Mac Pro Early 2008 Kernal Panic with any Nvidia Video Card

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Mac Pro Early 2008 Kernal Panic with any Nvidia Video Card

About two weeks ago there was a thunderstorm. When I woke up I discovered my computer was a victim. I have 2 video cards in my Mac Pro early 2008, and ATI Radeon 2600 and an Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT. After some troubleshooting I discovered the computer would boot with just the ATI card in, but if I had the GeForce card in it would constantly kernel panic. Didn't matter which slot it was in, and it didn't matter which slot the ATI card was in, it worked perfectly fine. So, I assumed my GeForce card was toast. So... I ordered a Nvidia Quadro FX 5600. Installed it, and I'm having the exact same issue. So now I'm thinking it's the OS. So I installed Mac OS 10.11.5 on one of my other internal drives. Same issue when booting to that. If either Nvidia card is in my Mac Pro, the computer KP's.... But put the ATI card in there alone and it boots fine. I made sure I even downloaded and installed the latest drivers from Nvidia for the GeForce card, no luck... What the heck is the issue? Could this be a hardware issue? It seems like that to me but it's just boggling my mind that the ATI card works in the same slot... Below is the crash log if ANYBODY could help me shed some light on this issue it would be greatly appreciated.

Fri Jul 1 17:36:56 2016

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 7 caller 0xffffff80115ce5fa): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f94302689, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000010, CR3: 0x00000000081c1000, CR4: 0x0000000000002660

RAX: 0xcd390aa49c860001, RBX: 0xffffff80e2ea9000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x00000000ffffffff

RSP: 0xffffff911ccb3af0, RBP: 0xffffff911ccb3af0, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0x0000000000000000

R8: 0x00000000ffffffff, R9: 0x0000000000000002, R10: 0x000000000900015b, R11: 0x0000000000000029

R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff8024c82900, R14: 0xffffff80e2ea9000, R15: 0xffffff80e2ea9000

RFL: 0x0000000000010293, RIP: 0xffffff7f94302689, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000010, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x7, PL: 0

Backtrace (CPU 7), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff911ccb3780 : 0xffffff80114dab12

0xffffff911ccb3800 : 0xffffff80115ce5fa

0xffffff911ccb39e0 : 0xffffff80115ec463

0xffffff911ccb3a00 : 0xffffff7f94302689

0xffffff911ccb3af0 : 0xffffff7f942ed070

0xffffff911ccb3b40 : 0xffffff7f942ecfbe

0xffffff911ccb3b60 : 0xffffff7f942c962c

0xffffff911ccb3ba0 : 0xffffff7f927d60b5

0xffffff911ccb3bf0 : 0xffffff7f927d5fc8

0xffffff911ccb3c10 : 0xffffff7f927da532

0xffffff911ccb3ca0 : 0xffffff7f927d210b

0xffffff911ccb3cd0 : 0xffffff7f93db75d2

0xffffff911ccb3d20 : 0xffffff8011a94de1

0xffffff911ccb3d70 : 0xffffff8011adea89

0xffffff911ccb3de0 : 0xffffff8011597991

0xffffff911ccb3e30 : 0xffffff80114df283

0xffffff911ccb3e60 : 0xffffff80114c28b8

0xffffff911ccb3ea0 : 0xffffff80114d2665

0xffffff911ccb3f10 : 0xffffff80115b8dca

0xffffff911ccb3fb0 : 0xffffff80115ecc86

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[172C2960-EDF5-382D-80A5-C13E97D74880]@0 xffffff7f927c8000->0xffffff7f92802fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8216D61-5209-3B0C-866D-7D8B3C5F33FF]@0xffffff 7f91d2c000

com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb(10.1.1)[AF08A8C0-3A71-31B0-8D34-6E29DD16752F] @0xffffff7f93db4000->0xffffff7f9401cfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8216D61-5209-3B0C-866D-7D8B3C5F33FF]@0xffffff 7f91d2c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[1114B99F-E439-329E-876D-1FEC4CF45DF6]@0xff ffff7f9280f000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[172C2960-EDF5-382D-80A5-C13E97D74880]@0 xffffff7f927c8000

