System freezes / crashes once a week

Hi, I'm having a problem with one of my Xserves where it crashes once at least once a week, always on off hours but never at the same time twice. There doesn't seem to be any consistency as far as errors in the error logs. Here are snippets of the logs leading up to the last two crashes:
4/16/09 12:09:33 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[716 30] FileSyncAgent (uid=1033, pid=71630) sending greeting: 'com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? OKAY pid=71630'
4/16/09 12:09:33 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[716 30] FileSyncAgent (uid=1033, pid=71630) received client greeting: 'clientVersion com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? pid=215 log=(null)'
4/16/09 12:10:49 AM com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent[291] SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for vers ID 1 (pBase = 0x1765c0, p = 0x1765c8, pEnd = 0x1765c9)
4/16/09 12:11:40 AM com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent[291] SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for vers ID 1 (pBase = 0x1f147c0, p = 0x1f14807, pEnd = 0x1f14808)
4/16/09 12:11:42 AM com.apple.RemoteDesktop.agent[291] SystemFlippers: didn't consume all data for vers ID 1 (pBase = 0x1f12390, p = 0x1f123aa, pEnd = 0x1f123ab)
4/16/09 12:19:15 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[716 30] FileSyncAgent (uid=1033, pid=71630) finished
4/16/09 12:19:15 AM com.apple.syslogd[28] syslogd(28,0xa0588720) malloc: * error for object 0x107ea0: Non-aligned pointer being freed (2)
4/16/09 12:19:15 AM com.apple.syslogd[28] * set a breakpoint in mallocerrorbreak to debug
4/20/09 3:44:49 AM mds[62] (Error) Server: Peer checkin failed -- no store for path '/Volumes/Users'
4/20/09 3:44:49 AM com.apple.AppleFileServer[100] MDSChannelPeerCreate: (os/kern) invalid argument
4/20/09 3:44:50 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[372 14] FileSyncAgent (uid=1033, pid=37214) sending greeting: 'com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? OKAY pid=37214'
4/20/09 3:44:50 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[372 14] FileSyncAgent (uid=1033, pid=37214) received client greeting: 'clientVersion com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? pid=215 log=(null)'
4/20/09 3:53:01 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[372 14] FileSyncAgent (uid=1033, pid=37214) finished
4/20/09 4:14:01 AM mds[62] (Error) Server: Peer checkin failed -- no store for path '/Volumes/Users'
4/20/09 4:14:01 AM com.apple.AppleFileServer[100] MDSChannelPeerCreate: (os/kern) invalid argument
4/20/09 4:14:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[373 22] FileSyncAgent (uid=1032, pid=37322) sending greeting: 'com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? OKAY pid=37322'
4/20/09 4:14:02 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[373 22] FileSyncAgent (uid=1032, pid=37322) received client greeting: 'clientVersion com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? pid=28098 log=(null)'
4/20/09 4:14:43 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[373 22] FileSyncAgent (uid=1032, pid=37322) finished
4/20/09 5:05:21 AM mds[62] (Error) Server: Peer checkin failed -- no store for path '/Volumes/Users'
4/20/09 5:05:21 AM com.apple.AppleFileServer[100] MDSChannelPeerCreate: (os/kern) invalid argument
4/20/09 5:05:22 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[374 90] FileSyncAgent (uid=1031, pid=37490) sending greeting: 'com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? OKAY pid=37490'
4/20/09 5:05:22 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[374 90] FileSyncAgent (uid=1031, pid=37490) received client greeting: 'clientVersion com.apple.FileSync-1.0.5 FileSyncAgent-277.18 r? pid=164 log=(null)'
4/20/09 5:05:41 AM /System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent[374 90] FileSyncAgent (uid=1031, pid=37490) finished
Another weird thing is every once in a while, after a crash, there will be one OD user who cannot log in to their PHD from their workstation, but can log in at other workstations. I've been able to get these users logged in by unbinding the workstation, deleting /var/db/dslocal/nodes/Default/users/user.plist and then re-binding.
The Xserve is a dual core Xeon with 5 GB of RAM and serves OD, Jabber, AFP, RADIUS, SMB, and VPN.
I've tried repairing permissions and upgrading the OS from 10.5.5 to 10.5.6 to no avail. Since the logs never have the same error twice before a crash, I'm left with few ideas on where to go from here. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

A little more info: crashes are happening more frequently now. Always in the middle of the night with no errors reported in the log.
During a crash, services stop working, but the server will still return a ping. If I physically go to the machine, it looks normal until I move the mouse and get a spinning beach ball.
The last log entry is always FileSyncAgent trying to sync a home directory (background sync) of someone who has forgotten to log out at night, but the log entries look normal.
Since, on the surface, it would appear FileSyncAgent is the problem, perhaps I'll start a thread in the PHD forum. Are there any known issues with syncing portable home directories that would explain this behavior in Leopard server 10.5.6?

