Primary boot monitor

Hi all,
I have an iMac 24" with a mini-DVI to DVI adapter to connect an external 21" monitor.
The machine would always use the iMac as the primary monitor during boot time, so for example, when I hold Option at boot, the iMac display shows the list of drives where to boot from.
Last month I had an issue with my iMac and Apple have to replace the logic board. Now everything works fine, but unfortunately when the computer boots up, it uses the external 21" monitor as primary boot monitor. So for example, when I press Option at boot time, I see the list of boot devices on the EXTERNAL monitor, and not on the iMac.
One more problem: booting Mac OS is ok, as after the system start, the login window goes on the iMac screen and everything is normal. Unfortunately if I choose WinXP from my list, the iMac screen is completely corrupted, you can see the Windows desktop on the screen, but the image is completely corrupted... (and until now I could not figure out a way to make it work).
The only way for me to use Windows XP is to disconnect the miniDVI connector on the back, turn the computer ON, and use only the iMac screen (in this case WinXP is ok).
I think there are some settings in the firmware to control the primary monitor at boot time. Does anybody know anything about it?
Thanks,
Fabrizio

OK the fix is to DL the ATI Catalyst drivers and control direct from ATI... sure would be Nice if we had one of those for OS-X

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[ 0.153847] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x00000000-0xfffffffff]
[ 0.153861] pci 0000:00:00.0: [8086:2770] type 0 class 0x000600
[ 0.153926] pci 0000:00:02.0: [8086:2772] type 0 class 0x000300
[ 0.153942] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe2000000-0xe207ffff]
[ 0.153950] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 14: [io 0xb000-0xb007]
[ 0.153959] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 18: [mem 0xd0000000-0xdfffffff pref]
[ 0.153967] pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 1c: [mem 0xe2080000-0xe20bffff]
[ 0.154057] pci 0000:00:1b.0: [8086:27d8] type 0 class 0x000403
[ 0.154076] pci 0000:00:1b.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe20c0000-0xe20c3fff 64bit]
[ 0.154159] pci 0000:00:1b.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.154188] pci 0000:00:1c.0: [8086:27d0] type 1 class 0x000604
[ 0.154272] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.154303] pci 0000:00:1c.1: [8086:27d2] type 1 class 0x000604
[ 0.154387] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.154420] pci 0000:00:1d.0: [8086:27c8] type 0 class 0x000c03
[ 0.154468] pci 0000:00:1d.0: reg 20: [io 0xb400-0xb41f]
[ 0.154507] pci 0000:00:1d.1: [8086:27c9] type 0 class 0x000c03
[ 0.154555] pci 0000:00:1d.1: reg 20: [io 0xb800-0xb81f]
[ 0.154593] pci 0000:00:1d.2: [8086:27ca] type 0 class 0x000c03
[ 0.154642] pci 0000:00:1d.2: reg 20: [io 0xbc00-0xbc1f]
[ 0.154682] pci 0000:00:1d.3: [8086:27cb] type 0 class 0x000c03
[ 0.154731] pci 0000:00:1d.3: reg 20: [io 0xc000-0xc01f]
[ 0.154782] pci 0000:00:1d.7: [8086:27cc] type 0 class 0x000c03
[ 0.154804] pci 0000:00:1d.7: reg 10: [mem 0xe20c4000-0xe20c43ff]
[ 0.154906] pci 0000:00:1e.0: [8086:244e] type 1 class 0x000604
[ 0.154986] pci 0000:00:1f.0: [8086:27b8] type 0 class 0x000601
[ 0.155081] pci 0000:00:1f.0: ICH7 LPC Generic IO decode 1 PIO at 0800 (mask 000f)
[ 0.155087] pci 0000:00:1f.0: ICH7 LPC Generic IO decode 2 PIO at 0290 (mask 000f)
[ 0.155138] pci 0000:00:1f.1: [8086:27df] type 0 class 0x000101
[ 0.155155] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 10: [io 0x0000-0x0007]
[ 0.155167] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 14: [io 0x0000-0x0003]
[ 0.155178] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 18: [io 0x0000-0x0007]
[ 0.155189] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 1c: [io 0x0000-0x0003]
[ 0.155201] pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 20: [io 0xf000-0xf00f]
[ 0.155245] pci 0000:00:1f.2: [8086:27c0] type 0 class 0x000101
[ 0.155263] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 10: [io 0xd400-0xd407]
[ 0.155274] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 14: [io 0xd800-0xd803]
[ 0.155284] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 18: [io 0xdc00-0xdc07]
[ 0.155294] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 1c: [io 0xe000-0xe003]
[ 0.155304] pci 0000:00:1f.2: reg 20: [io 0xe400-0xe40f]
[ 0.155348] pci 0000:00:1f.2: PME# supported from D3hot
[ 0.155368] pci 0000:00:1f.3: [8086:27da] type 0 class 0x000c05
[ 0.155427] pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 20: [io 0x0500-0x051f]
[ 0.155517] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[ 0.155522] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
[ 0.155604] pci 0000:02:00.0: [10ec:8136] type 0 class 0x000200
[ 0.155626] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10: [io 0xa000-0xa0ff]
[ 0.155661] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 18: [mem 0xe1000000-0xe1000fff 64bit]
[ 0.155703] pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff pref]
[ 0.155794] pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 0.155796] pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 0.155827] pci 0000:02:00.0: disabling ASPM on pre-1.1 PCIe device. You can enable it with 'pcie_aspm=force'
[ 0.155840] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
[ 0.155846] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [io 0xa000-0xafff]
[ 0.155851] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xe1ffffff]
[ 0.155928] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03] (subtractive decode)
[ 0.155934] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0x8000-0x8fff]
[ 0.155944] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0x0000-0xffff] (subtractive decode)
[ 0.155947] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0x00000000-0xfffffffff] (subtractive decode)
[ 0.155969] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
[ 0.156112] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX0._PRT]
[ 0.156164] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PEX1._PRT]
[ 0.156226] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB0._PRT]
[ 0.156341] pci0000:00: Requesting ACPI _OSC control (0x1d)
[ 0.156346] pci0000:00: ACPI _OSC request failed (AE_NOT_FOUND), returned control mask: 0x1d
[ 0.156349] ACPI _OSC control for PCIe not granted, disabling ASPM
[ 0.166267] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 *5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.166357] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 *10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.166444] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 *9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.166529] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 *11 12 14 15)
[ 0.166614] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.166711] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.166797] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15) *0, disabled.
