Mac Pro (early 2008) NVidia 8800GT display problems (blue/green lines)

I see others have touched on this topic a bit but not quite the same as my problem
Every 2 - 3 days, I have to reboot my Mac Pro because my display starts showing the dreaded blue green outlines and lines..
I've called Apple (of course they are not going to admit that others have this problem) and they told me to reset the PRAM, which I did to no avail of course.
I've had this card for 3 weeks, and they are telling me that I need to bring my mac pro to the apple store. Yeah right, like I can afford to bring my computer in a for a few days, when that is what I use for work everyday (computer programmer).
When I asked them to replace the card, they told me I have to bring it in, then I told them they can just send me a refund and keep this crap. Which the support rep said, I can't authorize that. Hah.. Apple is really digging on my last nerves these days.
I did not have this problem with the stock ATI.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.. I've run hardware tests off the Apple DVD and using techtool pro, nothing fails.
I've heard reports that this card is a major dog (slow) in leopard, that the ATI actually out-performs it, anyone else here anything like this?
My Mac Pro HW:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B02
SMC Version: 1.25f4

What monitor are you using it with? If it's a 30" Cinema, this problem has been around for a couple of years without any resolution - there's a long thread about it in the Displays forum.

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    I've also tried swapping in an older system drive, but that made no difference. (The old drive may have been a little flaky itself, but single-user mode booting reliably suggests, at least to me, that my normal drives aren't the problem?)
    Without wishing to privilege a hypothesis, could it be the graphics card? I have the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT, I believe (it looks exactly like the pictures of that card online, anyway) – installed by Apple at build time. I tried taking it out and putting it back in again, in case it had become poorly seated, but it seemed firmly in place – for example, the PCIe retainer clip was fully engaged before I removed the card – and reseating it didn't make any difference. I don't have a second card to test with, unfortunately. I wouldn't mind getting a new card to keep the machine running, of course, but I'd like to make sure that it's going to solve my problem before buying it!
    Thanks for any help you can give!
    Edited to correct OS field, which didn't work. I really do mean Mavericks.

    RE: Mac Pro Replacement Graphics cards
    1) Apple brand cards,
    2) "sold in the Apple store" cards, and
    3) "Mac Edition" cards ...
    ... show all the screens, including Boot up screens, Safe Mode, Installer, Recovery, debug screens, and Alt/Option boot screens. At this writing, these choices include:
    1) Apple brand cards:
    • Apple-firmware 5770, about US$250** works near full speed in every model Mac Pro, Drivers in 10.6.5
    • Apple-firmware 5870, about US$450
    2) "sold in the Apple store" cards
    • NVIDIA Quadro 4000, about US$1200
    • NVIDIA Quadro 5000, about US$2500
    3) "Mac Edition" cards -- REQUIRE 10.8.3 or later:
    • SAPPHIRE HD 7950 3GB GDDR5 MAC Edition, about US$480** Vendor recommends Mac Pro 4,1
    • EVGA GTX 680 Mac Edition, about US$600
    The cards above require no more than the provided two 6-pin aux power connectors provided in the Mac Pro through 2012 model. Aux cables may not be provided for third-party cards, but are readily available.
    If you are Meet ALL of these:
    • running 10.8.3 or later AND
    • don't care about "no boot screens" etc AND
    • can re-wire or otherwise "work out" the power cabling, THEN:
    You can use many more cards, even most "PC-only cards"

  • Mac Pro (Early 2008) periodically crashes in unusual way, requires reinstall

    Mac Pro (Early 2008), 2 x Intel Quad-core Xeon 3.2 GHz (8 cores), 14 GB RAM, 3 TB hard drive, NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 and/or ATI Radeon HD 4870), OS X Lion 10.7.4
    OK, I've got a weird one here.  Every few days, my machine crashes in an unusual manner.  Examples:
    * the first time this happened, any attempt to play a video file (either from within iTunes or externally using Quicktime) would result in a blank, black video window, but I could still hear the sound from the video.  If I moved my mouse within the black window I'd get playback controls and when pressed, I could hear the audio rewind/fast forward/etc. (but of course the video window would remain black)  Also, any attempt to use screen sharing would result in a completely white window where the remote screen should be.
    * another time this happened, I would constantly get the error message that VTDecoderXPCService quit unexpectedly, even if I wasn't playing a video.  Trying the suggested fixes from https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193904?start=15&tstart=0 did not fix the issue.
    * another time this happened, the machine appeared to work fine, except any attempt to access System Preferences resulted in the spinning beach ball of death and would completely lock up the machine.
    In any case, rebooting the machine does not result in the problem being fixed -- in fact, it gets worse.  After I reboot, I am unable to log in to my machine at all. Either the desktop window flashes briefly but then it goes back to the login screen, or the login screen never appears.  I have tried both the "guest" account as well as a standard "test" user I set up when I first installed OS X (i.e. a "clean" user), and none of those help.
    What *does* help, however, is completely reinstalling OS X Lion (including running the combo updater to get back to 10.7.4).  Once I do this, the machine becomes usable again, and I can use it error-free for a few more days - after which it fails again in some strange manner.
    At first I thought my hard drive might be failing; however replacing the hard drive did not help.  I then thought that I might have a glitchy graphics card (the black video windows and the VTDecoderXPCService crashing suggested this to me).  However replacing the video card didn't help either.  (I tried another GeForce GT 120 as well as an ATI Radeon HD 4870, both of which were known to be good in other machines).  I have also tried countless times fixing permissions, clearing cache files, etc. and none of that helps.  The only thing that brings this machine back from the dead is, like I said before, reinstalling OS X - but only for a few days.
    I didn't see anything out of the ordinary when checking the system log files.
    In case there was some sort of hardware problem going on, I tried running Apple Hardware Test overnight in loop mode.  The hardware passed all checks.  I also tried running Memtest86+ overnight, again with no failures or errors.
    The machine doesn't seem to me to run particularly hot - typically temps hover in the 40-45 C range, and can jump to 55-60 when doing heavy activity (mostly video encoding).  Voltage levels look good as well.  (I'm using iStat Menus for both the temperature and voltage readings)
    I'm about at my wit's end here.  Unfortunately the machine is out of warranty (AppleCare too) and I don't really have the money to take this into a shop and get it diagnosed.  So does anyone have any ideas?

