Mac Pro (early 2008) keeps crashing

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Mac Pro (early 2008) keeps crashing

I have a Mac Pro (early 2008) that keeps crashing, becoming ever more frequent. It usually happens upon starting up the computer, and once it's all loaded, it crashes, as in all shuts down, and then immediateky restarts itself. This can go on repetitively 10 times or more. Usually, once it's stabilized and remains open, perhaps after 30min-1 hour, it will remain ok for the rest of the day. Does anyone have any ideas what could be causing this problem. Do I need to update the memory/the graphics card/buy new computer?! Any advice would be very much appreciated. Here are the specs:

Processor 2 x 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon

Memory 6 GB 800 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM - 2GB 2GB 1GB 1GB (4 slots free)

Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256 MB

Software Mac OS X Maverick 10.9.1

Raid Hardrive

And here is the problem report:

Machine-check capabilities 0x0000000000000806:

family: 6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode: 1547

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5462 @ 2.80GHz

6 error-reporting banks

threshold-based error status present

Processor 0: machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:

machine-check in progress

MCA error-reporting registers:

IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200000410000800 valid

MCA error code: 0x0800

Model specific error code: 0x1000

Other information: 0x00000004

Threshold-based status: Undefined

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

Error overflow

IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid

IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200001044100e0f valid

MCA error code: 0x0e0f

Model specific error code: 0x4410

Other information: 0x00000010

Threshold-based status: Undefined

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

Error overflow

Processor 1: machine-check status 0x0000000000000004:

machine-check in progress

MCA error-reporting registers:

IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xf200000410000800 valid

MCA error code: 0x0800

Model specific error code: 0x1000

Other information: 0x00000004

Threshold-based status: Undefined

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

Error overflow

IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid

IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xf200001040100e0f valid

MCA error code: 0x0e0f

Model specific error code: 0x4010

Other information: 0x00000010

Threshold-based status: Undefined

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

Error overflow

Processor 2: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:

restart IP valid

machine-check in progress

MCA error-reporting registers:

IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid

IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid

IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200000084200e0f valid

MCA error code: 0x0e0f

Model specific error code: 0x8420

Other information: 0x00000000

Threshold-based status: Undefined

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

Processor 3: machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:

restart IP valid

machine-check in progress

MCA error-reporting registers:

IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid

IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid

IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid

IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200000080200e0f valid

MCA error code: 0x0e0f

Model specific error code: 0x8020

Other information: 0x00000000

Threshold-based status: Undefined

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

Processor 4: no machine-check status reported

Processor 5: no machine-check status reported

Processor 6: no machine-check status reported

Processor 7: no machine-check status reported

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800f8dca29): "Machine Check at 0xffffff800f8e274e, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff80c69a6000, CR3: 0x0000000011faf000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0xffffff80bb0bf000, RBX: 0x0000000000000022, RCX: 0x000000005ba860d3, RDX: 0x0000000000000000\n" "RSP: 0xffffff80c1193d00, RBP: 0xffffff80c1193ce0, RSI: 0x0000000000000002, RDI: 0x0000000000000220\n" "R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x000000000000000b, R10: 0xffffff80c1193e20, R11: 0xffffff800fe89ce8\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000003, R13: 0x7fffffffffffffff, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xffffff7f91368c98\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000010002, RIP: 0xffffff800f8e274e, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.1.72/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:1 68

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80c112de80 : 0xffffff800f822f69

0xffffff80c112df00 : 0xffffff800f8dca29

0xffffff80c112e060 : 0xffffff800f8f3eaf

0xffffff80c1193ce0 : 0xffffff800f8e24f4

0xffffff80c1193d00 : 0xffffff7f9134ab93

0xffffff80c1193d30 : 0xffffff7f9134ac47

0xffffff80c1193d70 : 0xffffff7f91344544

0xffffff80c1193e70 : 0xffffff7f91343b89

0xffffff80c1193f30 : 0xffffff800f8dda5c

0xffffff80c1193f50 : 0xffffff800f83757a

0xffffff80c1193f90 : 0xffffff800f8378c8

0xffffff80c1193fb0 : 0xffffff800f8d6aa7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(216.0)[A6EE4D7B-228E-3A3C-95BA-10 ED6F331236]@0xffffff7f91341000->0xffffff7f9136bfff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

Not yet set

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393

Kernel slide: 0x000000000f600000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff800f800000

System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 2767142887

last loaded kext at 1266803966: com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver 4.2.0f6 (addr 0xffffff7f9088c000, size 16384)

loaded kexts:

com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.3.0

com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver 4.2.0f6

com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive 3.3.5

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRAID 4.0.6

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 35

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 650.4.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 3.1.3b1

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.9.5

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224 700.36.24

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.9

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 650.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 650.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 216.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 216.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 170.15