[ 0.166884] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs *3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 15)
[ 0.167018] vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:02.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
[ 0.167018] vgaarb: loaded
[ 0.167018] vgaarb: bridge control possible 0000:00:02.0
[ 0.167018] PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
[ 0.168569] PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
[ 0.168650] reserve RAM buffer: 000000000009f800 - 000000000009ffff
[ 0.168654] reserve RAM buffer: 00000000cf7f0000 - 00000000cfffffff
[ 0.168821] NetLabel: Initializing
[ 0.168824] NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
[ 0.168826] NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
[ 0.168852] NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
[ 0.168860] HPET: 3 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer
[ 0.168866] hpet0: at MMIO 0xfed00000, IRQs 2, 8, 0
[ 0.168873] hpet0: 3 comparators, 64-bit 14.318180 MHz counter
[ 0.181124] Switching to clocksource hpet
[ 0.191359] pnp: PnP ACPI init
[ 0.191394] ACPI: bus type pnp registered
[ 0.191545] pnp 00:00: [bus 00-3f]
[ 0.191550] pnp 00:00: [io 0x0cf8-0x0cff]
[ 0.191553] pnp 00:00: [io 0x0000-0x0cf7 window]
[ 0.191557] pnp 00:00: [io 0x0d00-0xffff window]
[ 0.191560] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff window]
[ 0.191563] pnp 00:00: [mem 0x000c0000-0x000dffff window]
[ 0.191566] pnp 00:00: [mem 0xcf800000-0xfebfffff window]
[ 0.191641] pnp 00:00: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0a03 (active)
[ 0.191734] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0010-0x001f]
[ 0.191738] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0022-0x003f]
[ 0.191740] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0044-0x005f]
[ 0.191743] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0062-0x0063]
[ 0.191746] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0065-0x006f]
[ 0.191748] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0074-0x007f]
[ 0.191751] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0091-0x0093]
[ 0.191753] pnp 00:01: [io 0x00a2-0x00bf]
[ 0.191756] pnp 00:01: [io 0x00e0-0x00ef]
[ 0.191758] pnp 00:01: [io 0x04d0-0x04d1]
[ 0.191761] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0290-0x029f]
[ 0.191763] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0800-0x087f]
[ 0.191766] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0290-0x0294]
[ 0.191769] pnp 00:01: [io 0x0880-0x088f]
[ 0.191858] system 00:01: [io 0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
[ 0.191863] system 00:01: [io 0x0290-0x029f] has been reserved
[ 0.191866] system 00:01: [io 0x0800-0x087f] has been reserved
[ 0.191870] system 00:01: [io 0x0290-0x0294] has been reserved
[ 0.191873] system 00:01: [io 0x0880-0x088f] has been reserved
[ 0.191879] system 00:01: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.191900] pnp 00:02: [dma 4]
[ 0.191903] pnp 00:02: [io 0x0000-0x000f]
[ 0.191906] pnp 00:02: [io 0x0080-0x0090]
[ 0.191909] pnp 00:02: [io 0x0094-0x009f]
[ 0.191911] pnp 00:02: [io 0x00c0-0x00df]
[ 0.191969] pnp 00:02: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0200 (active)
[ 0.192037] pnp 00:03: [io 0x0070-0x0073]
[ 0.192054] pnp 00:03: [irq 8]
[ 0.192102] pnp 00:03: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0b00 (active)
[ 0.192119] pnp 00:04: [io 0x0061]
[ 0.192163] pnp 00:04: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0800 (active)
[ 0.192180] pnp 00:05: [io 0x00f0-0x00ff]
[ 0.192188] pnp 00:05: [irq 13]
[ 0.192237] pnp 00:05: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c04 (active)
[ 0.192570] pnp 00:06: [io 0x03f8-0x03ff]
[ 0.192579] pnp 00:06: [irq 4]
[ 0.192673] pnp 00:06: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0501 (active)
[ 0.192928] pnp 00:07: [io 0x0378-0x037f]
[ 0.192936] pnp 00:07: [irq 7]
[ 0.193013] pnp 00:07: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0400 (active)
[ 0.193189] pnp 00:08: [io 0x0400-0x04bf]
[ 0.193258] system 00:08: [io 0x0400-0x04bf] has been reserved
[ 0.193264] system 00:08: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.193583] pnp 00:09: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff]
[ 0.193671] system 00:09: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf3ffffff] has been reserved
[ 0.193677] system 00:09: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c02 (active)
[ 0.193888] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x000cc000-0x000d3fff]
[ 0.193892] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x000f0000-0x000f7fff]
[ 0.193895] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x000f8000-0x000fbfff]
[ 0.193898] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x000fc000-0x000fffff]
[ 0.193900] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xcf7f0000-0xcf7fffff]
[ 0.193903] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff]
[ 0.193906] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x00100000-0xcf7effff]
[ 0.193909] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff]
[ 0.193912] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xfed13000-0xfed1dfff]
[ 0.193915] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed8ffff]