    Results from Step 1:
    com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn (5.0.2)
    com.squirrels.driver.AirParrotSpeakers (1.7)
    com.squirrels.airparrot.framebuffer (3)
    com.attotech.driver.ATTOiSCSI (3.4.1b1)
    com.avatron.AVExVideo (1.6.1)
    com.makemkv.kext.daspi (1)
    com.blackmagic-design.iokit.DeckLinkFrameBuffer (9.5.2)
    com.blackmagic-design.iokit.DeckLinkHD_Driver (1.0.0)
    com.blackmagic-design.iokit.DeckLinkDriver (9.5.2)
    com.kensington.trackballworks.driver (1.1.0)
    com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower (1.5.3)
    net.telestream.driver.TelestreamAudio (1.0.5)
    com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer (1.6.1)
    foo.tun (1.0)
    foo.tap (1.0)
    com.parallels.kext.prl_usb_connect (7.0
    com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor (7.0
    com.parallels.kext.prl_hid_hook (7.0
    com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge (7.0
    com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic (7.0
    Results from Step 2:
    com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-thumbs
    com.parallels.vm.prl_naptd
    de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher
    com.squirrels.kextinstaller
    com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon
    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
    com.datarobotics.ddserviced
    com.datarobotics.ddservice64d
    com.blackmagic-design.streaming.BMDStreamingServer
    com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon
    Results from Step 3:
    com.agilebits.onepassword-osx-helper
    net.culater.SIMBL.Agent
    com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy
    com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent
    com.parallels.desktop.client.launch
    com.delicioussafari.DeliciousSafariAgent
    com.blackmagic-design.DesktopVideoFirmwareUpdater
    com.bjango.istatlocal
    com.google.keystone.user.agent
    com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
    Results from Step 4:
    /Library/Components:
    total 0
    /Library/Extensions:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 May 31 12:21 fuse4x.kext/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Apr 27 13:45 tap.kext/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Apr 27 13:45 tun.kext/
    /Library/Frameworks:
    total 24K
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root  wheel  71 Jun  4 14:47 AEProfiling.framework -> ../../Applications/Motion.app/Contents/Frameworks/AEProfiling.framework
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root  wheel  74 Jun  4 14:47 AERegistration.framework -> ../../Applications/Motion.app/Contents/Frameworks/AERegistration.framework
    drwxr-xr-x 6 root  wheel 204 Apr  6  2011 Adobe AIR.framework/
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root  wheel  74 Jun  4 14:47 AudioMixEngine.framework -> ../../Applications/Motion.app/Contents/Frameworks/AudioMixEngine.framework
    drwxr-xr-x 6 root  wheel 204 Jun  4 17:20 NyxAudioAnalysis.framework/
    drwxr-xr-x 6 root  wheel 204 Jun  4 17:20 PluginManager.framework/
    drwxrwxr-x 6 dburr admin 204 Aug  9  2011 Turbo264.framework/
    drwxrwxr-x 6 root  admin 204 May 14 23:19 iLifeFaceRecognition.framework/
    drwxrwxr-x 7 root  admin 238 May 14 23:19 iLifeSlideshow.framework/
    /Library/Input Methods:
    total 0
    /Library/InputManagers:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Oct 27  2011 DeliciousSafari/
    drwxr-xr-x 5 root admin 170 May 15 07:05 Ecamm/
    /Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
    total 16K
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel  102 Oct 25  2010 AdobePDFViewer.plugin/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel  102 Jun  1 17:48 Flash Player.plugin/
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel   80 Jun  4 15:30 JavaAppletPlugin.plugin -> //System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/JavaAppletPlugin.plugi n/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel  102 Jun 16  2011 Quartz Composer.webplugin/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel  102 Jun 19  2011 QuickTime Plugin.plugin/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin  102 Aug 25  2010 SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin  102 Aug 25  2010 SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin  102 Apr 11 10:26 Silverlight.plugin/
    -rw-rw-r-- 1 root admin  856 Apr 27 12:13 flashplayer.xpt
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel  102 May 15 10:27 npContributeMac.bundle/
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2.4K Jun  4 14:46 nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
    /Library/Keyboard Layouts:
    total 0
    /Library/LaunchAgents:
    total 64K
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 612 May 15 10:11 com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 456 May 15 07:08 com.bjango.istatlocal.plist*
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 574 May 24 22:05 com.blackmagic-design.DesktopVideoFirmwareUpdater.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 576 Oct 27  2011 com.delicioussafari.DeliciousSafariAgent.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 721 Apr  5 10:21 com.parallels.DesktopControlAgent.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 565 Apr  5 10:21 com.parallels.desktop.launch.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 797 Apr  5 10:20 com.parallels.vm.prl_pcproxy.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 508 May 17 21:18 net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
    /Library/LaunchDaemons:
    total 104K
    -rw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel  634 May 15 10:15 com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  421 Jun  4 14:44 com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1.1K May 15 08:53 com.attotech.iscsid.plist
    -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel  597 May 15 07:08 com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist*
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  471 May 24 22:05 com.blackmagic-design.streaming.BMDStreamingServer.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  488 Jan 18 22:50 com.datarobotics.ddservice64d.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  484 Jan 18 22:50 com.datarobotics.ddserviced.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin  510 May 23  2011 com.econtechnologies.ChronoAgentRemote.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  568 Aug 25  2010 com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  567 Apr  5 10:21 com.parallels.desktop.launchdaemon.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  675 May 17 21:43 com.squirrels.kextinstaller.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel  517 May 15 09:45 de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher-20compatibility.plist
