2010 Mac Pro Crash and Firmware Update Issue

My 2010 Mac Pro crashes for no apparent reason. I have a couple FCP projects to finish and I cannot rely on this machine. I have the most recent problem report details and a pesky Firmware update that appears corrupted and refuses to install.
I've repaired permissions using Disk utility, applejack, and even used memtest to check that I didn't have a bad RAM module. All tasks ran successfully.
These may be 2 separate problems. I'm not sure at this point.
I'm using only 1/3 of the drive capacity for the OS drive and about on my Final Cut Media drive.
FCP is compatible. Been using it for nearly a year. Using a third drive for a Time Machine Back-up of all FCP media. The firmware update is specifically for the 2010 Mac Pro - Mac Pro EFI Update 1.5

OK, thanks.
So I restored the original firmware, and I got through the update.
Here is what the update instructions should say:
"Once the flashing starts continue holding until the light is steady again."
I thnk my problem was that I released the button too soon.
Bob

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Logical sector size: 512 bytes
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Partition table holds up to 128 entries
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Total free space is 4077 sectors (2.0 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
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2 413696 618495 100.0 MiB 8300 Linux filesystem /boot
3 618496 164458495 78.1 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem /
4 164458496 976773119 387.3 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem /home

bsilbaugh wrote:In regards to the step 1 you described in your post, you mentioned difficulty booting "arch linux media". What did you mean by "arch linux media"? Is this a CD you burned containing the latest Arch Linux ISO? If so, did you verify the checksum of the iso image you downloaded, and that it burned correctly to CD?
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" 1.
2.
Please select an option:
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Mac Pro crashes and turns itself off

Hello, hope someone can help me!
I have a 2008 Mac Pro and recently it's been crashing and restarting itself. The first two times it crashed it wouldn't restart so I took it to the Genius bar where they had it for a total of 6 days running various tests to try and get the problem to happen again and testing all the hardware, Disks, RAM, Graphics card etc but they couldn't find a problem!
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 577038 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    AAF84E9C-DB98-5B66-4879-626CF5B74DB4
Wed Feb 13 11:42:48 2013
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff800b8b7bd5): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8da2821e, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000010d214770, CR3: 0x00000001aeb3d000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x05058d48e5894855, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff80f4513d20, RBP: 0xffffff80f4513d30, RSI: 0x000000002c977ae8, RDI: 0xffffff802daead88
R8: 0xffffff80f4565078, R9: 0x7ffffffffffffffe, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffff80
R12: 0xffffff80f4513dc7, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff8021852070
RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff7f8da2821e, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000010d214770, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x4
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80f45139c0 : 0xffffff800b81d626
0xffffff80f4513a30 : 0xffffff800b8b7bd5
0xffffff80f4513c00 : 0xffffff800b8ce4ed
0xffffff80f4513c20 : 0xffffff7f8da2821e
0xffffff80f4513d30 : 0xffffff7f8da28452
0xffffff80f4513d50 : 0xffffff7f8da285ee
0xffffff80f4513d80 : 0xffffff7f8da278fa
0xffffff80f4513e00 : 0xffffff800bbb1c24
0xffffff80f4513e40 : 0xffffff800bb977aa
0xffffff80f4513e80 : 0xffffff800bba0090
0xffffff80f4513f50 : 0xffffff800bbe182a
0xffffff80f4513fb0 : 0xffffff800b8ced33
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.intego.kext.VirusBarrier.AppBarrierKPI(10.6.13)[20EED087-D04B-9B24-B745-75F A012BBD2A]@0xffffff7f8da27000->0xffffff7f8da29fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WebProcess
Mac OS version:
12C60
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333
Kernel slide:     0x000000000b600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800b800000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 9387153888614
last loaded kext at 51772157201: com.intego.iokit.VirusBarrierX6Service          10.6.13 (addr 0xffffff7f8da35000, size 36864)
last unloaded kext at 182103314479: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f8d819000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
com.intego.iokit.VirusBarrierX6Service          10.6.13
com.intego.iokit.VBX6NKE          1
com.intego.iokit.BehavioralKext          1
com.intego.kext.VirusBarrier.AppBarrierKPI          10.6.13
com.intego.kext.VirusBarrierKPI          10.6.13
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays          353
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.1f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f33
com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.9
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          3.1.1b1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224          600.36.17
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
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
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc10
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f33
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.1f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.1f2
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.11
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          165.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
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          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.2
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484631323837324A4438304544364434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484631323837324A4438304544364434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484631323837324A4438304544364434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x802C, 0x3138484631323837324A4438304544364434
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 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 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en2
Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: ST3320820AS_P, 320.07 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA0, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA0, 500.11 GB
Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A
USB Device: hub_device, apple_vendor_id, 0x911c, 0xfd500000 / 2
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd530000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd532000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display, apple_vendor_id, 0x921c, 0xfd520000 / 3
USB Device: PTZ-930, 0x056a (WACOM Co., Ltd.), 0x00b2, 0x3d100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed
FireWire Device: unknown_device, unknown_speed
If anyone can tell me what's causing the problem I'd be most grateful.
Many thanks,
Chris

