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Mac Pro Workstation

Information

Name: Mac Pro 8-Core (Early 2009) (Nehalem) (Xeon 64-bit Workstation)

- order number (this unit): MB535K/A

- order number (general): MB535LL/A

- model indentifier: MacPro4,1

- model number: A1289

Comments: my main (and first) Mac computer since June 2010.

Hardware

Processors: two 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5520 "Gainstown" (Intel Xeon 5500 series) info

- level 3 cache memory: 8 MB

- level 2 cache memory: 256 KB

- chipset: Intel X58

- architecture: 64-bit "Nehalem"

- Thermal Design Power (TDP): 80 W

- Max Turbo Frequency: 2.53 GHz

- Intel Turbo Boost Technology: 1.0

- Intel Hyper-Threading Technology: yes

- Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x): yes

- Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d): yes

- Intel VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT): yes

- Idle States: yes

- Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology: yes

- Intel Demand Based Switching: yes

Memory: 6 GB (6 x 1 GB), 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM (eight memory slots, max. 32 GB).

Optical drive: 18x Superdrive, support for double-layer

- DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW, CD

Hard drives:

- 640 GB, Serial ATA (SATA)

- ~~Samsung Spinpoint F3, 1 TB, 3.5", 8.9 ms, SATA2, 7200 rpm, 32 MB~~ ~~(files started vanishing 6/2017 so I reformatted it, broke in 1/2019)~~

- Seagate BarraCuda (ST2000DM006), 2 TB, 3.5", SATA3, 7200 rpm, 64 MB

- format: OS X Extended Journaled, GUID Partition Map

- there can be problems with 3 TB or larger hard drives

Video card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 Graphics Upgrade Kit, MB999ZM/A

- upgrade: install to PCI-E 2.0 x4 slot

- 512 MB GDDR5

- Mini DisplayPort

- dual-link DVI port

- OpenGL 3.3 (source 1, source 2)

- OpenCL 1.0 (source 1, source 2)

- Direct3D support in the Radeon HD 4000 series in general: Direct3D 10.1 (Shader Model 4.1)

Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120

- pre-installed to double-wide PCI-E 2.0 16x slot

- 512 MB GDDR3

- Mini DisplayPort

- dual-link DVI port

- OpenGL 3.3 (source 1, source 2)

- OpenCL 1.0 (source 1, source 2)

Graphics:

- support for up to eight 30-inch displays

- support for digital resolutions up to 2560 by 1600 pixels

- support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels

I/O connections and slots:

- five USB 2.0 ports (480 Mbps)

- four FireWire 800 ports (800 Mbps)

- front-panel internal speaker

- front-panel headphone minijack (icon: headphone)

- analog stereo line-level input minijack (icon: two black triangles point inside a hollow circle)

- analog stereo line-level output minijack (icon: three sound waves come out of a speaker pointing right)

- optical digital audio input and output TOSLINK ports (S/PDIF)

- Bluetooth 2.1 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) wireless technology

- three full-length PCI Express slots, one PCI Express 2.0 x16, two PCI Express x4

- four 3.5" SATA slots (3 Gb/s) (max. 8 TB)

Network adapter: Dual Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Base-T).

Software

Operating system: OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

iLife '09:

- GarageBand '09 (v5.1)

- iDVD '09 (v7.1)

- iMovie '09 (v8.0)

- iPhoto '09 (v8.1)

- iWeb '09 (v3.0)

Final Cut Studio 3:

- Final Cut Pro 7

- Motion 4

- Soundtrack Pro 3

- DVD Studio Pro 4

- Color 1.5

- Compressor 3.5

- Cinema Tools 4.5

- Apple Qmaster 3

Black Magic Media Express 2.

FaceTime 3 (purchased separately unlike with MacBook Pro).

Cyberduck 4.

DesktopMonitor 1.3.

Xcode 7 (or later).

Accessories and Peripherals

Monitor: HP ZR24w

- size: 24"

- matte/non-glossy

- type: LCD

- panel type: S-IPS (H2-IPS)

- active Matrix TFT

- optimal resolution: 1920 x 1200

- refresh time: 5 ms

- inputs: DVI-D (Mac), DisplayPort (Windows), VGA

- supported resolutions: 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz, 1920 x 1080 @ 60Hz, 1680 x 1050 @ 60Hz, 1600 x 1200 @60 Hz,1440 x 900 @ 60 Hz, 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz, 1280 x 960 @ 60 Hz, 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz, 800 x 600 @ 60 Hz, 640 x 480 @ 60 Hz

Keyboards:

- Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, white/aluminum, wired, MB110S/A

- Apple Keyboard without Numeric Keypad (shorter), white/aluminum, wired, MB869S/A, A1242 (general: MB869S/A)

Mouse: Logitech Mini Optical Mouse Plus+, silver gray, wired, M-UV94.

Multifunction device (printer/scanner/copier): Epson AcuLaser CX11N

- toners: black (0190), cyan/blue (0189, 0193), magenta/red (0188, 0192), yellow (0187, 0191)

- photoconductor unit: 1104

Hard drive, external:

- LaCie, 250 GB, 7200 rpm, USB 2.0

- LaCie, 2 TB, USB 2.0

Memory stick: Kingston DataTraveler USB Flash drive, 512 MB, read 6 Mt/s, write 3 MB/s, USB 2.0, USB 1.1.

