Total lock-ups with fan running - translate system.log file please!?

Hi, all. My late 2005 2.3 gig dual G5 has been experiencing random lock ups for as long as I can remember. My system is up to date and I have tested each pair of the 5 gigs of ram that I have and the system freezes with each pair. It can happen at any time, when I am doing absolutely nothing, for example, overnight. I am at my wits end!
Here's the system log file for the latest freezes. Can anyone tell me what's going on here??? I really need to get to the root of this problem. Thanks so so much in advance.
Apr 12 17:32:52 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect: connect on /Volumes/Macintosh HD failed 89.
Apr 12 17:32:52 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount: /Volumes/Macintosh HD, flags 524288, pid 62
Apr 12 17:44:46 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Library/Application Support/FLEXnet Publisher/Service/11.03.005/FNPLicensingService: Started\n
Apr 12 17:44:46 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Library/Application Support/FLEXnet Publisher/Service/11.03.005/FNPLicensingService: This service performs licensing functions on behalf of FLEXnet enabled products.\n
Apr 12 18:01:06 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
Apr 12 18:01:49 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
Apr 12 18:08:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer diskarbitrationd[69]: SDCopy [1056]:36091 not responding.
Apr 12 18:16:18 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
Apr 12 18:16:53 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
Apr 12 19:24:12 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer ntpd[191]: time reset -0.650307 s
Apr 13 01:05:45 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer ntpd[191]: time reset -0.496917 s
Apr 13 03:15:03 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted
Apr 13 07:15:03 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer postfix/postqueue[1778]: warning: Mail system is down -- accessing queue directly
Apr 13 03:15:03 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation not permitted
Apr 13 15:53:53 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
Apr 13 15:53:54 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer KernelEventAgent[62]: tid 00000000 received unknown event (256)
Apr 13 22:15:48 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Apr 13 22:15:47 localhost mDNSResponder-108.6 (Jul 19 2007 11: 33:32)[63]: starting
Apr 13 22:15:48 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 506550 free pages
Apr 13 22:15:47 localhost memberd[70]: memberd starting up
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 70
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Added extension "com.firmtek.driver.FTATASil3132E" from archive.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Added extension "com.firmtek.driver.Sil3112DeviceNub" from archive.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: using 5242 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: AppleKauaiATA shasta-ata features enabled
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: DART enabled
Apr 13 22:15:47 localhost DirectoryService[75]: Launched version 2.1 (v353.6)
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Apple ID 52 built-in now active, GUID 001451ff fe1b4c7e; max speed s800.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:48 localhost lookupd[71]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sun Apr 13 22:15:48 2008
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: USBF: 20.590 OHCI driver: OHCIRootHubPortPower bit not sticking (1). Retrying.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.microsoft.driver.MicrosoftKeyboardUSB" has no kernel dependency.
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSMUparent::clientNotifyData nobody registed for 0x40
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: disabled
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 82827EDF-0263-3B93-BEED-4B114E820B85
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/MacRISC4PE/ht@0,f2000000/AppleMacRiscHT/pci@9/IOPCI2PCIBridge/k2-sat a-root@C/AppleK2SATARoot/k2-sata@0/AppleK2SATA/ATADeviceNub@0/IOATABlockStorageD river/IOATABlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/ST3320620AS Media/IOApplePartitionScheme/AppleHFS_Untitled1@10
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s10, major 14, minor 12
Apr 13 22:15:49 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 8451584 to: 11420160 (joffset 0x952000)
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSMU -- shutdown cause = 3
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: AppleSMU::PMU vers = 0x000d00a0, SPU vers = 0x67, SDB vers = 0x01,
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 8 orphaned unlinked files
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 3
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV40HAL loaded and registered.
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: PowerMac112ThermalProfile::start 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: PowerMac112ThermalProfile::end 1
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: SMUNeo2PlatformPlugin::initThermalProfile - entry
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: SMUNeo2PlatformPlugin::initThermalProfile - calling adjust
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: PowerMac112ThermalProfile::adjustThermalProfile start
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: BCM5701Enet: Ethernet address 00:14:51:61:ee:78
