Mac Pro 2,1 10.6.8 won't boot

Hi All,
Here I am with a very strange problem.
My macpro suddenly don't start correnctly.
It starts, the apple logo appears and the wheel start to run.
At the certain point the whell stops and the mac restart.
I've already:
- Detached the power line
-Option P-R
-Verbose mode
-Boot CD installer
Nothing!
The cd start and it gives orange nig line on screen
in verbose mode from the disk: the boot stops at the ethernet step.
What I can do? It could be an hardwarew problem:logic or graphic card.
Any help is very well accepted!
Many thanks in advance
regard
paul

the boot stops at the ethernet step.
What is the exact message that you get?

Similar Messages

Mac pro running OS 10.5.8 won't boot. Apple logo and spinning wheel shows then Apple logo turns into Forbidden signage while spinning wheel continue. It happenened right after I installed a firmware. Had to restart.Please help. What can I do?

Mac pro running OS 10.5.8 won't boot. Apple logo and spinning wheel shows then Apple logo turns into Forbidden signage while spinning wheel continue. It happenened right after I installed a firmware. Had to restart.Please help. What can I do?

Work through the suggestions in this article:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

Mac Pro 8-core drives acting weird, won't sleep?

Hello all,
I recently purchased my first 8-core machine. LOVE IT. Blazes through things so much faster than my iMac's or old G5's. Can't wait for FCP to be updated to utilize all the processing power.
That said, I've noticed that when I'm rendering something in FCP that takes several hours, the hard drives inside the machine sound like they're powering down or powering up every 5 minutes (as if they're going to sleep or waking from sleep). Is that normal? My preferences have the computer going to sleep after an hour of inactivity (the monitor after 10 minutes), and the "put hard-drives to sleep when possible" option un-checked.
When the computer is not doing anything, and I mean not anything, the drives do the same thing and the computer NEVER goes to sleep... unless I manually force it to do so. I've read several threads on here about the machines not going to sleep for some folks and have tried the solutions suggested (all have not worked), but I can't find anything about the drives acting goofy when the machine is doing something (in my case, rendering in FCP).
Any suggestions? The machine I'm using is a refurbed 8-core 3.0 Power Mac. Absolutely love it, btw!
Just want to make sure it's doing what it's supposed to do and these drives firing up and down is or isn't something to worry about... although I am perplexed as to why it won't go to sleep when it's not doing anything at all.
Running up-to-date SL.
Thanks to any suggestions or comments in advance.

Here's the specs for the drives:
Drive 1: Intel ESB2 AHCI:
Vendor: Intel
Product: ESB2 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
WDC WD2500AAJS-41RYA0:
Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)
Model: WDC WD2500AAJS-41RYA0
Revision: 12.01B02
Drive 2: 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-41TMA0:
Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
Model: WDC WD5000AAKS-41TMA0
Revision: 12.01C02
Drive 3: Intel ESB2 AHCI:
Vendor: Intel
Product: ESB2 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
ST32000542AS:
Capacity: 2 TB (2,000,398,934,016 bytes)
Model: ST32000542AS
Revision: CC95
The third drive I installed myself.
Here's the specs on the machine:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro2,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 8 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP21.007F.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.15f3

HT1151 2010 mac pro, my cable for my display won't fit, mac pro 21 pin display 30 pin ?

bought a 2010 mac pro. My display will not match up to it
my mac pro has 21 pins and my display has 30
is their a adapter to fix this. also usb and firewire don't match mine either
Help want to set it up

You need to provide more details as to what computer, what display, and what connector you have. USB and Firewire "don't match mine either" means what? Don't match what?

Upgraded Mac Pro, now purchased iTunes HD movies won't play

I just upgraded my Mac Pro (2006) to a Mac Pro (2008) so it would be a little faster, be Mountain Lion compliant, etc. The new Mac Pro has an ATI Radeon HD 5770 and I am continuing to use my 30" Cinema display.
Now when I try to watch a purchased iTunes movie or TV show that I had previously purchased on my old Mac Pro, I get the "This movie can be played only on displays that support HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)" message. When I look at the show listing in iTunes, thay have the joint HD-SD emblem, so they should be able to be played in the lower resolution, correct?
I can't believe that with all of the apple products and media I have purchased, everything 100% apple, I am no longer able to watch apple movies!
Any suggestions?
Thanks
jmac

See if any of these links helps:
> iTunes for Windows: Unable to view or play HD video content that requires HDCP
> Troubleshooting iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7 video playback performance issues
> iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos
Hope this helps.

