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So this morning, I went to the local Apple store and purchased a new MDP to DVI adapter ($29 part #MB570Z/A) and that did not work. The 23" Apple (DVI) Cinema Display still showed the problem.
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That saved a lot of time and trouble.) Now I didn't think there was a problem before 10.6.7, but I only had the MBP for about a day before the 10.6.7 update so I can't be sure.Īnyway, downgrading to 10.6.6 did not fix the problem. (A new feature of Snow Leopard is that you can do this without having to wipe your hard drive or delete the System folder first. Last night I downgraded from 10.6.7 to 10.6.6 with the disk that came with the Thunderbolt MBP. "Here's a followup for you on the 2011 MacBook Pro MDP to DVI issue. Late posting this follow-up from a reader that reported (w/pix) earlier about 2011 MacBook Pros and DVI External Display problems. Unfortunately he had already bought the $99 (list) Dual-Link adapter before the fix was released.)
( Update: On May 4th, 2011 apple posted 2011 MacBook Pro Software Update 1.4 and EFI Update 2.1 - the reader below said they fixed the problems he had with the single-link DVI adapter. Hex 3.2 update from 2010 quad 2.8 done results photos"įollow-up from 2011 MacBook Pro owner on his DVI Display Issues (fixed) I figure to get a ten you need to be perfect in price and speed. The only reason I gave it 9.5 and not 10 is the W3690 which came out in Feb 2011 is faster but at a much higher price. If you have a 2010 Mac Pro with a single cpu stock this new cpu is a very nice upgrade. I paid $620 with free shipping before some discounts. I preferred (freeware) Temperature Monitor.) I wrote iStat dev back in Dec 2009 about that but have not used istat since then. ( FYI - unless it's been changed (I've not used v3), as I noted during 2009 Mac Pro core temp tests, iStat menus (v2) only reported CPU Heatsink temperature - not the (higher temp) core(s) or cpu temperature diode. I use iStats ( iStat Menus?) to check CPU temp - Cpu uses same power. If you want to bring the machine back to stock hold on to the cpu and 35 minutes later it is stock. If you sell the old CPU your cost will be about 400 dollars. ( 2010/2009 Mac Pro CPU(s) are on a removable tray)Ī (up to) 50 percent improvement in speed is amazing.
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The beauty of this upgrade is no overclocking, no heatsink change.
I have never done a cpu swap and I did it in well under an hour.
2010 macbook pro cpu upgrade how to#
The links (below) show in detail how to do it and the time is under 35 minutes. These parts total appx $25 so I got free shipping. I used the Arctic Silver 5 kit also from amazon. ( As mentioned in earlier reports, you can often find the long (t-handle) 3mm hex wrench at hardware stores (ACE, etc) for under $5.) You also need a Cpu heat sink paste/grease kit. You need a hexagon 3 mm (Allen) key wrench about 20 cm long. Here is the Link for the original CPU: Intel Xeon Processor W3530 (8MB Cache, 2.80 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel QPI) with SPEC Code(s) SLBKR This can be found for about 600 to 660 from real resellers. This CPU came out Early March 2011: Intel Xeon Processor W3670 (12MB Cache, 3.20 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel QPI) with SPEC Code(s) SLBVE. The same Mac Pro with an Intel hex (6-core) 3.2GHz (w3670) now gets a 15260 64-bit geekbench score. A 2010 Mac Pro quad 2.8GHz gets about 9950 score with geekbench 64 bit. Upgraded to 6-core 3.2GHz Xeon W3670 (12MB cache)įirst off this is a very cost effective upgrade big bang for the buck. (Found this mail from last month during catchup today - not added to reports db yet.) Mac Upgrades/Mods | Storage | Video | Audio/Home Theater | macOS Updates/Tips/WiFiĢ010 Mac Pro CPU Upgrade Report (2.8GHz Quad-core to 3.2GHz 6-Core)
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