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin   74 Apr  4 17:45 org.macports.rsyncd.plist -> /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.rsyncd/org.macports.rsyncd.plist
    lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin   72 Apr  4 23:19 org.macports.slapd.plist -> /opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.slapd/org.macports.slapd.plist
    /Library/Mail/Bundles:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root admin 136 May 17 16:43 GPGMail.mailbundle/
    drwxrwxr-x 4 root admin 136 Jan 11 12:54 OMiC.mailbundle/
    /Library/PreferencePanes:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb  6 15:03 Air Display Preferences.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jun 27  2010 Choosy.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Feb  3 11:21 ChronoAgent.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 4 root admin 136 May 15 09:13 Cursorcerer.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 24 22:05 DesktopVideoPrefsPanel.prefPane/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root wheel 102 Apr 27 12:14 Flash Player.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 May 20 12:13 Hazel.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 23  2011 Perian.prefPane/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 102 Jul 18  2011 TrackballWorks.prefPane/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Aug 30  2011 Tuxera NTFS.prefPane/
    /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
    total 168K
    -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 102K Aug 25  2010 com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper*
    -r-xr--r-- 1 root wheel  59K May 17 21:43 com.squirrels.kextinstaller*
    /Library/QuickLook:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr staff 102 Feb 12 12:36 QLMarkdown.qlgenerator/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  wheel 102 Jun 16  2011 iWork.qlgenerator/
    /Library/QuickTime:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  admin 102 Jul 23  2011 AC3MovieImport.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin 102 Sep 12  2011 AppleAVCIntraCodec.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin 102 Sep 12  2011 AppleHDVCodec.component/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  wheel 102 Jun 13  2011 AppleIntermediateCodec.component/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  wheel 102 Jun 13  2011 AppleMPEG2Codec.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin 102 Sep 12  2011 AppleProResCodec.component/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  admin 102 May 24 22:05 Blackmagic Codec.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin 102 Sep 12  2011 DVCPROHDCodec.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 dburr admin 102 Aug  9  2011 Elgato Turbo.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin 102 Sep 12  2011 FCP Uncompressed 422.component/
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin 102 Sep 12  2011 IMXCodec.component/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  admin 102 Jul 23  2011 Perian.component/
    /Library/ScriptingAdditions:
    total 0
    drwxrwxr-x 3 root  admin    102 May 15 10:54 Adobe Unit Types.osax/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  wheel    102 Oct 27  2011 DeliciousSafari Addition.osax/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr macports 102 Jan  5 06:45 SIMBL.osax/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root  admin    102 Apr 26 00:00 TotalFinder.osax/
    /Library/Spotlight:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jan 21  2009 Microsoft Office.mdimporter/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jun 16  2011 iWork.mdimporter/
    /Library/StartupItems:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Apr 27 13:39 tap/
    drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Sep  1  2009 tun/
    /etc/mach_init.d:
    total 0
    /etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
    total 0
    /etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
    total 0
    Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr admin 102 Mar  5 02:01 SkypeABDialer.bundle/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr admin 102 Mar  5 02:01 SkypeABSMS.bundle/
    Library/Fonts:
    total 0
    Library/Frameworks:
    total 0
    drwxrwxrwx 5 dburr staff 170 Aug 24  2010 EWSMac-GC.framework/
    drwxrwxrwx 5 dburr staff 170 May 17 22:42 EWSMac.framework/
    Library/Input Methods:
    total 0
    -rw------- 1 dburr staff 0 May 14 15:18 .localized
    Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 5 dburr staff 170 Feb  4 04:26 Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin/
    Library/Keyboard Layouts:
    total 0
    Library/LaunchAgents:
    total 32K
    -rw-r--r-- 1 dburr staff 697 May 15 11:01 com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 dburr staff 618 May 15 08:13 com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.AA278322-D5AB-4321-B4ED-D9 0478690405.plist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 dburr staff 886 May 14 15:18 [email protected]ist
    -rw-r--r-- 1 dburr staff 802 May 14 18:47 com.google.keystone.agent.plist
    Library/Mail/Bundles:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 4 dburr staff 136 Jan 23 09:53 MailActOn.mailbundle/
    drwxr-xr-x 4 dburr staff 136 May 11 10:08 MailTags.mailbundle/
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr staff 102 Apr 26 08:28 SpamSieve.mailbundle/
    Library/PreferencePanes:
    total 0
    Library/Services:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr staff 102 May 15 10:04 ToastIt.service/
    Library/Spotlight:
    total 0
    drwxr-xr-x 3 dburr staff 102 May 11 10:08 MailTags.mdimporter/
    Results from Step 5:
    Cobook, ScreenSharingMenulet, PhotoSync, Growl, PinPoint, EvernoteHelper, Caffeine, TrackballWorksHelper, Alfred, DropCopy Pro, Fantastical, Moom, TextExpander, ChronoSyncBackgrounder, TotalFinder, Yoink, AirDisplayStatusItem, Choosy, AirParrot, Melo, Synergy, Cursorcerer, ScreenCapture, HazelHelper, PleaseSleep, SMARTReporter, iTunesHelper, DDAssist, Dropbox

