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MacPro + Nvidia = Lock and Crash!

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Barrels1234

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Original poster
May 9, 2016
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Hi Guys, new here but really hope someone can help.

I have a Mac Pro Early 2009 running 10.10.5 with 2.66 GHx Quad_Core Intel Xeon, 16GB RAM and I have installed a Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4095MB graphics Card and have even given it the extra power it needs with extra cables. I am running the Nvidia web drivers (although every OS update means I have to update the web drivers using my remote support software on my phone as I can't see the screens!)

I use the CUDA functionality for heavy editing and processing on the full Adobe CC suite but I locks up a lot and crashes the Mac into a reboot and I don't know why, can anyone help please?!

Many Thanks!

The error report is as follows:

Anonymous UUID: B3762893-B2D0-11C6-CD0A-ADEE742D3549



Wed Mar 23 16:18:42 2016



*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800474387b): "thread_invoke: preemption_level 1, possible cause: blocking while holding a spinlock, or within interrupt context"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.50.2/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:2213

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff81ed90b980 : 0xffffff800472ad21

0xffffff81ed90ba00 : 0xffffff800474387b

0xffffff81ed90ba90 : 0xffffff800474112f

0xffffff81ed90bad0 : 0xffffff8004736936

0xffffff81ed90bb10 : 0xffffff800476a89e

0xffffff81ed90bc40 : 0xffffff8004712eea

0xffffff81ed90bc70 : 0xffffff80047137bb

0xffffff81ed90bcd0 : 0xffffff800472f323

0xffffff81ed90bd00 : 0xffffff7f86734977

0xffffff81ed90bd30 : 0xffffff7f86792423

0xffffff81ed90bd50 : 0xffffff7f8683f3c6

0xffffff81ed90bda0 : 0xffffff7f86a28e22

0xffffff81ed90bde0 : 0xffffff7f86b199b4

0xffffff81ed90be40 : 0xffffff7f867991ce

0xffffff81ed90bef0 : 0xffffff8004cd58fd

0xffffff81ed90bf40 : 0xffffff8004cd376d

0xffffff81ed90bf80 : 0xffffff8004cd3866

0xffffff81ed90bfb0 : 0xffffff80048116e7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.5)[6A65F7DE-9597-3237-916C-2DF90F8801DA]@0xffffff7f8672d000->0xffffff7f86a03fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[70B4F2BF-8785-326D-8B1D-D62BD4B2068A]@0xffffff7f84f40000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[7372D580-6DDE-3457-B043-49B8447FC9D2]@0xffffff7f85924000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[8922721D-5517-3883-BD3A-57422D0244A0]@0xffffff7f858dd000

dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.10.25)[DFDCFB7E-74E4-397E-AA6F-6ECFC41D5649]@0xffffff7f86635000

com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb(10.0.5)[B6B711BF-99DE-38AB-BF99-8BA35E957060]@0xffffff7f86a04000->0xffffff7f86c02fff

dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.5)[6A65F7DE-9597-3237-916C-2DF90F8801DA]@0xffffff7f8672d000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[70B4F2BF-8785-326D-8B1D-D62BD4B2068A]@0xffffff7f84f40000



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Boot args: nvda_drv=1



Mac OS version:

14F1713



Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 14.5.0: Mon Jan 11 18:48:35 PST 2016; root:xnu-2782.50.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: A503418E-2182-3864-AEA5-79374A30A241

Kernel slide: 0x0000000004400000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8004600000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8004500000

System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)



System uptime in nanoseconds: 23933516472133

last loaded kext at 16097788374391: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC4.3.3b1 (addr 0xffffff7f86cfe000, size 20480)

last unloaded kext at 16270945031981: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC4.3.3b1 (addr 0xffffff7f86cfe000, size 16384)

loaded kexts:

com.nvidia.CUDA1.1.0

com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard5.7.2b8

com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver4.1.52f59

com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb10.0.5

com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb10.0.5

com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb10.0.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor1.9.5d0

com.apple.filesystems.autofs3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet1.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager4.3.6f3

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver1.0.2d2

com.apple.driver.AGPM110.19.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient3.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl1.2.12

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA272.18.3

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver272.18.3

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC1.70

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess1

com.apple.driver.AppleHV1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking4.0.0

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport4.3.6f3

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC1.7.3

com.apple.driver.AppleRAID4.0.6

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib1.0.0

com.apple.BootCache36

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient3.7.5

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage2.7.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub705.4.2

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI5.5.2

com.apple.driver.Intel82574L2.6.8b1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI710.4.11

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331800.20.24

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort3.1.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI705.4.14

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI656.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient218.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall161

com.apple.security.quarantine3

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement218.0.0

com.apple.kext.triggers1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface97.4

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily11

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2156.16

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl3.10.25

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib272.18.3

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib1.15

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController1.0.13d1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP2.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI1.0.12d1

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient705.4.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport4.3.6f3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily4.3.6f3

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController272.18.3

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily272.18.3

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC3.1.9

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily5.9.1d7

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard176.2

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard176.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver705.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub705.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio295.23

