How do I find the Mac Pro 5,1 Mid 2010 firmware latest update ?
Did the power button shuffle over 10 times and still no working update to High Sierra?
How do I check to see if it did in deed do the firmware update ?
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), 5,1 (mid 2010) 3.2 ghz Quad core
As per the reply given by joe_7399 you can check what firmware version your Mac Pro currently has by opening System Report and viewing the version there.
However the version joe_7399 lists i.e. MP51.007F.B03 and the version provided by the download link he provides is for the last standalone firmware update that Apple issues several years ago. It is not the new firmware update needed for High Sierra.
The new High Sierra required firmware update is not available as a standalone update, it is automatically downloaded by the High Sierra installer and as your post indicates should be installed by the usual trickery involving the power button.
Once updated the version shown will then be
MP51.0083.B00 instead of MP51.007F.B03
See APFS support enabled in High Sierra for cMP | MacRumors Forums
Some people have reported not being able to get their classic Mac Pro to install this new firmware. Whilst I cannot check right now my own Mac Pro 2010 as it is turned off and I am away from home I can say it did successfully do a firmware update when I installed High Sierra and performed the same power button trickery. I did this using a standard hard drive in the standard drive bays, it maybe people using an SSD card in a slot are more likely to have difficulties. Ah, also seen that you probably need a video card with Mac EFI so newer video cards might cause problems.
I got the reboot window and then the flashing light also the tone. But no gray screen and bar, just rebooted to El Capitan. I don't remember if I mentioned that.
If there is no update of the firmware it should have shown something, some how?
Some day I believe Apple will have a tag that says " Do not open or break seal in penalty of law or void your warranty ".
We'll have to buy what we may need down the line instead of being able to add what we progressively move toward.
Maybe get the Wi Fi type jack to the head. Module out side of skull ?
I have this same machine, and have been struggling to get High Sierra to install, and wonder if its a related issue.
My Mac Pro is running Yosemite, but has a new SSD in the second bay that I am trying to do a clean install of High Sierra on.
When I first ran the installer it did ask to update the firmware, and when I look at it, it says its MP51.0084.B00 which seems to be the current version.
But—this may be a stupid question—is the firmware related to the drive, and does the SSD need to be updated seperately? If so, how do I do that?
I have tried every other possible solution, from reformatting the drive with an external HS utility to installing from an external USB, and the install stalls almost immediately no matter what I do.
Yes that is how the SSD is installed.
I have attempted to format the drive the correct way though both through the Yosemite Disk Utility, as well through an external drive with the High Sierra Disk Utility to no avail.
No matter what I do, the installer bar jumps about 1/8 of the way and freezes. Have tried it multiple times. If I look on the SSD there are 3-4 files installed. The one is seems to freeze on is "InstallESDDmg.pkg.partial
It is an SSD from OWC, and there have been threads elsewhere about problems with these, but its not the brand SSD or Mac model that has reported issues.
Be certain you used the ERASE function on that SSD immediately before attempting Install.
Unless the drive has been Erased, it could be Full of deleted Data from being run without TRIM.
The drive could also be defective, but that is a different story.
Since the four bays in the 2010 Mac Pro allow installation of multiple operating systems back to Snow Leopard and the new Firmware will apply to all of them, do we know if earlier Mac OS's already installed will continue to work once the Firmware is updated?
Mine with Yosemite was still working after I did the firmware update. A couple strange things happening with an old version of Excel that may or may not have been related, but didn't notice any major issues.
Thanks for your reply. After Apple introduced Core Storage, Snow Leopard would no longer recognize the newer installations as startup-worthy (though the Startup Manager does), and that was not as low-level as a Firmware change.
I did the firmware update, then booted from the 10.6 DVD to see what, if anything, was going to drop out. I was able to boot that DVD, and use its Disk Utility to "Repair Disk" each of several older MacOS. But My Mac Pro 4,1/5,1 has NO core storage logical volume stuff. All checked out OK.
So my impression is that nothing is lost in the Firmware Update. Of course, if anyone discovers different, please let readers here know!
Thanks for the test and feedback. Since there have been reports of Firmware vulnerabilities on Macs, do we know if that update provides security fixes? When I tried downloading the High Sierra installer to save for future use, I got that firmware updater delivered instead with the OS installer presumably to follow once the update was completed. Fortunately I was able to quit the Firmware updater so I could first learn more about it.
There is already a checksum on the firmware, and if it fails you get a blinking light pattern instead of a normal startup.
I read a report that firmware will now be checked for Integrity monthly. But there was no mention of how that check was to be performed, or what sort of check it was.
It is interesting that there has recently been a firmware update for both this Mac Pro and the MacBook Pro. But that may be merely a coincidence.
" coincidence " I highly doubt it.
They got kicked in the teeth about not dealing with firmware updates.
Guess the person or persons who were in charge of that over seen tidbit, has been put into the lower levels of Apple.
On another note after putting back my GTX 780 FTW from my PC tower.
I get a Cuda error saying I need a update of which I did before the latest High Sierra update.
Got the driver and CUDA 9 from Nvida s website.
All has gone well as mentioned until the supplemental update.
Other than that have not had any issue come up with Apps or other stuff.
After getting a ATI 5770 of of Ebay, found my old ATI 5770 in a closet at the bottom of a stack of boxes.
Ain't that the way it goes ?
Readers have reported for a long time that the Apple firmware Updater will only update a 4,1 to the latest 4,1 firmware.
There are ways using unsupported hobbyist hacks to change the firmware in a MacPro 4,1 to the firmware for a Mac Pro 5,1 The procedure you outlined does not appear to be one of those ways.
Actually it is a Mac Pro5,1 (Mid 2010 ), August when I bought it. It had a W3565 3.2 Quad CPU.
I've wanted to get a different CPU when I got the 5,1, but had not the cash then.
Got a Intel Xeon W3690 SLBW2 6 core off ebay, and a deal on 32Gb of 1333 ram.
Now just have to sell the W3565 and the 13 Gb of 1066 ram.
How do I find the Mac Pro 5,1 Mid 2010 firmware latest update