  • Mac Pro Early 2008 will not boot off Win7 Install DVD

    Hello,
    I am hoping someone out there will have encountered something similar and have some suggestions or ideas, because at this point I can't think of anything else to try.
    I have a 2.8 Ghz 8-core Mac Pro (Early 2008) with an Nvidia 8800GT Graphics card. I am running OS 10.6.2, fully patched and updated.
    I am attempting to install Windows 7 Ultimate via Boot Camp, and am encountering a rather odd problem.
    Once I have launched Boot Camp Assistant it allows me to partition the drive and does so correctly, but when it attempts to reboot off the Windows 7 installation DVD, I encounter a blank grey-white screen similar to that which you normally get on startup but without the Apple logo. This continues for some time (it seems to vary), and then the screen goes dark and the monitor says it is receiving no signal. The fans on the Mac Pro go for a while, then it goes to sleep. I've tried leaving it for a couple hours, no dice.
    I've tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit Windows install disks. I had the release candidate for Windows 7 installed previously, and it worked perfectly. I have since tried that same install DVD that I used to install the release candidate, and it encounters the exact same issue. Booting up off the Snow Leopard Install DVD works fine.
    I tried doing a clean install of Snow Leopard on a spare drive, booting off that, and then starting from square 1 using Boot Camp Assistant to re-partition that same drive. Same problem. No matter what I do or try, my Mac Pro does not want to boot off this install disc. I have yet to try the disc in another machine to see if it works there, and I will as soon as I can, but the fact that the RC disc worked a few months back and now will not seems to rule out the boot discs as defective. I've also tried both my internal optical drives with no change, and no other discs have any issues.
    I've already spent an hour and a half talking to Apple Technical Support, and they seemed stumped, so I'm hoping someone will have a notion. If not, I understand and appreciate you taking the time to read this- I have no idea at this point, and I'm generally a pretty knowledgeable user.
    - Andrew

    Thank you for your reply,
    Pull all the drives you have other than the one that you will install Windows 7 to.
    I think I will try this next.
    Don't put Windows 7 on the same drive as OS X, give it its own.
    That was initially what I started out doing.
    And you don't even need Boot Camp Assistant.
    True, but it's what Apple suggests using.
    Might also want to try moving the monitor cable to the other card port.
    Hmm, I think I'll try that.
    Any other PCI cards or devices attached or installed should also be questioned or disconnected.
    I've disconnected everything I could.
    Always a good idea to start fresh which I assume you are doing (not trying to upgrade over RC etc).
    Yes, the drive was empty to start with.
    Honestly it seems like the Mac Pro is generally refusing to boot from any Windows disc. Things I've tried since my initial post:
    - Loaded Windows 7 Install disc into my room mate's windows PC... loaded up fine, got to install screen
    - Tried his OEM copy of Windows Vista 32-bit, same issue
    At this point it seems like maybe some kind of firmware issue or some kind or graphics driver issue, but I'm pretty much grasping at straws at this point. It doesn't seem like it's even getting to the point where hard drives or anything matters.
    It does recognize that I have a Windows 7 install disc inserted when I use the boot selector/startup disk chooser.
    Thanks for the ideas, I'll try those out and see if any of them help,
    -Andrew

  • Mac Pro Early 2008 - random reboots!