Apr 13 22:15:50 localhost kernel[0]: BCM5701Enet: Ethernet address 00:14:51:61:ee:79
Apr 13 22:15:51 localhost lookupd[86]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sun Apr 13 22:15:51 2008
Apr 13 22:15:51 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 21611008 to: 7857152 (joffset 0x952000)
Apr 13 22:15:51 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 673280 to: 24382976 (joffset 0x952000)
Apr 13 22:15:51 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: replay_journal: from: 3890176 to: 6294016 (joffset 0x7d01000)
Apr 13 22:15:51 localhost diskarbitrationd[69]: disk0s10 hfs 82827EDF-0263-3B93-BEED-4B114E820B85 NewestSeagate /
Apr 13 22:15:52 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA,Display-A: vram [90020000:10000000]
Apr 13 22:15:52 localhost mDNSResponder: Adding browse domain local.
Apr 13 22:15:53 localhost kernel[0]: hfs mount: enabling extended security on Maxtor
Apr 13 22:15:53 localhost diskarbitrationd[69]: disk1s3 hfs 0DBE2113-B1F5-388F-BF70-2E366A095330 Maxtor /Volumes/Maxtor
Apr 13 22:15:54 localhost kernel[0]: NVDA,Display-B: vram [94000000:08000000]
Apr 13 22:15:54 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: setting hostname to "Marc-Weinbergs-Computer.local"
Apr 13 22:15:54 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow: Login Window Application Started
Apr 13 22:15:56 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer diskarbitrationd[69]: disk2s3 hfs 971CABB3-C211-38FC-8E91-6B4F8EA5FA20 B08-09-07 /Volumes/B08-09-07
Apr 13 22:15:56 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer loginwindow[110]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Apr 13 22:15:57 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer kernel[0]: AppleBCM5701Ethernet - en1 link active, 1000-Mbit, full duplex, symmetric flow control enabled
Apr 13 22:15:57 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: AppleTalk startup
Apr 13 22:15:57 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer TabletDriver[119]: #### GetFrontProcess failed to get front process (-600)
Apr 13 22:15:59 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Apr 13 22:16:00 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Apr 13 22:16:00 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: executing /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/Kicker.bundle/Contents/Resources/enable-net work
Apr 13 22:16:00 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Apr 13 22:16:01 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer lookupd[123]: lookupd (version 369.5) starting - Sun Apr 13 22:16:01 2008
Apr 13 22:16:01 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 2 orphaned unlinked files
Apr 13 22:16:01 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer diskarbitrationd[69]: disk3s3 hfs CDA8BCC5-0CE4-33E8-A910-4B0952DBC230 FullBU-09-07 /Volumes/FullBU-09-07
Apr 13 22:16:04 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: target=enable-network: disabled
Apr 13 22:16:05 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer configd[67]: AppleTalk startup complete
Apr 13 22:16:09 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer TabletDriver[237]: #### GetFrontProcess failed to get front process (-600)
Apr 13 22:16:09 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer launchd[241]: com.wacom.wacomtablet: exited with exit code: 253
Apr 13 22:16:09 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer launchd[241]: com.wacom.wacomtablet: 9 more failures without living at least 60 seconds will cause job removal
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:28 EDT 2008] : ATA device 'ST3320620AS', serial number '6QF0L6LR', reports it is functioning at a temperature of 95.0F (35C) degrees.
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:28 EDT 2008] : Spare blocks for ATA device 'ST3320620AS', serial number '6QF0L6LR', appear to still be available. (Total Available: 36) (Use Attempts: 0)
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:29 EDT 2008] : ATA device 'ST3320620AS', serial number '6QF0LGS4', reports it is functioning at a temperature of 100.4F (38C) degrees.
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:29 EDT 2008] : Spare blocks for ATA device 'ST3320620AS', serial number '6QF0LGS4', appear to still be available. (Total Available: 36) (Use Attempts: 0)
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:29 EDT 2008] : ATA device 'ST3320620AS', serial number '9RV000FC', reports it is functioning at a temperature of 95.0F (35C) degrees.
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:29 EDT 2008] : Spare blocks for ATA device 'ST3320620AS', serial number '9RV000FC', appear to still be available. (Total Available: 36) (Use Attempts: 0)
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:29 EDT 2008] : ATA device 'Maxtor 6B300S0', serial number 'B6211G0H', reports it is functioning at a temperature of 89.6F (32C) degrees.
Apr 13 22:16:29 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /Applications/DiskWarrior.app/Contents/MacOS/DiskWarriorDaemon: [Sun Apr 13 22:16:29 EDT 2008] : Spare blocks for ATA device 'Maxtor 6B300S0', serial number 'B6211G0H', appear to still be available. (Total Available: 63) (Use Attempts: 0)
Apr 13 22:16:54 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder: _TIFFVSetField: tiff data provider: Invalid tag "Copyright" (not supported by codec).\n
Apr 13 22:16:54 Marc-Weinbergs-Computer /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder: _TIFFVSetField: tiff data provider: Invalid tag "Copyright" (not supported by codec).\n
etc.

