I've Had It ... Mac Pro Cylinder Constantly Crashing!

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I've Had It ... Mac Pro Cylinder Constantly Crashing!

I have an unmodified Mac Pro cylinder running the latest Yosemite build that we use to run our business and is constantly crashing ... logs say it is some kind of graphics card issue. I have researched through these threads and many seem to be having the exact same issue. Has Apple figured out a solution yet? I am about to put this thing on eBay and switch back to Windows ...

Thanks in advance for any suggestions :-/

PS - I'm not a newb so no need to suggest a reboot or resetting the PRAM.

Posted on Jun 1, 2015 3:03 PM

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lllaass

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Jun 1, 2015 3:11 PM in response to rehctelf

Are you running 10.10.3?

When you say crash does it reboot?

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Jun 1, 2015 3:11 PM in response to rehctelf

If by "crashing", you mean kernel panics, the record of these events are kept in a log. Use this article to find the latest one and paste the text into a reply on the forum for Readers to assist you.

Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panic - Apple Support

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Jun 1, 2015 3:11 PM in response to rehctelf

Bring it to your local apple store to get checked out. It's probably something simple 🙂

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lllaass

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Jun 1, 2015 3:15 PM in response to Averythomas

And you basis of that is???

Do you have a 2013 Mac Pro?

Averythomas wrote:

Bring it to your local apple store to get checked out. It's probably something simple 🙂

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Auldlea

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Jun 4, 2015 8:26 AM in response to rehctelf

I've had the same freezing problem since buying the pro also, currently running it bare and still it freezes continuously. Its coming very close to be a bouncing cylinder straight out the window :-)

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The hatter

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Jun 4, 2015 8:55 AM in response to rehctelf

... but a list of what business software or other items are installed does help, and even pointing to just what the graphic error AND point to "what others" said.

Adobe and D500's?

PRAM is rarely needed but popular as a way of saying something - reboot, same thing.

Safe Mode can help.

Unmodified? that means zero hardware outside of kb/mouse - and we know monitors play a role.

Also, any software installed - even something simple.

Google Drive and Chrome as well as DropBox are modifications.

AV (malware not audio-video) modify the OS.

FinalCut Pro-X is one of the few apps that the nMP seems to be well suited and made for, otherwise... Classic Mac Pro can be customized and outfitted and perform even better - especially with GTX 980 w/ CUDA and such.

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