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| Mac Pro (pre-2008) CPU Upgrade Question regarding (Harpertown) Xeon E5430s |
| Filling in for Mike while he's in the stone age today (no utilities) - I was considering trying this back in April but decided to sell my first gen Mac Pro and get a 2008 Mac Pro since it already had the new Xeons (not cheap), plus PCI express 2.0 slots, faster memory and a new warranty.
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I was wondering if the Intel Xeon E5430 ("Harpertown") 2.66GHz LGA 771 80W Quad-Core Processors could be installed in the first generation MacPro dual core 2.66. (These CPUs are now appx. $500 each) I saw an article in which the (earlier "Clovertown") Xeon 5355 quad cores worked perfectly.
-Mark"
I didn't dig into specs and pinouts to see if the lower voltage new Xeons would work in the earlier Mac Pro, but if you have send a FYI. (Thanks!-Eddie)
Here's a reply:
"I haven't tried it myself, but I've researched doing it several times. All of the posts I've found say the same thing: you can upgrade a Woodcrest (5100) Mac Pro to a Clovertown (5300), but not a Harpertown (5400).
-Keith"
FYI - a later mail from a reader included a note that earlier this year an early Mac Pro owner had tried a ("Harpertown") Xeon CPU in his pre-2008 Mac Pro - it didn't boot. |
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