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MacPro Harpertown Flaws - Leopard?? HELP!
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That's great that you got a new one and its working like it should
. Thanks for the answer!
That's great that you got a new one and its working like it should
Yea, I'm pumped. Going from G4 to this is insane. I feel spoiled. lol ... Where abouts from Boston are you from?
Yeah, no kidding. I'm going from a PowerBook G4.
I live in the Back Bay/Fenway area and go to Berklee College of Music. How about you?
Northshore area, went to AI New England awhile back. Now work at a production company and also do side work.
The only thing occurring here and there is this weird mirror effect on the dock. (As seen below.) Hopefully 10.5.2 is going to fix this. When it happens, all I have to do is restart it and fixes itself. But I haven't been getting any freezes so far... What's even odder is that you can't take a snapshot of the screen when it happens. Had to use a camera.
Very interesting... It looks like the bottom 20 (or so) lines of pixels on the screen is displaying the same line, over and over again, rather than what is supposed to be there.
Unlike the problems you were having with your previous Mac, this could very well be a driver issue. If this isn't fixed in 10.5.2, you've got to hassle around with Apple to make sure they are aware of the issue so that it will get fixed soon.
I'm curious if it's possible the monitor is playing a roll. Next time it happens, see if just resetting the monitor but not the computer makes it go away.
Try
1. Turn monitor off and on.
2. If that doesn't have an effect, unplug the monitor cable from the MP and plug it back in.
3. If that doesn't have an effect, unplug the monitor cable from the MP, then unplug the monitor from the wall, wait ~10 sec, plug it back in to the wall and then plug the monitor cable back in to the MP.
#2 and #3 will probably cause the OS X graphics driver to reset to some extent, so I'm not sure what they prove, monitor vs. driver-wise.
but if none of these affect the problem, then it's got to be the graphics driver, OS X, or (possibly) a GPU hardware problem.
Oh yeah, does jiggling the cable connecting the monitor to the MP seem to have any affect on the issue? Seems really unlikely given the symptoms you're having, but the cable is always something to consider...
Anyway, I'm on the verge of buying a MP just like yours, so I have a direct, personal interest in you resolving this! Good luck...
Oh, one more thing: If you drag something over the affected area of the screen, is the corruption "live?" That is, does it change as you drag something around it? Or does it look like it gets overwritten with the correct pixels? Or is it "dead" -- nothing you do has any affect on those pixels?
Probably not, Apple's site still says 5-7 weeks (2-3 weeks when upgrading your CTO).
Can't wait to see what people do say about the 8800GT. I will most likely purchase it around May along with 4 more gigs of ram.
BINGO! It's the monitor. That same issue came back. Turned off monitor and then turned it back on, now it's working fine. Very odd. Surprised I didn't try that before. Either way, my last MacPro had some mad issues. lol
BINGO! It's the monitor. That same issue came back. Turned off monitor and then turned it back on, now it's working fine. Very odd. Surprised I didn't try that before. Either way, my last MacPro had some mad issues. lol
Well, now you know
Started to have some lockup problems when using ichat video. Keeps freezing and crashing ichat. Come on 10.5.2. You better fix my stuff.
After having problems on my previous Harpertown, everything is rockin' out awesome on the 2nd one. Have had no issues as of yet. ::knocks on wood:: 10.5.2 will be an extreme help for us MacPro owners.
I wonder what the real world numbers are for this particular problem. Thanks guys for posting. I'm one of those in line with the 8800. Every day I seriously consider just canceling the order. I need a pro machine, not some unstable beta box- the idea being to enjoy the processing advantages over my G5 d2.0. Downtime due to yet to be worked out bugs with drivers or firmware would be a major bummer. The old dual 2.0 G5 is slow as whale poop in RT playback in FCP and for Compressor jobs, but also very stable (with Tiger of course.)
Do not cancel that order. lol You will love this machine trust me, mine just a had a weird glitch. I'm sure the 8800GT is gonna run awesome on the machine and that all the kinks are worked out in 10.5.2 for it. I just have the worst luck when I buy the first round of computers. But everything is working great now. It'll blow your G5 down to a G3. lol
Yeah, I wouldn't cancel your order though. Even though I've had the weird graphics freeze issue, when this machine is functioning properly it's fast as all get out. Plus, I really don't think there will be any issues with the nVidia cards since this little bug seems to mimic the iMac freeze issues we had recently. Which, BTW are both ATI related.
OK, I am having the same problem on boot up not being able to find the OS...I get the blinking folder with question mark.
All I have done to work around is turn off then start up holding the option key. It finds Mac HD, I can select it and all is well.
I haven't tried resetting PRAM/SMC yet. I have the stock config and added a second seagate 7200.11 500GB drive to bay 2.
Is there anything I can try, or do I need to just take this thing in to an apple store. I am within my 14 day window untill saturday.
Whats the best way to perserve everything I've done so far? I have Time Machine running, so assuming I get a new machine, would setting it up from time machine be a reasonable way to go?
When are ya'll gonna realize its not worth the troubles buying a mac pro or any new mac at all, there always seems to be dozens of problems occurring which is rediculous for the price you pay when you could of gotten a HP, gateway , or Dell quad that would out perform the mac anyways , i mean lets face it OSX is awesome i know but im my opinion what ive learned is its better to be on a crappy os and have a perfectly working computer with no issues then to have an awesome OS with new computers problems everyday which is what i faced with apple. my 2 cents
also for the month ive had vista now i haven't had one crash at all it really isn't as bad as people play it to be everything actually runs alot faster than my imac and mac pro (2.4 quad) did with leopard or tiger and the mac pro was double price :-/ i think as apple customers we deserved fair prices instead of gettin ripped off.
also for the month ive had vista now i haven't had one crash at all it really isn't as bad as people play it to be everything actually runs alot faster than my imac and mac pro (2.4 quad) did with leopard or tiger and the mac pro was double price :-/ i think as apple customers we deserved fair prices instead of gettin ripped off.
with all due respect... (and not feeding an Apple/PC debate, really)
I'm glad your PC is working for you, but:
A) I love my OSX workflow and Apple. I use Microsoft (XP pro) as well, but for the business side of my business, not the production side.
B) I'm invested in time and money in Apple. I'm not changing 5 grand in software to another platform unless I have DAMN good reason, lol. Plus I'd have to learn to edit video on Adobe or Sony software. Naw thanks.
C) If you spec out a Dell et al. vs a MP they're not necessarily and often are not a better value and they sure as heck don't outperform by any stretch an Apple pro workstation. Then again it's Apples and oranges. Different software, different platform, different workflow, different purposes.
For gaming, sure whatever go PC! (Very much planning on Bootcamping XP pro for gaming, no brainer)
I hate that blinking folder with the question mark. Same problem I had. When I took it to the Apple Store it worked fine, tests were fine, then when I brought it back home it happened again. Result: Exchanged for new MacPro. See if it happens again and when it does boot up, try opening stuff in the dock and see if it locks up.
i just love this...dude you shouldnt have special ordered the Mac pro to be a 2.4 then you would have gotten a real mac, and it wouldnt be so slow.
Spoke to soon, it rebooted form sleep this morning
Awwwww! Dang it. Did you do like some others have posted and turn off the energy saving features in System Preferences?
See, doesn't this stink? It's like, we shouldn't have to tweak the energy saver around or zap the pram, or boot in safe mode... Can't things just work right anymore? lol Know what I mean?