- PROBLEMS BOOTING MAC PRO 2007 HOW TO
- PROBLEMS BOOTING MAC PRO 2007 MAC OS X
- PROBLEMS BOOTING MAC PRO 2007 MAC OS
I also had the problem firmware, and my particular machine had exactly the same firmware string as ant0s, so his tool worked for me. They didnt update the firmware and the processors came up as unknown when I installed Lion.
PROBLEMS BOOTING MAC PRO 2007 HOW TO
Note: Windows Users: If you need assistance on booting your Windows computer into Safe Mode, you can find out more on how to do so in the following article. I also want to say thanks, I bought a Mac Pro refurbed from eBay with upgraded 5355 processors already installed. Taken together, these changes can help resolve software or directory issues that may exist on the startup volume. i dont think any of the patches apply to me so i decided to just install the main system. Thats why I decided to buy a new PC for us, but here in Argentina thats not so easy, so I found a broken Mid 2007 Mac mini for 36 (which is still about the 10 of my salary here), and thats the best I found in price-horsepower terms (its an Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 and I think it could go really good for basic tasks with a decent SSD). You can then boot the key using the Mac Pro built-in boot selector (holding Alt before the chime). you can also take a shell.efi binary (for instance, from rEFIts tools), rename it to boot.efi and copy it at the root of a FAT formatted USB key.
PROBLEMS BOOTING MAC PRO 2007 MAC OS
what happens is that i first format my hdd (usb) as mac os (journaled), i then proceed with install. To boot the EFI Shell, simply install rEFIt. A cache with issues may cause a blue screen on startup, particularly after a Software Update. hi, i have tried installing leopard a few times, with no success.
PROBLEMS BOOTING MAC PRO 2007 MAC OS X
If FileVault is turned on, this also unlocks your disk. Machines that ARE NOT supported: - 2006-2007 Mac Pros, iMacs, MacBook Pros, and Mac Minis (MacPro 1,1 and 2,1, iMac 4,1, 5,1, 5,2, 6,1 and 7,1, MacBook Pro.