[ 0.193918] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff]
[ 0.193920] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xffb00000-0xffb7ffff]
[ 0.193923] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0xfff00000-0xffffffff]
[ 0.193926] pnp 00:0a: [mem 0x000e0000-0x000effff]
[ 0.194017] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000cc000-0x000d3fff] has been reserved
[ 0.194022] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000f0000-0x000f7fff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194026] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000f8000-0x000fbfff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194030] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000fc000-0x000fffff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194034] system 00:0a: [mem 0xcf7f0000-0xcf7fffff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194038] system 00:0a: [mem 0x00000000-0x0009ffff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194042] system 00:0a: [mem 0x00100000-0xcf7effff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194046] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff] could not be reserved
[ 0.194049] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfed13000-0xfed1dfff] has been reserved
[ 0.194053] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfed20000-0xfed8ffff] has been reserved
[ 0.194057] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff] has been reserved
[ 0.194060] system 00:0a: [mem 0xffb00000-0xffb7ffff] has been reserved
[ 0.194064] system 00:0a: [mem 0xfff00000-0xffffffff] has been reserved
[ 0.194071] system 00:0a: [mem 0x000e0000-0x000effff] has been reserved
[ 0.194077] system 00:0a: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs PNP0c01 (active)
[ 0.194109] pnp 00:0b: [mem 0xffb80000-0xffbfffff]
[ 0.194171] pnp 00:0b: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs INT0800 (active)
[ 0.194180] pnp: PnP ACPI: found 12 devices
[ 0.194182] ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
[ 0.203774] PCI: max bus depth: 1 pci_try_num: 2
[ 0.203813] pci 0000:00:1c.1: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0xe2100000-0xe21fffff pref]
[ 0.203820] pci 0000:00:1c.1: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0xe2100000-0xe23fffff pref]
[ 0.203825] pci 0000:00:1c.0: BAR 14: assigned [mem 0xe2400000-0xe25fffff]
[ 0.203830] pci 0000:00:1c.0: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0xe2600000-0xe27fffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.203834] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
[ 0.203839] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
[ 0.203845] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0xe2400000-0xe25fffff]
[ 0.203851] pci 0000:00:1c.0: bridge window [mem 0xe2600000-0xe27fffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.203860] pci 0000:02:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xe2100000-0xe211ffff pref]
[ 0.203864] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI bridge to [bus 02-02]
[ 0.203868] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [io 0xa000-0xafff]
[ 0.203874] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xe1ffffff]
[ 0.203880] pci 0000:00:1c.1: bridge window [mem 0xe2100000-0xe23fffff pref]
[ 0.203887] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 03-03]
[ 0.203891] pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0x8000-0x8fff]
[ 0.203939] pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.203945] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 4 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
[ 0.203948] pci_bus 0000:00: resource 5 [mem 0x00000000-0xfffffffff]
[ 0.203952] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io 0x9000-0x9fff]
[ 0.203955] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xe2400000-0xe25fffff]
[ 0.203958] pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xe2600000-0xe27fffff 64bit pref]
[ 0.203962] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io 0xa000-0xafff]
[ 0.203965] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [mem 0xe0000000-0xe1ffffff]
[ 0.203968] pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0xe2100000-0xe23fffff pref]
[ 0.203972] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 0 [io 0x8000-0x8fff]
[ 0.203975] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 4 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
[ 0.203978] pci_bus 0000:03: resource 5 [mem 0x00000000-0xfffffffff]
[ 0.204032] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.204338] IP route cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 0.206849] TCP established hash table entries: 524288 (order: 11, 8388608 bytes)
[ 0.211394] TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
[ 0.211962] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 65536)
[ 0.211965] TCP reno registered
[ 0.211987] UDP hash table entries: 2048 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[ 0.212049] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 2048 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[ 0.212209] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.212240] pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
[ 0.212425] PCI: CLS 32 bytes, default 64
[ 0.212520] Unpacking initramfs...
