Mac Pro 4,1 / Yosemite 10.10.3 random freezes
I have a bit of a stumper. I've been running a Mac Pro 4,1 with Yosemite, and experiencing random freezes a couple times a day. Sometimes the freezes happen when switching to Safari or opening a new page -- but I still got a freeze one day keeping Safari turned off. Some processes continue to run during the freeze (e.g., I could see a drive still being copied to using CCC) but otherwise, I have to do a hard reset.
Things I have done/tried:
• examined the logs using Console -- there is often nothing going on at the time of the freeze
• reset the PRAM
• reinstalled Yosemite
• opened the case and dusted
• reseated my RAM modules
• replaced a Samsung 840 EVO SSD boot disk with an OWC 3G SSD boot disk (both installed off of the SATA in the optical bay)
Here is an Etrecheck scan. TIA for any ideas on how to sleuth this.
Problem description:
Mac Pro 4,1 randomly freezes; some processes remain running (e.g., CCC), cursor moves but no GUI response.
EtreCheck version: 2.2 (132)
Report generated 5/15/15, 3:01 PM
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
Mac Pro (Early 2009) (Technical Specifications)
Mac Pro - model: MacPro4,1
1 2.93 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon CPU: 4-core
28 GB RAM Upgradeable
DIMM 1
8 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
DIMM 2
8 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
DIMM 3
8 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
DIMM 4
4 GB DDR3 ECC 1066 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en2: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
ATI Radeon HD 4870 - VRAM: 512 MB
LED Cinema Display 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10.3 (14D136) - Time since boot: 0:11:28
Disk Information: ℹ️
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD disk0 : (480.1 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
new SSD boot (disk0s2) / : 479.11 GB (94.03 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 784 MB
HGST HDN724040ALE640 disk1 : (4 TB)
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
disk1s2 (disk1s2) <not mounted> : 2 MB
disk1s3 (disk1s3) <not mounted> : 7 MB
disk1s4 (disk1s4) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk1s5) <not mounted> : 134 MB
disk1s6 (disk1s6) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk1s7) <not mounted> : 134 MB
HGST HDN724040ALE640 disk2 : (4 TB)
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
disk2s2 (disk2s2) <not mounted> : 2 MB
disk2s3 (disk2s3) <not mounted> : 7 MB
disk2s4 (disk2s4) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk2s5) <not mounted> : 134 MB
disk2s6 (disk2s6) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk2s7) <not mounted> : 134 MB
HGST HDN724040ALE640 disk4 : (4 TB)
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
disk4s2 (disk4s2) <not mounted> : 2 MB
disk4s3 (disk4s3) <not mounted> : 7 MB
disk4s4 (disk4s4) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk4s5) <not mounted> : 134 MB
disk4s6 (disk4s6) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk4s7) <not mounted> : 134 MB
HGST HDN724040ALE640 disk3 : (4 TB)
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
disk3s2 (disk3s2) <not mounted> : 2 MB
disk3s3 (disk3s3) <not mounted> : 7 MB
disk3s4 (disk3s4) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk3s5) <not mounted> : 134 MB
disk3s6 (disk3s6) <not mounted> : 2.00 TB
Boot OSX (disk3s7) <not mounted> : 134 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
OWC Mercury Elite Pro Quad USB 3 3 TB
EFI (disk8s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
new TM (disk8s2) /Volumes/new TM : 3.00 TB (2.70 TB free)
Apple Inc. Apple LED Cinema Display
Apple Inc. Display Audio
Apple Inc. Display iSight
OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro 2 TB
EFI (disk7s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
new boot clone (disk7s2) /Volumes/new boot clone : 2.00 TB (1.61 TB free)
Recovery HD (disk7s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 784 MB
EPSON EPSON Scanner
Fujitsu ScanSnap S510M
Lexar CFUDMA_SD Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Logitech USB Receiver
Logitech G700 Laser Mouse
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Toast 9 Titanium/Toast Titanium.app
[not loaded] com.elgato.driver.Pluto2 (1.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (1.7) [Click for support]
/Applications/Utilities/diskwarrior old/DiskWarrior 4.1.1r810/DiskWarrior.app
[not loaded] com.alsoft.Preview (4.1.1) [Click for support]
/Applications/VMware Fusion.app
[not loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmci (90.6.3) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.14.1.3 (14.1.3) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmnet (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.vmware.kext.vmx86 (0249.89.30) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.vmware.kext.vsockets (90.6.0) [Click for support]
/Library/Extensions
[loaded] com.softraid.driver.SoftRAID (5.0.7 - SDK 10.9) [Click for support]
[loaded] jp.plentycom.driver.SteerMouse (4.2.3 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.palm.ClassicNotSeizeDriver (3.2) [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.extensis.FMCore.plist [Click for support] [Click for details]
[running] com.softraid.SoftRAIDMonitor.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.apple.spirecorder.plist
[running] com.bombich.ccchelper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.bresink.system.securityagent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.quark.quarkupdate.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.softraid.softraidd.plist [Click for support]
[running] de.appgineers.Mountain.Helper.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] org.cindori.SenseiTool.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] de.metaquark.appfresh.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
Mountain Application (/Applications/Mountain.app)
iTunes Application (/Applications/iTunes.app)
ScanSnap Manager Application (/Applications/ScanSnap/ScanSnap Manager.app)
ChronoSyncBackgrounder Application (/Library/Application Support/ChronoSync/ChronoSyncBackgrounder.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
SteerMouse Manager Application (/Applications/Utilities/SteerMouse.app/Contents/MacOS/SteerMouse Manager.app)
CCC User Agent Application (/Applications/Utilities/Carbon Copy Cloner.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/CCC User Agent.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.169 - SDK 10.6 Outdated! Update
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
User internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
Picasa: Version: 1.0 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
1Password
ExifExt
ClickToPlugin
Ghostery
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Quark Update Preferences [Click for support]
SteerMouse [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
new SSD boot: Disk size: 479.11 GB Disk used: 385.08 GB
Destinations:
Untitled [Local]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 37
Oldest backup: 2015-05-01 01:10:08 +0000
Last backup: 2015-05-15 18:21:18 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 479.11 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
30% com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
7% WindowServer
4% Safari
1% fontd
0% taskgated
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
1.36 GB kernel_task
401 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent(3)
315 MB mds_stores
172 MB Safari
172 MB iTunes
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
21.00 GB Free RAM
6.66 GB Used RAM
0 B Swap Used
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
May 15, 2015, 02:47:36 PM Self test - passed
May 14, 2015, 06:49:54 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/AutoCAD LT 2015_2015-05-14-184954_[redacted].cpu_resource.diag [Click for details]
May 14, 2015, 05:53:58 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/backupd_2015-05-14-175358_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Click for details]
May 14, 2015, 05:18:31 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Dropbox_2015-05-14-171831_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Click for details]
May 13, 2015, 11:20:21 AM /Users/[redacted]/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.WebKit.Networking_20 15-05-13-112021_[redacted].crash
May 14, 2015, 12:28:15 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Dropbox_2015-05-14-122815_[redacted].cpu_resour ce.diag [Click for details]
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)