2006 Mac Pro + NEC 3090 - grey screen not displayed during boot

I have a September '06 Mac Pro 1,1 (Woodcrest variant) hooked up to an NEC 3090 30" LCD monitor, running OS X 10.5.7. Previously, I was using an Eizo S2110W 21" LCD; turning the monitor and computer on would cause the following to be displayed (in order):
1. Light grey background with dark grey Apple logo with spinning thing.
2. Solid blue background.
3. Leopard wallpaper.
4. Log-in dialogue.
Since using the NEC, the grey screen is not displayed at all: the display stays blank until the blue screen is displayed, and then the Leopard wallpaper and so on. This is using the 2560x1600 native resolution of the display, and has occurred using both 10.5.6 and 10.5.7.
If I change the resolution to 1280x960 and boot, the grey screen is displayed. If I change it to 1600x1200, I get weird corruption on-screen during the period when the grey screen should be displayed; for some reason, this includes part of the desktop wallpaper I was using before I rebooted.
Resetting the non-volatile RAM using Command-Option-P-R works for the very first time I boot the computer, though the grey screen is displayed at very low resolution. If I reboot from the log-in dialogue immediately afterwards, normal behaviour occurs - i.e. the blank screen.
The upshot of all of the above is that if I want to boot into Windows, or install OS X (e.g. when Snow Leopard comes out), I have to remember to boot into my existing OS X installation, change resolution, reboot whilst remembering also to hold down the ALT/Option key. It would be much easier if I could do away with having to change resolution.
I have tried connecting the monitor to a PPC Mac mini at 1600x1200 (it won't go any higher), using Tiger 10.4.11 (not sure of exact version - the latest). At this resolution, the grey screen is displayed.
Using a '08 MacBook Air (first generation) and the supplied DVI adapter, also at 1600x1200, nothing is displayed on the NEC until I get to the log-in screen. This occurs if the NEC is set to be the primary display or the secondary one - the only difference is where the log-in dialogue is displayed. I am not familiar with dual-screen behaviour, so I can't say whether anything is supposed to be displayed or not (i.e. does the grey appear on both displays?).
I have been in touch with NEC Europe support on this issue, who suggested it might have something to do with the 10.5.7 release. I know this not to be the case, as it was occurring prior to 10.5.7 being released.
Any ideas?

Put more of your hardware listed in your profile.
I looked and don't see you list your graphics card anywhere.
Graphic card it came with was either X1900 (watch for heat and dust bunnies and clogged vent);
OEM 7300GT (seems unlikely).
You could have replaced either with 8800GT or ATI 3870.
Require 10.5.2+ ideally 10.5.6+.
Some problems cropped up with 10.5.7. 10.5.7 doesn't work on some (many) 3rd party displays and stay with 10.5.6 if necessary until it is fixed or resolved.
But you say it happens with 10.5.6 also, and was doing so before 10.5.7? which makes your problem somewhat different or unique.
Zapping PRAM or NVRAM reset obviously shouldn't be needed repeatedly. And your graphics card probably needs to be replaced, or test with another card to rule it out.

If I install a new NVidia PC card on my Mac Pro will I be able to choose between Boot Camp and OS X during startup?

I couldn't find an answer to this anywhere.
Will the lack of EFI prevent me from choosing which OS to boot into (due to no bootup screen)?
Does Apple have a workaround for this?
Also, is my Mac Pro (Quad; 4,1; 2009) compatible with the whole line of Geforce GTX, provided I have the "magic" drivers?
(I need to use OS X for music and 2D graphics (Pro Tools, Adobe), and the Windows side for game development with Oculus DK2)

Thank you! Great advice.
I think I'm giving up on this, though. Only few card models are supported on the Mac Pro (with or without EFI firmware flash), and it's too much of a risk it won't even work at all if I don't buy the exact overpriced/outdated chipset supported. Apple hardware support is terrible, and information on workarounds to that lack of support are nonexistent. I wish I could make this work, but it's cheaper and easier to just get a cheap AMD with great graphics for all 3D/rendering projects.