[ 0.304914] Freeing initrd memory: 2988k freed
[ 0.307162] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
[ 0.307182] type=2000 audit(1334738548.306:1): initialized
[ 0.307834] HugeTLB registered 2 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
[ 0.311581] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[ 0.311675] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.311824] msgmni has been set to 6512
[ 0.312151] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
[ 0.312203] io scheduler noop registered
[ 0.312207] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 0.312333] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 0.312521] pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: irq 40 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.312650] pcieport 0000:00:1c.1: irq 41 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 0.312856] vesafb: mode is 1024x768x32, linelength=4096, pages=0
[ 0.312859] vesafb: scrolling: redraw
[ 0.312863] vesafb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[ 0.313479] vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xffffc90005100000, using 3072k, total 3072k
[ 0.345759] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
[ 0.377873] fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
[ 0.377932] GHES: HEST is not enabled!
[ 0.378043] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
[ 0.398611] serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.419664] 00:06: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[ 0.419939] Linux agpgart interface v0.103
[ 0.420083] i8042: PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
[ 0.420471] serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
[ 0.420523] serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
[ 0.420725] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 0.420858] rtc_cmos 00:03: RTC can wake from S4
[ 0.421016] rtc_cmos 00:03: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
[ 0.421045] rtc0: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
[ 0.421060] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 0.421063] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 0.421369] TCP cubic registered
[ 0.421636] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 0.422361] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 0.422369] Registering the dns_resolver key type
[ 0.422613] PM: Hibernation image not present or could not be loaded.
[ 0.422626] registered taskstats version 1
[ 0.423248] rtc_cmos 00:03: setting system clock to 2012-04-18 08:42:29 UTC (1334738549)
[ 0.423302] Initializing network drop monitor service
[ 0.424697] Freeing unused kernel memory: 732k freed
[ 0.425077] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 8192k
[ 0.432038] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1632k freed
[ 0.435658] Freeing unused kernel memory: 656k freed
[ 0.448943] udevd[37]: starting version 182
[ 0.497512] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.497555] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.497642] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.498708] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 0.498793] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.498798] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
[ 0.498837] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 0.498865] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: using broken periodic workaround
[ 0.502771] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: cache line size of 32 is not supported
[ 0.502799] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xe20c4000
[ 0.510593] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver
[ 0.512088] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.512269] ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 0.513131] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.513140] hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
[ 0.513313] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.513319] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.513410] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 0.513449] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io base 0x0000b400
[ 0.513901] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.513910] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.514034] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.514039] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.514052] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
[ 0.514121] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x0000b800
[ 0.514684] hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.514691] hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.514840] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.514846] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.514861] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
[ 0.514904] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x0000bc00
[ 0.515122] hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.515129] hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.515245] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.515250] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
[ 0.515262] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
[ 0.515325] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 16, io base 0x0000c000
[ 0.516908] hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.516919] hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 0.518287] libata version 3.00 loaded.
[ 0.519240] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: version 2.13
[ 0.519301] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.521189] scsi0 : ata_piix
[ 0.521850] scsi1 : ata_piix
[ 0.522635] ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xf000 irq 14
[ 0.522641] ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xf008 irq 15
[ 0.522741] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: MAP [ P0 P2 P1 P3 ]
[ 0.522797] ata_piix 0000:00:1f.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.522921] ata2: port disabled--ignoring
[ 0.523388] scsi2 : ata_piix
[ 0.526732] scsi3 : ata_piix
[ 0.527628] ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xd400 ctl 0xd800 bmdma 0xe400 irq 19
[ 0.527633] ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xdc00 ctl 0xe000 bmdma 0xe408 irq 19
[ 0.703487] ata4.00: CFA: CF Card, Ver6.04, max UDMA/133
[ 0.703493] ata4.00: 31227840 sectors, multi 1: LBA48
[ 0.703500] ata4.01: CFA: CF Card, Ver6.04, max UDMA/133
[ 0.703503] ata4.01: 31227840 sectors, multi 1: LBA48
[ 0.710158] ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 0.716816] ata4.01: configured for UDMA/133
[ 0.716974] scsi 3:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA CF Card Ver6 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 0.717369] scsi 3:0:1:0: Direct-Access ATA CF Card Ver6 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 0.724905] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] 31227840 512-byte logical blocks: (15.9 GB/14.8 GiB)
[ 0.725016] sd 3:0:1:0: [sdb] 31227840 512-byte logical blocks: (15.9 GB/14.8 GiB)
[ 0.725077] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 0.725082] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 0.725155] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 0.725162] sd 3:0:1:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 0.725167] sd 3:0:1:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 0.725205] sd 3:0:1:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 0.729476] sda: sda1 sda2
[ 0.730031] sdb: sdb1 sdb2
[ 0.730174] sd 3:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
[ 0.730514] sd 3:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
[ 0.817477] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 0.879397] mdassemble: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[ 0.879403] mdassemble: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[ 0.879413] mdassemble: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[ 0.879416] mdassemble: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[ 0.879764] mdassemble: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[ 0.879768] mdassemble: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[ 0.879773] mdassemble: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[ 0.879776] mdassemble: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition!
[ 0.881551] mdassemble: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[ 0.881555] mdassemble: sending ioctl 800c0910 to a partition!
[ 0.884599] md: md1 stopped.
