Power up problems with G5 Mac Pro (Power PC)

I've been running this G5 Mac Pro since purchasing it in 2005 with pretty much zero issues. A couple days ago while I was using it there was a fizzle, my display went black and the computer went quiet. I just figured a breaker had dropped since we have that happen occasionally. But no, all electricity was fine, the computer had just stopped. Trying everything obvious (different outlet, etc) did not help. Most of the discussions in the forum seem to be about computers that won't boot. Mine won't start at all.
When I plug in power / unplug power I can hear a small click - just once.
The small white light above the power switch also flashes just once.
If I take off the side panel and plastic shield I hear the same click but now of course the yellow led comes on. (If I understand things right, that light indicates not only that the plastic shield is not in place... but that the computer is correctly hooked up to an external power source).
No fans, no disks, nothing.... just that one click.
A call to support here in apple support / JAPAN tells me only that since this is now a vintage model, they can't offer any service. I mistakenly thought that they were referring to a service warranty not being in place... no, they actually have no one who will even look at it. Really???
Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Japamac..... just searched a bit and found a photo-detail description of removing the power supply on a G5. Wow.
The disassembly is involved. It does require no fear, manual dexterity, knowledge of machine assembly and the Apple Service Source manual helps.
Testing is done with the PSU still in the machine using a multimeter that can be purchased at a home center (not too expensive, ¥2000 or so, as determining if DC voltage is present and within range is all that is needed).
If you are interested, email me and I will email you a test instruction sheet pdf.

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Help! Problem with my Mac Pro! :(

Im having a strange issue with my Mac Pro it freezes and gets stuck during startup and the OSX never starts, the spining gear gets stuck. First i thought it was the memory so i used the apple hardware test. Then i tryed the hard drive in another computer and it worked. The thing is that is not working in my machine
I have a Mac Pro (Early 2008) computer with 8 gb of Ram and a Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT
KERNEL PANIC sign twice and i couldnt do anything. The message i got is this one.
As far i could understand it has something to do with the NVIDIA driver right?
Does anybody know how to solve this problem since I dont know what to do...
Thanks a lot!
Diego
Wed Oct 19 09:18:44 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A8C8A): Kernel trap at 0x685cb15b, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x000000bc, CR3: 0x00e7f000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x56279630, EBX: 0x07c18004, ECX: 0x07daa800, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x000000bc, EBP: 0x56279668, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0xffffffff
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x685cb15b, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x07da0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x56279408 : 0x12b0f7 (0x458124 0x5627943c 0x133230 0x0)
0x56279458 : 0x1a8c8a (0x461650 0x685cb15b 0xe 0x460e00)
0x56279538 : 0x19ece5 (0x56279550 0x9 0x56279668 0x685cb15b)
0x56279548 : 0x685cb15b (0xe 0x48 0x56270010 0x68600010)
0x56279668 : 0x685d2f44 (0xc1d00001 0x2000000 0x2000003 0x40)
0x562796c8 : 0x685c7ecf (0x56279858 0x6 0x0 0x0)
0x56279828 : 0x685bb012 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x56279858)
0x562798e8 : 0x6878e54b (0xc1d00001 0x2000000 0x2000003 0x40)
0x56279918 : 0x6879798f (0x479bf000 0x2000000 0x88100090 0x3e)
0x5627b8a8 : 0x6877bc6e (0x479bf000 0x2000000 0x15 0x479bf01c)
0x5627b9a8 : 0x685b5572 (0x479bf000 0x0 0x5627bab2 0x80)
0x5627ba08 : 0x564275a5 (0x7d8e400 0x0 0x5627bab2 0x80)
0x5627bb38 : 0x56428d74 (0x7d8e400 0x5642c358 0x5627bbec 0x4)
0x5627bc08 : 0x56463133 (0x7d8e400 0x1 0x0 0x13)
0x5627bc68 : 0x5645c93a (0x7d8e400 0x5 0x5 0x83b64e0)
0x5627bc98 : 0x40ebc5 (0x7d8e400 0x83b64e0 0x83b64e0 0x0)
          Backtrace continues...
      Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.NVDAResman(5.2.6)@0x685b4000->0x687f3fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.5.2)@0x56421000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.4.1)@0x562fc000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.5.2)@0x56454000
         com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.5.2)@0x56421000->0x5642efff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.4.1)@0x562fc000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.5.2)@0x56454000
         com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.5.2)@0x56454000->0x5646ffff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.4.1)@0x562fc000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
9C2031
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.2.1: Tue Feb 5 23:08:45 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.4.20~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)