Memory card:

- Canon CompactFlash, 8 MB

- Lexar SD, 512 MB

- SanDisk SDHC, 4 GB

- SanDisk Ultra SDHC, 32 GB

- SanDisk Memory Stick PRO Duo, 4 GB

- SanDisk CompactFlash Ultra II, 2 GB

- Transcend SD, 2 GB

- Transcend microSD, 2 GB

- Transcend microSD, SDHC, 16 GB, class 10 (10 MB/s)

Memory card reader: Kingston Media Reader 19-in-1

- CompactFlash (CF, Type I/II), Memory Stick, Memory Stick (MS, Duo), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO, Duo), Memory Stick Micro (M2), MicroDrive (MD), Secure Digital (SD), SDHC, miniSD, miniSDHC, microSD, microSDHC, Multi Media Card (MMC), MMCplus, RS-MMC, MMCmobile, MMCmicro

Memory card reader: Akasa Combo, Multi Card Reader and USB hub

- USB hub: three USB ports (USB 2.0, type A ports)

- CompactFlash (CF, Type I/II), Memory Stick (MS, Duo), Memory Stick PRO (MS PRO, Duo), MicroDrive, MS MagicGate, MS Pro MagicGate, MS Pro Ultra II, MS ROM, MS Select, SmartMedia (SM), Secure Digital (SD), miniSD, MicroSD (insert in T-Flash slot), Multi Media Card (MMC), RS-MMC, T-Flash (previous name for MicroSD)

Modem and Wi-Fi router: TeleWell TW-EAV510 v2

- description: ADSL2+/VDSL2 modem, wired and wireless

- 1 port: 10/100/1000 Mbps

- 3 ports: 10/100 Mbps

- ADSL2+: 24 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL2: 12 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL: 8 Mbps downstream, 832 kbps upstream

Modem: ZyXEL Prestige 660R-61 (ZyXEL P-660R-61)

- comment: works over the analog telephone system, POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service)

- ADSL2+: 24 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL2: 12 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream

- ADSL: 8 Mbps downstream, 832 kbps upstream

Wireless router (and Access Point): Buffalo AirStation Wireless-N Nfiniti WZR2-G300N.

Mobile modems:

- Huawei E1820

- Nokia Internet Modem v3.8

Mobile router: Dovado 4GR, Gigabit Wireless-N USB Router

- mobile network: 2G (GPRS/EDGE), 3G (UMTS/HSPA)

- LAN: 4 x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports

- WLAN: 802.11b/g/n (300 Mbps)

- security: WEP (64/128 bits), WEP Open System, WEP Shared Key, WPA-PSK

Mobile router: TeleWell TW-3G Flash-OFDM

- LAN: Ethernet port (10/100 Mbps)

- WLAN: 802.11b/g (54 Mbps)

- security: WEP (64/128 bits), WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2

Controller: Logitech Rumblepad 2 Vibration Feedback Gamepad, wired.

Speakers: Creative Inspire T10, 2.0 stereo speakers

- headphone in, aux in, magnetically shielded, 5 W per channel, 80 Hz - 20 kHz, 80 dB

Video capture card: Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro

- expansion slot: PCI-E 2.0 x1

- Intensity software

- Blackmagic Media Express software

Adapters/cables:

- Apple Mini DisplayPort - VGA adapter, MB572Z/A

- Belkin Premium Series HDMI to DVI-D cable, used with Mac Mini

- Dr. Bott Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter, with LG 32LT75

- Apple Component AV Cable & Charger, MB128ZA/B (actually this is for iPod Touch 3rd gen.)

Stuff No Longer Used With This Mac

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Operating system: OS X 10.7 Lion.

Operating system: OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

Operating system: OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Operating system: OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

Monitor 1: LG Flatron 995FT, 19"

- miscellaneous: size 19", type CRT, resolution 1600 x 1200 (UXGA), ratio 4:3, refresh rate 85 Hz, dot pitch 0.24 mm

- my settings: brightness 40/100, contrast 60/100

- notes about VGA: 4:3 ratio. 640 x 480 (VGA), 800 x 600 (SVGA), 1024 x 768 (XGA), 1152 x 864 (XGA+), 1280 x 1024 (SXGA), 1400 x 1050 (SXGA+), 1600 x 1200 (UXGA), 2048 x 1536 (QXGA)

- notes about WVGA: 16:9 ratio (usually). 1366 x 768 (WXGA), 1440 x 900 (WSXGA), 1680 x 1050 (WSXGA+), 1920 x 1200 (WUXGA), 2560 x 1600 (WQXGA)

- notes about HDTV: 720p (1280 x 720), 1080i (1366 x 768), 1080p (1920 x 1080), 2160p (3840 x 2160), p = progressive scanning, i = interlaced scanning

Monitor 2: Apple LED Cinema Display, 24", LCD.

Mouse 1: Apple Magic Mouse, Bluetooth.

Mouse 2: Apple Mighty Mouse, wired.

ADSL modem: TeleWell TW-EA501

- max. throughput: 24 Mbps downstream, 3.5 Mbps upstream (ADSL 2+)

- comments: doesn't work correctly (reboots) for example with net videos

Last modified: January 22nd, 2019

Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)

URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/mac-pro

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