Hi-
The machine seems to be having trouble with loading certain drivers, but, as this isn't a crash log, and doesn't show the "hang-up" or freeze, it's hard to tell.
Noted possibilities are:
-Microsoft keyboard (possible USB power problem)
-firmtek driver (from archive) questionable due to the "archive" annotation
-Wacom tablet driver, causing system problems
Running in Safe mode without freezes would help to determine if one of these drivers is the problem.
Other possibilities are outdated drivers, or simply a need to reinstall the OS.
If unnecessary, removing the driver(s) would be a good idea.
External USB and Firewire devices are all suspect, should all be disconnected, revert to Apple keyboard, and test system performance. Adding one device at a time, and testing each will be necessary to clear each device.
I have experienced system trouble when a Wacom tablet was not connected, but the driver was left installed.
Disabling the driver from Startup items may be necessary to test without the Wacom tablet connected.

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How may I view and clean system log files?

Thank you Niel.
I have obtained the list at /private/var/log.
There are a lot of files in there.
Since I am not familiar with functions of these files should I be concerned that by simply deleting all of the files in folder /private/var/log will not cause any problems? Would this action present some unintended consequences?

System Logs & File Tags - logic board replacement

Hi,
I do have some queries for the logic board replacement on macbook pro running Yosemite:
If logic board is replaced -
1) Does the system log files available in console [Finder -> Applications -> Utilities -> Console] gets deleted or they will still be showing up from the date prior to the replacement of the logic board?
2) If I've created file tags before LB replacement, will they still show up after the replacement?
Any insight into the above will be of immense help.
Thanks.

It would need to be done by Apple Service. They should have the equipment to do this. Your serial number can be found under the battery and on you box your MacBook came in.

System.log files filling up in 10.6?

Something is filling up my system log files, to the point that console.app will only show the last half hour of each file. It looks like something is trying to escape its sandbox, but I'm not exactly sure what... I'm getting MANY repeated messages that look like:
Feb 3 00:29:57 Brians-mini sandboxd[16]: syslogd(15) deny file-read-data /private/var/log/asl/StoreData
Feb 3 00:29:57 Brians-mini sandboxd[16]: syslogd(15) deny mach-task-name
Feb 3 00:29:59: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Feb 3 00:29:57 Brians-mini sandboxd[16]: * process 16 exceeded 500 log message per second limit - remaining messages this second discarded *
Feb 3 00:29:57 Brians-mini sandboxd[16]: syslogd(15) deny mach-task-name
has anyone seen this? (And does this belong in a different forum?)