Are you booting from the DVD as follows:
Booting From An OS X Installer Disc
1. Insert OS X Installer Disc into the optical drive.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "C" key.
4. Release the key when the spinning gear below the dark gray Apple logo appears.
5. Wait for installer to finish loading.
What happens when you try this? Do you still get the kernel panic? If so, then there is a hardware failure. It could be the video card but it could also be caused by a defective memory module. You might try running the hardware test:
How to run hardware diagnostics for an Intel Mac
Boot from your original OS X Installer Disc One that came with your computer. After the chime press and hold down the "D" key until the diagnostic screen appears. Run the extended tests for a minimum of two or three hours. If any error messages appear note them down as you will need to report them to the service tech when you take the computer in for repair.
Some "common" error indicators:
SNS - sensor error
MEM - memory error
HDD - hard disk drive error
MOT - fan error
If this fails as well, then you will need to take it in for repair.

Display Problem with my Mac Pro and LG Flatron Wide Monitor in Mountain Lion

After upgrading to Mountain Lion, my Mac Pro has display problems with my LG Flatron display. The image is displayed with a black bar on the right and on the bottom. And the left side of the content is not visible. I tried every resolution available in the Display System Preferences, they are different in terms of how big the black bars are, and what part is not visible, but none of them are correct. I held down the option key to try to detect displays or switch to resolutions that are not normally available. When I restart the image is lined up with the display, but if the display ever goes to sleep or gets turned off, the image reverts to being off center, and the only way I can get it back is to restart... The interesting thing is that this monitor works fine with the same machine if I reboot using BootCamp into Windows 7. The Monitor also works fine, connecting the same connector to a Mac Mini, although that mac mini is running 10.6 and not Mountain Lion. I've reset the SMC and restarted countless times, I don't see any other levers to pull or things to try...

That card is for a PC it may not give you Startup and Option-Boot screens.
The 7950 "Mac Edition" card has a very distinctive look:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?cid=1&gid=3& sgid=1157&pid=1777&psn=&leg=0&lid=1

