2010 MacPro 5,1 and windows

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2010 MacPro 5,1 and windows

hello all fellow Mac enthusiasts!

i have been a long time reader and follower. I have absorbed so much knowledge from reading the often many page long discussions on several great topics.

now I have a question that I’m sure is ample news.

Thanks for your patience.

I have my 2010 Mac Pro running bios 5,1.

Dual 2.93 GHz six core Xeon CPUs

64 GB 1333 DDR3

Boot drive is one side of a dual slot 5gps PCIE card installed in the top slot. One 512 SSD. With Mojave

The other 512GB SSD on the card I’d like to install windows. But boot camp says no Bueno.

Graphics are a GTX 680 with 2GB and Mac EPROM flashed to it.

It works flawlessly and Mojave looks great.

I also have a Dell T7500 it is basically the Dell attempt at the MacPro. Dual Xeon CPU’s. 64gb ram. 4 hard drive bays. Two optical bays etc.

I can’t see why windows 10 won’t run on superior hardware that is the MacPro.

Am I over thinking this?

Can I boot to a windows 10 usb installation and install it on the empty 512 GB on the pci E card Mojave is on?

I imagine i would have to fine all the drivers without apples help

thanks for all your great advice and tips I have read here in the past.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 26, 2022 11:35 PM

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HWTech

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Jul 1, 2022 7:08 PM in response to MacaMaq

You need to have Windows drivers for that PCIe card. Without those drivers Windows won't work with the hardware. Unfortunately with most Mac hardware, many times the third party hardware will have Apple/Mac specific drivers because many times those cards may have Mac specific firmware which will only work with Mac versions of the drivers. Does the manufacturer of that PCIe card supply Windows drivers? Normally when installing Windows on a Mac you need to use BootCamp Assistant in order to get the Apple drivers for the original Apple hardware. However, for third party items you will need the manufacturer's Windows drivers as well. Windows should provide an option for you to select drivers stored on a USB stick (you may need to press some special key combination within the Windows installer to be prompted for options).

System requirements to install Windows using Boot Camp for macOS - Apple Support

FYI, I have not used BootCamp in many years and I very seldom use Windows these days so I probably won't be able to help you more than this, but maybe it will point you in the right direction.

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