Q: SMC issue on early 2008 Mac Pro

For the last 6 months or so my Mac Pro has had issues with abrupt shut-downs, sometimes randomly while I'm working on the device, or soon or even immediately after waking up from sleep mode. Usually resetting the SMC solves the issue, sometimes for weeks, but sometimes it lasts annoyingly for days on end, even when repeatedly resetting the SMC. Is there any patch that can be downloaded to fix, or a component that can be replaced?

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 23, 2016 6:55 AM

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by lllaass,

lllaass Jun 23, 2016 7:04 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 23, 2016 7:04 AM in response to Von123

Are you getting any kernel panics?
OS X: About kernel panics - Apple Support
If log it and post it here
Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panic - Apple Support

Common problem with the 2006-2008 MP is that memory runs hot and fail with time.
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 23, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 23, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Von123

Hi Illaass, not sure if you had a partial reply for my Mac keeps shutting down!

Anyway, will try again. Now I don't always get a kernel panic message and normally just reboots - sometime several attempts, but when I do it will state that "your computer was restarted because of a problem". I have previously run disk repair but nothing found, and I can also get the problem when starting from cold.

Earlier I tried to send a cut and paste of the log but failed due to illegal characters, but for some reason it won't allow me to attach a PDF of the log at only 770KB .

Any other way to send same?
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by lllaass,

lllaass Jun 23, 2016 7:56 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 23, 2016 7:56 AM in response to Von123

Create a free pastebin account and post the report there. Provide a link to it in your next reply
http://pastebin.com/
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 23, 2016 9:11 AM in response to lllaass
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Jun 23, 2016 9:11 AM in response to lllaass

Hi Illaass, appreciate your patience and help.

Created the account and pasted the log, hope you can access:http://pastebin.com/FA5z8ny5

May not be able to reply until tomorrow now, in Qatar at the moment and the weekend just started and will be away from my Mac.

Rgds
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by lllaass,

lllaass Jun 23, 2016 10:04 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 23, 2016 10:04 AM in response to Von123

You need to make your pastebin post public.
I get this message:
Private Paste ID: FA5z8ny5
This is a private paste. If you created this paste, please login to view it.
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 23, 2016 12:22 PM in response to lllaass
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Jun 23, 2016 12:22 PM in response to lllaass

Hope this works

http://pastebin.com/VM4QSBCR
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by lllaass,

lllaass Jun 23, 2016 12:29 PM in response to Von123
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Jun 23, 2016 12:29 PM in response to Von123

That is just an app crash, not a kernel panic. For that crash try remove the app associated with ispyed. See:
http://www.macinside.info/process.php?id=1062#
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 24, 2016 12:14 AM in response to lllaass
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Jun 24, 2016 12:14 AM in response to lllaass

Hi Illaass,

Surprised to see that the App in question was causing the issue, especially when not being used. Deleted now and will see how my Mac performs, I'll get back to you in a few days with the results (so far so good).

Thanks.
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 29, 2016 6:15 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 29, 2016 6:15 AM in response to Von123

Hi once more Illaass,

Was just about to reply and say all was good and many thanks, but as it has done in the past, out of the blue it will crash, and again took a few attempts to reboot.

I've added the log to pastbin, but although I removed Espionage, the crash log still has the file name ispyed.

http://pastebin.com/BGPnYEFB
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by lllaass,

lllaass Jun 29, 2016 7:44 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 29, 2016 7:44 AM in response to Von123

Can you uninstall the app associated with ispyed. See:
http://www.macinside.info/process.php?id=1062#
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 29, 2016 8:46 AM in response to lllaass
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Jun 29, 2016 8:46 AM in response to lllaass

Illaass,

The link you provided simply takes me to download MacKeepr, which I had already. But as I mentioned, I'd already delted the APP/Espionage (using MacKeeper).
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,

Grant Bennet-Alder Jun 29, 2016 8:58 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 29, 2016 8:58 AM in response to Von123

MacKeeper is malware, as is ispy. You have not succeeded in removing it if it has crashed again.

If that link takes you to an Install macKeeper page, something may have been hacked, but you can try it again a few times and see if you can get through.
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by lllaass,

lllaass Jun 29, 2016 9:02 AM in response to Von123
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Jun 29, 2016 9:02 AM in response to Von123

Did you follow the developer's instructions for uninstalling APP/Espionage?
Since ispyed is still running that would mean that APP/Espionage was not completely removed
MacKeeper usually cause more problems that it solves.
http://www.macrumors.com/2015/08/10/mackeeper-refund-settlement/
To uninstall MacKeeper
Do not install MacKeeper
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by Von123,

Von123 Jun 29, 2016 9:47 AM in response to lllaass
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Jun 29, 2016 9:47 AM in response to lllaass

Thanks Illaas and Grant for the heads up on MacKeeper, let's get rig of that, and again try and rid my Mac of the ispyed. I'm away from my Mac for 3 weeks as of tomorrow, but will let you know how I get on. Thanks again.

No, I used MacKeeper to uninstall Espionage, unwittingly following the lead from the MacRumors page that the URL took me to.
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