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                    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
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                        <app appid="com.google.macphotouploader" status="ok">
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                            <updatecheck status="noupdate"></updatecheck>
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IMac Freezing/crashing, please help. Tried everything! :(

Hello Fellow MacTalkers,
I am writing this post to ask you for a help with an issue that is very frustrating to resolve.
To begin with, I have purchased my MacBook Pro 2.4 GHZ, 3GB, Leopard running notebook about 7 months ago.
Until recently I have discovered that my computer is crashing randomly.
I am not a very tech oriented person, who knows much about console, logs and sorting out the hardware / software related issues.
About 2 months ago I started to experience some random freezes on my computer. Those freezes were occurring on different type of situations so it was hard for me to identify what could be causing the problem. The most common freezing that I have encountered, was and is that my computer screen just freezes and I can't perform any reset or rescue. Simply hard reset.
I started to think that this could be a cause of getting an extra 1GB memory that I purchased from Apple store, and that the memory could be faulty. But just to make sure I have done a clean re-instal of my os. making sure that I have all my permissions everything that could be a "common" cause of any weird behaviors on a mac sorted.
After the reinstall it got even worse.
I decided to take my computer to Apple authorized centre in Sydney broadway NextByte shop.
I explained the problem, asked if that would be possible to check some sort of console logs and track back what could be the cause of the problem that I am experiencing.
I left my computer for 2 weeks in service. And after that 2 weeks they have replied to me saying that they have detected no faulty with the hardware what so ever. I keep on persisting that I understand that the service people have done all the tests on external peripherals, checked the system performance through some kind of testing tools and it resulted with no problem. I rang the Apple complaints department asking if they could do anything about it as I am very worried that this issue won't disappear. They have informed me that there is nothing thay can do and they are basically sending my back home.
I collected my computer 2 days ago and started setting up some programs like adobe and all my apps. At first it was running all well, but then it started (leopard or hardware) to freeze again. On no particular occasion. I had to crashes in 3 hours.
I remembered the time of the crash and after the reboot, I checked my console and here is what I could find:
12/05/08 11:00:07 PM com.apple.launchd[1] (0x10b260.mdworker[1036]) Exited abnormally: Segmentation fault
I don't know if that is related to this post in any way, but as I said at the beginning I have no technical knowledge on where to investigate it further.
I would like to ask you for your recommendation on what should I do next.
I hope there is nothing that I am doing wrong with my computer as I am keeping it organized nad well maintained.
I thought also that that could be overheating related issue so I bought a notebook cooler, but that doesn't seemed to resolve the problem.
I am running out of ideas. Apple won't help me in solving the problem, I am also not sure how should I approach this case from the legal perspective. Can I go to fair traiding institution and ask them for help to enforce apple on returning my money for laptop, should I perform any tasks on my computer to fix the problem with some software.
Help, I am really running out of ideas. I am doing graphic design daily and this problem is driving me crazy.
I would appreciate your feedback or any suggestions on what should I do next.
Sorry for my cracked english. Im still learning my lingo in Australia
PLEASE PLEASE, help me on this one.
Kind Regards,
Michael Saganowski
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For what its worth, it sounds like the Leopard woes I was having before I left and went back to Tiger. I was in leopard for three months and I had too many problems to list here, but some common ones were Random system freezes/crashes (especially in itunes coverflow), Finder freezing, Adobe CS3 crashing and being generally buggy, not being able to run Final Cut Pro and After Effects at the same time.
My advice to you, check your memory if you feel like it could be the problem. If your memory is OK, then wait for the 10.5.3 update which is supposed to be out really soon (like within a couple of weeks or so from what I hear.)

System drive crashed...

My system drive crashed earlier this week but thank God I had a Time Machine back up to refer to when I installed a clean version of Leopard on the brand new drive. What I am slowly learning is that some of my apps are not working now. For example Aperture keeps force closing on start up other apps are requiring me to re-register or I have to download a certain item for it to run again! What purpose is the TM backup if you have to go through that hassle? Also my screen seems to have dead pixels which are annoying me big time! I never had those issues prior to the HD crashing. Everytime I click on something on screen, it leaves a small square mark on the screen until I scroll or refresh the screen it will leave. I unplugged the monitor and plugged it back in. I checked the display settings and that all checked out fine. I just want my computer back to how I had it and was hoping that was the whole reason for the Time Machine backups but I guess wrong.

