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New acquisitions: MacPro 2010 and XServe 2009

What is it that prevents it from working, exactly? Next question is is it feasible to run windows 10 on there via bootcamp?
 
pizzigri said:
Sorry, no way to run a 580 in snow leopard or Lion, or anything like that. I think the minimum for it is Sierra, I took a lot of time to study which GPU would work with what OS, there's a huuuuuge thread on Mac Rumors for this.
Is it OK to post a link here? Mods, advise - in case, remove.
GPU compatibility list
The cMP is very well loved by a lot of people.
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Why exactly is that? You are not able to install drivers into 10.6 and whatnot for it?
 
Basically, there are no drivers for these cards. Apart from the built in support in the Mac OS, that is. Therefore, you will not find drivers for Leopard simply because the card was built after the OS, and there were NO machines after the cMP that had generic GPU support in a standard PCIe slot.
However, skimming the thread I posted, there's a possible solution, although I am against it for a number of reasons. user Tsialex posted this:
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one of the reasons being that fumbling with the spi chip in these machines can brick them due to age and the way the bootrom is organized.
Please read this as it is important for all full users of the classic Mac Pro (cMP), not only guys that want to upgrade to the latest OS:
BootROM
The definitive guide is here:
The Definitive Classic Mac Pro (2006-2012) Upgrade Guide
and this should be able to basically answer any question in regards to what is without any doubt the longest lasting Macintosh machine ever built - since there are lots of professionals still using it in production, including me (I'm a journalist, photographer and videomaker for a large German Media company).
 
dcr said:
Most of the computers we discuss on these forums aren't technically useful anymore but we still use and enjoy them.
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There is a distinct difference between someone using an old computer for a 'bit of fun' vs. using them as a file server that isn't going to let you down. I don't know what OP's requirements are for a file server, but I'm not entirely sure an Xserve is a good choice or even a fun experiment. But I guess different things satisfy different people, and it's up to them what they do with it. I'm just saying, there would be a lot of considerations to make if they were going down that route even in a remotely serious way.
 
joshc said:
There is a distinct difference between someone using an old computer for a 'bit of fun' vs. using them as a file server that isn't going to let you down. I don't know what OP's requirements are for a file server, but I'm not entirely sure an Xserve is a good choice or even a fun experiment. But I guess different things satisfy different people, and it's up to them what they do with it. I'm just saying, there would be a lot of considerations to make if they were going down that route even in a remotely serious way.
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It's a fair point. I basically just have fun with these machines. Currently, I have a 2014 Mac Mini that does all the file serving for my house. I really just wanted to have an XServe in the collection. If I could try out file serving like it's 2009, then cool :P.
 
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