I have been experiencing too many crashes and hangs on my Mac Pro lately and I don't know if it is a software or hardware issue.
here's my machine info:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.7f10
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D573)
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.3.0
Boot Volume: Snow Leopard
I have had odd colored single pixel horizontal stripes (usually only one at a time) that show across a browser window, or DVD window. This is generally not a problem, but I thought it may be an indicator of a graphics card problem?
The system hangs during many different events, not consistently, such as when the screen saver comes on. In most cases, the system stops responding to all key commands, sometimes shows the beach ball, and the only way out is to hold down the front system button to restart.
A few times the display turned itself off, power indicator also, and the system had to be restarted.
I have booted from Techtool pro eDrive, check and repaired permissions, checked hardware with their suite of tests, and nothing shows as wrong.
how can I inspect the console to determine if the errors are hardware or software related? Since the crashing is completely random, I can not isolate one thing as the problem.
Any ideas? I'm thinking I have to try a fresh install on a new drive, but that is such a painful and time consuming prospect.... uugghh!!
here's my machine info:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.7f10
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.3 (10D573)
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.3.0
Boot Volume: Snow Leopard
I have had odd colored single pixel horizontal stripes (usually only one at a time) that show across a browser window, or DVD window. This is generally not a problem, but I thought it may be an indicator of a graphics card problem?
The system hangs during many different events, not consistently, such as when the screen saver comes on. In most cases, the system stops responding to all key commands, sometimes shows the beach ball, and the only way out is to hold down the front system button to restart.
A few times the display turned itself off, power indicator also, and the system had to be restarted.
I have booted from Techtool pro eDrive, check and repaired permissions, checked hardware with their suite of tests, and nothing shows as wrong.
how can I inspect the console to determine if the errors are hardware or software related? Since the crashing is completely random, I can not isolate one thing as the problem.
Any ideas? I'm thinking I have to try a fresh install on a new drive, but that is such a painful and time consuming prospect.... uugghh!!