MacPro + Deep Freeze = Problems

We have over 15 MacPro and we purchased licenses to install deep freeze. I have been successful in installing deep freeze on our Imac's (=75) when I am encountering the same error on our MP. It reads: Encounter Error when writting data, the error code is: 0XE00002c0. I have researched on the Faronics website but nothing. On the apple side I get many different problems that users encounter and they get the same error. Any ideas?

Only clue I find is here...
2006-04-04 21:56:36.700 diskimages-helper[285] ERROR: unable to load disk image driver - 0xE00002C0/-536870208 - Device was not configured.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/430262?start=0&tstart=0

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MDD freezing problem can anyone help?

Hey
Ive been having quite majer problems with my mac. It crashes regularly and im not sure why. It will freeze any time even when running safari and has been known to do it 5 times in one day!!! These are the possable problems i can think of.
1. Hardware problem though i have tested all my ram with memtest and the apple hardware test Cd and it says its fine.
2. i was thinking my mac could be overheating, can this cause it to crash? At the moment its is running at 58.3 *C and all im running is safari, im not even running any widgets. The CPU fan is almost always on (though not at full speed) even when running just safari and i think the barings in the fan could be on their way out because it doesnt sound like the fan is running smoothly at all.
Would it be worth buying a new fan and getting a copper heatsink to bring the temperature down? Im not sure if i should do this in case it doesnt work as it well set me back over £100, if there is no way of finding and fixing the problem i was thinking of getting a macpro though as im a student it will take me about a year to get my hands on that kind of cash
If it helps these are the specs of my mac:
Powermac G4 MDD 1.25DP
1.5GB RAM
OSX 10.4.8 (im running this beacuse 10.4.9 is incompatable with final cut HD 3.0)
GForce 4MX
1X 80GB PATA
1X 200GB PATA
ASUS DVD R (put in a week ago though there were problems with crashing before this)
Can anyone give me some advice on what to do?
Thanks
Tom

Assuming you are reading that CPU temperature with Temperature Monitor software, the specified upper limit for your CPU is 62 degrees C. Therefore, 58.3 degrees shouldn't be causing your freeze problems. Look for other possibilities.
Not that this is your problem, but a friend's upgraded Sawtooth G4 started having freeze problems in Tiger after running several months without any problems. Turns out he had his old DVD-ROM in a Firewire box connected via Firewire to his G4 and the unit started crapping out. Still not sure if the core problem is the DVD-ROM drive or the Firewire case or the Firewire connection, but disconnecting the unit ended his suddenly arising freeze problems.
Try using your MDD G4 with all Firewire and USB (except the keyboard and mouse of course) stuff disconnected from the tower case. If that ends your freezes, it will be a simple process of elimination to find the offending USB or Firewire item.
Good luck,
Carl B.

Deep freeze +imaging = USB trouble

When we image a pc and then freeze the machine the first time you plug in a USB device it takes upwards of 9 Minutes to install the USB device.
After that first device is installed every device thereafter installs in less than 25 seconds. Once I reboot that first usb device once again takes 9 Min.
I realize that is Deep freeze doing it's job. Has anyone found a way to initialize the usb controller so that first time plugging in USB takes less time?
If I thaw the machine and then plug in the USB device and wait 9 minutes for it to install. Then freeze the machine. Every device thereafter installs within 30 seconds even after a reboot.
However if I take an image of this machine once USB has been initialized and put it on a new computer I am back to square one again. The first device plugged in takes 9 minutes until I do the thaw, plugin, and freeze trick.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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does anyone know how to use ARD to thaw(Deep Freeze) computers using unix commands. I have tried to set up maintenance in Deep Freeze but it doesn't work.
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I use the Deep Freeze tasks regularly through ARD to thaw and freeze entire labs with no problems. One thing to keep in mind is the default tasks that they install will perform the action and just that. You have to send a second command to actually reboot the computer, if I recall correctly.
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Many of you (like me) are having major headaches because of the new updates that Apple has been releasing (i.e. iTunes 7). So far I only know that this affects the Video iPod, but this could very well fix other models too.
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Listen to this person, he knows exactly what he's talking about. My unit had the freezing problem, the visual artifact problem, and eventually would only show a blank white screen after I had tinkered too long. Luckily I have another computer that I hadn't yet upgraded to itunes 7 and it had the last firmware upgrade before the itunes 7 one. From disk mode I was able to restore it to the previous firmware version, and now the ipod works perfectly.
I too am almost disqusted with Apple for 1) missing this problem and 2) not letting people know!
I wonder how many more people are going to have lots of problems so apple can protect their PR.
Anyways, what would be really helpful would be if someone could upgrade the latest firmware installer before itunes 7 (it's an individual ipod updating program, not itunes 6.xx)somewhere on the internet so users could download it and do away with this evil 1.2 firmware.

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There are no drivers for your lappy with windows 8 at all, yes you would get crashes. You can try a bios update, but its to old to even try.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/Home
http://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=2373403
I came across some that had your issue in support toshiba
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Windows-8-8-1/Satellite-Laptop-Randomly-freezes-on-Windows-8/td-p/590812

MBP running Leopard 10.5.3 and W XP with freezing problems

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I am interning at an IT department of a branch campus of a large university. Among other new exciting things I was recently given the responsibility to administer the 5 campus macs that are connected to the network as actual works machines (there are others but those are chat only machines and aren't connected to the same subnet but rather on wireless). 1 of them is a faculty members and is easy enough to figure out, the other 4 are in labs and have the Faronics software Deep Freeze installed on them. I have the deep freeze assistant installed for ARD (so i have all the UNIX commands) and the PDF manual from Faronics but am still unable to unfreeze computers across the network to run updates. I vaguely recall setting up the assistant and putting in the credentials for admin.. although I'm not sure if i put in the right stuff. My command to thaw a machine current looks like this
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I run this as root. I am sending it against machines that are just sitting at the login screens. I feel like I'm missing something very obvious.
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See this article on disabling Dashboard:
http://www.macworld.com/article/46236/2005/08/disabledashboard.html
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Video/film conversion freezing problem during play...

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Deep freeze's reboot frozen command doesn't finishes

Whenever i send a reboot frozen command from the ARD on the server, it doesn't finishes. The Reboot command is below.
osascript <<EndOfMyScript
tell application "System Events"
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key code 125
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keystroke "0000"
keystroke return
end tell
end tell
delay 4
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Deep Freeze Mac 2.0

I just read a short review in MacWorld about a utility by the name of Deep Freeze Mac 2.0. made by Faronics Technologies (www.faronics.com). This is a utility that automatically resets a Mac to prestine condition after a restart saving administrators hours of cleaning and troubleshooting.
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Hi, Barbara.
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If you really want to ensure against data loss, you should also archive critical data to media like DVDs and store those off-site, such as in a safe deposit box. A fire, for example, could destroy your Mac and your backup drive. Or you could use a pair of FireWire drives for backup and regularly rotate them through a safe deposit box, always keeping a recent backup off-site.
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