Mac Pro fan is very noisy after installing mavericks

Hi everyone,
on my early 2008 Mac Pro i had a problem with a noisy fan. Updated from 10.5 to 10.6.8 and the problem seemed solved.
I decided to upgrade again to 10.9 (i wanted to install Logic X, which would not run on 10.6.8) and now the fan is noisy again.
I checked the activity monitor and there's nothing major going on with the CPU.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance
Gabriele

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I followed your instructions. I have information for the BOOT_TIME and for SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS sections. I've included all within one post with heading separators between the two sections. I wasn't sure if you needed this posted as two separate posts or not. If this isn't correct, please let me know and I'll do again. Hopefully I didn't pull too much content for the BOOT_TIME section. I was trying to search for enough diverse content that would clearly represent what might be occurring. It was also challenging to choose content for the BOOT_TIME section though because there was no time-stamped content close to the time of BOOT_TIME time stamp. The last time I restarted my system was hours before I attempted your exercise. And, I haven't experienced "crashing" more than it just automatically restarts in the middle of things. I wonder if that's why there were no .crash reports? There was only a list of .panic reports so that's what I provided. Thanks for your help Linc.
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panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801f8dc24e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801fc51e48, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff803f930ec0, CR3: 0x0000000022630000, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0
RAX: 0xffffff803ebc9f80, RBX: 0x0000000000000070, RCX: 0xffffff801ff034d0, RDX: 0xffffff803f915588
RSP: 0xffffff81c98d3c10, RBP: 0xffffff81c98d3c40, RSI: 0x0000000000010002, RDI: 0x0000000000000001
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000039, R10: 0xffffff801ff03770, R11: 0x0000007e3672c41b
R12: 0xffffff801ff034d0, R13: 0xffffff803f8dc2c0, R14: 0xffffff803f915580, R15: 0xffffff803f930ec0
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff801fc51e48, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff803f930ec0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81c98d38a0 : 0xffffff801f822f79
0xffffff81c98d3920 : 0xffffff801f8dc24e
0xffffff81c98d3af0 : 0xffffff801f8f3746
0xffffff81c98d3b10 : 0xffffff801fc51e48
0xffffff81c98d3c40 : 0xffffff801fc8bffe
0xffffff81c98d3c80 : 0xffffff801fc8c1fd
0xffffff81c98d3cb0 : 0xffffff7fa01e49aa
0xffffff81c98d3ce0 : 0xffffff7fa01e48dc
0xffffff81c98d3d10 : 0xffffff7fa0144068
0xffffff81c98d3d70 : 0xffffff7fa0142c85
0xffffff81c98d3da0 : 0xffffff7fa0141646
0xffffff81c98d3dd0 : 0xffffff7fa01bfc43
0xffffff81c98d3e20 : 0xffffff7fa0140b8b
0xffffff81c98d3e50 : 0xffffff801fc956ef
0xffffff81c98d3ea0 : 0xffffff801fc952af
0xffffff81c98d3f30 : 0xffffff801fc90e89
0xffffff81c98d3f70 : 0xffffff801fc95e03
0xffffff81c98d3fb0 : 0xffffff801f8d7417
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Mac OS version:
13E28
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun 3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
Kernel slide:     0x000000001f600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801f800000
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System uptime in nanoseconds: 26153387208
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com.motu.driver.PCIAudio    1.6 58373
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Niall

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OS X 10.9 is OS X Mavericks, so you are already using OS X Mavericks. The problem is that your Mac is using a special OS X Mavericks version, so you may be getting a message saying that your computer is not compatible if you are downloading Mavericks from the Mac App Store. Ignore it.
Also, note that OS X 10.9.1 is the most recent version. To update your computer, open  > Software Update.

Mac Pro stuck on gray screen after installing software for a new keyboard

I am having a huge issue with my very important work computer! For a few weeks, my Mac has been freezing on the gray screen during start up. Since I had two external hard drives plugged in, I would unplug one of them and the Mac would always restart correctly once one was unplugged. Well today I was installing software for a new keyboard and the mac prompted me to restart. Once I restarted, the gray screen came up again and no matter what I did it would not start up correctly again. I tried unplugging everything except the keyboard and monitor and nothing works. I tried ejecting the crash-causing CD with the keyboard using all of the commands I found on this forum board and nothing worked. I saw forums about manually ejecting the CD by pushing a pin-hole but I cannot find that pinhole anywhere! Then again, the CD might not even be the problem but since the computer gave me the gray screen of death right after using the CD I am thinking that it is the problem. I use this computer for editing a TV show and creating websites so there is a ton of files on it and I need to get it up and running again ASAP. Any suggestions would be appreciated and I am sure by now you can tell that I am not a Mac expert so please dumb it down for me. Thank you!!

I would start by breaking your thoughts and sentences out from one long paragraph.
Start at the basics.
Always have backups.
One at least that is a spare boot system you can use.
Clone your system. SuperDuper does a great job for only $29
Boot from another hard drive or last OS X DVD
Repair your drive with Apple Disk Utility along with 3rd party disk maintenance and repair
Hold Option key until the boot manager, then hold mouse to open optical drive.
You can hold mouse on startup and it will eject also.
Hold and continue to hold Shift key during startup to repair the boot drive in minimal fashion.
What device and driver? hint: never use CD, just go online as the CD is usually out of date anyway.
Fill in Mac OS X version and more about hardware would help in posts and in your profile signature.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/harddrives/index.html#d12aug2010
http://www.alsoft.com/DiskWarrior

My wifi is very slow after installing mountain lion on my Mac book pro

My wifi is very very slow after installing mountain lion on my MacBook pro.
What can I do?

Ha ha, I misread that as "My wife is very slow after installing mountain lion on my Mac book pro"
BTW on my MBPro (late 2009 with max RAM) Mountain Lion runs very well with no slowing down.

My macbook pro is very slow after instal OSX

My macbook pro is very slow after instal OSX

Fixing a Mavericks Installation Problem
How to manage a failed OS X Mavericks installation | MacFixIt - CNET Reviews.
Try these in order:
1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
    b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:
     Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the
     COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities 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.
3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

My MacBook Pro is running very hot after lion install. Are there any hardware changes that will help? What can I do to get it back to normal?

My MacBook Pro is running very hot after lion install. Are there any hardware changes that will help? What can I do to get it back to normal?

I get the impression that most of the users on older hardware experiences similar temperature issues on Lion for a long time now. Awaiting for confirmation from the original poster.
In the meantime I'm just cautious with regards to pushing the machine to such extreme temps, since something tells me such behaviour which includes monitor flickering and the likes is nothing but abnormal for any type of use...
Any clues if 10.7.5 does anything on this? If not I'm afraid i see myself going back to SL for good...

MacBook pro late 2011 (4G, i7) very slow to load any program after installing Mavericks

After instaling Mavericks, my Mac has slowed down so much, when I turn on my Mac it takes forever to load, and after it loaded, takes longer (then what it did before) to load any program.
Any help please?
My specs: MacBook PRO 13" late 2011, 4Gb RAM, Intel i7 2.8Ghz System most of the times shows 90-97% on idle (yet slow).

Check activity monitor, if a keener activity is taking a lot of CPU resources then Try this link http://www.rdoxenham.com/?p=259
You will have to keep an eye on your temperature, but that's it.

Mac Pro fan is very noisy after installing mavericks

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