It sounds like someone may be trying to connect to your computer. When things are repeatedly denied, especially task-opening commands, it is usually suspected that something is trying to get in. This may be malicious, or may not be, depending on how you connect to the Internet. If you share a connection at home or even between residencies (check with your ISP if you're not sure), it can be normal. See if it still happens after you physically disconnect the network. Also, make sure to disconnect peripherals just to make sure they aren't causing any of the issues.

System.log file

I need to find the system.log file, but cannot. Where is it?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers,
Jurgen

To see the log's contents, open the Console in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and click on the Logs button; one of the entries will be the system.log.
To see the log itself, choose Go to Folder from the Finder's Go menu, enter /private/var/log/ as the folder's path, and locate the system.log file when that folder appears.
(10574)

System.log file super bloat!

Tonight my hard disk suddenly started filling rapidly on it's own and I traced the problem down to an amazingly fast growing system.log file. It appeared to be corrupt because the Console app didn't see it when I tried to read it there to see what was filling it. It got up to 6GB!
I pulled the file out of there and things seem okay (I still have it in visible form on another drive). Is is at problem that now my OS X drive has no system.log file? Will it create one on it's own eventually? Is there some way for me to replace it?
Any ideas why it would have done that?
Thanks for any education!
-Dave

Hi Tenfresh, you don't list your system specs so it's hard to tell but this may have been your issue:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300893
Yes, the system.log will recreate, if it hasn't done so already.
-mj
[email protected]

When upgrading from 10.7 to 10.8.2, are the system.log files backed up anywhere?

One of my clients needs to confirm whether a USB device was plugged into their computer between two dates in September 2012 because they're worried some sensitive data may have been stolen. However, their computers were upgraded from 10.7 to 10.8.2 on the 29th of November 2012, and since the kernel.log and system.log files have now been combined in this update, it has obviously created a new file in the new format. Sadly, this has only come to light now, and there appear to be no backups of the whole drive from before this date.
Does anyone know if the 10.7 logfiles would have been preserved anywhere during the upgrade, or are they lost for good?

No, the merging operation deletes the old files during upgrading the OS X. Have you tried searching even hidden files starting at the root level so see if anything has been hidden away somewhere? I haven't seen the upgrade do that but if this is really important it may be worth the effort.

BSOD / Lock-ups with new Q9550 in P965 Platinum

MSI P965 Platinum Mobo
E6700 CPU, recently upgraded to Q9550
Zalman Cu heat sink + fan.
4GB Corsair 6400 C4 (4-4-4-12 800 MHz)
MSI 8800 GTX graphics
Auzentech Meridian sound
2 x 36GB Raptors RAID 0 (System)
2 x 250 GB Western Digital Caviar WD2500KS RAID 0 (Data)
Corsair HX620W PSU
All drives attached to the ICH8R Intel RAID controller.
BIOS: 1.8 (latest)
Vista Ultimate 32 bit SP1 + latest patches
Intel Matrix Storage Manager v8.6
Hi all,
I have run with the above hardware specification since Jan 2007 without experiencing any hardware problems at all. Two weeks ago I upgraded the CPU from an E6700 dual-core to a Q9550 quad. I was a little concerned about doing this, because the P965 supports a max FSB of 1066 and the Q9550 is rated at 1333. In any case, I Googled around and found that some flavours of the Q9550 had been tested on my mobo (http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-MSI/P965_Platinum_(MS-238).html) and also MSI list the Q9550 stepping C1 as being compatible so I took the leap.
Early indications were good - Vista detected the new chip and I rebooted when prompted. However, in the space of two weeks I have experienced around one or two BSODs per day STOP 101 or 124 codes. Hmm!
I have switched back to my trusty E6700 chip and the system is then as solid as a rock. I see 3 possibilities here:
1.The Mobo website (MSI P965) lists the Q9550 stepping type C1 as being compatible. There is no mention of E0 or C0 which seem to be the other two variants. I have no idea which stepping type mine is as the product numbers for the Q9550 chips are all the same (EU80569PJ073N or BX80569Q9550) regardless of whether it is a C0, C1 or E0 stepping. Is there any way to tell which on I have - I tried with CPU-Z but didn't spot the stepping type? In any case, could this be the problem or am I off-base?
2. It's possible I have a faulty chip. How likely is this do you think? I could ask for a swap with Novatech but could be back in the same boat, and they will reject the return unless it is 'proven faulty'.
3. I need to mod the clocking on my rig to support the Q9550. If so, can anyone advise on what I should do?
I doubt the problem is caused by an OS factor as I ran some tested in an XP pre-boot environmet and still got the lock-ups.
What should I do? i don't really want to ebay the chip at say a £50 loss if i can help it.
Many thanks in advance.

