Sound and my aging Mac Pro

So my Mac Pro (Early 2008) has had some odd sound issues lately – it doesn't have any.
Occasionally, when the sound goes out, if I try to increase the volume from the keyboard, the transparent volume icon that comes up has a mute symbol under the volume bars, which are all lit up. That only goes away if I switch the output to my MOTU Audio Express. I haven't hooked up headphones to that to see if I'm actually getting audio out through that (I don't have any headphones with a quarter-inch plug, but I suspect I am.
But this morning, I'm getting now sound, but the volume buttons on the keyboard are working normally, ie, the go up and down, but I still get no sound. Interestingly, I also notice that, everytime I go back to Sound preferences, the MOTU is selected, even after I put it on line out or internal speakers.
Is the onboard sound card failing? Do I just need to get a PCI sound card?
I have a feeling I'm going to have to replace this machine before too long. I'm trying to make it until the Mac Pro gets a proper update.

Thanks. I tried that, and went almost a week without the problem recurring, but it's back this morning. Slightly different, though. I can't adjust the volume from the keyboard (the mute symbol is back under the volume bars), but I CAN adjust the volume from System Preferences, and it Line Out stays selected there.
What's really strange, and this is new, is that, while I'm getting no sound in Safari, I am getting sound in Firefox. (This is either new, or I never thought to try Firefox before when this issue came up.) Not only that, though, I can't load YouTube videos in Safari. I get a "This video is currently unavailable" message, even though I can call up the same content in Firefox. I can't play mp3s, either. iTunes, similarly, won't produce sound. If I hit play, the speaker icon next to the song looks like it's playing, and the Play button turns to a Pause button, but no sound comes out and the time meter on the song doesn't advance.
I have no idea what to make of all this.

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Hi! is it possible that Logic X has upgrades that work only with mavericks and does t work in mountain lion....since in my macbook pro with mavericks i have new views of the equalizer, etc and in my mac pro with mountain lion it still the old view...

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 27009 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    *********
Fri May 3 05:40:33 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800c6b7e95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f8d5c467a, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000040, CR3: 0x000000000ef7f000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff7f8ccb9d10, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff7f8ccb2be8
RSP: 0xffffff8118dcbd00, RBP: 0xffffff8118dcbd30, RSI: 0xffffff801f0faf00, RDI: 0xffffff801f17e840
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000001, R10: 0xffffff801ef63fc0, R11: 0xffffff800ca47120
R12: 0xffffff802264ec00, R13: 0xffffff8118dcbd00, R14: 0xffffff801f386000, R15: 0xffffff8033952948
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0xffffff8118dcb9a0 : 0xffffff800c61d626
0xffffff8118dcba10 : 0xffffff800c6b7e95
0xffffff8118dcbbe0 : 0xffffff800c6cd4dd
0xffffff8118dcbc00 : 0xffffff7f8d5c467a
0xffffff8118dcbd30 : 0xffffff800ca31c77
0xffffff8118dcbd40 : 0xffffff800ca2fc29
0xffffff8118dcbd80 : 0xffffff800ca2e4fb
0xffffff8118dcbdc0 : 0xffffff800ca2e0f7
0xffffff8118dcbe30 : 0xffffff800ca2f75c
0xffffff8118dcbe40 : 0xffffff7f8cc9305b
0xffffff8118dcbe70 : 0xffffff7f8d7a0252
0xffffff8118dcbeb0 : 0xffffff7f8d7a3ad0
0xffffff8118dcbee0 : 0xffffff7f8d7a3fd8
0xffffff8118dcbf40 : 0xffffff7f8d79f3c1
0xffffff8118dcbf60 : 0xffffff800c63dcfe
0xffffff8118dcbfb0 : 0xffffff800c6b2977
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         com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub(5.5.5)[54546EC2-8891-334B-9626-1EF6A02450DE]@0xfff fff7f8d795000->0xffffff7f8d7a9fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(5.5.5)[A276B40E-978D-3623-93D3-8621B3CEECFC]@0xffff ff7f8cc7f000
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BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12D78
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 3EB7D8A7-C2D3-32EC-80F4-AB37D61492C6
Kernel slide:     0x000000000c400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800c600000
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1286109662632
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x05F7, 0x000000463732323842353245353830304600
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Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0000, 0x000000463732353642363145353830304600
Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0000, 0x000000463732353642363145353830304600
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.3f3 11349, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
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Serial ATA Device: WDC WD20EARX-00PASB0, 2 TB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD20EARX-008FB0, 2 TB
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FireWire Device: unknown_device, unknown_speed

