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photomile Author

Level 1

4 points

MacPro 2009 freezing once after booting

Hello Everybody,

I have the following problem that I didn't find a solution so far.

Early 2009 8-core 2,26GHz with Yosemite (first clean install I did

after buying the mac was Lion and it happened the same on the

older system as well) when I switch on the computer and log in, even

when not touching anything, the computer freezes after a couple of minutes,

like not responds to anything or the grey screen with text that something serious

happened and the system will be rebooted. After it reboots (or after I switch it

off and on again) it works stable. I can not switch it off for a couple of days and

it's ok. When I switch it off again for a night or so, the problem appears again. Could

it be the GT120?

Specs:

EtreCheck version: 2.1.5 (108)

Report generated 7 stycznia 2015 23:55:29 CET

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Hardware Information: ℹ️

Mac Pro (Early 2009) (Verified)

Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1

2 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 8-core

16 GB RAM Upgradeable

DIMM 1

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 2

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 3

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 4

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 5

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 6

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 7

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

DIMM 8

2 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok

Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported

Video Information: ℹ️

NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 - VRAM: 512 MB

CS240 1920 x 1200

System Software: ℹ️

OS X 10.10.1 (14B25) - Uptime: 0:36:7

Disk Information: ℹ️

HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N

ST3000DM001-1CH166 disk2 : (3 TB)

EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted> : 3.00 TB

Boot OS X (disk2s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB

ST3000DM001-1CH166 disk3 : (3 TB)

EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

disk3s2 (disk3s2) <not mounted> : 3.00 TB

Boot OS X (disk3s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB

WDC WD5000AAKX-753CA1 disk1 : (500,11 GB)

EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted> : 499.76 GB

Boot OS X (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB

WDC WD5003ABYX-01WERA0 disk0 : (500,11 GB)

EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB

disk0s2 (disk0s2) <not mounted> : 499.76 GB

Boot OS X (disk0s3) <not mounted> : 134 MB

USB Information: ℹ️

Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Wacom Co.,Ltd. Intuos PS

Gatekeeper: ℹ️

Anywhere

Kernel Extensions: ℹ️

/Library/Extensions

[loaded] at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4228 - SDK 10.8) [Support]

[loaded] com.Perfect.Driver.SystemAudioRecorder (1.0.0 - SDK 10.9) [Support]

[not loaded] com.sonnettech.com.Sonnet-USB3-Combined-E-ChargingSupport (1 - SDK 10.9) [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.ftdi (1 - SDK 10.9) [Support]

/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.basICColor.driver.basICColorDISCUS (1.0.0 - SDK 10.4) [Support]

[not loaded] com.sonnet.driver.SXHCD (1.27.9b2 - SDK 10.2) [Support]

[not loaded] com.wacom.kext.wacomtablet (6.3.10 - SDK 10.9) [Support]

Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️

[invalid?] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Support]

Launch Agents: ℹ️

[running] at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist [Support]

[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]

[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist [Support]

[running] com.wacom.wacomtablet.plist [Support]

Launch Daemons: ℹ️

[running] at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist [Support]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Support]

User Launch Agents: ℹ️

[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Support]

[running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist [Support]

User Login Items: ℹ️

iTunesHelper program (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)

ColorNavigator 6 program (/Applications/ColorNavigator 6.app)

Copy program (/Applications/Copy.app)

Spotify program (/Applications/Spotify.app)

Wunderlist program (/Applications/Wunderlist.app)

Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️

FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

Flash Player: Version: 16.0.0.235 - SDK 10.6 [Support]

QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3

WacomTabletPlugin: Version: WacomTabletPlugin 2.1.0.6 - SDK 10.9 [Support]

AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 [Support]

Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10

Safari Extensions: ℹ️

AdBlock [Installed]

3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️

Flash Player [Support]

Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Support]

WacomTablet [Support]

Time Machine: ℹ️

Time Machine not configured!

Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️

5% WindowServer

1% com.apple.WebKit.Networking

0% fontd

0% ColorNavigator 6

0% Spotify

Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️

241 MB Safari

172 MB Finder

103 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

86 MB Spotify

86 MB WacomTabletDriver

Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️

11.90 GB Free RAM

1.63 GB Active RAM

1.62 GB Inactive RAM

1.64 GB Wired RAM

1.96 GB Page-ins

42 MB Page-outs

Diagnostics Information: ℹ️

Jan 7, 2015, 11:19:57 PM Self test - passed

Jan 7, 2015, 11:07:37 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014_2015-01-07-230737_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

Jan 7, 2015, 07:24:50 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014_2015-01-07-192450_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

Jan 7, 2015, 10:27:56 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent_2015-01-07-102756_[ redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Details]

Jan 7, 2015, 10:26:56 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-01-07-102656_[redacted].cpu_resource.d iag [Details]

Jan 7, 2015, 10:24:11 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Spotlight_2015-01-07-102411_[redacted].cpu_reso urce.diag [Details]

Jan 7, 2015, 10:20:59 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-01-07-102059_[redacted].panic [Details]

Jan 7, 2015, 10:16:44 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/mds_2015-01-07-101644_[redacted].cpu_resource.d iag [Details]

Dec 25, 2014, 07:27:59 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2014-12-25-072759_[redacted].panic [Details]

Dec 14, 2014, 05:15:21 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2014-12-14-171521_[redacted].panic [Details]

Dec 13, 2014, 10:03:56 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2014-12-13-100356_[redacted].panic [Details]

Dec 12, 2014, 01:44:45 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2014-12-12-134445_[redacted].panic [Details]

All best,

Kamil

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 3:20 PM

17 replies

photomile Author

Level 1

4 points

Aug 6, 2015 11:48 PM in response to photomile

So. If someone had similar problem this is the solution of my particular case. The service had no idea what was wrong. Probably they even didn't open the computer case. What I managed to discover finally, downloading Macs Fan Control hat gives many temperature sensors readings, that my Northbridge Chipset was boiling at 128C. The AHT hint was correct. The Northbridge Chipset radiator was loose. One pin was broken and it even didn't touch the chipsets surface. I didn't buy a new motherboard (what I read people do in such a situation - WOW!), just took nice pins from old PC motherboard. New thermal paste, new pins, whatever I do now, the computer is stable and the Northbridge temperature doesn't exceed 77C... as simple as that 🙂 I must say, I wasn't aware of so many temperature sensors in the mac pro. I thought what istat nano says is everything 🙂

All best!

Kamil

Aug 7, 2015 7:27 AM in response to photomile

The pins eating the heatsink on the Northbridge chip can get brittle and snap over time. The problem is rare, but it has been seen here before, and more than once.

To check for this issue, you can power off, remove the slide-out processor shelf (2009, 2010, and 2012 models) and attempt to wiggle the heatsink on the chip at the center of the board, between the two huge processor heatsinks. It should be rock solid. If wiggly, that may be the problem.

MacPro 2009 freezing once after booting