Your wounds are completely self-inflicted:
The crash was deliberately caused by:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.intego.kext.VirusBarrier.AppBarrierKPI(10.6.13)
You need to remove these extensions by un-Installing Intego Virus barrier.
com.intego.iokit.VirusBarrierX6Service          10.6.13
com.intego.iokit.VBX6NKE          1
com.intego.iokit.BehavioralKext          1
com.intego.kext.VirusBarrier.AppBarrierKPI          10.6.13
com.intego.kext.VirusBarrierKPI          10.6.13
I recommend Thomas A Reed's Mac Malware Guide:
http://www.reedcorner.net/mmg/

Mac Pro Stuck in Firmware update

My macpro is stuck in a firmware update.
The progress bar never showed up after holding the power button down and seeing the light blink and hearing the long beep.
This Macpro does not have a raid.
I have burned a firmware restoration disk and am using these instructions from Apple to attempt to get my machine working again.
http://www.apple.com/support/downloa...ationcd11.html
However I cant get my MacPro to even open the drive slot. I have rebooted by holding down the mouse button and also by using option, but no dice.
Any suggestions?

OK, thanks.
So I restored the original firmware, and I got through the update.
Here is what the update instructions should say:
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I thnk my problem was that I released the button too soon.
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Mac Pro - crashed and now won't start up, stripes on screen + kernel panic?

My computer apparently crashed while the screensaver was up (I was away for 10 or so mins, just Firefox and World of Warcraft in windowed mode running), as it was showing a black screen with a fuzzy whitish line along the top and was completely unresponsive. Unusual, but nothing to freak out about.. right?
So I did the on switch turn off/turn on routine and as soon as anything shows on the screen, I've got these black + white horizontal bars/stripes along the top 1/4 of my screen. The Apple Logo and the spinning progress bar have little fuzzy red spots on 'em. That's when it's time to freak out, as we're in "my computer done broke itself" territory. A few seconds of fuzzy progress bar and we get the wonderful "You need to restart your computer" message.
Fine.. restart.. same thing.
Reset the PRAM and SMC. Same thing.
Can't start up from external disks.. it just gives the same stripes + message.
I'm running a detailed hardware test (the hardware test loads but with the same stripes at the top and annoying blue/red vertical ones in the background to boot), and it's been running for about 80 minutes and is only 60% of the way through.
Anything else I can do, or do I have to drag the heavy thing to an Apple store and leave it there for a month? How in the world does a computer go from "working fine" to "completely broken" in 10 minutes?

