It Works

by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/28/2006 11:14 AM EST
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  • Tegeril - Monday, October 2, 2006 - link

    After reading this commentary on why the bandwidth was severly hampered, I made the connection that an optical drive that I thought was failing had inadvertantly reverted to PIO mode and I was able to remove the device, re-add it and get it back to proper DMA operation, thus saving me some cash.

    Thanks :)
  • Pr1mus - Thursday, September 21, 2006 - link

    Just to let you folks know, it looks like the recent http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macpromid20...">Mac Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.0 from Apple also fixes the problem permanently, according to a post on http://www.macintouch.com">Macintouch. (Look under the Wednesday "Notes and Tips" section.) That update seems to be introducing its own problems, though, so YMMV.
  • rklaver - Friday, September 8, 2006 - link

    Followed the instructions, worked like a champ.
  • MemberSince97 - Thursday, September 7, 2006 - link

    Hi Anand, I was curious if your guys were going to a performance review of RC-1 vs XP.

    Take Care, Bob
  • terrabit - Tuesday, September 5, 2006 - link

    Hi.,

    The Dot Mac account met with severe bandwidth restrictions.
    The updated website address is:

    http://macprojournal.com/">http://macprojournal.com/

    This has the Mac Pro / SATA / XP fix fully documented online.

    Thanks.
  • davecason - Friday, September 1, 2006 - link

    Has anybody tried the following steps instead of re-installing (I don't have a macpro to test on so I cannot try it):
    * Install XP SP2 normally.
    * Download Intel's 5000X chipset drivers and install them.
    * Download Intel's 631 xESB chipset SATA drivers (version 15/05/2006 7.4.0.1 005) and install them.
    * Re-enable DMA using the steps listed at this link: http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm">http://winhlp.com/WxDMA.htm
  • xtremejack - Thursday, August 31, 2006 - link

    Anand,

    Would you do a Tulsa review sometime? Just like sometime back you compared a Paxville 4P with an Opteron 4P. It would be great to know how much life Netburst still has in it. Thanks.
  • michael2k - Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - link

    I've a serious question... does anyone here know or have any experience in using Windows PE on a Mac? I'm imagining using the drivers burned into the Boot Camp CD in a PE image, perhaps even a (gasp) Vista PE image.

    Then place said PE image on a USB key, and you can boot any up to date Intel Mac into PE, right?
  • Konq - Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - link

    Since these systems use EFI to boot, is overclocking even possible? Are there EFI tools in the public domain? Can you do it while in BIOS/XP mode?

    It appears Intel really made these processors with wide speed margins and it might be interesting to at least get the standard 2.66 processors to 3 Ghz.
  • Konq - Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - link

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=27703...">http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=27703...

    I converted the web page and re-posted it about half way down. You don't need the "spyware" removal stuff if you don't want them. There are other remarks earlier on how to fix other things in the thread (sound).
  • RyanVM - Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - link

    My Update Pack is a must, however :) :P
  • plinden - Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - link

    Looks like we've slashdotted (or anandteched) that link. It's down because of data delivery restrictions.

    Anand should publish the instructions here.
  • ftf - Monday, August 28, 2006 - link

    YES!
  • Dennis Travis - Monday, August 28, 2006 - link

    Great to hear it worked. Can't wait for the review!

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