[ 0.888847] md: bind<sdb2>
[ 0.889106] md: bind<sda2>
[ 0.890802] md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
[ 0.891196] bio: create slab <bio-1> at 1
[ 0.891208] md/raid0:md1: md_size is 61628416 sectors.
[ 0.891212] md: RAID0 configuration for md1 - 1 zone
[ 0.891214] md: zone0=[sda2/sdb2]
[ 0.891222] zone-offset= 0KB, device-offset= 0KB, size= 30814208KB
[ 0.891225]
[ 0.891237] md1: detected capacity change from 0 to 31553748992
[ 0.941428] hub 1-6:1.0: USB hub found
[ 0.941473] hub 1-6:1.0: 4 ports detected
[ 0.954302] md1: unknown partition table
[ 1.131212] EXT4-fs (md1): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem
[ 1.135334] EXT4-fs (md1): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[ 1.220124] usb 1-6.1: new low-speed USB device number 3 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.306694] Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2800.001 MHz.
[ 1.306703] Switching to clocksource tsc
[ 1.403502] usb 1-6.2: new low-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
[ 1.518102] udevd[147]: starting version 182
[ 1.649651] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6.1/1-6.1:1.0/input/input0
[ 1.649790] generic-usb 0003:046D:C00E.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-6.1/input0
[ 1.652254] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1
[ 1.652264] ACPI: Power Button [PWRB]
[ 1.652742] input: Power Button as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2
[ 1.652749] ACPI: Power Button [PWRF]
[ 1.660429] input: Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6.2/1-6.2:1.0/input/input3
[ 1.660673] generic-usb 0003:06A3:8021.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-6.2/input0
[ 1.670411] IT8718 SuperIO detected.
[ 1.670725] parport_pc 00:07: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
[ 1.670774] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
[ 1.684890] input: Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-6/1-6.2/1-6.2:1.1/input/input4
[ 1.685402] generic-usb 0003:06A3:8021.0003: input,hiddev0,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Device [Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:1d.7-6.2/input1
[ 1.685434] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 1.685437] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 1.706305] intel_rng: FWH not detected
[ 1.712611] leds_ss4200: no LED devices found
[ 1.720342] iTCO_vendor_support: vendor-support=0
[ 1.722921] iTCO_wdt: Intel TCO WatchDog Timer Driver v1.07
[ 1.723090] iTCO_wdt: Found a ICH7 or ICH7R TCO device (Version=2, TCOBASE=0x0460)
[ 1.723619] iTCO_wdt: initialized. heartbeat=30 sec (nowayout=0)
[ 1.729909] input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input5
[ 1.733254] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[ 1.744963] r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
[ 1.745106] r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1.745933] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: RTL8101e at 0xffffc900058d2000, 00:1d:7d:c1:af:ac, XID 14000000 IRQ 42
[ 1.765162] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: Intel 945G Chipset
[ 1.765303] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected gtt size: 262144K total, 262144K mappable
[ 1.766152] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: detected 8192K stolen memory
[ 1.766499] agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP aperture is 256M @ 0xd0000000
[ 1.770284] snd_hda_intel 0000:00:1b.0: irq 43 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 1.841921] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 1.925606] input: HDA Intel Line as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input6
[ 1.925802] input: HDA Intel Front Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input7
[ 1.927348] input: HDA Intel Rear Mic as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input8
[ 1.927572] input: HDA Intel Front Headphone as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input9
[ 1.927906] input: HDA Intel Line Out as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0/input10
[ 1.929058] i915 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 2.007384] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[ 2.007389] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[ 2.033489] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:00:02.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=io+mem:owns=io+mem
[ 2.052399] [drm] initialized overlay support
[ 2.130899] checking generic (d0000000 300000) vs hw (d0000000 10000000)
[ 2.130905] fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver
[ 2.130988] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[ 2.131832] fbcon: inteldrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 2.170693] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 200x56
[ 2.177031] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 2.177034] drm: registered panic notifier
[ 2.177093] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 2.306851] EXT4-fs (md1): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[ 2.369941] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounting ext2 file system using the ext4 subsystem
[ 2.375033] EXT4-fs (sda1): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: (null)
[ 2.413220] Adding 102396k swap on /dev/sdb1. Priority:-1 extents:1 across:102396k
[ 2.994535] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 2.994545] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link down
[ 2.995025] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 5.138610] r8169 0000:02:00.0: eth0: link up
[ 5.139067] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 15.736686] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
sh-4.2#
EDIT:sh-4.2# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid0]
md0 : active raid0 sdb2[0] sdc2[1]
30717952 blocks super 1.2 512k chunks
unused devices: <none>
sh-4.2#
Further data:
sh-4.2# cat /proc/mdstat
Personalities : [raid0]
md0 : active raid0 sdb2[0] sdc2[1]
30717952 blocks super 1.2 512k chunks
unused devices: <none>
sh-4.2#
Thus, it seems that raid0 is established and therefore must be running at twice the device read speed even though hdparm does not recognize it.
One observation regarding dmesg is that the pio and udma data does no longer appear. This would suggest a kernel change eleiminating the udma factor. Perhaps that limits the raid array as well.
Any insight into this matter is appreciated.