Do you have TRIM Enabler? what SSD? how much free space? Have you ever done a secure erase and restore on the SSD? When you repair, are you booting from ML Recovery or from a full working system, a clone of your current system?
You might want a small 100GB volume somewhere with another clean install of ML 10.8.3 and with TRIM Enabler - I use my TimeMachine drive which has 800GB free. Also a 60GB sparse disk image of the SSD.
Putting your SSD on a PCIe 6G controller can help, though some have been known to cause corruption.
Repairing only touches the directory so it doesn't tell you if the entire file structure is okay.
A Safe Boot after repair is a good idea to do, then restart again.
How much faith do you have in the 8800GT? think it is time to replace and upgrade to a newer card, from Apple ATI 5770 or higher end AMD 7950 Mac Edition even.
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Cloning system and using TRIM
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/updates/ccc-3.5.html
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
Create an OS X Lion Install disc
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20080989-263/how-to-create-an-os-x-lion-ins tallation-disc
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http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone-backup.html
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
http://www.macperformanceguide.com/blog/2012/20120711_2-MacPro-internal-clone-ba ckup.html
Before you clone, install TRIM Enabler!
And after you clone, run Disk Utility's REPAIR DISK on the SSD -- just to be on the safest side. http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37852/trim-enabler
SSD Maintenance
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5012276
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
No reason or need for a Mini. Unless you want. Should be fine, though the 3,1's have been the most tempermental with Mountain Lion up until 10.8.3. And you might regret moving to mini if a new Mac Pro were to come out.

Surround Sound not working on Mac Pro (Early 2008)!

I'm writing this as my last ditch attempt to solve my problem.
Recently I bought a 5.1 Onkyo AV Receiver, model HT-R558 as for the audio output of my machine.
I have connected the device components, however when connected to my Mac using a TOSLINK cable, all i recieve is stereo sound through the front left, center, and front right speakers. - The rear speakers give no output, and the subwoofer only works in iTunes.
As far as I was aware the process was as follows:
Mac Pro with output set to Digital Out connected to the digital out port --> Optical/Toslink Cable --> connected to receiver (Onkyo HT-R558 through optical in on receiver.
I have followed several Knowledge Base articles with no success.
Is the Mac Pro actually capable of 5.1 sound output, or is it an added non-working feature?
I have tried a system utility called Perian, but no luck, also i have found articles saying this can be fixed with Terminal, no luck either.
If anyone has any advice on correctly connecting surround sound to my Mac I would be extremely grateful! I only hope there is something I have overlooked.
At the moment i am running the system using Pro Logic II, though it feels like a let down.

I found the problem, the digital out on my Mac Pro is only capable of outputting stereo, this appears to be an OS X 10.6.8 issue that would need to be addressed via a supplemental update.
I know DVD Player can output 5.1 when set up correctly, so can iTunes movies; unfortunately this appears to be a problem that only has few solutions.
1. Downgrade OS X to a version prior to 10.6.8 (however doing this causes incompatibility with my iOS devices.)
2. Add a PCI Express compatible sound card, or use an external card (requires additional hardware purchases.)
3. Use only stereo capable units with the machine (as anything with higher speaker configurations requires use of Pro Logic II from the receiver/amplifier; not to mention sounds terrible.)
Until, or if this is ever fixed I will stay with option 2, as it doesn't require use of additional software just to use audio, allows me to use the respective amplifier fully, and also sounds better.
Thank you for your advice, I just have to remember to be a little more careful when choosing audio products for use with Mac it seems.
I am closing this question.
Regards,
Peter.

