My MacPro3,1 restart fails as well as freezes up during some processes like Finder.app. When it freezes up during with Finder.app and I do a Force Quit Relaunch it never relaunches it just quits and never returns. Clean install.
Is the power light flashing?
that indicates "not enough working RAM to start up".
The light is not flashing.
The light is standard as it always has been.
You have posted three different symptoms in three different posts. In isolation, they do not lead anywhere in particular.
But taken together, I think it is worth investigating graphics card failure.
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Several non-graphics-dependent features are discernible:
• The Caps lock light on the keyboard is under software control. The software is not completely dead if the caps lock light is changeable.
• Control-eject produces this familiar dialog box:
Any key other than R for Restart, S for Sleep, Esc for Cancel, or Return (to take the default and Shutdown) will produce a SysBeep sound IF the software is still running.
> So, if the software is still running when your described problems occur, you can conclude that your Graphics card is the source of your not seeing it continue to work.
I was able to get the Control-eject menu up after finder froze up. Computer refuses to restart, sleep, and shutdown.z
When operating in Safe Mode, added extensions (and those used for graphics acceleration) are bypassed. If the symptoms change in Safe mode, those Extensions and Graphics features are suspect.
MacPro3,1 Restart Fails along with freezes up during activity
