Hello, I have some doubt about the video card 285 GTX Mac Edition.
It's from my old Mac Pro 3.1, but actually, when I plug it, my mac pro 5.1 won't start.
I'm not sure if the video card is just died or not. I can't try on my old mac pro 3.1 because it has some problem on the motherboard.
ty !
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), Mac Pro 3.1
What exactly happens when you start the Mac?
Fans run?
Anything show on screen?
What OSX version are you booting to?
Can you boot in Safe Mode?
Reset the SMC.
What other cards are or were present?
Some tests of that card in a 5,1 even can be seen here:
http://barefeats.com/mtlion.html
You should of course for many reasons be using 10.8.5+ or later.
Anything OS X that are 5,1 can run (10.6.5+) is going to have native support for Mac EVGA edition 285.
The 285 might even be considered old or out of date to some extent today.
I assume since you used it before that you have the proper aux cables connected.
Maybe the issue with your 3,1 was this card and not the motherboard?
Well When I press power, nothing happen, that's the problem.
It run only if I remove the video card.
But with the Radeon I don't notice any problem.
My friend said it's not compatible at all. So maybe I will just wait and get the 680 GTX.
Btw I run on Lion Mountain 10.8.5 all updated.
That would be weird if my video card is died. But I suppose it's that.
On barefeats you can't trust so much these kind of website, is it a real GTX 285 mac Edition or a PC one ?
🙂
you never answered the question about the 2 power cables. They must absolutely be connected.
Yeah sure the both cables was plugged. But really, with the computer can't even start, and without any the computer start lol
Flo Doria, did you ever get any resolution on this? I have the same issue. It started a month or two back. I had to put the original GT 120 card back in to start the computer up. I thought maybe it was the NVIDIA driver, so I went ahead and updated that today, to a compressed air blast to the GTX 285 (official Mac edition) and put it back in. But the same result. A click sound and nothing else. Both the aux power cables were plugged in. This card has been in the Mac for about 5 years before stopping working in January.
Any ideas are welcomed!
Thanks.
JeffinNYC-
The drivers cannot influence anything until they are loaded, and that does not happen until long after the chime, the gray Apple appears on the screen, and the spinner starts. And it does not happen in Safe Mode at all.
You appear to have a Hardware problem, and if your Mac chimes and boots with the card removed, the graphics card that is the Hardware causing the problem.
Thanks Grant. That is helpful information. Sounds like either my card or the extra power supply is dead. The GT 120 does not require the extra 6-pin connectors so I suppose it could be the latter, which would mean I'm stuck with little ability to buy another more powerful card...
I have fixed my problem with an Asus 680 GTX flashed, it's works awesome.
the 285 GTX was just died.
285 GTX Mac Edition and Mac Pro 5.1