DVX100Shooter wrote:
Maybe there is a way to set up Time Machine to do what I want but I never could figure it out. When I set up it originally, it was constantly backing my system up which is what we all want it to do. My issue with that is I noticed when I was not using my computer, it would not sleep because of the TM doing its job. So that is why I stopped the backups in early October. I was hoping to do backups once or twice a week but it seems like its constantly backing up.
It sounds like you have problems with your system.
Time Machine backups shouldn't run constantly, or for very long (after the first full backup). If they do, it's an indication of a problem.
And the problem with your screen is another indication, likely of hardware problems.
I did install Leopard from the disc but can't remember if I ran repair permissions after it was installed. I couldn't see my screen during the install process for some reason. I could see it but it was hard to read. Once the install was complete, then the Leopard animated video played crystal clear. There's a chance I clicked on something I shouldn't have due to not being able to read the screen good.
The fact that the welcome video played means you did an +Erase and Install.+ That did just what it says: it erased the entire contents of your system, and installed Leopard.
If you then transferred/copied/restored things from your backups, that's why you now have the 2009 version of everything.
So with all that said, what is the best option right now?
First, what version of Leopard are you now on? If your Install disc wasn't 10.5.8, and you haven't run Software Update, download and instal the "combo" update. That's the cleverly-named combination of all the updates to Leopard since it was first released, so installing it should fix anything that's gone wrong since then, such as with one of the normal "point" updates. Info and download available at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_8_ComboUpdate
Whether you do that or not, run a +Repair Permissions+ via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder).
Then run the +Apple Hardware Test,+ either:
[Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509].
or if it's a PPC Mac, it's on one of the disc(s) that came with your Mac, and is tailored to it's particular hardware. The disk should have +Apple Hardware Test+ and instructions for running it printed in very tiny type.
If that shows hardware problems, take it to Apple.
And do regular backups. If they run for very long when you haven't changed much, see #D4 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum). If they seem too slow, see #D2 there.

System Preferences crashes- unable to open for over a week

Hello-
I purchased my macbook pro, 13" in August 2011. For the past week I haven't been able to open system preferences without it freezing/crashing. I did some research online and found two possible solutions: 1. verify and repair disks, which I did, and it did show that there were errors, but this did not solve my specific problem as stated above; and 2. go to library/preferences/ and remove the apple.com... and similar file, which I also did without success.
I am now lost at what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello-
I purchased my macbook pro, 13" in August 2011. For the past week I haven't been able to open system preferences without it freezing/crashing. I did some research online and found two possible solutions: 1. verify and repair disks, which I did, and it did show that there were errors, but this did not solve my specific problem as stated above; and 2. go to library/preferences/ and remove the apple.com... and similar file, which I also did without success.
I am now lost at what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Crashes once week to a blue screen

The PC crashes for example while reading a webpage and displays a blue screen that Windows has found error and shutdown to prevent damage, then it reboots. Happens randomly perhaps once every week in the last months. Drivers are checked.
Event manager shows these:
Error 20/03/2015 10:05:48 WMI 10 None
Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA "Win32_Processor" AND TargetInstance.LoadPercentage > 99" could not be reactivated in namespace "//./root/CIMV2" because of error 0x80041003. Events cannot be delivered through this filter until the problem is corrected.
Error 20/03/2015 10:05:44 Ntfs 137 (2)
The default transaction resource manager on volume System encountered a non-retryable error and could not start. The data contains the error code.
This question was solved.
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I'm no expert, but over several months I've been pursuing the cause of a similar problem, so I will offer what I have learned so far about troubleshooting such an issue.
First, get the following little tool: BlueScreenView.exe [http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html]. It's free [unless you do the right thing and offer a donation ] and it will allow you to get the offending filename -- it will be highlighted in light salmon [i.e. pink]. Try Googleing that -- or update this Post with the information it shows [if you double click on the row, it will popup a cool little window with all the information -- copy-paste from there, or take a screen shot, etc.
OR, if you don't want to risk installing "unknown" software, there's a way to get windows to pause at the BlueScreen, so you can write stuff down. I currently have Win 7, so I will give the instructions for it -- If your Operating System is different, the instructions may or may not apply and a Google session may be in order [search on things like "How to configure system failure and recovery options in Windows". But, for Win 7:
Click on the "Windows" button [used to be the "Start" button] [or hit the "Windows" key].
Click the "Control Panel" button.
Make sure the thing is sorted by "Larg Icons" [upper right corner].
Find the "System" icon and click it.
Click on "Advanced system settings" [left panel].
Select the "Advanced" tab [I guess that's "Advanced Advanced" or SUPER Advanced ]
Click on the Settings button in the "Startup and Recovery" group [bottom most].
In the "System Failure" group, make sure the "Automatically restart" box is unchecked.
Or, if you have a digital camera [smart phone is great for this], whip it out and grab a snapshot of the blue screen.
In my case it's a memory issue, so I used the Windows memory test to determine that my case is kinda weird -- still working on it [memory fails when populated to 8GB but not to 4GB -- same memory different capacity!].
Another possibility is a bad driver. This can be due to a driver that needs to be updated, or it was just implemented badly, or some other manufacturers driver is installed [e.g. an nvidia driver for an ATI video card or a Linksys driver for a D-Link card, etc] or it's malware [typical for malware to replace a driver and not function well, thus causing Blue Screens. Malware removal software should detect such things, but it's been my experience that one version of "Antivirus" [AV] will catch things that another won't and vice versa.
BlueScreenView may help in determining which driver. Again, try Googling the filename it indicates the Blue Screen occured at [Salmon colored] -- amazing the info/help you can find.