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily203.3

com.apple.vecLib.kext1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite705.4.9

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice3.7.5

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI2.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily3.7.5

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily4.5.8

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family730.60

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily2.7.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily720.4.4

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox300.0

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore2

com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity1.0.5

com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager1.0

com.apple.driver.DiskImages398

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily31

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform3.1

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto1.0

com.apple.kec.Libm1

com.apple.kec.pthread1

Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B07, 4 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f5

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, PCIe, 4095 MB

Memory Module: DIMM 1, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463531323732415A2D3147314431

Memory Module: DIMM 2, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313237324241313036372E4D313846

Memory Module: DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463531323732415A2D3147314431

Memory Module: DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313237324241313036372E4D313846

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

Bluetooth: Version 4.3.6f3 16238, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0

Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0, 640.14 GB

Serial ATA Device: SanDisk SDSSDXP240G, 240.06 GB

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDE721010SLA330, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: ST3000DM001-1CH166, 3 TB

Serial ATA Device: ST3000DM001-1CH166, 3 TB

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: USB Audio

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Keyboard Hub

USB Device: USB Receiver

USB Device: Apple Keyboard

FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec

Thunderbolt Bus:
 
I have found that on Mac Pros running with Nvidia web drivers, anything OpenCL-related in Adobe CC causes major instability issues.

In Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects, make sure all your graphics acceleration options are set to CUDA, and disable OpenCL wherever possible.
 
Just happened again and lost 30 mins of work!

Error report states the below, can anyone shed any light?:

Anonymous UUID: B3762893-B2D0-11C6-CD0A-ADEE742D3549

Tue May 10 11:03:41 2016

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff800694387b): "thread_invoke: preemption_level 1, possible cause: blocking while holding a spinlock, or within interrupt context"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.50.2/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:2213
Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81edff3980 : 0xffffff800692ad21
0xffffff81edff3a00 : 0xffffff800694387b
0xffffff81edff3a90 : 0xffffff800694112f
0xffffff81edff3ad0 : 0xffffff8006936936
0xffffff81edff3b10 : 0xffffff800696a89e
0xffffff81edff3c40 : 0xffffff8006912eea
0xffffff81edff3c70 : 0xffffff80069137bb
0xffffff81edff3cd0 : 0xffffff800692f323
0xffffff81edff3d00 : 0xffffff7f87471977
0xffffff81edff3d30 : 0xffffff7f874cf423
0xffffff81edff3d50 : 0xffffff7f8757c3c6
0xffffff81edff3da0 : 0xffffff7f87775e22
0xffffff81edff3de0 : 0xffffff7f878669b4
0xffffff81edff3e40 : 0xffffff7f874d61ce
0xffffff81edff3ef0 : 0xffffff8006ed58fd
0xffffff81edff3f40 : 0xffffff8006ed376d
0xffffff81edff3f80 : 0xffffff8006ed3866
0xffffff81edff3fb0 : 0xffffff8006a116e7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.5)[6A65F7DE-9597-3237-916C-2DF90F8801DA]@0xffffff7f8746a000->0xffffff7f87741fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[70B4F2BF-8785-326D-8B1D-D62BD4B2068A]@0xffffff7f87140000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[7372D580-6DDE-3457-B043-49B8447FC9D2]@0xffffff7f87453000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[8922721D-5517-3883-BD3A-57422D0244A0]@0xffffff7f8740c000
dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.10.25)[DFDCFB7E-74E4-397E-AA6F-6ECFC41D5649]@0xffffff7f87463000
com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb(10.0.5)[B6B711BF-99DE-38AB-BF99-8BA35E957060]@0xffffff7f87751000->0xffffff7f8794ffff
dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb(10.0.5)[6A65F7DE-9597-3237-916C-2DF90F8801DA]@0xffffff7f8746a000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[70B4F2BF-8785-326D-8B1D-D62BD4B2068A]@0xffffff7f87140000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: nvda_drv=1

Mac OS version:
14F1713

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.5.0: Mon Jan 11 18:48:35 PST 2016; root:xnu-2782.50.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: A503418E-2182-3864-AEA5-79374A30A241
Kernel slide: 0x0000000006600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8006800000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8006700000
System model name: MacPro4,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 5563616670177
last loaded kext at 243669373930: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f88fa0000, size 69632)
last unloaded kext at 303964433938: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f88fa0000, size 61440)
loaded kexts:
com.nvidia.CUDA 1.1.0
com.paceap.kext.pacesupport.snowleopard 5.7.2b8
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver 4.1.52f59
com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb 10.0.5
com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb 10.0.5
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb 10.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.6f3
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.19.6
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 272.18.3
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 272.18.3
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.12
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.6f3
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleRAID 4.0.6
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
com.apple.BootCache 36
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L 2.6.8b1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI 710.4.11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 272.18.3
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 156.16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.10.25
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 272.18.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 272.18.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.6f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.6f3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.9.1d7
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 176.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 176.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 295.23
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.8
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 730.60
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 720.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 398
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
Model: MacPro4,1, BootROM MP41.0081.B07, 4 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f5
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, PCIe, 4095 MB
Memory Module: DIMM 1, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463531323732415A2D3147314431
Memory Module: DIMM 2, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313237324241313036372E4D313846
Memory Module: DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463531323732415A2D3147314431
Memory Module: DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313237324241313036372E4D313846
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.6f3 16238, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD6400AAKS-75A7B0, 640.14 GB
Serial ATA Device: SanDisk SDSSDXP240G, 240.06 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDE721010SLA330, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST3000DM001-1CH166, 3 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST3000DM001-1CH166, 3 TB
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB Audio
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: USB Receiver
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
Thunderbolt Bus:
 
