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Mac Pro keeps crashing?

My 2006 Model Mac Pro keeps crashing/freezing.
I am using it for VST audio production.
It handles the load fine, but it periodically crashes and it is not consistent.
Sometimes it even happens when it is not under any kind of load.
In fact, in just froze while I was in the middle of this request.
Luckily it saved state and booted right from where I left off.
I did have my audio production running at the time.
Below is one of my crash reports.
Does anyone see an issue below??
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!





Interval Since Last Panic Report: 2078072 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 15

Anonymous UUID: 968BD631-C107-45F0-B8B8-534888DDD3A9


Mon Aug 4 06:00:09 2014

Machine-check capabilities (cpu 1) 0x0000000000000006:

family: 6 model: 15 stepping: 7 microcode: 0

Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5365 @ 3.00GHz

6 error-reporting banks

Machine-check status 0x0000000000000005:

restart IP valid

machine-check in progress

MCA error-reporting registers:

IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xb200004000000800 valid

MCA error code: 0x0800

Model specific error code: 0x0000

Other information: 0x00000040

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

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): 0xb200121020080400 valid

MCA error code: 0x0400

Model specific error code: 0x2008

Other information: 0x00001210

Status bits:

Processor context corrupt

Error enabled

Uncorrected error

panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2cf3cc): "Machine Check at 0x01e44f68, trapno:0x12, err:0x0," "registers:\n" "CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x954f0000, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660\n" "EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x2615d000, ECX: 0x00000001, EDX: 0x00000000\n" "ESP: 0x9d7e3de0, EBP: 0x9d7e3e18, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x00000108\n" "EFL: 0x00000046, EIP: 0x01e44f68\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.32.7/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:258

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)

0x94869f38 : 0x2203de (0x6b08cc 0x94869f58 0x229fb0 0x0)

0x94869f68 : 0x2cf3cc (0x6bde94 0x6bdfc8 0x1e44f68 0x12)

0x9486a0d8 : 0x2cf409 (0x9486a110 0xde 0x6bdfc8 0x1)

0x9486a0f8 : 0x2e6182 (0x9486a110 0x0 0x0 0x0)

0x9d7e3e18 : 0x1e3c9df (0x947fd100 0x1 0x2615d000 0x0)

0x9d7e3eb8 : 0x1e3ec73 (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x0 0x0)

0x9d7e3f48 : 0x2d0cde (0xffffffff 0x7fffffff 0x9d7e3f68 0x2cd4ca)

0x9d7e3f68 : 0x22d3e5 (0x94806000 0xfd21cc5f 0x1d25 0x94806de0)

0x9d7e3fa8 : 0x22ccfe (0x0 0x94806000 0x0 0x9d7e3fe0)

0x9d7e3fc8 : 0x2c7d0c (0x0 0xffffffff 0x10 0x0)

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(195.0)[D1550426-D346-4805-A777-06 63C69080DA]@0x1e3a000->0x1e63fff


BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task


Mac OS version:

11G63


Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:26:45 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_I386

Kernel UUID: 859B45FB-14BB-35ED-B823-08393C63E13B

System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)


System uptime in nanoseconds: 32052227228172

last loaded kext at 9642744930: com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 160.7 (addr 0x1e74000, size 12288)

last unloaded kext at 130886309088: com.roxio.BluRaySupport 1.1.6 (addr 0xb05000, size 40960)

loaded kexts:

de.rme-audio.driver.FirefaceUSB 1.95

com.motu.driver.USBMidiKext 1.6 49190

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.2.5a5

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.9

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.kext.ATIFramebuffer 7.3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.8f17

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver 1.1.9

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.3

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.1.33

com.apple.ATIRadeonX3000 7.3.2

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 5.0.0d8

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.8f17

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.2.1

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 33

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224 501.36.15

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 2.1.3b1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 195.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.2.30

com.apple.security.quarantine 1.4

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 195.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 160.7

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.0.8f17

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.2.5a5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 80.0.2