Mac Pro shut down on its own, then on boot up it beeped steadily for 2 min?

I put my 2009 Mac Pro to sleep then the next day I find it completely shut down! I boot it up and then I hear a steady beep (every second) for about 2 minutes. After 2 minutes the beeping went away.
Any idea what caused Mac Pro to shut down on its own? And what does the steady beeping mean? The beeping is coming from inside the Mac Pro's speakers, not from my BOSE 5 computer speakers.
I don't think there was a power outage as the UPS is fully charged, and I asked a neighbor across the street.

I wasn't clear in my description, it's a steady continuous beep, it's a rhythmic beep -- it'll do this for 200 beeps or about 2-4 minutes.

New to Mac - how to re-install when G4 won't boot from CD

Hi all
I am completely new to Mac, so bear with me here. I recently bought three G4's from my employer (they took over some old offices of a company that went bust and left all their equipment, which has been lying around for some years now). Wow, for a PC-guy like me it is quite a switch
Anyways, I managed to get one of the running and re-install with new OS (Panther) as I have the original discs.
However, one of them is causing me some problems. It is running OS X Server and has been setup with password - so when I boot up I get prompted to log on and can't get any further. It read a few places that it should be possible to boot from the install discs and then re-set the passwords. I tried holding down C when booting, but the machine won't boot from the CD. Tried holding C before powering on, before the chime, after the chime, when the logo displays, etc. Nothing helps. The key on the keyboard is working (tried it in the user-name box when I get prompted to log on)
I don't care about the conents of the drives - just want to re-install. But how to do that when the C-key isn't working to get it to boot from CD? Guess one of my problems could be that I don't have Mac keyboard and have to plug a Windows-keyboard into it. Also tried pressing the ALT key at boot up, but that does nothing either.
Help?

It is a server yes. But it doesn't matter though about the lock.
Here's what happened so far which also solved my problem:
- Moved around on the RAM sticks and then managed to boot into OF
- Reset security-mode as described in various forums and guides
- Still couldn't boot from CD - even after resetting PRAM and NVRAM.
- So I searched the net (sorry to my boss for not doing much work today) and when I came home I was armed with many useful hints to do the dance with the machine.
... but just before we stepped onto the dance floor, I noticed a post-it taped to the side of one of the OTHER machines (I bought three from my employer's storage sale and all three from the same company whose offices they took over). And on that post it was two words one of which was Administrator. It turned out that the other one was the password. Dough. So much ado about nothing. But, at least I learned a lot about the Mac-world along the way.
However, when I pop the CD in I cannot see it when I logged on - faulty device? in "ABout this Mac" is shows the DVD-drive just fine. Is it concivable that someone could have disabled it some way? If so, how do I enable it again?
Thanks everybody for all your patience with me

Mac Pro Stuck at Grey Screen, then will only boot into OS X Utilities.

My Mac Pro is stuck at Gray Screen. When I reset PRAM, it loads the OSX Utilities screen, prompting me Restore from Time Machine, Reinstall OS X, Get Help, or Disk Utility. I ran Disk Repair and Repair Premissions, same thing.... stuck at grey screen.
What will happen to the data on my HD if I choose to Reinstall the OS X? IS that the best choice? Thanks.

Off hand I think your drive may be bad. But to find out you need to erase the drive, so you will need to have a recent, bootable backup.
Install or Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
        the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
      the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
If this does not work, then you need to replace your hard drive.

Mac noob has an imac g3 that won't boot

i recently got a imac g3 from a friend to play with. i've never used a mac, so i was hoping to learn a bit.
at first, it seemed to work fine... nothing wrong
later, out of curiosity, i tried to boot from an ubuntu live cd and that's where everything went wrong.
it started to boot, then hung, so i ejected the CD and rebooted the computer... and ever since, the computer won't boot at all
it makes the chime, then sits at a grey screen for a long time (i usually walk away at this point) and eventually a folder with the mac logo pops up and nothing happens from there.
booting from CD also does nothing. the CD starts to spin up, then idles.
i don't have a firewire hard drive to test firewire boot either...
i've tried appleoption+pr and it made the chime twice, but i still get the same results.
any ideas?