    Hello!
    I have a problem with my Mac Pro Early 2008...
    Processor  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    Memory  10 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
    Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
    Software  OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
    ...ther screen will break up into random blocky pattern (like the video card freezes) and the Mac will reboot, kernel panic basically...
    ...3 months ago i updated the RAM from 6gb to 10gb, but haven't done anything else to the **** thing.
    ...it's done it five times in the last two days now.
    ...here is my lates panic report...this happened 10 minutes ago.
    ...does this report make sense to anyone?
    ===================================
    Interval Since Last Panic Report:  1997046 sec
    Panics Since Last Report:          3
    Anonymous UUID:                    E39A1BFB-D1E1-D614-7991-B49386694DC1
    Wed Jul 24 16:56:33 2013
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff801669e53b): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x4, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.24.15/osfmk/x86_64/pmap.c:2337
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff813feeb960 : 0xffffff801661d626
    0xffffff813feeb9d0 : 0xffffff801669e53b
    0xffffff813feeba50 : 0xffffff80166a3a3a
    0xffffff813feebae0 : 0xffffff80166a53a6
    0xffffff813feebb00 : 0xffffff8016664406
    0xffffff813feebbf0 : 0xffffff801666706c
    0xffffff813feebce0 : 0xffffff801666b0e0
    0xffffff813feebd10 : 0xffffff8016665bdf
    0xffffff813feebd40 : 0xffffff8016717554
    0xffffff813feebd70 : 0xffffff80167197c3
    0xffffff813feebdc0 : 0xffffff801691184f
    0xffffff813feebdf0 : 0xffffff80169062e6
    0xffffff813feebea0 : 0xffffff80166fa0af
    0xffffff813feebed0 : 0xffffff80166f37a7
    0xffffff813feebf30 : 0xffffff80166fa029
    0xffffff813feebf50 : 0xffffff80169e16aa
    0xffffff813feebfb0 : 0xffffff80166ce9c3
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
    Mac OS version:
    12E55
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May  1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000016400000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8016600000
    System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 14846309182590
    last loaded kext at 3120916610267: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    1.8.4 (addr 0xffffff7f98562000, size 229376)
    last unloaded kext at 410364773343: com.apple.driver.StorageLynx    3.1.7 (addr 0xffffff7f9853e000, size 8192)
    loaded kexts:
    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver    3.6.0
    com.metakine.handsoff.driver    2.0.8
    com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    1.8.4
    com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.10
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.1.11
    com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.GeForce    8.1.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.6.0
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver    1.1.9
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.4.5
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.5.5
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet    3.1.1b1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.9.6
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache    34
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.5.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA    2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI    5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine    2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    196.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport    2.1.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2    4.2.2
    com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.9fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.11d0
    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    8.1.2
    com.apple.NVDAResman    8.1.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    86.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.4.5
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.4d2
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.3.0d51
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard    170.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    170.2
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport    3.5.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    5.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily    2.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    5.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.8.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox    220.3
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages    345
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    28.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.7.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
    System Profile:
    Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 10 GB, SMC 1.25f4
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, PCIe, 512 MB
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484632353637324A4438304545314434
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
    Bluetooth: Version 4.1.4f2 12041, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
    PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
    Serial ATA Device: ST3500630AS P, 500.11 GB
    Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-112D
    USB Device: hub_device, 0x0409  (NEC Corporation), 0x005a, 0xfd400000 / 2
    USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd410000 / 4
    USB Device: USB Laser Mouse, 0x046d  (Logitech Inc.), 0xc069, 0xfd413000 / 6
    USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd412000 / 5
    USB Device: EIZO USB HID Monitor, 0x056d  (Eizo), 0x0002, 0xfd430000 / 3
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 2
    FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed
    FireWire Device: OEM ATA Device 00, G-TECH, 800mbit_speed
    ==============================

    ...and this is my report from yesterday when it last happened to me...
    ==============================
    Tue Jul 23 22:05:20 2013
    panic(cpu 5 caller 0xffffff80156b8655): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f96aed154, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000010, CR3: 0x00000000238e8000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
    RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0xffffff811be18000, RCX: 0xffffff802e224e98, RDX: 0xffffff813df6ba38
    RSP: 0xffffff813df6bb60, RBP: 0xffffff813df6bb60, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
    R8:  0x0000000000000000, R9:  0x00000000000003ff, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffffff
    R12: 0xffffff811be18000, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000002, R15: 0x0000000000000000
    RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7f96aed154, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
    Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000010, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x5
    Backtrace (CPU 5), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff813df6b800 : 0xffffff801561d626
    0xffffff813df6b870 : 0xffffff80156b8655
    0xffffff813df6ba40 : 0xffffff80156ce17d
    0xffffff813df6ba60 : 0xffffff7f96aed154
    0xffffff813df6bb60 : 0xffffff7f96ad6844
    0xffffff813df6bbb0 : 0xffffff7f96ad679a
    0xffffff813df6bbd0 : 0xffffff7f96ab228e
    0xffffff813df6bc00 : 0xffffff7f95c913a0
    0xffffff813df6bc40 : 0xffffff7f95c9130f
    0xffffff813df6bc60 : 0xffffff7f95c9675c
    0xffffff813df6bcf0 : 0xffffff7f95c8ee50
    0xffffff813df6bd20 : 0xffffff7f95ce01cf
    0xffffff813df6bd70 : 0xffffff8015a33efb
    0xffffff813df6bdc0 : 0xffffff8015a65297
    0xffffff813df6be30 : 0xffffff801569874f
    0xffffff813df6be80 : 0xffffff8015620b3d
    0xffffff813df6beb0 : 0xffffff8015610448
    0xffffff813df6bf00 : 0xffffff801561961b
    0xffffff813df6bf70 : 0xffffff80156a6536
    0xffffff813df6bfb0 : 0xffffff80156ce9e3
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f95c85000->0xffffff7f95cbcfff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f95c46000
             com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f95c dc000->0xffffff7f95f81fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f95c46000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f95cc8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f95c85000
             com.apple.GeForce(8.1.2)[7EC545A4-4B57-32F1-8DC3-C31023AFBDCB]@0xffffff7f96aae0 00->0xffffff7f96b7bfff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f95c dc000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xff ffff7f95cc8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f95c46000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0 xffffff7f95c85000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    12E55
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May  1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000015400000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8015600000
    System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 43990035275
    last loaded kext at 33162859687: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60 (addr 0xffffff7f96d60000, size 32768)
    loaded kexts:
    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver    3.6.0
    com.metakine.handsoff.driver    2.0.8
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver    1.0.2d2
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.10
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.1.11
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.GeForce    8.1.2
    com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.4.5
    com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup    8.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver    1.1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.StorageLynx    3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive    3.1.7
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.5.5
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache    34
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet    3.1.1b1
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.9.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.5.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA    2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI    5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine    2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    196.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.6
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.9fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.11d0
    com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    8.1.2
    com.apple.NVDAResman    8.1.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    86.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.4.5
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.11d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.4d2
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.3.0d51
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard    170.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    170.2
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.1.4f2
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport    2.1.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2    4.2.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport    3.5.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    5.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily    2.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    5.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.8.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox    220.3
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages    345
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    28.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.7.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
    ==============================

