Q: ATI Radeon HD 5770 in MacPro 1,1

Cheers. I'll try later when I'm feeling strong! Trying to install FCPX is proving more difficult than I thought.

There was only one cable, but only one connector on the back of the card. Chose one of the two connectors on the logic board, connected it all up and it seems to be working fine. Fired up first time. Checked FCP6, Photoshop and Quark and they all seem to be OK. Now to download FCPX and see where that takes me. Thanks for your help.

Hi All,

the 5770 works fine in my MacPro 1,1 - with one excpetion: since I've upgraded to Lion it's not possible to activate sleep mode anymore. Display is getting black and goes to power save but the MacPro is still up & running (I hear the fans). I tried different ways to go to sleep - nothing works. I'm pretty sure this is caused by upgrading to Lion - any hints or is there anybody with Lion installed without sleep mode issues?

Thank you.

Help!!! I paid a tonne of $$ for the 5770 DIRECT from APPLE, installed it and i only get the display out of the DVI port. The screen where I have the Mini-dsplay port connected to is blank. Funny thing is that when I check System Preferences Display Arrangement, the system DOES detect the screen. What gives? Why does it stay blank?

You did see the bit where it states?;

Compatibility:

• Requires Mac Pro (Mid 2010) with PCI Express 2.0 slot
• Mac OS X v10.6.4 or later

Of course, operation is not guaranteed with any other and the old saying, your mileage may vary applies here.

gumsie-

Thank you for sharing the official Apple Info. It is neither correct nor helpful.

While 10.6.5 is required, the statement about which Macs are supported is based on Apple's policy of only testing currently-shipping products. This card works fine in all Mac Pro models, but is not as fast on models that only have PCI 1.1 slots.

If you are plugging is a Mini Displayport monitor, there is no adapter. The problem many users run into is that the cable must be completely pushed into the socket until essentially all the metal is inside the socket.

If you are hooking up a different display, the interface  and the adapters/converters used are the weak link. If you would like help, you will need to provide the details of what display, what interface, what adapters, and the total number of display you want to use.

What is correct regardless of how you choose to look at it is, Your mileage may vary. What it mean as I'm sure you are aware is that it may or may not work.

Now look here for more evidence. Again, your mileage may vary if you are not on the supported list. What is not correct about that? Or helpful Grant?

If you choose to hack and splice then anything is possible. But it's at your own risk.

gumsie, No guarantees that it will work, but a lot of folks had success. Even the link said: "The 5770 in the 2006-2007 is compatible using the newest build of 10.6.4 which is included with the new Mid 2010 Mac Pros and allows you to take advantage of all three display outputs on the 5770."

Again this is not gospel, but this forum is here for folks to share solutions.

Grant, am running OS X Lion 10.7. 2 diplay details are shown below. My monitors are not any brand name ones but work fine.

ATI Radeon HD 5770:

  Chipset Model: ATIRadeon HD 5770

  Type: GPU

  Bus: PCIe

  Slot: Slot-1

  PCIe Lane Width: x16

  VRAM (Total): 1024 MB

  Vendor: ATI (0x1002)

  Device ID: 0x68b8

  Revision ID: 0x0000

  ROM Revision:113-C0160C-155

  EFI Driver Version:01.00.436

  Displays:

Display:

  Resolution: 1440 x 900@ 60 Hz

  Pixel Depth: 32-BitColor (ARGB8888)

  Display Serial Number:F0SU6A183891U

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Rotation: Supported

Display:

  Resolution: 1440 x 900@ 60 Hz

  Pixel Depth: 32-BitColor (ARGB8888)

  Display Serial Number:F0SU72070543U

  Main Display: Yes

  Mirror: Off

  Online: Yes

  Rotation: Supported

Display Connector:

  Status: No DisplayConnected

Absolutely, but it does say not to expect an output from the Mini Display port.

Then why state "and allows you to take advantage of all three display outputs on the 5770."? Are all 3 DVI ports? No the last time I looked 2 seconds ago.

The page is a tad ambiguous but where exactly are you talking about?

After the main section there was an update:

"UPDATE 8/27/10 Well, a bit clarification on certain issues and reiteration of others…here’s what we discovered after additonal testing (and yes, some of your feedback):....."

Regardles of what it says. I am looking for solutions if anyone has any.

Well. It appears so, I stand corrected. Sort of - as the mileage has just varied.

The MDP does not work at all, even after a full boot?

No joy even after shut down and then start up.

I think I will look into my display specs. It is possible that the MDP is not compatible with my LCD displays which I have had for over 5 years and still work fine which is why I never changed them.