Fans odd idling and Wont wake from Sleep

(Yikes this new forum format is confusing!)

Thanks for the reply, japamac. And good memory re Green Drives.

I tried running Disk Utility, from the startup disk. (Thought I'd try it first that way and see if it found any issues, then look at digging out the instal disk). There was plenty of permission repairs (always is, and never helps), but nothing else of not. I also ran Drive Genius, with same result.

I tried forcing sleep (have set the computer not to sleep due to this issue), then tried to wake, and the problem is still in effect.

After rebooting, I left the computer unattended... then returned to find that it Mac OS had crashed, and the computer restarted itself, then produced this error log:

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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 8832785 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 1

Anonymous UUID: 33D1C32F-F13D-4E3B-A070-DC8B992A2364

Mon Apr 25 17:50:19 2011

Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000907F0028 PC=0x00000000001157EC

Latest crash info for cpu 0:

Exception state (sv=0x24696280)

PC=0x001157EC; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x907F0028; DSISR=0x00200000; LR=0x001157EC; R1=0x24703D30; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)

Backtrace:

0x001157EC 0x002B6248 0x002B6434 0x003100AC 0x000B4448 0x4964656E

backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xF0184E30

Proceeding back via exception chain:

Exception state (sv=0x24696280)

previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...

Exception state (sv=0x2d1aaa00)

PC=0x938B76A0; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0xA061AC60; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x0000AA54; R1=0xF0184E30; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: fseventsd

Mac OS version:

9L31a

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:57:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_PPC

System model name: PowerMac7,3

System uptime in nanoseconds: 33671453471586

unloaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.Apple02DBDMAAudio 2.5.8f1 - last unloaded 3436912066

loaded kexts:

com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 9.0.2 - last loaded 69021181473

com.apple.nke.asp_tcp 4.7.1

com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.5.5

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleTopazAudio 2.5.8f1

com.apple.driver.AppleTAS3004Audio 2.5.8f1

com.apple.GeForcePPC 5.4.8

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleK2Fan 1.0.10f1

com.apple.driver.AppleFCU 1.3.2b0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOpticalMouse 3.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSlewClock 1.5.2d0

com.apple.driver.AppleI2S 1.0.1f1

com.apple.nvidia.nv30hal 5.4.8

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9d0

com.apple.driver.AppleCPUVoltage 1.5.2d0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 1.7.7

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays 2.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleVSP 2.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleK2Driver 1.7.2f1

com.apple.driver.AppleHWClock 1.5.2d0

com.apple.driver.PowerMac7_2_PlatformPlugin 3.4.0d0

com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport 2.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMaxim6690 1.9d0

com.apple.driver.AppleAD741x 1.9d0

com.apple.driver.AppleLM7x 1.9d0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.5.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.0.8

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIReducedBlockCommandsDevice 2.1.1

com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 2.0.9

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.1.1

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.1.1

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 2.7.91

com.apple.iokit.IOATABlockStorage 2.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.4.9

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.5.2

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 1.5.3

com.apple.driver.ApplePMU 2.5.6d2

com.apple.driver.AppleK2SATA 1.0.4f2

com.apple.driver.AppleGPIO 1.3.0d0

com.apple.driver.AppleVIA 1.5.1d1

com.apple.driver.MacIOGPIO 1.3.0d0

com.apple.driver.AppleMPIC 1.5.3

com.apple.driver.AppleI2C 4.0.0d2

com.apple.driver.AppleK2SATARoot 1.0.5b1

com.apple.iokit.AppleGMACEthernet 1.5.9f1

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 3.9.7

com.apple.driver.AppleKauaiATA 1.2.1f4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.4.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 3.4.6

com.apple.driver.AppleK2 1.7.2f1

com.apple.driver.AppleSPU 2.5.6d2

com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI 3.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFlashNVRAM 1.0.5

com.apple.security.seatbelt 107.12

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 1.8.77

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 3

com.apple.BootCache 30.4

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 199

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I'm afraid my IT degree only went as far as first year undergrad... :}

Haven't tried running ASD yet... but am thinking I'm going to have to do a full OS re-instal anyway...

G'day Japa,

I ran ASD... no thermal issues/help there, but it did identify the RAM as an issue. Which reminded me that when I was having my little search for reasons why my G5 was running slower than when I first bought it, I swapped the RAM around... which resulted (again) in 2x128GB sticks "disappearing".

Well, the Mac was actually recognising the RAM now... as instead of being invisible, it was registering a total of 1.25GB, but obviously not working properly.

I swapped the RAM back around, and now both problems have been resolved.

I think defrag and write O's to free space just to see if that helps things out too.

Hopefully within the next 12 months I'll have funds to buy a modern iMac instead of dealing with this old beasty... will just need a Raid enclosure now for all the extra hard drives.

Hi romko,

The platform isn't my issue... nor having a few kernal panics (1). I purchased the G5 for $100 hoping for a good speed bump up from my eMac. Initial tests while plugged into my LCD TV (and $50 for a DVI-HDMI cable) showed benchmarks twice as fast as the eMac... I spent another $100 for a monitor, and then $65 for a new set of processors because 1 was overheating... and then found the bench tests had dropped 50% - ie back to eMac levels...

In reality, I'd say it is outperforming the eMac marginally, and the extra HDD slot is useful, and the 17" Studio Display I picked up is marginally larger than the eMac's 17" CRT... But it's all so marginal, and now my wife has finished studying, hopefully we'll have our finances sorted out for the first time since 2005, and buying a new Mac again may be feasible... though likely not a Mac Pro...