Q: Xserve Freezes every hour or two

Hey everyone,

I'm trying to set up a late 2006 Xserve and seem to be having some issues. When I first started using it, it experienced extreme video distortion ("noise," triangular sections of video missing, strange lines, etc). I checked the logs and saw the following crash report:

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  14 sec

Panics Since Last Report:          1

Anonymous UUID:                    52B7F16E-8889-4ED5-A1D9-25259CAF0304

 

Thu Jan  2 10:21:02 2014

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2b0571): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x8, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.22.73/osfmk/i386/pmap.c:3078

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)

0x6ea3ae38 : 0x22032e (0x6abf4c 0x6ea3ae58 0x229ef0 0x0)

0x6ea3ae68 : 0x2b0571 (0x6b46d0 0x8 0x0 0x0)

0x6ea3aeb8 : 0x2b3565 (0x8674a0 0x6eab9000 0x0 0x6eaba000)

0x6ea3af18 : 0x2b5fca (0x53ade 0x0 0x6ea3af68 0x8529c0)

0x6ea3af38 : 0x270f42 (0x53ade 0x6eab9000 0x0 0x0)

0x6ea3afd8 : 0x27846a (0x2079f3c 0x6ea3b048 0x1 0x8674a0)

0x6ea3b098 : 0x279715 (0x0 0x6eac1000 0x0 0x1)

0x6ea3b0c8 : 0x27214d (0x2079f3c 0x6eab9000 0x0 0x6eac1000)

0x6ea3b0f8 : 0x2f191b (0x2079f3c 0x6eab9000 0x8000 0x2c19db)

0x6ea3b148 : 0x529f81 (0x6a256ee8 0x2c800000 0x0 0x6ea3bd58)

0x6ea3b1b8 : 0x529dc0 (0xac0dc04 0x6eabf000 0x26 0x6ea3b29c)

0x6ea3b1e8 : 0x5089d3 (0x6ea3b270 0x0 0x6ea3b29c 0x6ea3b298)

0x6ea3bc58 : 0x328963 (0x6ea3bc78 0x8fc4000 0x6ea3bc88 0xa922d2)

0x6ea3bcb8 : 0x310da6 (0xaed9f08 0xba09c04 0xba09c20 0x6ea3bdf0)

0x6ea3bf78 : 0x5f015a (0x94680f0 0xa6d9614 0xa4eb2e8 0x0)

0x6ea3bfc8 : 0x2e3977 (0xa6d9610 0x7fff 0x10 0xa6d9610)

 

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker

 

Mac OS version:

11A511

 

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.0.0: Sat Jun 18 12:57:44 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.22.73~1/RELEASE_I386

Kernel UUID: F8596E5D-0966-3091-AA8D-6E11CA68386F

System model name: Xserve1,1 (Mac-F4208AC8)

 

System uptime in nanoseconds: 146063020500

last loaded kext at 26806964143: com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0 (addr 0x120c000, size 45056)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.4d0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.59

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.9

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.24

com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer          7.0.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver          1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver          1.1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleBMC          2.0.2

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          4.7.0b2

com.apple.ATIRadeonX1000          7.0.0

com.apple.driver.Apple16X50ACPI          3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSEP          1.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.StorageLynx          3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.0.0

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache          32

com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet          2.1.3b1

com.apple.driver.AppleLSIFusionMPT          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.8.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA          2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          166.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.0.30

com.apple.security.quarantine          1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          166.0.0

com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio          1.0.0d11

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          80.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          2.5f17

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily          1.0.0d22

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.0d5

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.3fc11

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.1.1f11

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.1.1f11

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.1d2

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          4.7.0b2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3

com.apple.driver.Apple16X50Serial          3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.5

com.apple.kext.ATI1300Controller          7.0.2

com.apple.kext.ATISupport          7.0.2

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          403

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse          170.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse          170.4

com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          13

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          152.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          152.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          4.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          3.9.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport          2.1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2          4.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.6

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport          3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily          2.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          4.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.0.6

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.4.3

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily          2.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          4.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyswitch          1.0.5f4

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.7.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox          165

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7

com.apple.driver.DiskImages          326

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.4

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.6.5

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4

Model: Xserve1,1, BootROM XS11.0080.B01, 4 processors, Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2 GHz, 5 GB, SMC 1.11f5

Graphics: ATI Radeon X1300, ATY,RadeonX1300, PCIe, 64 MB

Memory Module: BRANCH 0 CHANNEL 0/DIMM 1, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4E54353132543732553839413742442D3343

Memory Module: BRANCH 0 CHANNEL 1/DIMM 2, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4E54353132543732553839413742442D3343

Memory Module: BRANCH 1 CHANNEL 0/DIMM 3, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x802C, 0x313848463132383732464436363742354433

Memory Module: BRANCH 1 CHANNEL 1/DIMM 4, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x802C, 0x313848463132383732464436363742354433

Memory Module: BRANCH 0 CHANNEL 0/DIMM 5, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x802C, 0x313848463132383732464436363742354433

Memory Module: BRANCH 0 CHANNEL 1/DIMM 6, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x802C, 0x313848463132383732464436363742354433

Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0

PCI Card: ATY,RadeonX1300, sppci_displaycontroller, Mezzanine

Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITACD-RW  CW-8124

USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, apple_vendor_id, 0x0304, 0xfd130000 / 4

USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfd120000 / 3

USB Device: Frontpanel Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8261, 0x3d100000 / 2

FireWire Device: Rugged FW/USB, LaCie, 800mbit_speed

FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed

 

I saw that the previous user had left 5GB of memory in the Xserve, and that it was installed in the wrong order (ie: not in consecutive slots), so I removed two 512MB sticks and installed the 4 1GB sticks in the correct slots.

After this, the machine ran normally for long enough for me to install the OS to one of my hard drives and install all available updates (now running OS X 10.7.5). When I work on the server now, however, I can work normally for about an hour or two on average before the system will freeze completely. I'll get the spinning wheel and a very small amount of distortion (a small black line here or there) OR the display will simply cut to black. In both situations the system is completely unresponsive except for recognizing mouse cursor movement.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.