Tonight, I was video chatting on iChat when suddenly my Mac Pro (2007 8-core) kernel panicked. This is something I haven't seen for several months, ever since Apple seemed to have resolved whatever issue was causing my Mac Pro to kernel panic every time my Presonus Firebox was connected/disconnected.
I restarted. I logged in fine and up popped my desktop. However, after a few seconds, nearly everything from the upper right of the taskbar disappeared (Bluetooth, Airport, Speaker, Eject, Time, etc.). The mouse was frozen. Startup items seemed to keep loading (SnapzXPro screen loaded, Spyder Color Calibration loaded), but my mouse and keyboard did absolutely nothing.
In hindsight, it may be worth noting that my keyboard/mouse are bluetooth, and when the computer kernal panicked during iChat, I was fiddling with my apple bluetooth headset (using it for the video chat).
So with the computer freezing constantly, I figured my third-party RAM would be at fault (I've had two sticks fail before). I have 4x1GB sticks (third-party) and 2x512MB sticks (Apple). I proceeded to remove all my RAM and reboot with as many configurations as possible. Apple-only RAM booted fine. Any combination of 2 sticks (besides the Apple) froze. Two of the 1GB sticks would freeze when used individually, the other two would not freeze when used individually. I tried resetting the PRAM. Nothing.
Then I put the Apple RAM back in alone, figuring "Hey, may as well have the computer working." The computer froze.
I put ALL 5GB of RAM back into the computer. The computer did not freeze. The computer has been running now for about 45 minutes. Not running many apps, only Mail. Now it is idling and I'm on my MacBook Pro. I e-mailed myself the system log from the Mac Pro. Anytime I shutdown the computer properly, it says so and says "Previous shutdown cause: 5", but when it shutdown improperly, it says "Previous shutdown cause: 3".
Now, has anyone had experience with this? I intend on calling Apple tomorrow evening and seeing what they think, but I want to know if anyone has experience with this... I researched it a bit and some people have had similar issues caused by their graphics card. I have the ATi x1900XT 512MB.
I restarted. I logged in fine and up popped my desktop. However, after a few seconds, nearly everything from the upper right of the taskbar disappeared (Bluetooth, Airport, Speaker, Eject, Time, etc.). The mouse was frozen. Startup items seemed to keep loading (SnapzXPro screen loaded, Spyder Color Calibration loaded), but my mouse and keyboard did absolutely nothing.
In hindsight, it may be worth noting that my keyboard/mouse are bluetooth, and when the computer kernal panicked during iChat, I was fiddling with my apple bluetooth headset (using it for the video chat).
So with the computer freezing constantly, I figured my third-party RAM would be at fault (I've had two sticks fail before). I have 4x1GB sticks (third-party) and 2x512MB sticks (Apple). I proceeded to remove all my RAM and reboot with as many configurations as possible. Apple-only RAM booted fine. Any combination of 2 sticks (besides the Apple) froze. Two of the 1GB sticks would freeze when used individually, the other two would not freeze when used individually. I tried resetting the PRAM. Nothing.
Then I put the Apple RAM back in alone, figuring "Hey, may as well have the computer working." The computer froze.
I put ALL 5GB of RAM back into the computer. The computer did not freeze. The computer has been running now for about 45 minutes. Not running many apps, only Mail. Now it is idling and I'm on my MacBook Pro. I e-mailed myself the system log from the Mac Pro. Anytime I shutdown the computer properly, it says so and says "Previous shutdown cause: 5", but when it shutdown improperly, it says "Previous shutdown cause: 3".Now, has anyone had experience with this? I intend on calling Apple tomorrow evening and seeing what they think, but I want to know if anyone has experience with this... I researched it a bit and some people have had similar issues caused by their graphics card. I have the ATi x1900XT 512MB.