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I have no idea which stepping type mine is as the product numbers for the Q9550 chips are all the same (EU80569PJ073N or BX80569Q9550) regardless of whether it is a C0, C1 or E0 stepping.
No, the OEM Order Code is different, and the sSpec Number also.
Have a look at these links
Q9550=SLAWQ=C1--> http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLAWQ
Q9550=SLB8V=E0 --> http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB8V

Please help! Major problems (performance and lock-ups) with brand new W520 with Intel 520 SSD

My company primarily uses HP machines but I've been a long time IBM (now Lenovo) fan so I recently had IT purchase me a new Lenovo W520 (product ID 42763LU).
Once the machine arrived I had them do the following:
Remove the 500GB HDD and replace it with an Intel 520 series 240GB SSD
Remove the optical drive and install the 500GB hard drive that came with the machine in the optical bay (with the bay adapter of course)
Format both drives and put a preconfigured windows 7 64-bit image on the SSD
A general summary of the system is the following:
Intel i7-2860QM CPU
8GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 1000M
Intel 520 240GB SSD (primary HDD) [SSDSC2CW240A3]
Hitachi 500GB HDD (optical bay) [HTS727550A9E365]
Intel Advanced-N 6205 network adapter
TouchChip Fingerprint Scanner
The machine was a few days delayed getting to me due to "hard drive driver issues" (that's what I was told). When I received the machine I immediately noticed that it was much slower than I expected (I have a custom built i5 HTPC at home running windows 7 on a Crucial SATA III SSD that I was comparing it to) and I was experiencing frequent hangs (ranging from 30 seconds to multiple minutes), super long boot times, general “slowness” at times, and occasional lock-ups. Since our "baseline" laptop here at work is the "equivalent" HP workstation my IT guys have been less than helpful in helping me to solve this issue. Being reasonably computer savvy I decided to try to try to fix the issue myself. I performed the following “troubleshooting” steps:
1. One of the first issues (errors) I noticed in the event viewer was errors related to the optical drive. Clearly the image they installed on the machine was not from a machine with the same hardware configuration. So, I decided to just wipe the machine and perform a fresh install of windows 7 from the disks (well, USB). After spending multiple days installing windows, performing updates, making sure all the drivers were current, and installing only the critical software I need, I was disappointed to realize that although I fixed the optical drive errors the machine was still slow, was hanging, and locking up regularly.
2. Removed the cover on the machine and removed/reinstalled the drive to verify it was secure.Everything looked good.
3. Verified the latest firmware is installed on all my Intel hardware. Everything seemed up to date.
4. I performed a number of troubleshooting steps like booting the machine with/without the battery, with/without the HDD in the optical bay, installed/removed from the docking station, etc. and none of these things helped (also a note – occasionally when running on the battery I was hearing a strange “buzz” or “static” sound coming from the area around the SSD).
5. Next I did some internet research and learned quite a few things. First, it sounds like others have had similar problems with this machine and/or SSD combo and there were quite a few options suggested to “fix” these issues. The general consensus for troubleshooting steps were:
5.1. Download and install the latest Intel chipset drivers and AHCI controller drivers (overwriting whatever windows installs during updates).This didn’t fix anything.
5.2. Turn off PCI express link state power management in the power manager. This didn’t fix anything.
5.3. Disable superfetch, prefetch, indexing, defragmentation, page file, system restore, and hibernate. A few of these were already disabled by windows so in those cases I just verified they were disabled in the services and application editor. These things may have slightly increased performance but did not fix the major hang/lockup issues I was having.