More details:
The regular/non-extended Hardware Test returned no problems, despite taking hours for what was supposed to be a 3-5 minute test. I haven't dared run the extended.
I also tried removing third-party RAM and using the original configuration, then just the third-party and no Apple, etc.. It's not the RAM, as the problem is exactly the same.
I'm going to call up Apple support when I can, but just looking for other things I can check or possibly do until then, or just insight on what the problem could be.
Is it most likely the graphics card? Could it be an issue with the core hardware?

Recent bootrom update to 2010 Mac Pro?

Hello everyone,
While browsing through Geekbench today I noticed the following:
MP51.007F.B01
My bootrom for my 2010 says: MP51.007F.B00
What is going on here? Is this a new firmware update or just someone pretending to use a PC to emulate a Mac?
Here is the link: http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/293941
I thought the 2010 mac pros and 2010 parts show firmware of: MP51.007F.B00 - what is B01?

Hi,
Apple lists the avaiable Firmware (EFI and SMC) updates here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237 and according to this there are no updates for the 2010 Mac Pro.
And if it also isn't shown through the "Software Update" it is either a hoax or some sort of Beta-testing guy violating his NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement).
Regards
Stefan

How do I connect 2nd monitor to 2010 Mac Pro?

Hi all, I'd appreciate some help as I'm a little out of my element.
I have a mid 2010 Mac Pro tower and I'm looking to add a second monitor to it for my video editing.
There is no second monitor port in the back that I'm aware of, just the one for my primary monitor.
Is there a possible way to connect a second monitor to this machine? If it requires adding another video card or something else special, links are appreciated.
Processor 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Memory 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Thank you in advance

You don't need another card or USB adapter.
Your current graphics card can run up to three displays. It has one dual-link DVI-I port and two Mini DisplayPorts.
If your new display uses Mini DisplayPort or DisplayPort, you can use a Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort or DisplayPort cable
<http://www.monoprice.com/Category?c_id=102&cp_id=10246>
For VGA
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/B/mini-displayport-to-vga-adapter>
For DVI with resolution greater than 1920 x 1200
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-ada pter>
For HDMI
<http://startech.com/AV/Displayport-Converters/Mini-DisplayPort-to-HDMI-Active-Vi deo-and-Audio-Adapter-Converter-Mini-DP-to-HDMI-1920x1200~MDP2HDS>
For DVI with resolution not greater than 1920 x 1200
<http://www.accellcables.com/products/ultraav-mini-displayport-to-dvi-d-active-si ngle-link-adapter>

Problems with EFI Firmware Update to 1.5 for mid 2010 Mac Pro, and sleep issues

Hello to the community, I have run into an annoying issue.
I need to update the EFI firmware on my 8 core mid-2010 Mac Pro. I downloaded the EFI update from the apple website from here : http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1321
But everytime I download it, as I click to install, it gives me the message:
Alert
This software is not supported on your system.
But clearly this is the correct EFI for my computer. I tried burning the Firmware restoration onto a CD from here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1320
But the computer did not respond the way it said it should (with the 3 flashes/beeps etc.) and have the optical drive open for the CD.
So I'm completely stuck.
*Also my Mac Pro had issues with sleep, when I put it to sleep, sometimes when I try to bring it back, it restarts itself, and other times, it just turns itself on and the monitor screen remains black, so I have to hit the power button to turn it off then back on again. This only happnens when the computer has been put to sleep for a slightly extended period of time, roughly 20mins +, sometimes longer. I was trying to solve this problem by first updating the firmware because I think it could be related to that, but I've had this problem with the firmware so I couldn't find out. This is actually the bigger problem for me because it will affect my work. I am currently using an iMac while I fix up this mac pro.
I'm a music composer so I've upgraded many aspects of my system due to work. I have a 1TB Samsung 840 evo SSD, 2 seagate 2 TB HDD, and 1 WD 1TB HD (the original one in the mac pro), along with 32 GB of RAM. So my only problems are the firmaware and the weird activity when the computer is put to sleep.
Some help would be greatly appreciated!
I'm running OS X Mavericks 10.9.2
mid-2010 Mac Pro
8 core processor (2 X 2.4gHz)