Sometimes if volumes don't appear in Startup Manager (what you get when you hold down the Option key at startup), you need to reset the Mac's PRAM, NVRAM, and Open ourFirmware. Shut down the Mac, then power it up, and before the screen lights up, quickly hold down the Command, Option, P, and R keys, until the Mac has chimed twice more after the powerup chime. Then, before the screen lights up, hold down Command-Option-O-F until the Open Firmware screen appears. Then enter these lines, pressing Return after each one:
reset-nvram
set-defaults
reset-all
"The reset-all command should restart your Mac. If so, you have successfully reset the Open Firmware settings."
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1812?viewlocale=en_US
How to eject a cd from the internal cd drive:
eject cd
List of devices:
devalias
List of variables:
printenv
Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
reset the PMU
http://mrjcd.com/junk/PMU.jpg
well, an external monitor did nothing
as for the firmware, it has 4.1.9f1...
That's a positive sign.
when i hold the option key on startup, i get two buttons, (a round arrow and a straight arrow) both of which i am unable to click. The firmware could not find a valid os. Should include icons for each partition or cd with a valid os. Why don't you try boot with the option key with a cd in the drive.
but is there a way i can use open firmware to redirect the boot partition?
I hadn't been able to fathom the syntax... until I listed a bunch of os's.
Used startup of system perferences to select disk/media then click on lock then
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
nvram boot-device
Now, we can guess meaning:
boot-device mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:12,\\:tbxi
   | | Partition/location
   | on device
   |
   0 = master
   1 = slave
   for ata internal device
Why set nvram variable? I've had open-firmware based Pegasos PPC and it simply had boot command, so instead of:
setenv boot-device ud:3,\:tbxi
should be enough to write:
boot ud:3,\:tbxi
my setup,boot my internal harddrive Tiger partition:
boot-device mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:12,\\:tbxi
my setup, boot my internal harddrive classic 9.2.2 partition
boot-device mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:10,\\:tbxi
boot from Mac OS 9 cd???
boot-device mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@1:9,\\:tbxi
boot 10.2 install cd
boot-device mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@1:9,\\:tbxi
boot hardware test cd
boot-device mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@1:9,\\:tbxi
boot from external firewire hd with Tiger installed
boot-device fw/node@1d202009c115c/sbp-2@c000/@0:10,\\:tbxi
boot from external firewire cd/dvd drive Tiger DVD
boot-device fw/node@50770500071002/sbp-2@4000/@0:3,\\:tbxi
boot from external firewire cd/dvd drive 9.2.2 install cd
boot-device fw/node@50770500071002/sbp-2@4000/@0:9,\\:tbxi
boot from external firewire cd/dvd drive Hardware test
boot-device fw/node@50770500071002/sbp-2@4000/@0:9,\\:tbxi
network startup
boot-device enet:bootp
mac $ sudo pdisk -l
Password:
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/rdisk0'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56 @ 64
3: Apple_Driver43*Macintosh 56 @ 120
4: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56 @ 176
5: Apple_Driver_ATA*Macintosh 56 @ 232
6: Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 512 @ 288
7: Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 800
8: Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1312
9: Apple_Free 262144 @ 1824 (128.0M)
10: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_1 2254440 @ 263968 ( 1.1G)
11: Apple_Free 262144 @ 2518408 (128.0M)
12: Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 146538496 @ 2780552 ( 69.9G)
13: Apple_Free 6982440 @ 149319048 ( 3.3G)
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=156301488 (74.5G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: 23 @ 64, type=0x1
2: 36 @ 120, type=0xffff
3: 21 @ 176, type=0x701
4: 34 @ 232, type=0xf8ff
pdisk: No valid block 1 on '/dev/rdisk2'
Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/rdisk3'
#: type name length base ( size )
1: Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1
2: Apple_Driver_ATAPI*Macintosh 8 @ 64
3: Apple_HFS Mac_OS_X 5531656 @ 72 ( 2.6G)
4: Apple_Free 10 @ 5531728
Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=5531738 (2.6G)
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: 4 @ 64, type=0x701
mac $
why am i now unable to boot from CD as well?
See Richard's second paragraph having to boot up from the original cd to get cd reader to work again.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5966197#5966197
i'd love to get this thing working again
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
Well, you could get an external firewire CD/DVD drive and use the option key to boot a cd/dvd in the drive.
thank you all for your help
-Randy
Message was edited by: rccharles

