New iMac - system keeps waiting while spiraling ball appears

I'm really at a loss as to why my brand new iMac keeps waiting for...whatever and showing me the spiraling color ball (some call it the ball of death). It doesn't appear to be any one app that causes the system to wait and I have updated my OS to 10.4.3. I also chose the full power option so thinking that using the maximum processor would help...and it seemed to at first, but once again, I'm getting the spiraling ball.
Any help is appreciated as it's getting to be a real problem.
Thanks.
Ted
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 1 G RAM

Hi Miriam,
Thanks for the suggestion.
I just checked and the biggest use of cpu is the activity monitor itself. It consistently shows idle usage at 90% or greater. The other thing is that the problem happens sporadically, making it all the more fun.
Ted

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- Dual 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5;
- 2GB 400 MHz DDR SDRAM;
- 2 250GB Serial ATA 7200 rpm hard drive;
- AGP 8X Pro graphics slot;
- ATI Radeon 9600 with 128MB DDR SDRAM;
- 3 PCI-X slots (one 64-bit 133 MHz, two 64-bit 100 MHz); and
- 8X SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±R/CD-RW);
- Firewire 800 & 400
- USB 2
I also have an external HD and a DVI 19" monitor
Question: Would the new iMac be faster then my PowerMac?
I use the computer for normal everyday applications, but I also use the following programs often:
- Final Cut Pro HD (4.5)
- DVD STudio Pro 3
My thinking is, I can sell my MAC and have plenty of money to purchase a new iMac. If I sold my monitor with it, I would be even better off.
What do you guys think?
Would the new iMac be faster?
Would the new iMac be better for video editing?
Looking forward to your thoughts...

Hi Singit
Its hard to make a call as i don't know if you are an up and coming post house or a bed room industry..or whether you work on DV.Digibeta or HD..whether you are loaded or scrapping by making a living
Well..in this ever changing world it is tempting to upgrade, switch machines/models (whihc is what the corporation want), but reading your specs I would say that your MAc isd pretty spec happy. I must admit that I don't know what the exact up grading capabilities of the new imac is or how the new intel processors will work..but my advice is don't bother. The G5 will be much better regards upgrading (adding capture cards such as decklink..adding extra ram)..it sounds like you've already spent a decent amount of money on your machine and if it ain't broke don't fix it. The money a new Imac would cost..you could get a HD and SDI Decklink capture card (£260 in the UK), more drives..hire in a digi machine..buy a DV camera or a good DSLR. I run a small but busy post production house in the UK and I WOULD NOT use imacs full stop. I have a G4 Imac at home and the problem with it is that its a self contained unit. If the screen goes I've had it and also its about as upgradable as an Ibook
So thats my thoughts for what its worth
Andrew

My new iMac 27" keeps getting Kernel Panics

I bought an iMac 27" with 32GB of RAM and the 500GB flash drive, is updated to date.
I installed Logic Pro X and some libraries, including some that uses a reFX eLicenser USB. I also use a small LPK25 AKAI keyboard.
I keep getting kernel panics, about 5 since two days ago, this is the last one:
Anonymous UUID:
Thu Jan 2 16:04:59 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8012854be4): "a freed zone element has been modified: expected 0xffffff8052b8ad68 but found 0, bits changed 0xffffff8052b8ad68, at offset 0 of 264 in zone: ksyn_waitqueue zone"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.1.72/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:461
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff83a1debbf0 : 0xffffff8012822f69
0xffffff83a1debc70 : 0xffffff8012854be4
0xffffff83a1debcb0 : 0xffffff801285267d
0xffffff83a1debd10 : 0xffffff8012851d09
0xffffff83a1debe10 : 0xffffff7f931491e7
0xffffff83a1debe90 : 0xffffff7f9314a30e
0xffffff83a1debf10 : 0xffffff8012c3284e
0xffffff83a1debf50 : 0xffffff8012c3de23
0xffffff83a1debfb0 : 0xffffff80128f3e06
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.kec.pthread(1.0)[619F6A5D-FFA2-3B59-9993-958FD7154B83]@0xffffff7f9314 5000->0xffffff7f9314ffff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: coreaudiod
Mac OS version:
13B42
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:     0x0000000012600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8012800000
System model name: iMac14,2 (Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 6085331213915
last loaded kext at 366835388650: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          2.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f94deb000, size 335872)
last unloaded kext at 365713638048: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.9 (addr 0xffffff7f94deb000, size 57344)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.11
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler          2.0.9d1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.5.3fc1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.5.3fc1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD5000Graphics          8.1.8
com.apple.GeForce          8.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.4d1
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP          1.0.10
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferAzul          8.1.8
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          35
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.6.9b9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360          800.21.45
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.9.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          650.4.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153
com.apple.security.quarantine          3
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.5.3fc1
com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio          2.9.3f17
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.4fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal          8.1.8
com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily          98.7.1
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman          8.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.5.3fc1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.5.3fc1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink          1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.6d1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.5.1d27
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2          98.7.1
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.4.12
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.15
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.15
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse          180.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse          180.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter          2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter          2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          1.9.2
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.3b3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          600.34
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient          1.0.1b4
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0
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