Last edited by lilsirecho (2013-10-12 14:18:49)

The following data indicates the states provided by the devices in the raid0:
sh-4.2# hdparm -I /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2:
CompactFlash ATA device
Model Number:
Serial Number: CF CARD A0202F59
Firmware Revision: 20090728
Standards:
Likely used: 6
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 31045 31045
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
CHS current addressable sectors: 31293360
LBA user addressable sectors: 31293360
Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 15279 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 16022 MBytes (16 GB)
cache/buffer size = 1 KBytes (type=DualPort)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
bytes avail on r/w long: 4
Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1 Current = 0
Advanced power management level: disabled
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
Power Management feature set
* Write cache
WRITE_BUFFER command
READ_BUFFER command
NOP cmd
CFA feature set
Advanced Power Management feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* CFA advanced modes: pio5 pio6 mdma3 mdma4
* CFA Power Level 1 (max 500mA)
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0
Integrity word not set (found 0x0000, expected 0xb2a5)
sh-4.2#
The following for the second device:
sh-4.2# hdparm -I /dev/sdb2
/dev/sdb2:
CompactFlash ATA device
Model Number:
Serial Number: CF CARD A01007DF
Firmware Revision: 20090728
Standards:
Likely used: 6
Configuration:
Logical max current
cylinders 31045 31045
heads 16 16
sectors/track 63 63
CHS current addressable sectors: 31293360
LBA user addressable sectors: 31293360
Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes
device size with M = 1024*1024: 15279 MBytes
device size with M = 1000*1000: 16022 MBytes (16 GB)
cache/buffer size = 1 KBytes (type=DualPort)
Capabilities:
LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
bytes avail on r/w long: 4
Standby timer values: spec'd by Vendor
R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 1 Current = 0
Advanced power management level: disabled
DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 udma6
Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
Enabled Supported:
Power Management feature set
* Write cache
WRITE_BUFFER command
READ_BUFFER command
NOP cmd
CFA feature set
Advanced Power Management feature set
* Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
* CFA advanced modes: pio5 pio6 mdma3 mdma4
* CFA Power Level 1 (max 500mA)
HW reset results:
CBLID- above Vih
Device num = 0
Integrity word not set (found 0x0000, expected 0xa8a5)
sh-4.2#
This indicates UDMA5 is applicable for the devices in the raid array.

Start Up disk problem following kernel panic-mounts but not as a boot drive

I have a problem that I can't solve.
Dual processor G4 with 3 hard drive, all of which are bootable drives with 10.4.7 installed:
A- my primary boot drive - internal SCSI drive (Adaptec PowerDomain 2930U PCI card);
B - internal hard drive that came with the G4; and
C - external Firewire hard drive
Recently, I booted into my B drive and it locked up after it went into sleep mode. On reboot, I experienced a number of kernel panic messages, prompting me to restart my computer.
PROBLEM: Since that time, I have not been able to get my A drive to once again be the Startup Disk.
Diagnostic steps that I have performed:
i. I have run and re-run Disk Warrior from a bootable CD and the A drive as well as the other 2 hard drives mount and are "repaired" by DiskWarrior.
ii. TechTools Pro shows no hardware problems and whatever glitches it has found were repaired.
iii. Disk Utilities consistently returns "Volume passed verification."
iv. Zapped the PRAM
The A drive does mount and is accessible whenever either the B drive or the C drive is the bootable drive.
System Preferences/Startup Disk lists the A drive as a candidate whenever either the B drive or the C drive is the bootable drive. However, when the A drive is selected in System Preferences, on reboot, it doesn't become the boot drive.
I have tried to restart and hold the "C" key down so that I might possibly be able to select the boot drive from A, B or C. But the C key method doesn't produce the intended result, only reverting back to the boot drive in power prior to the reboot. That occurs whether the boot drive is B or C.
At that stage, rightfully or wrongfully, since the problem persisted whether the B or C drives were the startup disk I concluded that the problem could be hardware related and not software related.
On one of the reboots following the kernel panics, a Crash Report was produced - the verbiage
which is code related and so far above my knowledge and experience that it is incomprehensible to me. I can post it separately if helpful but it won't fit in this email message due to restrictions on length of messages.
I haven't had a kernel panic following any of the last 50+ restarts that have accompanied my attempted diagnostics.
Finally, I ran the Apple Hardware Test, version 1.2.6, that came with my G4. First, I removed all peripherals except the monitor, keyboard and mouse (plugged into the keyboard), the Adaptec SCSI card, and a 3rd party FW/USB2 PCI card (OrangeLink+). I ran the Extended Test and an error code was generated during the logic board test: Error Code fire/5/2
That gave me some hope. I next removed the 3rd party FW/USB2 PCI card (OrangeLink+) and re-ran the Apple Hardware Test and no error were reported. Both the logic board and memory passed. I ran the extended test twice, each time no error.
Ah, did that solve my problem? I rebooted and I still cannot get my A drive to be the Startup Disk.
Next, I ran the Rember software (a GUI app for Memtest) and the RAM checked out as fine.
At this stage I don't have a clue. The white towel is about to be waved.
If the problem is the Adaptec SCSI card, I don't know how to test it since it obviously has to be installed to enable drive A to mount.
Does anyone have any suggestions?

