Will this work inside a Mac Pro (early-2008) PCIe slot? How do I power it?
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The unit can be plugged into either a 3 or 4 pin power head for fans off the motherboard. Also, the stock fans can be removed and a variety of fans [of your choosing] can be mounted onto the bracket.
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Im not a mac guy but i'd say if the screw size and wassame go for it. this fan is great you can change the postion of those fans if somehitng dont fit. worst case you send it back but try for sure, its either a 3 or 4 pin i cant remember.
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Can I plug a thunderbolt display into it with Mac Pro early 2008 (MacPro3.1)?
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(Just to check the obvious), but have you tried moving the card to a different bay? Does the system have a lot of accessories or a high-power graphics card (enough that adding this card might overload the power supply -- if it's one of Apple's cards, you're a long way from this).I have used this card in a 2010 MacPro without trouble. Good Luck.
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I have a MacPro mid 2010 and the card works fine. I don't have information on any other Mac Pro's.
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I am using this in my Mac Pro currently. You need to make sure your Mac can use this card though.
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My impression is that it works with PC mainboards with PCI slots. Don't know if Power Mac G4 has same board architecture.
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Not sure - I bought one and installed in my Mac Pro. Start-up screen was as the original video card. However, this replacement card did not look exactly like the original one it replaced.
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I can confirm the Sabrent BK-HDDF will NOT work in a Mac Pro. I just tried: the bracket does fit the drive bay sled(s) (not too big) but the SATA/PWR connectors do not align. FYI - mine is a Mac Pro 4,1 (2009) model, though I believe the form factors for drive bays are the same 2006-2012 models.
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I don't think so, it seems to be a windows version. I installed this one on my early 2008 mac pro and it worked perfectly but I think it need Mountain Lion or Mavericks. Those OS's have drivers built in of which OSX 10.7 doesn't. This is the one I got and it work great Inateck Superspeed 4 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expansion Card - Interface USB 3.0 4-Port Express Card Desktop with 15 Pin SATA Power Connector, [ Include with A 4pin to 2x15pin Cable + A 15pin to 2x 15pin SATA Y-Cable ]
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Well, Philip, I'll provide my opinion. I suspect that the "F" refers to "Fully Buffered". As to whether they would work for your MacPro 1.1, I don't know. I would recommend contacting someone at an Apple Store or obtaining the specs for your motherboard within the MacPro. Check the existing memory within the MacPro and determine whether it is fully buffered. You can't mix fully buffered and non-buffered memory together, based on my research and experience.
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This Nvidia card is intended for the Mac Pro Desktop series and will not work in a laptop. The video cards on laptops are integrated with the system board and cannot be replaced as a separate item, the entire system board needs to be replaced.. which can be a bit pricey.
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Sorry I have no experience using the card in mac. I used the card on PC machines. My guess is as J Luster suggested ... the mac motherboard is scanning all the SATA ports 1st for a bootable HD before finding the AVSx2. On a PC one would have to look into the BIOS to change the boot order to boot off the PCI cards 1st. I found problems with AVSx2 recognition depending upon whether or not I was also running the motherboard in legacy vs AHCI HD configuration. I don't bother with the card anymore.
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It works with my vintage Mac Pro 1.1 running Lion and updated 1 gb graphics card and the $99 Apple adapter with the usb connector for additional power. I am also running a view sonics 27" screen at lower res simultaneously
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My Mac Pro is the 3,1. This card works well in it. Your Mac Pro is the 4,1. See here:http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_pro/specs/mac-pro-eight-core-2.26-early-2009-nehalem-specs.htmlI looked at the specs for the 1,1 2,1 3,1 and 4,1 the earlier modes have a slightly older versions of PCIe slots. You and I the same version and it is working for me. If there is some other issue I can not find it. If Apple Core Tech has a decent return policy go for it.
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No it will not work in a Mac Pro 2,1. You need to buy one that is specifically made for apple. This is the one with the PC bios. You can flash these versions to work with Mac but its a lot of hassle when you can just buy the correct one.
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It only works in El Capitan if you disconnect your USB3 devices before putting it to sleep, otherwise the MacPro will *NOT* go to the sleep properly. If you disconnect everything last thing at night or whatever, the MacPro will sleep too. At time of writing, this hasn't changed past 10.11.3. Officially Inateck only supports the KT4004 card to 10.9 Mavericks, but it works a treat on Yosemite or El Capitan if you disconnect before Sleep as I said.
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I bought the mini PCIe for my Mac Pro 1 because the regular(PCI) card pins did not fit into the PCI slot. I needed a PCIe(e= extended) according to the techs at Apple. The card works well and I have no issues with it.... I hope this helps.