I reinstalled OS X but the error persists.
Right now with Logic Pro X, who seems to be the source of the problem, and only True Strike and Kontakt 5 installed, this came up:
Anonymous UUID:
Mon Jan 6 21:07:24 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801ecdc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801ec51e2b, type 6=invalid opcode, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000106d44000, CR3: 0x000000004151c049, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0xffffff801f2caff0, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000009000000, RDX: 0xffffff805c0592b8
RSP: 0xffffff83ad8abde0, RBP: 0xffffff83ad8abed0, RSI: 0xffffff8063b5ca68, RDI: 0xffffff805c0592b8
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0xffffff83ad8abf20, R10: 0x0000000000000008, R11: 0x0000000000000206
R12: 0xffffff805c059260, R13: 0xffffff805f980b90, R14: 0xffffff805c059260, R15: 0xffffff805f980b90
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff801ec51e2b, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000106d44000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff83ad8aba70 : 0xffffff801ec22f69
0xffffff83ad8abaf0 : 0xffffff801ecdc19e
0xffffff83ad8abcc0 : 0xffffff801ecf3606
0xffffff83ad8abce0 : 0xffffff801ec51e2b
0xffffff83ad8abed0 : 0xffffff801ec4d702
0xffffff83ad8abef0 : 0xffffff801ec1fb83
0xffffff83ad8abf40 : 0xffffff801ec1d588
0xffffff83ad8abf70 : 0xffffff801ecc921d
0xffffff83ad8abfb0 : 0xffffff801ecf3e26
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Logic Pro X
Mac OS version:
13B42
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:     0x000000001ea00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801ec00000
System model name: iMac14,2 (Mac-27ADBB7B4CEE8E61)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 13324735353598
last loaded kext at 245287310693: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.9 (addr 0xffffff7fa1243000, size 65536)
last unloaded kext at 12015619360487: com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.0 (addr 0xffffff7f9feb2000, size 28672)
Model: iMac14,2, BootROM IM142.0118.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 3.2 GHz, 32 GB, SMC 2.15f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3831554738454655352D474E4C2D46
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3831554738454655352D474E4C2D46
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3831554738454655352D474E4C2D46
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3831554738454655352D474E4C2D46
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x111), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.45)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 15 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0512F, 500,28 GB
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: LPK25
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 23.10
Chat support suggested to uninstall Logic to see if the problem persists, but it isn't a viable solution because I need Logic for my work, and I already know almost for sure it's the source of the problem

Using Adobe CS4 on Windows side of new Imac: It keeps crashing..Help!!!

Hello,
I just bought a new 2009 Imac G5, 24in screen, desktop version, 3.06 GHZ Processor, 4 GB ram, 1TB of Storage. I used Boot Camp to split the hard drive down the middle (500 GB for each side) and I installed Windows XP service pack 3.
My company gave me the new version of Adobe CS4 for Windows (brand new) and after a successful install, the programs tend to crash often. Especially Flash. Photoshop crashed as soon as I opened it up and it was a small file I was working with. What the heck is going on here people???? It's all new stuff.
Anyone have a similar issue??? It's annoying and frustrating and has prevented me from getting a lot of work accomplished, so any help or advice would be great.
Please help!
Thanks!
Mike
p.s
On a separate note(this is not a question just a comment): some of the Adobe fonts that come standard with the CS4 did not install properly and were not recognized by my computer. This is because of the Imac's graphics processor. I called Adobe and they had to manually walk me through the process (in Windows)of getting the processor to read the fonts. It was crazy and actually, it was not their responsibility to do this...the woman was just being extra nice. FYI

This forum is for troubleshooting Apple Software Update for Windows, a software package for Windows designed to update Apple products that run on Windows, and not related to Boot Camp or Adobe CS.
You should post your question in both the Boot Camp forums or the Adobe forums:
http://www.adobeforums.com
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=237

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