Ongoing problems with newest Mac Pro and CS4

Hi all,
I've just switched from a Final Cut Pro editorial house to a new company that bases production around the Adobe Production Suite using Premiere Pro CS4 for all our editing needs. From what I understand about this company (and this workstation) is that Premiere Pro CS4 has been buggy on this machine and this machine only. I find this strange as it is one of the newer high end mac systems available right now and is more than capable of crushing most video that will be put into it.
In brief a summary of the problems include;
1.) Final exports rarely work, no matter the codec, bit rate, size, duration, etc.
2.) If AME CS4 does manage to successfully export a piece it will generally have random black frames right at every cut starting about halfway through the piece.
3.) Even so much as switching sequences within a project manages to bog the system down and crash it, thus making me have to force quit the program and occasionally restart the machine.
4.) After rendering the work area the machine suddenly becomes unresponsive and thus causes another crash/force quit scenario.
5.) Certain audio tracks will play for about 2min and 30seconds and then mysteriously go silent, while a clear and present waveform is able to be seen (however occasionally premiere will cut this part of the clip off!)
I will post the hardware and software specs below but I feel it is necessary to detail why I find these problems to be extremely peculiar.
Firstly the projects we have are generally shot on the 5D MkII. I understand CS5 has the ability to play these clips back through it's mercury playback system (after it's own internal conform) at real-time and allow you to edit as if it had been transcoded traditionally. We are planning on obtaining a copy of CS5 in the near future but I am currently worried if these problems may be associated to faulty hardware.
Upon my arrival I formatted every drive and did a clean install of OSX Leopard 10.6.5 as well as a fresh install of Adobe Production Premium CS4 (updated to most recent release). This leaves out any possibility of a plug-in such as the red giant filters or sapphire filters interfering with the rendering and exporting process. Nothing seems to work. Even throwing an uncompressed 8-bit clip into AME CS4 manages to crash it.
A coworker of mine had two great ideas on the problem the other day for me to test out. The first being that it could be a bad piece of ram. I figure this could be a possibility as I don't know the history of this machine and I noticed all the RAM slots are full of 1gig sticks (and two 4gig sticks) so there could be a bad one in the bunch. I went through the process of elimination leaving one stick in at a time and testing an export (extremely time consuming) and every time it failed. His second idea was to take my project file and associated media to the creative directors computer which happens to be a two year old Mac Pro running CS4 (on OSX Leopard). He has several plug-ins installed along with tons of additional applications etc etc. Sure enough I loaded up my project file consisting of a bunch of 5D MkII footage and it played back perfectly, exported perfectly, tabbed through sequences perfectly, and did everything it should!
My question is why. Why would his older machine work with this footage on the same version of Premiere Pro CS4 and not my newer, faster, shinier editing machine? I've done everything I can to test any theory I've come up with both from my own experience as well as through internet research. Deleted PList, emptied RAM, emptied Cache, reformat and reinstall, swap RAM around, tested different hard drives, etc. The problem is not isolated strictly to the H.264 files the 5D MkII produces either, as even the uncompressed 8-bit files I've brought in won't play nicely with the system either. It's such a bummer that my first experience with Premiere Pro had to be on a machine that has these horrible quirks but I feel it has a lot to bring to the table over Final Cut Pro and I would love to find a solution to this problem so I can get back to cutting!!
Thank you in advance for all of your help!
System Specs (Hardware)
-Mac Pro 5,1
--2 x 2.93 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon
--14 GB 1333 MHz DDR3(all tested OK)
--ATI Radeon HD 5770 (also tested with a new nVidia card as well)
--(Internal) Operating System Hard Drive - 250GB 7200 RPM
--(Internal) Project File Storage - 1TB 7200 RPM
--(Internal) Preview File Storage - 500GB 7200 RPM
System Specs (Software)
-Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.5
--QuickTime X v10.0 (118)
--QuickTime 7 Pro v7.6.6 (1710)
---QuickTime Version 7.6.6 (1756)
--Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.1 (003 (MC: 166418))
--Adobe Media Encoder CS4 v4.2.0.006
Example Sequence Settings and media for a usual Project File
-Media
--24GB of 5D MkII footage (1920x1080P 23.976 frames/second H.264 files straight off the card)
--2GB of sync sound (.WAV)
-Sequence Settings
--Editing Mode: Desktop
--Timebase: 23.976 frames/second
--Frame Size: 1920 horizontal 1080 vertical 16:9
--Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
--Fields: No Fields (Progressive Scan)
--Display Format:24fps Timecode
--Audio Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
--Display Format: Audio Samples
--Video Previews File Format: I-Frame Only MPEG
--Codec MPEG I-Frame
--Maximum Bit Depth (Unchecked)
--Maximum Render Quality (Unchecked)
Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings from Uncompressed 8-Bit FILE to High Quality H.264
-Source Clip: Uncompressed 8-Bit 4:2:2, 1920 x 1080 Millions, 16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (L R), 48.000kHz 23.98, Data Rate of 799.15 mbits/s.
-Format: H.264
-Preset: HDTV 1080P 24 High Quality
--Customized to:
---24fps -> 23.976fps
---Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9 -> Square Pixels
---Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass -> VBR, 2 Pass
---Source XMP metadata turned OFF
Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings for Premiere Pro SEQUENCE to High Quality H.264
-Source Sequence: See above example.
From AME Directly: [File>Add Premiere Pro Sequence>Project>Sequence>OK] (Usually takes a long time to get Sequence section to show up)
From Premiere Pro: [File>Export>Media]
-Format: H.264
-Preset: HDTV 1080P 24 High Quality
--Customized to:
---24fps -> 23.976fps
---Pixel Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 16:9 -> Square Pixels
---Bitrate Encoding: VBR, 1 Pass -> VBR, 2 Pass
---Source XMP metadata turned OFF
Adobe Media Encoder Export Settings for Premiere Pro SEQUENCE to Uncompressed YUV 8 bit 4:2:2
-Source Sequence: See above example.
From AME Directly: [File>Add Premiere Pro Sequence>Project>Sequence>OK] (Usually takes a long time to get Sequence section to show up)
From Premiere Pro: [File>Export>Media]
-Format: QuickTime
-Preset: Custom
--Customized to:
---Video Codec: Uncompressed YUV 8 bit 4:2:2
---Quality 100
---Width: 1920 Height: 1080
---Frame Rate: 23.976
---Field Type: Progressive
---Aspect: Square Pixels (1.0)
---Render at maximum Depth (Unchecked)
---Audio Codec:Uncompressed
---Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
---Channels: Stereo
---Sample Type: 16 bit

The move from FCP to PP is a good one, however, it's only half way there.
Next, move to a Windows 7 64 based machine using an i7 950 and 12 GB RAM at a minimum (with a GTX 460 or better as a seriously considered option), and then upgrade to CS5.
Chances are more than excellent that doing will resolve all your issues.