  • Can't install montain lion, mavericks or yosemite on my mac pro early 2008 8core

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    any information this is with a clean install and even if I update  lion it does the same everything works fine on  lion 10.7.5 problems there does any one know what could be the issue here? I'm only running one monitor and its the 30 inch cinema display here are the specst of my machine excuse my grammar and spelling it was never my favorite subject
      Model Name: Mac Pro
      Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
      Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
      Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
      Number of Processors: 2
      Total Number of Cores: 8
      L2 Cache (per Processor): 12 MB
      Memory: 8 GB
      Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz
      Boot ROM Version: MP31.006C.B05
      SMC Version (system): 1.25f4
      Serial Number (system): G881111VXYK
      Hardware UUID: 714C0BE4-9A35-5C33-BF74-0F55F7C31B5F
    AMD Radeon HD 6870:
      Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 6870
      Type: GPU
      Bus: PCIe
      Slot: Slot-1
      PCIe Lane Width: x16
      VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
      Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
      Device ID: 0x6738
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      ROM Revision: 007-NETKAS-ORG
      EFI Driver Version: 01.00.507
      Displays:
    Cinema HD:
      Display Type: LCD
      Resolution: 2560 x 1600
      Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
      Display Serial Number: CY03018WXMP
      Main Display: Yes
      Mirror: Off
      Online: Yes
      Rotation: Supported
      ECC: Enabled
    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1:
      Size: 2 GB
      Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
      Speed: 667 MHz
      Status: OK
      Manufacturer: 0x014F
      Part Number: 0x5453324741504D41435038502D5420202020
      Serial Number: 0x00031CFB
    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2:
      Size: 2 GB
      Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
      Speed: 667 MHz
      Status: OK
      Manufacturer: 0x014F
      Part Number: 0x5453324741504D41435038502D5420202020
      Serial Number: 0x00031CFB
    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1:
      Size: 1 GB
      Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
      Speed: 667 MHz
      Status: OK
      Manufacturer: 0x80AD
      Part Number: 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
      Serial Number: 0x01431026
    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2:
      Size: 1 GB
      Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
      Speed: 667 MHz
      Status: OK
      Manufacturer: 0x80AD
      Part Number: 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5935
      Serial Number: 0x57656411
    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3:
      Size: Empty
      Type: Empty
      Speed: Empty
      Status: Empty
      Manufacturer: Empty
      Part Number: Empty
      Serial Number: Empty
    DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4:
      Size: Empty
      Type: Empty
      Speed: Empty
      Status: Empty
      Manufacturer: Empty
      Part Number: Empty
      Serial Number: Empty
    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3:
      Size: 1 GB
      Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
      Speed: 667 MHz
      Status: OK
      Manufacturer: 0x80AD
      Part Number: 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
      Serial Number: 0x01172313
    DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4:
      Size: 1 GB
      Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
      Speed: 667 MHz
      Status: OK
      Manufacturer: 0x80AD
      Part Number: 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335
      Serial Number: 0x01172714
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
    WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
      Model: WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0                 
      Revision: 01.03B01
      Serial Number:     WD-WMASY0158891
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk2
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 1
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
    disk2s1:
      Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk2s1
      Content: EFI
    HD:
      Capacity: 499.25 GB (499,248,103,424 bytes)
      Available: 484.82 GB (484,820,348,928 bytes)
      Writable: Yes
      File System: Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name: disk2s2
      Mount Point: /Volumes/HD
      Content: Apple_HFS
    Recovery HD:
      Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk2s3
      Content: Apple_Boot
    WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
      Model: WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0                 
      Revision: 01.03B01
      Serial Number:     WD-WMASY0158891
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk2
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 1
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
    disk2s1:
      Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk2s1
      Content: EFI
    HD:
      Capacity: 499.25 GB (499,248,103,424 bytes)
      Available: 484.82 GB (484,820,348,928 bytes)
      Writable: Yes
      File System: Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name: disk2s2
      Mount Point: /Volumes/HD
      Content: Apple_HFS
    Recovery HD:
      Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk2s3
      Content: Apple_Boot
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
    HDS725050KLA360:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
      Model: HDS725050KLA360                       
      Revision: K2AOAB5A
      Serial Number:       KRVN67ZBHBEEAH
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk1
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 2
      Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
    UNTITLED 1:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,860,992 bytes)
      Available: 449.41 GB (449,412,988,928 bytes)
      Writable: Yes
      File System: MS-DOS FAT32
      BSD Name: disk1s1
      Mount Point: /Volumes/UNTITLED 1
      Content: DOS_FAT_32
    HDS725050KLA360:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
      Model: HDS725050KLA360                       
      Revision: K2AOAB5A
      Serial Number:       KRVN67ZBHBEEAH
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk1
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 2
      Partition Map Type: MBR (Master Boot Record)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
    UNTITLED 1:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,860,992 bytes)
      Available: 449.41 GB (449,412,988,928 bytes)
      Writable: Yes
      File System: MS-DOS FAT32
      BSD Name: disk1s1
      Mount Point: /Volumes/UNTITLED 1
      Content: DOS_FAT_32
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
    HDS725050KLA360:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
      Model: HDS725050KLA360                       
      Revision: K2AOAB5A
      Serial Number:       KRVN67ZAK1RKSF
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk0
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 3
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
    disk0s1:
      Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk0s1
      Content: EFI
    machd:
      Capacity: 499.25 GB (499,248,103,424 bytes)
      Available: 372.42 GB (372,419,407,872 bytes)
      Writable: Yes
      File System: Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name: disk0s2
      Mount Point: /
      Content: Apple_HFS
    Recovery HD:
      Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk0s3
      Content: Apple_Boot
    HDS725050KLA360:
      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
      Model: HDS725050KLA360                       
      Revision: K2AOAB5A
      Serial Number:       KRVN67ZAK1RKSF
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk0
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 3
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
    disk0s1:
      Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk0s1
      Content: EFI
    machd:
      Capacity: 499.25 GB (499,248,103,424 bytes)
      Available: 372.42 GB (372,419,407,872 bytes)
      Writable: Yes
      File System: Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name: disk0s2
      Mount Point: /
      Content: Apple_HFS
    Recovery HD:
      Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk0s3
      Content: Apple_Boot
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

