.
So my dilemma is this. I only use it for gaming pretty much, and I only use it under windows 7. It is NEVER used for tasks such as Video Editing, Servers, or any other things like that. It rocks... But because I enjoy upgrading its video setup a lot, its somewhat cramped PCIE spaces dont' allow for much for me.
So... I'm wondering if it's really worth keeping, or if I should just try and sell it, and then proceed to build a PC that does well enough for my needs. I understand Mac Pros are particularly good for work based things... And this one is used for none of that, so am I sort of just wasting it by only using it for gaming? OR should I just trade my Processor palette from my current mac pro in for a Single processor palette, and install a W3690?
What I'm thinking of building is an EVGA 4 way SLI X58 based PC. Dunno if i'd take the effort to hackintosh it though, so much trouble.
So what should I do?
Should I try and sell it before it loses more value, while also adding thigns to it to up the value, and build a PC? If so, what sorts of things should I consider adding to it to try and sell it for a better value despite its age? What value do you think I could potentially get for it?
Should I just trade in for a Single CPU board, and put in a W3690? (I already upgraded the firmware with the utility to the 2010)
Remember though, I currently have 2 other mac pro's I do use for work stuff.
Thanks all

Can only work with your work email if they enable IMAP support (most companies won't).
However, you can browse to Web Access via the browser and have full web support.
As for cases, there are hundreds out there. One of my fav manf. is here
http://www.vajacases.com/home/home_en.html?Prod=mobile-apple-iphone&ini=cap30ei& c=6&it=1&s=1
As for if you should keep it, well depends on what you want to use it for. It is not quite ready to replace a true Business phone, but great as a phone with constant internet access and WiFi support and iPod all in one. And in time (Feb 3rd party developers can make programs for it) more apps will come out that could make it better for Business.
As for returning it...well there is a restocking fee on the phone. Forget the terms of it though.
Message was edited by: DaVBMan

After installing Lion on my Mac Pro, search in mail is not working.

I can run the search successfully in spotlight, or on my macbook air, but when searching in mail on the mac pro, it seems to return random results. Can anyone shed some light?
I have tried multiple test cases and the mac Pro from withi

I ran into the same problem with only some messages (if any at all) showing up in the searches in Mail. For an example, I have over 100 messages from Netflix within all my mail folders (trash included) but when I search for anything containing "netflix" it would only pull up 2 messages from my trash folder on two random dates. This was the case for ANY searches I was trying to pull up, not just for netflix emails.
I spoke to an iOS Senior Advisor who did a screen share with me (because he had never heard of the problem previously) and after reviewing the issue, he said he will be taking this up to the engineers.
Here is what fixed the problem for me:
1. Enable Indexing
Open Terminal, and type the following: sudo mdutil -i on /
If it asks for your password, type it in and hit return.
Re-open mail. If this didn't fix anything, then you will need to re-index:
2. Re-indexing HD
Go to System Preferences, Spotlight, click on the Privacy tab, click on the + to add the entire Macintosh HD to the list of "Prevent spotlight from searching these locations" and then remove the Macintosh HD by clicking the - button.
Once you've done this is will automatically start re-indexing in spotlight. This took about 90 minutes on my computer, but once it was done, I re-opened mail and it was working properly again.
If you still run into issues, I've heard that in Mail, clicking on "Mailbox" then "Rebuild" can sometimes fix the issue. Let me know if any of those steps worked for you!

Mac Pro EFI Firmware 1.5 NOT installing (Yes, I RTFM)

Starting a new topic as the other one was marked 'SOLVED'.
MacPro5,1 2.8 Quad.
Firmware 1.5 does install before shutdown, but the progress bar doesn't appear when holding the power button. After the loud firmware beep, the chime follows immediately and the machine boots up. Software Update keeps prompting to do the update again.
Have been on the phone with Applecare for over an hour, who have no idea why this thing doesn't work...
Troubleshooting done so far:
-Zapped PRAM, Reset SMC
-Downloaded standalone installer instead of Software Update
-Freshly installed 10.6.4 on FW800 disk and tried installing from that install
-Disconnected all peripherals including 27" LED Cinema Display
-Downloaded standalone installer on another network
There is no progress bar appearing and the bootrom stays on version MP51.007F.B01.
Strange: in the Utilities folder there is a Mac Pro EFI Firmware updater app that displays a "file may be incomplete or damaged" error when trying to start it.
Applecare had no idea, second line support puzzled as well...
Any ideas ?