Serious Problem with New Mac Pro! Please help!!

Ok, long story short.
My Mac pro keeps crashing after I installed the latest 05-2007 security update. It seems to crash everytime I come back to the computer after the screensaver has been on for a while (its not the screensaver though) I reinstalled the newer v1.1 version of the update and I thought the problem had gone, but it hasnt as the computer just crashed again.
I cannot see any correlation to any other programs, and im 99% sure its not a hardware issue. It does not seem to relate to parallels, or the screensaver, or itunes, or anything!
And there is another crazy thing, when the computer restarts, it says that it recovered from a serious error and asks you to sumit a report, so i click the send report button and do you see a normal report window with all the code ? NO!!! Press report and the initial window just DISAPPEARS, nothing else happens!!! i.e it wont send the but to apple!! no wonder they haven't fixed it!!!
The history of the panic log is always the same error:
Tue Jun 5 19:29:24 2007
panic(cpu 3 caller 0x003BDEB0): OSObject::refcount: Attempting to retain a freed object
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x4c543bb8 : 0x128d08 (0x3cb134 0x4c543bdc 0x131de5 0x0)
0x4c543bf8 : 0x3bdeb0 (0x3f0f94 0x3f0f70 0x160f5ba4 0xad319c0)
0x4c543c18 : 0x3c0d3b (0x160f5ba0 0x4ae958 0x28 0x3c09c4)
0x4c543c48 : 0x3c0e94 (0x13c58c40 0xad319c0 0x0 0x3c10ef)
0x4c543c68 : 0x3c188a (0xad319c0 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x4c543ca8 : 0x3c18f7 (0xad319c0 0x13c3a100 0x13c36b00 0x1628d8)
0x4c543ce8 : 0x38663c (0xad14840 0x0 0x4c543d28 0x3c1002)
0x4c543d08 : 0x389e5b (0xad02080 0xff7da80 0x0 0xad02080)
0x4c543d28 : 0x3b1448 (0xad02080 0xff7da80 0x4c543d58 0x3bdfd9)
0x4c543d78 : 0x188511 (0xad02080 0x14da63b4 0x14da63c8 0x11cc32)
0x4c543db8 : 0x12b4c3 (0x14df20b4 0x14da6398 0x0 0x0)
0x4c543df8 : 0x124b17 (0x14df2000 0x0 0x18 0x4c543edc)
0x4c543f08 : 0x195a42 (0x4c543f44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x4c543fc8 : 0x19b21e (0xb101f20 0x0 0x19e0b5 0xb101f20) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb011e508
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.2: Thu Feb 22 18:08:23 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.19.2~1/RELEASE_I386
Please help someone!

Did you read the thread on Security Update 2007-005?
Frozen Mac Pro

Problems with my MAC PRO, Help needed please!

Im a photographer using a MAC PRO 2x2 GHz DUAL-CORE INTEL Xeon, MEMORY 1GB 667 mhZ with a Samsung SyncMaster 215tw.
My problem is, on several of my images that I open on either Photoshop cs2 or even Preview I noticed that my blacks look overly pix elated or solarize simple looks like a broken image. I had the image sent to my roommate's Imac and saw the same image there and it looked perfect but not on my Mac Pro. I wondering what's causing this problem. thank you very much.

Hi again,
Just wondering: by any chance do you have a website where you could upload (at least) one of those photos so I (and we) could get a look at it ourselves?
I use Photobucket.com, I created an separate album there I call "Illustrated Explanations" where others can see (and even copy) examples of photos I want to share or get feedback on.
I like your choice of color profiles for the SynchMaster (Adobe RGB 1998), but are those photos also given the same color profile? If not - there may be a "conflict" between the different profiles which could explain your problem. But there's more to it than that -
Yes, you should have clicked the "Calibrate" button and gone through the calibration steps presented to you. Right now, on the Displays - Color panel, I have three calibration settings for the SynchMaster. First is the original, 2nd one is my first try at re-calibrating and the third is my final * I hope!* calibration. You have to enter a name for each calibration profile you create, mine are: "SyncMaster," "SynchMaster1" and "SynchMaster2." The last is the one the monitor is set to.
As you see, you can do this several times if needed. But if the problem is not eliminated by this procedure, then I would (very much!) think you have a bad monitor and should have it serviced or replaced.

