How to Install an OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q PCIe SSD into a Mac Pro 2008 – UPDATED

How to Install an OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q PCIe SSD into a Mac Pro 2008 – UPDATED

Big Capacity, Blazing-Fast PCIe Storage
Create your best work, faster than ever before. Mercury Accelsior Pro Q offers up to 2TB of ultra-fast PCIe storage to take your creative workflow to the next level. Step up to the fastest Mac Pro you’ve ever experienced — with phenomenal data speeds up to 1,293MB/s, Mercury Accelsior Pro Q makes high-demand creative tasks a breeze.

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Video Jump Points:
00:00 – Title, notes, difficulty level, and tools required
00:07 – Introduction / Overview
00:32 – Part 1 – Preparing the Mac Pro System
00:48 – Removing the Drive Carriers
00:56 – Removing the PCIe Slot Cover Plate
01:08 – Removing the Graphics Card
01:32 – Removing the Fan Unit
02:20 – Disconnect the Power Connector
02:36 – Part 2 – Installing the OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q
03:15 – Reassembling the Fan Unit
03:54 – Reinstall the Graphics Card
04:06 – Installing the OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q
04:45 – Reinstall the PCIe Slot Cover Plate
05:03 – Reinstall the Drive Carriers and Close The Mac Pro
05:28 – Formatting Your New Drive
05:37 – Closing, Legal Stuff, and Copyright

The Ultimate Performance Storage Upgrade
Mercury Accelsior Pro Q delivers a gigantic speed boost to virtually any system. Streamline your workflow and say goodbye to frustrating render wait-times, dropped frames and spinning beachballs. With this much bandwidth, you can preview, render and process files at full resolution. The bottom line is you create much more and wait much less.

It’s an Easy DIY Install
Mercury Accelsior Pro Q installs in any available PCIe x8 slot in your 2008-2012 Mac Pro or OWC Mercury Helios. Download the driver and you’re up and running in a flash. Watch our comprehensive install videos for step-by-step installation instructions relevant to your machine.

Tested, Tested, Tested Again
The Mercury Accelsior Pro Q is proudly designed in Austin, Texas and undergoes a rigorous 7-stage testing procedure including 100% burn-in, resulting in unwavering dependability. We back the Mercury Accelsior Pro Q with a 3-year limited warranty and OWC’s free USA-based lifetime support.

The OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q PCIe SSD card can be installed into the following Mac Pro models:
– Mac Pro Server Mid 2012 with model ID: MacPro5,1
– Mac Pro Mid 2012 with model ID: MacPro5,1
– Mac Pro Server Mid 2010 with model ID: MacPro5,1
– Mac Pro Mid 2010 with model ID: MacPro5,1
– Mac Pro Early 2009 with model ID: MacPro4,1
– Mac Pro Early 2008 with model ID: MacPro3,1

This video shows how to install the OWC Mercury Accelsior Pro Q into the Mac Pro Early 2008 model.

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Charlotte and Jeremy says:

I miss Steve. I don’t think he out of let Apple become what it is today

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