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 170.15

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 650.4.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 650.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 3.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 650.4.4

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.2

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 600.34

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 650.4.4

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 278.10

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 21

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.8

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.8 GHz, 6 GB, SMC 1.25f4

Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0198, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0198, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x0D9B, 0x000000000000000000000000000000000000

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)

Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 22 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en2

PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, Display Controller, Slot-1

Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD154UI, 1.5 TB

Serial ATA Device: ST3500320NS, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: ST2000DM001-9YN164, 2 TB

Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD154UI, 1.5 TB

Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D

USB Device: Keyboard Hub

USB Device: Apple Keyboard

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: CTE-650

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

Thunderbolt Bus:

Mac Pro (Early 2008)

Posted on Jan 18, 2014 5:31 AM

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Answer 1

kaz-k

Level 9

51,108 points

Jan 18, 2014 6:03 AM in response to floraexplorer

I think it's a hardware fault, you need to call a service center or bring it to Apple Store Genius Bar.

Try to run Apple Hardware Test if it's a hardware related issue.

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Answer 2

Jan 18, 2014 7:41 AM in response to kaz-k

Thanks for your reply kaz-k. I will take it in to get looked at.

(Pressing the D button didn't work on restart to run the test.)

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Answer 3

The hatter

Level 9

61,031 points

Jan 18, 2014 7:49 AM in response to floraexplorer

AHT by now is only on the OEM DVD and is not fool-proof or definitive or much else. Just a way to rule out some obvious failures.

a new set of 2 x 2GB FBDIMM $25 might be worth for testing.

replacing the ATI 2600XT or get Apple to, they still will it seems like.

Was it a clean install of Mavericks? did you import your old apps and profile data? might be worth a look at redoing.

Some airport and wifi/BT cards can be suspect.

Whatever is happening, all those crashes are going to mangle the directory of the boot drive even more. Reason in spades to have a clean system, image it for restore, and so you have a system just for testing.

3.1's in their 4 yrs have had more issues like this than any other model.

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Answer 4

A H1

Level 1

53 points

Jan 18, 2014 9:30 AM in response to floraexplorer

A friend had similar problems with his 2008 8-core. Not necessarily crashing while in use but upon sleep or waking from sleep it would shutdown instead, and occasionally while working it would shutdown. (Shutdown as opposed to crash where the machine stops as if someone pulled the plug or OS becomes unresponsive. So soft on the hardware, annoying as heck for the user)

He tried reinstalling OS, use external start ups, zap PRAM, reset SMC, and no change.

Turned out to be a bad PSU (power supply unit). Once he replaced that the trouble went away. Not the cheapest part to replace though... Better than a new CPU...

Good luck

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Answer 5

Jan 18, 2014 2:29 PM in response to floraexplorer

I had exactly the same problem a couple of years ago, with my Early 2008. The solution proved so simple, and cost no more than a can of compressed air. Try taking it outside in some protected area, remove the side plate, and just go to town blowing out every last bit of dust from everwhere you can reach. It was an instant solution for me, and now I do the same thing every six months or so. Give it a try - you've nothing to lose.

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Answer 6

Jan 18, 2014 3:51 PM in response to floraexplorer

Kernel Panic, machine check, uncorrected error or error overflow correlates strongly with RAM memory errors.

Your Mac Pro may have encountered an uncorrectable (usually double-bit) memory error. If there were single bit (correctable) memory errors leading up to it, you could see them in:

About this Mac > More Info > Report > memory

They would look like this:

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Answer 7

Jan 19, 2014 12:13 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thank you so much for all your help. I will check the memory when I get to computer in a few days and also try removing the dust as suggested.

It wasn't a clean install of Mavericks. Perhaps this is the next step. I need to try and get all the data off the computer beforehand before it all crashes.

It's all a guessing game, and I think it would be best for me to take it into a shop to get it properly checked out

Thanks again

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Answer 8

Jan 19, 2014 1:50 PM in response to floraexplorer

No! Blow the dust out first! Every little corner and circuit board, all the memory chips and around the graphics card, into each of the occupied and unoccupied drive sleds. You will be amazed. Silly not to try this first. How much does a compressed air blower cost? All your problems solved in one go! Please give it a try.

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Answer 9

Jan 22, 2014 6:54 AM in response to Olly Arnold

I tried the blower trick, and this didn't change anything upon opening - still crashing on starting up.

I checked the memory report and since last looking a week ago, the two slots of 2GB memory have disappeared. So it looks like it's running on 2 x 1GB only.

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Answer 10

Jan 22, 2014 7:51 AM in response to floraexplorer

The Mac Pro truns on the error-correction Hardware during the Power-On Self Test. Any modules that show errors during that initial test are deemed "too problematic to use" and are marked absent.

Those modules have failed.

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