I am the original poster on this thread.
Turns out that the culprit behind all my boot problems was the battery on my 5 year old Quicksilver G4. Replaced the battery and all is back to normal.
FWIW, for any Quicksilver owners with SCSI cards, be aware that you can create boot problems for your SCSI drive by zapping your PRAM. As part of my diagnostics I did zap the PRAM but that turned out not to be a problem.
Adaptec's site does include a workaround should you have problems after zapping the PRAM. This specifically covers the PowerDomain 29160 SCSI card/2930U card, which I have.

Is my Mac Pro eating monitors? Am I going crazy? A great mystery....

Something very bizarre is happening, and it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Maybe someone here can offer a theory. Here's my setup, and here's what's been happening....
Mac Pro (early 2009), 2.66 GHz Quad-Core, 8 gigs of RAM, running Mac OS X 10.5.7.
ATI Radeon HD 4870. A very nice system, still has that new Mac smell.
Primary display is a 24" HannsG HH251 (a nice, if inexpensive large flat-panel).
Secondary display is a 20" Viewsonic VP200s. This is an older flat-panel (about 4 years old). I own three of these Viewsonic displays - they were a good primary workhorse monitor in their day, now I use them (mostly) as the 2nd monitor on my Macs and PCs (I have several).
Here's what's been happening...
The primary display is fine. The secondary display has been "failing". When I first hooked up the Viewsonic monitor (as the second display), it was fine. We'll call this "Viewsonic #1". After a couple of months, though, it started flickering - not a subtle flicker (as you might see with a low refresh rate), but a complete, violent flicker where the screen redraws instantly. At first, the big flicker would only occur intermittently - once every few minutes - but eventually it would start happening more and more frequently, then happened every second or two, then became constant - to the point where stuff on that monitor became completely unusable - I couldn't see the cursor clearly, couldn't close windows, etc. Initially, if I turned the monitor off for a moment, then back on, it would come back briefly. But the big flicker would start again soon. Powering down the computer and leaving it off for a while (like overnight), then starting it up again, the 2nd display (Viewsonic #1) would be OK for a while, but eventually the flashing started again. Rinse, lather, repeat.
I figured some hardware component was going bad - probably the monitor, but I was hoping it might be the cable or perhaps even the video card (still under warrantee). So I did a little swapping to see: I used a different video cable. Same problem. I thought, "****, the display is toast." I was bummed, but not heartbroken: I had 2 more of these monitors, and I could swap another one in. So I pulled an identical monitor from an older Windows PC that I'm not using much (we'll call this Viewsonic #2), and swapped that. As I suspected, using Viewsonic #2, the 2nd display on the Mac Pro came up nice and flicker-free, rock-steady and looking good. And when I boot up the Windows PC that now has the "bad" display (Viewsonic #1, removed from the Mac Pro), sure enough, it's flickering and flashing and just about impossible to use.
OK, so this seemed to confirm my theory: that Viewsonic #1 was simply in the process of dying. No hardware lasts forever, and although I'm used to getting 5-10 years out of my monitors (really - I've been at this a long time), that rule of thumb is from CRT days - I figured maybe flat panel LCDs only go about 5 years. I shrugged and made my peace with it. Since I was back in 2-monitor heaven, I wasn't worried about it (since I don't need to use the Windows PC with the funky display).
Turns out, there's more to it. This is where it gets strange.
It was about 3 or 4 days ago that I did the monitor swap. Since then, Viewsonic #2 has been fine, as I expected, solid, looking good. But about 6 hours ago, I was shocked to see Viewsonic #2 - now hooked up as my secondary display on the Mac Pro - has just started the same flicker. And it started getting worse, pretty quickly. Within an hour or so, it was becoming unusable. Once again, turning it off helped - a little - and so did shutting done the Mac and leaving it off. But soon after powering it up, it starts going haywire again. It's got the exact same problem that killed the other monitor.
I am thinking that the odds of two different monitors failing (hardware going bad) like this is extremely unlikely. I know it's not the cable or plug, because when I moved Viewsonic #1 to a different computer, it's still broken. I don't think it's the video card, because the "badness" moves with the bad monitor, and the primary display is fine.
The only think that makes any sense (and I'll admit it doesn't make much), is that there's something about this Mac Pro that is causing the 2nd monitor to fail - actually damaging the monitor. That sounds pretty unlikely, but it's the least unlikely think I can think of. Could it be outputting a signal that kills the monitor hardware? I know that sounds crazy....I'm open to suggestions if anyone has another theory.
I've never heard of a computer (or a video card) causing a display to fail, but given the fact that these monitors were both fine before I hooked them up to this Mac, and that both of them seem to have gone belly-up now (and they stay broken if moved back to another computer) really leaves me scratching my head.
What on earth is happening here? Any ideas?

Hi Ltm,
Is your set up is like this? Main monitor attached to dvi port on 4870, other displays attached to the mini port via adapter?
If it is, those mini ports have been the source of many peoples problems here. Maybe not even so much the ports but the adapters. Some seem to work better than others. I bought two in the 20 dollar range from Apple and they both worked poorly (and I have all Apple displays!). Apparently Apple sells one for about 100 bucks that works the best, but I changed cards before buying that.
