{"id":3238,"date":"2014-08-18T20:51:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T01:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceffyl.net\/wordpress\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2014-08-26T11:00:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T16:00:02","slug":"upgrading-mac-pro-video-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceffyl.net\/wordpress\/geekitude\/upgrading-mac-pro-video-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading Mac Pro video card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I upgraded the Mac Pro&#8217;s stock video card to a Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 600 with 2 GB of video ram. The card requires a special power cable: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002UR1654\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&#038;psc=1\">PCIe Power Cable for Mac<\/a>. No local stores had this part in stock, so I ordered it from Amazon. It finally arrived so the card was installed last night. <\/p>\n<p>I followed the video instructions below and had the card installed in a few minutes. It was a little disconcerting because when the system booted the screen remained black until the login screen appeared. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TImpXtGYhGE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been running a few days with the card installed. The only problem I&#8217;ve had is that the system doesn&#8217;t always seem to come back from sleep. When that happens, I end up having to reboot the machine. Not crazy about this but I&#8217;m not sure what&#8217;s causing the problem. <\/p>\n<p>More investigation, which means another post!<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I upgraded the Mac Pro&#8217;s stock video card to a Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 600 with 2 GB of video ram. The card requires a special power cable: PCIe Power Cable for Mac. No local stores had this part in stock, so I ordered it from Amazon. 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