According to this article, your EFI firmware is up to date:
Computer
Model identifier
EFI Boot ROM version
SMC version
Mac Pro
Mac Pro (Late 2013)
MacPro6,1
MP61.0116.B04 (EFI 2.0)
2.20f18 (SMC 2.0)
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
MacPro5,1
MP51.007F.B03 (EFI 1.5)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
MacPro4,1
MP41.0081.B07 (EFI 1.4)
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
MacPro3,1
MP31.006C.B05 (EFI 1.3)
Mac Pro (8-core)
MacPro2,1
MP21.007F.B06 (EFI 1.2)
1.15f3 (SMC 1.1)
Mac Pro (Original)
MacPro1,1
MP11.005C.B08 (EFI 1.2)
1.7f10 (SMC 1.1)
EFI and SMC firmware updates for Intel-based Macs

Mac Pro crashing on shutdown (and some other things)

The following behavior began about 4 or 5 days ago...
Mac Pro crashes/freezes every time I shutdown (or Restart). Some process seems to be not quitting on shutdown - the screen goes blue and I get the spinning beachball. It'll just hang like that indefinitely. To get it to shut down, I have to hold the power button for several seconds. After starting up again, the machine *mostly* runs fine, but there are some apps/services that either just don't do anything, or causes the Mac to hang, or get into a funk state. These other things that seem to destabilize it include:
Apple menu > About this Mac: nothing happens (no dialog)
iTunes: dock icon just bounces, iTunes never launches
System Prefs > Accounts > Login items: System Prefs hangs. Force quit allows Prefs to open again.
Some apps/services also cause things to hang:
Activity Monitor: quitting some processes causes Actvity Monitor to freeze
Clicking SOHO Notes (tab alonmg the edge of the monitor) results in spinning beachball
Rolling over Linotype FontExplorer in the Dock causes the Dock to freeze, FontExporer never opens
There are probably other things that would make it hang, I have not gone looking for them all
System details:
Mac Pro 4,1 .66 ghz, 8 GB RAM
Mac OSX 10.6.8
Dual monitors, two internal hard drives (internal; drive A, internal drive B), multiple external FW hard drives attached
I have already done the following:
Disk Utility: Verified and Repaired Disk Permissions
Disk Utility: Verified Disk, Repaired Disk - this found errors, and suggested reformat/reinstall
I have already booted off internal drive B and ran Disk Utility, then restarted and booted off internal drive A again. No difference.
I have Time Machine backups on an external 1 TB FW drive.
Late last night, I restarted, inserted my original Snow Leopard DVD, launched the MacOSX installer. Recovered a prior system by choosing Utilities > Restore System From Backup, selected a Time Machine backup a few days old (a day or two prior to the problem begining) on the external 1 TB FW drive, and initiated the restore. The estimated restore time was about 5 hours, so I went to bed and let it run. Got up early, and checked: it said the Restore operation was successful. I was relieved. But the same conditions continued - launching or rolling over the items listed above cause the same freeze/crash/hangs. Hangs on shutdown, only way to kill things is the power button. So now I'm disappointed.
I do have multiple backups of my data files across the external hard drives, but this is a large machine with a lot of stuff on it, and I'd really like to recover things wholesale, rather than having to reconstruct accounts and other things. Before I go to bed tonight, I'm going to take another shot at recovering the system from a Time Machine backup - this time, I'll pick a backup that's from a full week before the problems started (the idea being that maybe the backup I picked last time was not far enough back from whatever incident caused all this).
If the week-old Time Machine backup works, great. But if not...any suggestions?
Additional data points...
Nothing new was installed or updated (as far as I know, and I generally pay attention) in the days prior to the problem.
The last thing I recall doing on the computer before the problem began, was burning a DVD (using Toast) - something I do all the time. After that operation, I tried to shut down, and it froze.
The primary internal hard drive partition (internal drive A) seems to be the only one that's having trouble: if I reboot off of internal drive B, the problems do NOT occur - no hang on quit, etc.
That suggests it's not a hardware problem (logic board, etc.) but is something about the System on drive A.
It *could* be bad sectors on drive A - but I have some questions about that...
When I did the full system recovery via the MacOS installer (pulling the old system from Time machine), does the destination drive get reformatted? I don't recall being asked the usual partition/formatting questions.
When the installer does a system restore, does it do any integrity checking on the target drive, or does it just blindly lay down bits?
Does this "freeze on shutdown" (and related behaviors) sound familiar?
Any tips/suggestions to fix this?
Thanks in advance.