Mac G5 late 2004 dual 2.5 won't boot.

hi, i have late 2004 G5 dual 2.5 ppc and it won't boot,chime or show any video the only thing i get out of it is the cpu fans spool to 100% after a few minutes of power on time and the air is warm, I have tried to power it with no ram to see if there are going to be multiple chimes for missing ram notifications but to no avail, the bott with option key pressed produces no post, can it be saved with in resonalbe cost or have any sugestions, Help.

Hello,
Cheapest thing to try first is...
Might be time to replace the PRAM Battery, 4 years is close to their lifespan, far less if ever without AC power, & can cause strange startup problems...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
Have youblown yje dust out lately?

Installing Windows 7 on my bootcamp partition (mid-2009 mac book pro with mountain lion) My computer won't boot from the Windows 7 Install DVD.

Hello,
I have been trying to install Windows 7 on my macbook pro (mid 2009, MBP53). I have successfully created a bootcamp partition using the assistant. When the computer tries to boot from the windows 7 install dvd, the screen is just black. The dvd spins for a bit, then stops and the computer is just black (no blinking cursor).
Any advice would be very appreciated.
Thanks.

What kind of an install DVD are you using for Windows?
You can use any DVDs that are hardware specific. Only the full non-hardware soecific DVDs work on the Mac.
Allan

MAC BOOK PRO (MID 2009)START UP FULL/WON'T BOOT?

13 MAC BOOK PRO (MID 2009) HAS LOCKED UP DUE TO A FULL START UP DISK. IT WILL NOT BOOT , I JUST GET THE GREY SCREEN W/ THE LOGO. I DO HAVE A 27" iMAC (LATE 2009) RUNNING 10.8.4 AND A FIRE WIRE, CAN I USE THE IMAC TO HELP BOOT MY PRO? I THINK I CAN, JUST DO NOT KNOW THE PROCESS. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPREIECIATED

Alecballchin wrote:
...how do i delete the user files, on the target computer? i cant trash them?
You placed the users files into the Trash can and then Finder > Empty Trash, this sends a message to the other drive that the files don't exist anymore.
If you can't Trash the files it doesn't matter really.
Unmount the drive by dragging it's icon to the Trash can turns into a Eject.
Now on the problem Mac you boot holding the Shift Key down, this enters Safe Mode and should hopefully get you into the machine to delete files. Reboot normally to exit safe mode.
If you can't do this, then it depends upon what operating system is on the machine, you either need the 10.6 boot disks or can hold Command R and boot into RecoveryHD and then erase the MacintoshHD partition and reinstall OS X, your programs and files from backup.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
Erase, formatting, OS X installs on Mac's

I have an mac pro that loads slow, zynga games won't load completely!

I need some guidance!!! My macbook pro 13" from summer 2010 is running slow/loading very slow or stops loading in middle of use! especially my zynga.com games {farmville2 etc.}! video slots are stopping with errors! saying connection was interupted yet wifi is still in tact!! and strong!!! HELP I MISS MY GAMES!

I play games on facebook as well mostly multi-player realtime stradgey games. Here are some questions I ask the people I play with when they have problems:
1). If you leave your computer running when was the last time you rebooted?
2). Have you cleared your history and your cache lately?
3). When was the last time you ran antivirus and your cleaner?
4). Check your flash player and java and see if it needs updated or repaired.
5). Check your browser for updates.
One of those usually fixes the problem. Hope it helps....

Mac Pro 2,1 10.6.8 won't boot

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for