Cursor problems with new mac pro and cs4

I am having a major problem with my cursor in photoshop cs4 extended.
any tool i select as soon as i touch it to the canvas the tool turns to a black mac arrow cursor.
this is extremely annoying and makes brushing anything almost impossible as i can't see the edge of my brush because it turns to an arrow as i try to use it. (it starts out at the correct size before i actually brush with it)
i have my brush set as normal and precise tools are set but this problem happens with any brush and tool setting
I have tried turning off Open GL advanced redraw, all that.
I have the stock nvidia gt 120 - is it a video card problem? should i have gotten the ati 4870?
should i reinstall cs4?
my system is a base octo 2.26 with 6 GB ram - no scratch disk setup yet - waiting on the drives and more ram to come.
thanks all...

um...not to detract from the other users problem but mine has nothing to do with displacement of the cursor
i have uninstalled CS4 suite, reinstalled it, repaired permissions and deleted prefs.
I am still getting the arrow whenever I click the cursor with any tool to the canvas.
I am a pro p-shop retoucher - this is making CS4 essentially UNUSABLE - i will only be able to use CS3 and all this after I spent 600 for the "upgrade"?
I have to teach at a retouching seminar soon and i will have a very poor working knowledge of CS4 as a result
I can't find any similar complaints at nvidias site or on here
any help is still needed!

VisualHub Problems with Nehalem Mac Pro?

Just got a new 8x2.26 Mac Pro, installed VisualHub, and tried to do a conversion and received an "error opening codec for output stream #0.0". Tried everything I can think of, but keep getting that error. Works fine on MacBooks and iMac, just not on new Mac Pro.
Does anyone have it working? I'd like to at least eliminate compatibility as a problem.
(Handbrake works fine, just not as fast for my workflow so I'd rather get VisualHub going).

In order to preserve VisualHub (or AudialHub) if you need to switch computers, you need to back up two things:
1: The VisualHub (or AudialHub) app itself
2: The conversion engine
To back up the conversion engine, Copy the folder at: /Library/Application Support/Techspansion
...for good measure, you can also back up your Preferences file, containing your registration info in case you lose the original purchase e-mail. It's at:
/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.techspansion.visualhub.plist
...or for AudialHub:
/Users/yourname/Library/Preferences/com.techspansion.audialhub.plist
As far as I can tell, the two programs will continue to work in Snow Leopard, but I obviously can't predict the future or what Apple will do in it, though.
Thanks for enjoying Techspansion's software. It's been an amazing journey, and I'm sorry I won't be making it with you anymore.

Davinci resolve render problem with new Mac Pro

Hello,
we are having strange glitching effects (as shown in attachments) while exporting from DaVinci Resolve.
The project is in 4K.
Maybe it is related to an heating issue? We have seen that it doesn’t manifests if we divide the exporting process into smaller chunks (single shots) but if we export the project all together after a while it comes up (like if it is correlated to the temperature of the graphic card).
Details:
Mac Pro (late 2013)
2,7 GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon E5
64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC
2xAMD FirePro D700 6144 MB
OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 (but it also appeared with 10.9)
DaVinci Resolve 11.1.1.006
What should we do?
Thanks.

I'm experiencing the same issue and to say that I'm FURIOUS is an EUPHEMISM!
This nightmare all started October 15th when I decide to make me a present and make my life easier upgrading my coloring gear with the "most powerful mac desktop" on the market.
After spending almost 11K not only I wasted time and money and lost clients but all this is still not over at today's date after a 3rd MAC PRO desktop replacement and after going through apple care to have my 2 D700 and logic board replaced on the last one!!!
Hours and hours of driving to the store, order a new replacement, wait days, reinstall drivers and softwares, render tests etc etc!!!
After hearing from the apple "genius" it definitely looks cool! there are people out there that make transparent enclosures!
It could look like an hairy armpit for what I care, I just want a machine that works for god sake!
Shame on you Apple! Shame on you Blackmagic! Advertising this machine and your software as the best combination out there for color grading!
FIX IT NOW!
same configuration of NtNext
Mac Pro (late 2013)
2,7 GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon E5
1TB SSD
64 GB 1866 MHz DDR3 ECC
2xAMD FirePro D700 6144 MB
OS X Yosemite 10.10.1 (but it also appeared with 10.9)
DaVinci Resolve 11.1.1.006
Pegasus R2 32TB

Big problem with new Mac Pro

Last night I left my computer to do some work, I set it to no sleeping but turn off the monitor. This morning I couldn't get any video feed from my computer, so I had to force it to shutdown. Now I try to turn it on and it won't boot completely into OS X. I see the Apple logo and then a sky blue screen but it just stops there. I tried to boot into the DVD installer that came with my system and the same thing! It will not boot into it completely! Stuck at blue screen. What's going on?