Occasionally (but not always), opening Firefox freezes/crashes my entire system. Why is this? Win7 64bit

Every few uses of Firefox, I click the icon to open the program, and my system freezes. Ctrl+Alt+Delete does nothing, Ctrl+Shift+Esc does nothing. The mouse won't move, keyboard non-functioning. I have to do a hard reset of my system (hold power button until it shuts off, restart). No crash report is generated/shown/submitted, probably because my computer freezes before Firefox can even open.
This does not happen with any other program, only Firefox. Running Windows 7 64-bit.
I have to fill out this form on Internet Explorer, because now after restarting my computer firefox won't open at all, regardless of which icon i click.

I have had a similar problem with my system. I just recently (within a week of this post) built a brand new desktop. I installed Windows 7 64-bit Home and had a clean install, no problems. Using IE downloaded an anti-virus program, and then, because it was the latest version, downloaded and installed Firefox 4.0. As I began to search the internet for other programs to install after about maybe 10-15 minutes my computer crashes. Blank screen (yet monitor was still receiving a signal from computer) and completely frozen (couldn't even change the caps and num lock on keyboard). I thought I perhaps forgot to reboot after an update so I did a manual reboot and it started up fine.
When ever I got on the internet (still using firefox) it would crash after anywhere between 5-15 minutes. Since I've had good experience with FF in the past I thought it must be either the drivers or a hardware problem. So in-between crashes I updated all the drivers. Still had the same problem. Took the computer to a friend who knows more about computers than I do, made sure all the drivers were updated, same problem. We thought that it might be a hardware problem (bad video card, chipset, overheating issues, etc.), but after my friend played around with my computer for a day he found that when he didn't start FF at all it worked fine, even after watching a movie, or going through a playlist on Youtube.
At the time of this posting I'm going to try to uninstall FF 4.0 and download and install FF 3.6.16 which is currently on my laptop and works like a dream. Hopefully that will do the trick, because I love using FF and would hate to have to switch to another browser. Hopefully Mozilla will work out the kinks with FF 4 so I can continue to use it.
I apologize for the lengthy post. Any feedback would be appreciated, but is not necessary. I will try and post back after I try FF 3.16.6.

Freezes on startup about once a week...

I have a Mac Pro 2,1 quad 2.66 that freezes on the gray screen with the apple logo about once a week or so. When it crashes the progress wheel appears and starts rotating under the apple logo. After that the the progress wheel will just stop and the machine will just sit there. Sometimes it attempts to restart itself but the same thing will happen. Otherwise, the machine operates perfectly with no other anomalies. Most start-ups are successful. Any thoughts?

This issue can be caused by the presence of leftover files in the Firefox program folder (defaults\pref) like a file firefox.js that overrides the update URL with a wrong link.
Do a clean reinstall and be sure to remove the Firefox program folder to remove the file(s) that cause the problem.
See:
* [/questions/826858]

Error message: "Warning: unresponsive script". Afterward, the system freezes and will then crash. Crash reports have been submitted many, many times without response. I have tried the fore-mentioned solutions with either no results or very bad results

Error message: "Warning: unresponsive script". Afterward, the system freezes and will then crash. Crash reports have been submitted many, many times without response. I have tried the fore-mentioned solutions with either no results or very bad results which I filed a report but did not receive an answer. The application to block scripts actually worsened the problem and I could not correct the situation for a while (no response from Firefox, at all). I have also been through this procedure without any one contacting me, AT ALL.
== URL of affected sites ==
http://http://www.facebook.com (always) and www.YouTube.com (sometimes)

