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What the hell? (again)
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Yeah!!... I've just tried it but it doesn't seem to do it on the 24",
only happens with the 30" and only one of them.. on the other one.. it works!
Yet it work as normal and faultless once set back to "Standard". It's bizarre!
Anyone here using the same card (ATI Radeon HD 3870) and has a ACD30 ?
My cards details are:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 3870
Type: Display
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-2
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9501
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B3390F-270
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.270
Sure is.
top section, up close and personal...
I'm staying far far away from miniDisplayPort, it's evil!
Oh, I ain't upgraded to yet Applecare, yet.
Both the MacPro and the Display is less than 6months old... besides, I have old for new insurance on all my kit.
It's the monitor from the information you've provided. Something's wrong with the switch (rotation), the firmware, or the driver circuit is bad. My guess is the switch.
There's not much you can do but return it for warranty repair/replacement.
Hmm.. Think I'll do some more testing, perhaps slot in the nVida card and see what happens. Then, I'm gonna check this monitor with my PC, see does it do the same thing... then i'll know for sure. Cause I tried to put the system in portrait mode and on the third time it worked!!
Odd huh?
My thinking, if the monitor has a hardware glitch, it would do it everytime, no?
my imac (late 2007 model) did this last week:
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but seems fine now.
it's literally mind-boggling. or perhaps, eye-boggling.
but seems fine now.
it's literally mind-boggling. or perhaps, eye-boggling.
Oh today is really getting BETTER!!!
For a system that's been trouble free, this isn't good! I've just has two kernel panics within one hour!
Both times while trying to make a screen grab!! I'm beginning to think it's not the actual monitor but the damn MacPro itself!!
Does anyone understand those log files and errors? I'm kinda hoping it's memory issues.
Console says:
For a system that's been trouble free, this isn't good! I've just has two kernel panics within one hour!
Both times while trying to make a screen grab!! I'm beginning to think it's not the actual monitor but the damn MacPro itself!!
Does anyone understand those log files and errors? I'm kinda hoping it's memory issues.
Console says:
Sounds like a graphic card problem to me... Something to do with the GPU.
Make sure the DVI is well plugged and cables have free space... Maybe the graphic card is not well inserted to the logic board.
Moving your graphics card to a different slot to try and eliminate a bad pci slot.
Removing dust might help.
Well... I've swapped out the graphics card, and gonna see what happens now.. fingers crossed!!
What have you installed or upgraded in the past few weeks? This looks like a software conflict to me.
Nothing to do with hardware - probably.
Nothing to do with hardware - probably.
Yep i have the same set-up (more or less) and the ROM & drivers on 3870 are identical
I ain't upgraded anything in this system since January... and that was to change all four WDC Blacks for the WD RE3 on my RAID5. The original drives I installed kept developing data issues, which lead to a complete slow down of the entire system!! I've since sold them to some mug at a reduced cost.. yet somehow broke even!
Since changing the GFX card to the default nVdeath 8800 GT, all my system crashes have vanished!!
Bang goes your software theory! Aye Tesselator-san.
So.. You have a 30" ACD there?
Can you replicate the problems I'm having? Or is the card faulty/failing...
Maybe I should seek an upgrade to the faster HD 4870, though Apple's price is a tad bit hefty!
The crash reports indicated the ATI drivers (I think...?)
"com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000(5.3.6)@0x665000->0x71cfff"
It's likely that this is going to go on with only the 3870 and the 8800GT will be safe. But if you've got a 2600 or anything else lying around, it couldn't hurt to check. Could be an ATI card/30" monitor problem...
"com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000(5.3.6)@0x665000->0x71cfff"
It's likely that this is going to go on with only the 3870 and the 8800GT will be safe. But if you've got a 2600 or anything else lying around, it couldn't hurt to check. Could be an ATI card/30" monitor problem...
Funny you should say this, one of my friends suggested it too.. Though he was thinking it's a ATI & 30" Portrait mode issue, in which case anyone else with this setup, they should beable to replicate the troubles i'm having, right?
Unfortunately I don't have a HD 2600 to test
I dunno... I brought it from some German company, selling via Amazon. I'm sure I have the invoice somewhere, gotta look for it. lol