One thing I have learned over the years, a severely corrupt directory on a drive will prevent booting. Why? because even a CD/DVD still will try to read and mount the drive and detect other system volumes.
As a test, pull the drive and try rebooting. Then install OS X to another drive if you don't currently have a bootable clone.
Disk Warrior preventative maintenance or at first sign of trouble is pretty much a 'must.'

Two weird issues with my Mac Pro (locking up and failing to reboot)

Hello,
I am having two problems with my Mac Pro. The first one is every time I put it to sleep and then wake it up it locks up. This problem came after I installed Leopard (in Tiger sometimes it would take longer to come out of sleep but it always came out). My other problem showed up after I installed Leopard as well, every time I go up to the apple menu and click on restart my computer dose everything normal but when it goes to the “off” state it sits there and reboots over and over and over again. I don’t ever hear the bong or see the grey start screen; I can just hear my CD-ROM drives being accessed (clicking sound I usually hear when I turn the computer on) over and over again. I have run the Apple Hardware Test and it comes back clean, I have also reset the SMC and zapped the PRAM.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with these problems and knew how to fix them.

This is exactly what my Mac Pro did before it died last Friday (9 November 2007).
Apple keeps saying Mac Pro death isn't common, but I've talked to a dozen people whose Pro died just like mine did.
Apple gave me a brand new Pro Sunday, which was nice of them, and I probably was just unlucky with the first one.
Still, it is obvious that Apple is having QC issues lately.
USB video devices will crash a Mac Pro consistently, for example. It's really disappointing because the machine is very nice otherwise.

Hello, I have a problem with my mac book pro after running the battery dead on a game. The display has shrunk leaving two black margins on either side. What to do ?

Hello, I have a problem with my mac book pro after running the battery dead on a game. The display has shrunk leaving two black margins on either side. What to do ?

Go to System Preferences>Displays and set the resolution to "Best for this computer" (or something to that effect).
Clinton

I have a problem with my MacBook Pro is the almost of my app not working at all like a app store and terminal and other important apps please if u can help me as fast as you can cuz i don't wanna format it that's why am on Mac now not win ?

i have a problem with my MacBook Pro is the almost of my app not working at all like a app store and terminal and other important apps please if u can help me as fast as you can cuz i don't wanna format it that's why am on Mac now not win ?

Abdussalam.A,
you mentioned that Terminal does not work at all for your MacBook Pro. What currently happens when you run Terminal? In what way does it not work?

HT4436 i have a problem with my Macbook Pro. When i tried to open it, something appeared : "enter your system lock PIN code to unlock this Mac". What should i do?

i have a problem with my Macbook Pro. When i tried to open it, something appeared : "enter your system lock PIN code to unlock this Mac". What should i do?

Question is did you lock your Mac from Find my iPhone using iCloud or is the Macbook really yours?
If you have in fact locked your Mac using Find my iPhone on iCloud then you will need to enter the PIN you have set when you locked the Mac.
*If you have not iniate the remote Lock then someone else has used your Apple ID and Password to lock your mac.
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HT1199 I have a MacBook Pro 10.7.3 I purchased finalemusic 2011. When I try installing it, the Terminal on my macbook opens up a box and then does nothing. Is the problem with my mac? what do I do.

I have a macbook pro 10.7.3. I purchased finalemusic 2011. when I try to install it the terminal opens up on my mac and nothing happens. What do I do
and is there a problem with my mac. the program loads on my pc and it is for either windows or mac,

Yeah the default program for installing Applications somehow got changed from the proper program to Terminal.
Right click on the App .DMG file and select Open With. It should say DiskImageMounter.App. If it says Terminal then select Other, at the bottom of the list, and then find DiskImageMounter.app.
Or after you right click on it select Get Info thenn in the Open With area select Other then find DiskImageMounter.app.
By the way you are in the correct forum. It is a Mac problem.

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