There does appear to be any support whatsoever from mighty "non caring" FIREFOX & people are getting fed up. We may as well try another system, if they can't be bothered to provide any support for their system, we can't be bothered to use their system.
Brianeng

My S5 shuts down on its own with no warning, no rhyme or reason. It attempts to factory reboot when it does it too! It freezes up at least once a week and becomes a $600 worthless brick. This has all been happening since day two that I got it. Went ba

My S5 shuts down on its own with no warning, no rhyme or reason. It attempts to factory reboot when it does it too! It freezes up at least once a week and becomes a $600 worthless brick. This has all been happening since day two that I got it. Went back to Verizon store and they told me nothing was wrong with my phone and they would not replace it. I'm at my wit's end. HELP!

BambieS5,
Sorry to hear about your trouble with the s5! Does the trouble that you are having persist in Safe Mode? http://vz.to/1xp1XUi . Does the battery have any signs of cracking, corrosion or swelling?
BrianP_VZW
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X-Fi XtremeMusic - System freezes and crashes, MSI mother bo

Hi,
After installing X-Fi XtremeMusic to my system a problem appeared. As I noticed It appears mostly when I?m connected to the Internet and downloading something. The system freezes but this freezing is related to explorer.exe. The low panel with Start button freezes, connection to Internet finishes. If some other programs are working at that moment they function further but it is not possible to run new programs.So the system freezes or blue screen apears or computer restarts.
I tried to install the OS Windows XP Professional to a new disk dri've Seagate ST36082AS. After installing the OS, original drivers to my MSI mother board the computer was functioning well and downloading well too. Then I installed original driver for Sound Blaster X-Fi, DR release 2.7.3 and tried to start downloading. Soon the system freezed.
Please offer a solution.
Mother board: MSI MS-6590 (KT6 Delta) VIA? KT600 Chipset
BIOS: AMI 5.7 update date 2004--
RAM: 52 Mb.
CPU: Athlon 2500+
Dri've: Seagate ST36082AS 60 Gb
OS: Windows XP Professional SP2

MSI 865 Neo2 V
INTEL Prescott 3200
X-fi Xtreme Gamer
i've tried last bios 6.20 from MSI;
last chipset drivers from MSI
last X-fi drivers from creative SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_09_0007
System still crashin' when X-fi is called to play any sound more then 2 min.
I know i'm a member of X-fi crash-club just now
good work to all drivers developers and marketing team too :P

Airport Extreme 802.11g freezes/crashes weekly

I have a Airport Extreme 802.11g that I have had for a few years. I use it to connect to the Internet via cable modem, and have both Ethernet and WiFi clients. It has worked fine in the past, but in the last couple months it has started crashing roughly once a week. When it crashes, I can see the WiFi SSID being announced, but when clients try to connect they get timeouts. I also cannot get an IP address via DHCP on the LAN port when it has crashed. Airport Utility cannot reach the Airport from either WiFi or Ethernet when it has crashed.
Power cycling the Airport Extreme fixes the problem every time, but since has happened ~10 times, this indicates a worrisome problem to me. I guess my next step will be to try re-uploading the latest firmware, and perhaps save my configuration to a file and then try restoring the default settings. Is there anything else I can do to try to root out the problem?
If I can't fix it, I suppose I'll buy a Time Capsule, but I'd be happier just getting my current hardware to work reliably.
Mahalo!

I just inherited one of these routers from a friend. It's running the 5.7 firmware...the latest version. I'm also seeing random lockups. When it happens, only the power light on the AE is on...the other two don't flash at all.
I think it's related to overall traffic, because I was running a program called "namebench" which tries to determine the best DNS servers in your area. It does this test by sending 2000+ requests to name servers as quickly as possible and tallying the response results. When I let the program run only once, it usually works. But when I set it to run the test 3 consecutive times, after slamming the base station for over 5 minutes it would lock up consistently every time.
I've read from a variety of sources that this is a problem that began when Apple upgraded the firmware from 5.5.1 to 5.6. The 5.6 firmware was pulled for a while, and then 5.7 came out, but apparently did not resolve the issue. But there's been no update since.
I could downgrade to 5.5.1 but I'd lose WPA2 support. So if anyone from Apple has any suggestions, that would be appreciated. I realize these are older units, but the 5.6/5.7 firmware versions seem to have some issues that really need to be addressed.
-- Matt Ryan

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