Yes all the drivers are constantly updated to the latest versions, and it has always done the same thing :(
 
Because the Mac is so old I have resisted upgrading to El Capitan as I'm not sure the hardware will take it? So haven't been able to try the Nvidia web drivers in that OS yet :(
 
Think then Nvidia will be more stable? It's never been stable on Yosemite but presumed hardware related as It looks like it was using too much power and shutting the Mac down?
 
Nvidia tends to fix bugs as they are found.

A GTX 970 will not draw enough power to shut down your Mac Pro. If it is shutting down on it's own, there's probably another reason for it. I would suggest that you first try to remove any dust build up inside the computer.
 
Only shuts down when using Adobe CC suite, so using the GFX card and web-drivers. Never shuts down with anything else. Dust is nice and clear, had a good check over everything. I guess I'll look to upgrade to El Capitan and hope the latest drivers work with everything...! Thanks for your help so far!
 
I have the exact same random restart (KP) issues, on two machines:

- MacPro1,1@2,1 with non-flashed but native-working GTX660 (tried both with stock Apple and with nVidia drivers enabled, same problem)
- MacPro5,1 with flashed GTX980 with latest nVidia drivers

Both machines run El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21). Problem occurs mainly while using Adobe products. All Adobe products are updated to their latest versions. Hope some future updated will solve this, it's really frustrating.
 
Zlobnick said:
I have the exact same random restart (KP) issues, on two machines:

- MacPro1,1@2,1 with non-flashed but native-working GTX660 (tried both with stock Apple and with nVidia drivers enabled, same problem)
- MacPro5,1 with flashed GTX980 with latest nVidia drivers

Both machines run El Capitan 10.11.3 (15D21). Problem occurs mainly while using Adobe products. All Adobe products are updated to their latest versions. Hope some future updated will solve this, it's really frustrating.
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Glad it's not just me then!
 
Nvidia should be working on a fix. Apple has them wasting a great deal of time supporting 2 drivers for every OS.

The antique driver Apple ships to punish Nvidia for outperforming their chosen AMD cards.

The much more current Web Driver which allows the use of their current cards, not the 2012 versions Apple likes to pretend are current.
 
MacVidCards said:
Nvidia should be working on a fix. Apple has them wasting a great deal of time supporting 2 drivers for every OS.

The antique driver Apple ships to punish Nvidia for outperforming their chosen AMD cards.

The much more current Web Driver which allows the use of their current cards, not the 2012 versions Apple likes to pretend are current.
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Hey MacVidCards! I hope so, every crash (several times a day for months now) I have reported to Apple, and there have been at least 10 OS and Nvidia WebDriver updates since the Mac has crashed with Adobe so I really hope it is an easily fixed software issue, but whatever it is, it is taking forever. I feel for Nvidia I really do, but a crashing Mac is no good mid-way through an edit :(
 
It seems like Premiere and Media Encoder tend to fill up the VGA RAM, and when it's filled the kernel panic occurs. I monitored my VGA RAM usage via iStats app and here is what it looks like, after an hour of HD timeline rendering to H.264. Note the hole in the graph, that's where KP occured. The last drop in VGA RAM usage is when I quit Media Encoder, even though it stopped rendering a while ago - the RAM usage was still high until quit.

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Zlobnick said:
It seems like Premiere and Media Encoder tend to fill up the VGA RAM, and when it's filled the kernel panic occurs. I monitored my VGA RAM usage via iStats app and here is what it looks like, after an hour of HD timeline rendering to H.264. Note the hole in the graph, that's where KP occured. The last drop in VGA RAM usage is when I quit Media Encoder, even though it stopped rendering a while ago - the RAM usage was still high until quit.

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Wow I think that is exactly the issue I am facing! Don't suppose you know of a way to stop it filling up the VGA RAM by any chance? ;)
 
Is there any simple test can reproduce the crash?

So that other members here can test it and find out if it's a problem for specific model / brand GPU, or simple software's failure, nothing to do with the GPU itself.
 
So far it seems it's El Capitan/Adobe/nVidia related (didn't happen on the exact same hardware running Yosemite), but I haven't been able to reproduce it. But it happens once a day while heavily working in Premiere/Media Encoder.
 
I have the Same Kernel Panic problem in Adobe Premiere with a 680 Mac Edition and an EVGA 980. im not Reality sure, but I think the crash problem has started with 10.10.

Other question: How can I enable CUDA with my 980 GTX under CC 2015? I can only use OpenCL and there is no cuda_supported_cards.txt any more.
 
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