When you click OK for install, it'll do the little updater window, tell you it's optimizing, then shut down your computer.
You're in front of a shut-down MP 2010. You need to click *AND HOLD* the power button for a few seconds. It'll flash a few times, make a different tone and then you'll see the updater bar.
You cannot just power it up, you must click and hold until the little white power indicator light flashes.
Welcome to MP51.007F.B03
p.s., Why it drops the file Mac Pro EFI Firmware.app which is "damaged" etc, into /Apps/Util/ I dunno. It does that for me too, but firmware is updated. You should be able to hit Software Update now and not keep seeing the EFI update show up.
If you're clicking AND holding the power button AND see the white light flash multiple times (it takes a few seconds, keep holding down the power button), and it still doesn't work... then I dunno.

Early 2008 Mac Pro + ATI Radeon HD 4870 = Not working

Just took delivery of my new HD 4870 video card today. I installed it in my Early 2008 Mac Pro and booted up. I got a picture no problem on one monitor, but nothing on the other. Furthermore, the display perfpane was missing a lot of controls, like Arrangement and Detect Displays and whatnot.
I did a bunch of rebooting and swapping of cables, and determined that both the mini-display port and the standard DVI connection will drive a monitor. However, if both are plugged in, the only active display is the one plugged into the mini-display port, and there's no option to setup the secondary display.
So I booted into bootcamp, and it automatically recognized both display ports, and mirrored my desktop on both monitors. I downloaded and installed the latest windows drivers, rebooted the machine into windows once more, and was able to configure a multiple monitor display with no problem.
This tells me it's not the card and it's not the motherboard.
Booting back into mac OS, I discovered that it doesn't even recognize that the card has video ram. It thought I had no video ram in the system.
So, this all leads me to the conclusion that Apple shipped me a card that it has not yet provided driver support for.
Hey Apple, can I have my 4870 display driver now?

Hi again,
It was funny to read all your answers on my iPhone while away from my computer. I could have reply on the iPhone but I preferred to wait to give you all the procedure I used to install the beta driver successfully this morning.
To start, I found this link:
http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=155477
and followed the "4870 INSTRUCTIONS", starting like suggested by doing the "First, follow the 4850 INSTRUCTIONS above"... (See the link)
I would like also to specify that I did this without having installed the card physically yet. So I kept my HD 2600 in the computer, followed all the steps excepted for the step 3:
3. Reboot with -f -v (kextcache/verbose mode)
There is no -f nor -v switches available for the reboot command at the shell prompt. I simply rebooted as usual "Pomme -> Redémarrer".
After the reboot, all my software was still working as expected with my HD 2600 card, meaning that these steps are specific and active only for the HD 4870 when it's detected at boot-up.
You may have to Google for the string "Kext" in order to get the application to install the file ATY_Motmot.kext. For your information, ATY_Motmot filename is the same string as the one found under "System Information ->PCI cards" under "Name".
I get:
ATI Radeon HD 4870:
Name: ATY, Motmot
The article is not clear regarding where to find the OpenGL.framework to backup before installing the downloaded one. I found mine under:
/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.5.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework
After having shutdown the computer, just after the reboot that proofed everything was ok, I removed the original HD 2600 card and put back the new HD 4870 and boot up...
Then I check the "System Information" and found both "Quartz Extreme" and "Core image" supported!
I launched Aperture, got it!
I launched Final Cut Express, got it!
I launched Starry Night Pro Plus, got it! Then I checked the OpenGL settings in Starry Night Pro PLus and activated both options:
Use shaders where available
Use AllSky shader (Not compatible with all hardware)
When I was doing these actions with my original HD 2600 card, the software was giving me a warning that my hardware did not support these options and that it could crash.
This time, with the HD 4870, it accepted my settings and give me back a very beautiful blue sky with much more shades!
So in conclusion, it works very smoothtly with my system and I am writing this with two monitors, having bought the MiniDP to DVI adapter this afternoon
I am happy!
P.S.: A girl from Apple support called me back this afternoon regarding my problem. She was very happy two when I told her that I did apply the beta driver and that it was working very well...
Good luck and best regards...

Mac Pro 3.1 Optical Drives not recognized.

My Mac Pro (2008 2 x 2.8 Quad Core) 3.1 running OS X 10.10.1 has always had 2 optical drives. The first an Apple Superdrive as shipped and a second optical dvd/cd drive. Both have worked for years, although in recent tears, the 2nd drive experienced problems where it would not open. Finally it died all together and I removed it. I have added a replacement IDE optical drive and now neither optical drive works or is even recognised by the OS X. My system info shows "No Drives", yet both are installed and connected. I have rebooted many times, I have reinstalled OS X Yosemite, yet both drives are still missing as far as the computer is concerned.
Does anyone know how I may diagnose this problem further, or better still, how can I fix this issue.
Regards
Nermie

After checking connections, I would try a NVRAM reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
If it still doesn't show, I'd pull it and connect it to a different machine.
If it does't show there, I'd call it dead.
Oh, and as for the jumper, I wouldn't change it without changing the second drive as well.

Mac Pro w/ Quadro FX 4500 not sending 1080p signal

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for