    Try this:
    clone your system and repair it with Disk Warrior instead
    Or try a clean test system install on another drive
    A must: SmcFanControl 2.2 - a mere 400 rpm extra to keep air cooling up
    Try to run w/o externals. MyBook included.
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    Run AHT off your OEM DVD.
    2008 had to have EFI and SMC updates to deal with freezes on wake from sleep, and like all models, high inrush current.  Hopefully you have a UPS and is 1500VA unit.
    When you do hard restart from power button, you almost certainly add more directory errors and to files requiring immediate attention to repair and rebuild the directory; and to scan and repair and delete cache and temp files and folders. A must. Invest in bootable backups SuperDuper along with Disk Warrior (or TechTool Pro 6, maybe Drive Genius 3 but I'd rate that #3).
    TimeMachine has its own bad habits, especially with Green drives and some externals.
    Try to rule out everything and then add back one at a time.
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    The second issue is that when I reboot after shutting down the computer with the power button, it does not always load the startup disk.  Sometimes I get the recovery system instead, and if I try disk repair, restore from backup, or the startup disk option from the apple menu, it cannot locate the startup disk.  Usually after a few tries, I can restart it and get my desktop, but I'm not sure how long that will work.  I hoped that resetting the NVRAM would take care of this but it has not fixed the issue.  When I do disk repair, it says the drive is fine.  I've also used idefrag to clean up the drive.  I'm thinking my hard drive might be about to die and I should just get a new one, but I don't want to spend the money if that is not the issue.  I have 83 GB free on the drive so space should not be an issue.
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    Specs:
    Mac Pro early 2008
    Processor  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    Memory  8 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM
    Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB
    Software  OS X 10.8.5 (12F37)

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    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
    syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'Channel t|GPU D|I/O|n Cause: -' | tail | open -ef
    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
    Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
    Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
    The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
    A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Normally the command will produce no output, and the window will be empty. If the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window) has anything in it, post it — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the TextEdit window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.

  • Adobe Premiere CC 2014, regularly licensed (Mac Pro early 2008, Mac OSX 10.9.4).Adobe Premiere CC 2014, media offline, not playing, unusable.

    Adobe Premiere CC 2014, regularly licensed (Mac Pro early 2008, Mac OSX 10.9.5, Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB).
    Hi guys,
    since the CC2014 version of Premiere has been released (on Creative Cloud) I'm experiencing - really often - the MEDIA PENDING (yellow background) issue... even if the clip can be found right clicking and selecting "reveal in finder" or "reveal in project", in the timeline the clip can't be played. Not to mention the many many problems the app is causing stopping working suddenly and obligating me to restart the system to have it regularly working again (usually it stops reproducing the video, only the audio stays alive, but the playhead seems freezes there where I left it).
    One more problem: all the app (and customized) keyboard shortcuts are gone. Totally disappeared (this happened just after the last update, CC v8.1 Caravan. Synching from CC was unsuccessful.
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    I ask sorry for my polemic tone, it's a few months that Adobe Premiere is not working anymore as before. And you can't immagine how many hours I've lost.
    Thank you very much,
    My best regards,
    Stefano Bianchi.

    Kevin-Monahan wrote:
    Also, a 512 MB VRAM GPU is really underpowered
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    Stefano.