No sound out of my MAC PRO Optical Digital audio port

I own a Mac Pro early 2007, running MAC OS X Ver 10.6.7
I also have a set of Logitech Speakers Z5500 connected to the Optical digital port
No problem ever until now
Suddenly I am not getting any sound out my Mac Pro.
The speaker are testing fine, the volume is set correctly and in the system preferences, in the Sound function the device is selected for Digital Out.
I am at my rope's end.
Any help will be appreciated
Thanks
Carlos

sircolio:
I took my apple to teh Apple Store and one of the geniuses analyzed to be a hardware problem.
It will cost me $500.00 to have fixed. Thanks but not thanks

No sound from soundtrack on Mac Pro

Just got a new Mac Pro and I can't seem to get any sound out of my old version of Soundtrack 1.2.
The VU meters are showing output, my sound prefs ins and outs are set to my MOTU 424 PCI card,
I get audio from every other program i.e. MOTU DP, iTunes, etc..but no sound from Soundtrack.
I checked the soundtrack prefs and made sure they were set to the MOTU soundcard, but still no sound.
In addition, I can't load Soundtrack while Digital Performer is running. I have to quit DP, then start
Soundtrack. In the past, I would sync Soundtrack to DP and run them both simultaneously to audition loops. It worked great with my old G5. So far, not happening with the Mac Pro. Any ideas?

Sounds like a Rosetta problem - non universal binary audio applications can face major difficulties with latency and audio output when working with universal binary audio card drivers, plugins etc.

HT6067 How can I connect 5.1 surround sound speakers to my Mac Pro?

How to connect 5.1 surround sound speakers without a receiver to my Mac Pro, so I can test and hear surround sound files I am creating?

As far as I know, the only way to do that is with the digital out, toslink I believe(1). . Currently there are very few external usb soundcards that are known to work with Mac and produce 5.1 sound, perhaps Diamond Multimedia or Zalman?. Analog surround really doesn't work (green, yellow, black cords)*. So, maybe, Garage band/VLC? or the dvd player might be the only things I know that could produce 5.1 sound, but I could be wrong.......
(1) You will need a speaker set with an optical input...
* maybe try this--i think it's called an " HD audio rush " box and it converts digital to analog audio 5.1 supposedly-, you can look on ebay for similar things
sorry I couldn't be of more help
John B

How do you record sound with Apple headphones Mac Pro?

(2008 Mac Pro) I'm trying to record a voice over on iMovie, and it won't record sound no matter what option I use for the sound input. I'm plugging my apple headphones into the headphone jack like I do on my MacBook (which works). I know that the Macbook has an in/out in one jack, but is it not the same for the Mac Pro? I've tried sticking the headphones in the back audio out where I can plug my stereo in and it wont even plug in. Also I know its not iMovie because Quicktime doesn't work with audio recording either.

The Mac Pro is not compatible with analog microphones. Its headphone jack is for output only. It does not work with headset microphones. Its audio in jack is line-level, so would need a pre-amp to work with most microphones.
The simplest solution is a USB headset or microphone.
<http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/music_creation>

Trouble getting any sound out of new Mac Pro

I recently bought a new Mac Pro and I've been having trouble getting any sound out of the internal speaker. I believe it thinks that there are always headphones plugged in even when there aren't. I don't get a startup sound and it doesn't make the "volume change quack" when I change the volume. The choices under the Sound panel for Output are: "Headphones", "Line Out", and "Digital Out" even if no headphones are plugged in. Sometimes I can get sound out of the computer if I jiggle around a headphone plug in the jack but as soon as I reboot or the machine wakes up from sleep the sound goes away.
I'm guessing that it's probably a bad headphone jack but before I inevitably have to lug the 60 pound machine to the Genius Bar I thought I'd ask to see if anyone else has had similar issues and if there might be a quick fix to do myself.
Thanks for any tips or help.

Thank you but that unfortunately did not fix it. I'm sure I need to take it in.

How do I install Yosemite on a 2nd HDD I have added and have the Mac Pro boot from the new HDD?

My MacPro's HD seems to be failing. None of the tests I run indicate that, but I get constant spinning balls and everything takes a long time. I bought a 2nd HDD and installed it in the 2nd bayou my Early 2009 Mac Pro. I formatted it and want to install Yosemite and have the Mac boot off the new drive. It is currently running OS X 10.9.5. When I go to update to Yosemite it begins to download. Will it give me the option of which drive to install on? Or will it just upgrade the original Mac's HD?

A Samsung 850 EVO 128GB SSD $75 now and makes a huge improvement. But get the 250GB which is $99. 500GB $199
Wish you asked us first Awesome prices and performance.
Output from Etrecheck is an easy "quick check" of what your system is carrying around and what baggage it has.
Move data to a 'data and media library" drive.
Use CCC to skip the user data folders except ~/Library and clone to SSD
And might want to save the installer .ESD package for use as clean installer and to be able to boot from.

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