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.5

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.6fc18

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.2.5a5

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.2.5a5

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.1.33

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.3d10

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 5.0.0d8

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.1.1d6

com.apple.kext.ATI5000Controller 7.3.2

com.apple.kext.ATISupport 7.3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.8f17

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.8f17

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.4.8

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.8

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 420.3

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 177.11

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 331.7

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.7.2

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.18

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.5

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

Model: MacPro1,1, BootROM MP11.005C.B08, 8 processors, 3 GHz, 32 GB, SMC 1.7f10

Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATI Radeon HD 5770, PCIe, 1024 MB

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4, 4 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D503135314637324350344E332D5935

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x87), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.15)

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en2

PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 5770, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1

PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATY,VervetParent, Slot-1

Serial ATA Device: ST480HM000-1G5162, 480.1 GB

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDE721010SLA330, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, 500.11 GB

Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A

USB Device: Fireface UFX (23600921), 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x3fc8, 0xfd400000 / 2

USB Device: USB Laser Mouse, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc069, 0x3d100000 / 2

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 3

USB Device: MIDI Express XT, 0x07fd, 0x0001, 0x5d100000 / 2

FireWire Device: built-in_hub, 800mbit_speed

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Aug 4, 2014 3:53 AM

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
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Aug 4, 2014 2:04 PM in response to kaz-k

I found this screenshot complete with ECC Errors shown, on anandtech.com:


User uploaded file



The display is a snapshot -- to get new data, you must invoke the report again.


When you get a second error on the same memory location, that is generally not correctable, and your Mac Pro with Xeon processor is designed to stop on a kernel panic, machine check, error overflow or uncorrected error to avoid poisoning your data.


A utility to update that firmware after an update to the processors is available on netkas.

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Aug 4, 2014 4:50 PM in response to kaz-k

Which line in my report shows that it is a memory issue?
I just purchased the ram brand new last week.
The status says "OK" when I check it in the system report.

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Aug 4, 2014 4:54 PM in response to The hatter

Yes I have a 2006 model Mac, but the fellow I purchased it from had upgraded the mother board to a 2007 model.
Where can I find the EFI 2.1 firmware?
I believe that the RAM I purchased is good quality.
Thanks!

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
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Aug 4, 2014 7:23 PM in response to Community User

Apple does not support the upgrading of the processors in a Mac Pro to turn it into a 2,1. Unfortunately, once you have upgraded the processors, it may not work properly unless you also upgrade the firmware. Apple does not support that upgrade either, but there is a third-party tool that can help you do this. It's really easy.


This article may help you find the tool you need. You do not need the patches he discusses, just the link:


http://boeglin.org/blog/index.php?m=01&y=13&entry=entry130109-013629

If you get stuck, just email and I can try to get you a quick answer any additional questions you may have. Just click on my name for an email address if you need it.

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Aug 4, 2014 9:30 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks so much!
I was able to get the firmware upgraded.
Before, it would list my CPU as 3.0GHz "Unknown"
Now it lists the specs for it.
The firmware upgraded, but the SMC is still for the 1,1.
Do I need to upgrade that as well?
It doesn't allow me through apple.


Also, one more questions.
I purchased 32GB 800MHz ram because I did some research and everything I was finding would state that the 2006 model could use it.
However, I could never get it to work.
It would under clock it to 667.
According to this page, the 2007 model can definitely support it:


Mac Pro (Mid 2012 and earlier): How to remove or install memory


When I click under "Earlier" & Select the "Mac Pro (8-Core)"
It shows that it would support 800MHz.
Even after upgrading the firmware it is still under clock it to 667.
What would be the reason for this?
Again thank you so much for all your help!!!

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User profile for user: Grant Bennet-Alder
Grant Bennet-Alder
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Aug 5, 2014 9:41 AM in response to Community User

If you wish to pursue the SMC firmware, that link I posted earlier with its patches tells how. It is a little riskier and most hobbyists do not feel it is necessary.


One component you have not replaced is the memory interface chip, aka Northbridge. This may be keeping you from using the faster DIMMs. Specialized memory tests can tell the difference between 800 and 667, but the speed difference in actual use is negligible.

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