More info and a question...
Did another full restore (from a Time machine backup on an external drive) last night - picked a backup from from 10 days ago, long before things became problematic. Still having the same issues.
So, I'm thinking the next thing to try is a low-level reformat of the internal drive(s) and then restore again. I have a couple questions about the finer points of that...
I'm following the instructions in this KB document: Mac OS X 10.6: Recovering your entire system.
Inserting my original Snow Leopard DVD, launching the MacOS installer, restarting, in the installer choosing Restore System from Backup. It appears that there is no re-formatting of the target drive in this case - it just over-writes.
My questions...
The contents of the target drive are going to get wiped and overwritten anyway. Do I have anything to lose/to risk by reformatting FIRST (using Disk Utility), then booting off the install DVD and restoring then?
My 1 TB internal drive is partitioned into the primary 750 GB partition (which is the problematic one) and a secondary 250 GB partition (which boots and runs fine). The secondary partition has some data I would prefer not to lose. I assume that if want to do a full reformat of the internal drive, that means the whole drive - both partitions - will be wiped (that is, I cant reformat just one partition on a single physical drive without reformatting the second partition). Correct?
I suppose I can back up the data that resides on the second partition to an additional external drive (I have extras) if needed - not a huge deal.
Do my new partition sizes need to exactly match the sizes of the original partitions? Neither is completely full, but I want to make sure that I will be able to restore the system and contents of the primary partition even if the new partition size is not bit-by-bit the exact same size as the old partition (I assume the new partition size just needs to be large enough to hold the backup - correct?).
So....I'm looking at the following sequence:
Back up the data I want off the secondary partition to an external drive
Boot off the Snow Leopard install DVD
Run Disk Utility and reformat (fully erase) the internall 1 TB drive
Partition that 1 TB internal drive to (more or less) the two previous (about) 750 GB + 250 GB partitions
Restore a recent Time Machine backup (from an external FW drive) to partition #1
Reasonable plan? Anything I'm missing here? Any other steps I should take?
Thanks for any help.

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Mac Pro
Date introduced
Original Mac OS X included
(see Tips 1 and 3)
Later Mac OS X included
(see Tip 1)
Mac OS X Build(s)
(see Tip 2)
Mac Pro (Mid 2012)
Jun 2012
10.7.3
10.8
11D2001, 12A269
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)
Aug 2010
10.6.4
10.7, 10.7.2, 10.7.3
10F2521, 10F2554, 11A511a, 11C74, 11D2001
Mac Pro with Mac OS X Server (Mid 2010)
Aug 2010
10.6.4
10.7, 10.7.2, 10.7.3 (Server)
10F2522, 11A511a, 11C74, 11D2001 (Server)
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
Mar 2009
10.5.6
10.6
9G3553, 10A432
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
Jan 2008
10.5.1
10.5.2, 10.5.4
9B2117, 9C2031, 9E25
Mac Pro
Aug 2006
10.4.7
10.4.8, 10.4.9, 10.4.10, 10.5
8K1079, 8N1430, 8N1250, 8K1124, 8P4037, 8R3032, 8R3041, 9A581, 9A3129
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Mj
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