5.4. I followed online steps to edit the registry to disable the PCI link power management by adding ports, adding the required variables, and setting them all to 0. This did seem to have fixed the hangs and/or lock-ups but the machine is still much slower than I would expect (boot times are still pretty slow and it does “stutter” when I’m doing more than one thing at a time. Also a note here – I have the Intel SSD toolbox installed and I noticed that it was giving me a warning for DIPM not being optimized. I made the mistake of clicking “Tune!” and then started having the hang/lock-up issues again. I went back into the registry and sure enough the PCI link power management variables for ports 0 and 1 were set back to 1. I set them back to 0 and the hangs have gone away. I will not be “tuning” the DIPM through the Intel SSD toolbox again…
6. I also fixed a couple of other minor errors I was seeing in the event viewer by disabling benign services and/or making slight timeout modifications (I researched each issue on the internet to verify they were benign before I implemented any changes). These fixes didn't seem to do anything other than make some of the errors/warnings go away. So, the list of errors/warnings has become much smaller but I’m still getting the following (maybe an issue, maybe not?):
Event ID 37 for every processor saying that they are in a reduced performance state for xx seconds since the last report
Event ID 10002 - WLAN Extensibility Module has stopped
Event ID 4001 - WLAN AutoConfig service has successfully stopped
Event ID 27 – Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection link is disconnected
I suspect the WLAN errors have something to do with windows fighting with the Lenovo access connection tools?
7. Since the machine still seemed slow I downloaded the program AS SSD and checked the performance of the SSD. When I compared my performance numbers to the benchmark numbers I found onlineI was very surprised to discover that I’m getting about 50% of the performance that I should (values below are read/write).
Seq: 262.11 / 188.32 (s/b 504.58 / 298.28) [MB/s]
4K: 15.83 / 44.92 (s/b 21.70 / 62.60) [MB/s]
4K-64Thrd: 165.23 / 154.46 (s/b 241.38 / 234.08) [MB/s]
Acc.time: 0.218 / 0.294 (s/b .0186 / 0.208) [ms]
Score: 207 / 208 (s/b 314 / 327)
Overall Score: 533 (s/b 797)
One more note - it seems like my cooling fan is running at a high speed almost all of the time. This is probably one of my power settings (I think I have it set for max performance) but it's even doing this when there is no load (i.e. I'm using IE and just vieweing webpages - like right now).
So, I apologize for such a long post but I’ve spent countless hours researching and troubleshooting this problem and haven’t been able to figure out what the heck is wrong here. Am I missing something simple or do you guys think I have a SSD and/or problem with the machine itself? To say that any and all help would be greatly appreciated would be a massive understatement – I’m on the verge of pulling my hair out and I really need this machine working as quickly as possible!
Please let me know if you have any suggestions and/or need additional information. Thanks in advance for your help!
-Erik

Lol gotcha about the drive as an option. I didn't go SSD with mine. Do you have the latest firmware on your drive? It is supposed to be v1.97. Just checking (ah and I see item 3 so guess so). Do you have the SSD drive toolbox software installed?
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Solid+State+Drives+and+Cach...)
Seems some useful tools are in there. I can't say much beyond that with the drive. Oh. Why does your fan always run at high speed? Can you describe that? I mean, are we troubleshooting the right kind of issue? Is there anything else going on with your system? I saw about the reduced core speeds message. what are your system loads like? Anything causing high cpu utilization? Could be something other than the drive causing your low numbers and lockups.

Total lock-ups with fan running - translate system.log file please!?

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