OWC has an interesting mini-display port connecter now that looks good but also goes for a hundred or so.
But what is precisely going on with your Viewsonics to seemingly destroy them, I don't know. I've read of similar problems to yours, but the displays never stayed in a poor condition after the problem was found. Yours is the first post I've read of displays being actually killed off.
If you could take the now damaged display and one that isn't to an Apple store to try on one of their Macs, maybe they could turn up something for you, an incompatibility somewhere maybe. But it's a pretty bizarre situation made worse by Apples decision to introduce unnecessary variables by going with that mini-display port.

Cisco catalyst 4506-e boot error

Rommon signature verification PASSED for golden image
Rommon signature verification PASSED for primary image
FPGA signature verification PASSED for primary image
* Welcome to Rom Monitor for WS-X45-SUP7-E System. *
* Copyright (c) 2008-2011 by Cisco Systems, Inc. *
* All rights reserved. *
Primary Rom Monitor Version 15.0(1r)SG5
CPU Rev: 2.2, Board Rev: 10, Board Type: 101, CPLD Moka Rev: 7.0x3718.0xb565
Chassis: WS-C4506-E
Got Mac Address: c0:67:af:40:24:c2
MAC Address : c0-67-af-40-24-c2
IP Address : 14.18.2.234
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 14.18.2.21
TftpServer : Not set.
Peer supervisor not detected or is not running IOS
Supervisor uplinks and all linecards have been reset
***** The system will autoboot in 5 seconds *****
Type control-C to prevent autobooting.
******** The system will autoboot now ********
config-register = 0x2101
Autobooting using the first file from bootflash.....
loading image
Checking digital signature
bootflash:/cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.05.02.E.152-1.E2.bin: Digitally Signed Release Software with key version A
Rommon reg: 0x00004F80
Reset2Reg: 0x00000F00
Image load status: 0x00000000
Snowtrooper 155 controller 0x044DDBD2..0x04688FA7 Size:0x0041DCD4 Program Done!
[ 57.324367] pci 0000:00:00.0: ignoring class b20 (doesn't match header type 01)
Starting System Services
Calculating module dependencies ...
Loading rtc-ds1307
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
No Mountpoints DefinedNov 13 09:35:24 %IOSXE-3-PLATFORM: process sshd[4211]: error: Bind to port 22 on :: failed: Address already in use.
diagsk10-post version 5.1.4.0
prod: WS-X45-SUP7-E part: 73-14393-02 serial: CAT1837L75P
Power-on-self-test for Module 1: WS-X45-SUP7-E
CPU Subsystem Tests ...
seeprom: Pass
Traffic: L3 Loopback ...
Test Results: Pass
Traffic: L2 Loopback ...
post timeout
A Critical job [post] exited abnormally! Reloading the supervisor
Killed by signal [TERM]
Loading virtuclock as vuclock
Loading gsbu64atomic as gdb64atomic
Loading isp1362_hcd_k10
/dev/fd/13: line 273: /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/edac_mc_log_ce: No such file or directory
Starting IOS Services
AIPC Module Loaded...
cat4k-watchdog[6250]: Watchdog daemon initialized on 2 CPU(s)
cat4k-watchdog[6250]: Watchdog daemon started.
Dumping all the logs to /root/reload.20141113..Please be patient
All logs dumped
sysmgr: <<%SYSMGR-2-SERVICE_CRASHED>> Service "System Manager (parser)" (PID 6820) hasn't caught signal 15 (no core).
/bin/kill: 8178: No such process
/bin/kill: 8179: No such process
/bin/kill: 8197: No such process
/bin/kill: 8198: No such process
/etc/rc6.d/S01reboot: line 198: umount_cisco_filesystems: command not found
Please stand by while rebooting the system...
[ 266.041680] Restarting system.
Rommon signature verification PASSED for golden image
Rommon signature verification PASSED for primary image
FPGA signature verification PASSED for primary image
* Welcome to Rom Monitor for WS-X45-SUP7-E System. *
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Primary Rom Monitor Version 15.0(1r)SG5
CPU Rev: 2.2, Board Rev: 10, Board Type: 101, CPLD Moka Rev: 7.0x3718.0xb565
Chassis: WS-C4506-E
Got Mac Address: c0:67:af:40:24:c2
MAC Address : c0-67-af-40-24-c2
IP Address : 14.18.2.234
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 14.18.2.21
TftpServer : Not set.
Peer supervisor not detected or is not running IOS
Supervisor uplinks and all linecards have been reset
***** The system will autoboot in 5 seconds *****
Type control-C to prevent autobooting.
******** The system will autoboot now ********
config-register = 0x2101
Autobooting using the first file from bootflash.....
loading image
Version: cat4500e-universal.SPA.03.05.02.E.152-1.E2.bin
Any help PLZ

config-register = 0x2101
Autobooting using the first file from bootflash.....
You need to provide more information. What are you trying to do? How many IOS file(s) do you have in the bootflash?
sysmgr: <<%SYSMGR-2-SERVICE_CRASHED>> Service "System Manager (parser)" (PID 6820) hasn't caught signal 15 (no core).
Break into the auto-boot process and post the output to the command "dir bootflash:".

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