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    I have a Mac Pro (early 2008) that keeps crashing, becoming ever more frequent. It usually happens upon starting up the computer, and once it's all loaded, it crashes, as in all shuts down, and then immediateky restarts itself. This can go on repetitively 10 times or more. Usually, once it's stabilized and remains open, perhaps after 30min-1 hour, it will remain ok for the rest of the day. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this problem. Do I need to update the memory/the graphics card/buy new computer?! Any advice would be very much appreciated. Here are the specs:
    Processor  2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
    Memory  6 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM  - 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB (4 slots free) 
    Graphics  ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB
    Software  Mac OS X Maverick 10.9.1
    Raid Hardrive
    And here is the problem report:
    Machine-check capabilities 0x0000000000000806:
    family: 6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 1547
    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5462  @ 2.80GHz
    6 error-reporting banks
    threshold-based error status present
    Processor 0: machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
    machine-check in progress
    MCA error-reporting registers:
    IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200000410000800 valid
      MCA error code:            0x0800
      Model specific error code: 0x1000
      Other information:         0x00000004
      Threshold-based status:    Undefined
      Status bits:
       Processor context corrupt
       Error enabled
       Uncorrected error
       Error overflow
    IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
    IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200001044100e0f valid
      MCA error code:            0x0e0f
      Model specific error code: 0x4410
      Other information:         0x00000010
      Threshold-based status:    Undefined
      Status bits:
       Processor context corrupt
       Error enabled
       Uncorrected error
       Error overflow
    Processor 1: machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:
    machine-check in progress
    MCA error-reporting registers:
    IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200000410000800 valid
      MCA error code:            0x0800
      Model specific error code: 0x1000
      Other information:         0x00000004
      Threshold-based status:    Undefined
      Status bits:
       Processor context corrupt
       Error enabled
       Uncorrected error
       Error overflow
    IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
    IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200001040100e0f valid
      MCA error code:            0x0e0f
      Model specific error code: 0x4010
      Other information:         0x00000010
      Threshold-based status:    Undefined
      Status bits:
       Processor context corrupt
       Error enabled
       Uncorrected error
       Error overflow
    Processor 2: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
    restart IP valid
    machine-check in progress
    MCA error-reporting registers:
    IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
    IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
    IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200000084200e0f valid
      MCA error code:            0x0e0f
      Model specific error code: 0x8420
      Other information:         0x00000000
      Threshold-based status:    Undefined
      Status bits:
       Processor context corrupt
       Error enabled
       Uncorrected error
    Processor 3: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:
    restart IP valid
    machine-check in progress
    MCA error-reporting registers:
    IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
    IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
    IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
    IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200000080200e0f valid
      MCA error code:            0x0e0f
      Model specific error code: 0x8020
      Other information:         0x00000000
      Threshold-based status:    Undefined
      Status bits:
       Processor context corrupt
       Error enabled
       Uncorrected error
    Processor 4: no machine-check status reported
    Processor 5: no machine-check status reported
    Processor 6: no machine-check status reported
    Processor 7: no machine-check status reported
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800f8dca29): "Machine Check at 0xffffff800f8e274e, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff80c69a6000, CR3: 0x0000000011faf000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0xffffff80bb0bf000, RBX: 0x0000000000000022, RCX: 0x000000005ba860d3, RDX: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RSP: 0xffffff80c1193d00, RBP: 0xffffff80c1193ce0, RSI: 0x0000000000000002, RDI: 0x0000000000000220\n" "R8:  0x0000000000000000, R9:  0x000000000000000b, R10: 0xffffff80c1193e20, R11: 0xffffff800fe89ce8\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000003, R13: 0x7fffffffffffffff, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xffffff7f91368c98\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000010002, RIP: 0xffffff800f8e274e, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000000\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.1.72/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:1 68
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff80c112de80 : 0xffffff800f822f69
    0xffffff80c112df00 : 0xffffff800f8dca29
    0xffffff80c112e060 : 0xffffff800f8f3eaf
    0xffffff80c1193ce0 : 0xffffff800f8e24f4
    0xffffff80c1193d00 : 0xffffff7f9134ab93
    0xffffff80c1193d30 : 0xffffff7f9134ac47
    0xffffff80c1193d70 : 0xffffff7f91344544
    0xffffff80c1193e70 : 0xffffff7f91343b89
    0xffffff80c1193f30 : 0xffffff800f8dda5c
    0xffffff80c1193f50 : 0xffffff800f83757a
    0xffffff80c1193f90 : 0xffffff800f8378c8
    0xffffff80c1193fb0 : 0xffffff800f8d6aa7
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(216.0)[A6EE4D7B-228E-3A3C-95BA-10 ED6F331236]@0xffffff7f91341000->0xffffff7f9136bfff
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
    Mac OS version:
    Not yet set
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
    Kernel slide:     0x000000000f600000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff800f800000
    System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 2767142887
    last loaded kext at 1266803966: com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.2.0f6 (addr 0xffffff7f9088c000, size 16384)
    loaded kexts:
    com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver          3.3.0
    com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver          4.2.0f6
    com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive          3.3.5
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRAID          4.0.6
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          35
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          650.4.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          3.1.3b1
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.9.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          700.36.24
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          650.4.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          650.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          216.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153
    com.apple.security.quarantine          3
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          216.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.15
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          650.4.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          650.4.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          3.5.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          650.4.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.2
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          600.34
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          650.4.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox          278.10
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9
    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          21
    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.8
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
    com.apple.kec.pthread          1
    Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 6 GB, SMC 1.25f4
    Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0198, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0198, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
    Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 22 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en2
    PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, Display Controller, Slot-1
    Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD154UI, 1.5 TB
    Serial ATA Device: ST3500320NS, 500.11 GB
    Serial ATA Device: ST2000DM001-9YN164, 2 TB
    Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD154UI, 1.5 TB
    Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-112D
    USB Device: Keyboard Hub
    USB Device: Apple Keyboard
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    USB Device: CTE-650
    FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
    Thunderbolt Bus:

    AHT by now is only on the OEM DVD and is not fool-proof or definitive or much else. Just a way to rule out some obvious failures.
    a new set of 2 x 2GB FBDIMM $25 might be worth for testing.
    replacing the ATI 2600XT or get Apple to, they still will it seems like.
    Was it a clean install of Mavericks? did you import  your old apps and profile data? might be worth a look at redoing.
    Some airport and wifi/BT cards can be suspect.
    Whatever is happening, all those crashes are going to mangle the directory of the boot drive even more. Reason in spades to have a clean system, image it for restore, and so you have a system just for testing.
    3.1's in their 4 yrs have had more issues like this than any other model.

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