com.nvidia.web.GeForceTeslaWeb(10.1.1)[957C41F0-8CD9-3AF2-A0A1-BB54E48A7BB9]@0x ffffff7f942c6000->0xffffff7f9438cfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[D8216D61-5209-3B0C-866D-7D8B3C5F33FF]@0xffffff 7f91d2c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[1114B99F-E439-329E-876D-1FEC4CF45DF6]@0xff ffff7f9280f000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[172C2960-EDF5-382D-80A5-C13E97D74880]@0 xffffff7f927c8000

dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb(10.1.1)[AF08A8C0-3A71-31B0-8D34-6E29DD16752F] @0xffffff7f93db4000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Boot args: nvda_drv=1

Mac OS version:

15F34

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 15.5.0: Tue Apr 19 18:36:36 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.50.21~8/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 7E7B0822-D2DE-3B39-A7A5-77B40A668BC6

Kernel slide: 0x0000000011200000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8011400000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8011300000

System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 39468176244

last loaded kext at 36951211480: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7f92f24000, size 32768)

loaded kexts:

com.nvidia.web.GeForceTeslaWeb 10.1.1

com.nvidia.web.NVDANV50HalTeslaWeb 10.1.1

com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb 10.1.1

com.nvidia.NVDAStartupWeb 10.1.1

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 10.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 274.9

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 274.9

com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1

com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.4.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000 10.0.0

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.iokit.CSRBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1

com.apple.kext.AMD2600Controller 1.4.2

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFIVRDriver 4.1.0

com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck 517.50.1

com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver 4.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays 378

com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage 3.7.1

com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge 3.7.1

com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit 3.7.1

com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500 3.7.1

com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 3.7.1

com.apple.driver.StorageLynx 3.7.1

com.apple.driver.PioneerSuperDrive 3.7.1

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.7

com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0

com.apple.BootCache 38

com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 3.1.4b1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.4

com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224 700.36.24

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCIPCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 163

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 274.9

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 274.9

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 274.9

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.4

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6

com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.4.2

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.12.8

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 517.50.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 900.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 900.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriverPM 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 181

com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.7.7

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport 2.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2 4.2.7

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.7

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.8

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.8

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 3.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1110.26

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.8.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 417.4

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.Libm 1

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.25f4

Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5035313241373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5031323541373243503844332D5335

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 2 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 800 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x48594D5031323541373243503844332D5335

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x88), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)

Bluetooth: Version 4.4.5f3 17904, 3 services, 26 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en2

PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, Display Controller, Slot-1

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: SAMSUNG HD103UJ, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: ST4000DM000-1F2168, 4 TB

Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A

Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: USB Receiver

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: Bluetooth HCI

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

USB Device: USB2.0 Hub

USB Device: Gaming Keyboard G110

USB Device: G110 G-keys

USB Device: HL-4040CN

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display

USB Device: Keyboard Hub

USB Device: Apple Keyboard

FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec

FireWire Device: My Book 1112, WD, Up to 800 Mb/sec

FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown

Thunderbolt Bus:

Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 2 x 3GHz Quad Core, 8 GB of RAM

Posted on Jul 1, 2016 2:56 PM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Jul 1, 2016 5:41 PM in response to sudodaemon

I suggest that you remove the Nvidia drivers that you installed and see whether the panics stop. Back up all data before making any changes.

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Answer 2

sudodaemon Author

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Jul 2, 2016 7:23 AM in response to Linc Davis

The first boot after installing 10.11 on my other drive was without the new nvidia drivers and it gave the same issue. I then put the ATI card in, installed the nvidia drivers, reinstalled the nvidia card, and again, same issue.

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Answer 3

lllaass

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Jul 2, 2016 8:57 AM in response to sudodaemon

Seems like the thunderstorm either damaged the problem graphics card or another component in the Mac.

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Answer 4

Linc Davis

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Jul 2, 2016 9:49 AM in response to sudodaemon

I think the 8800 card is failing. Pretty much all of those cards would be expected to have failed by now, as they had poor-quality solder joints.

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Answer 5

sudodaemon Author

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Jul 2, 2016 12:13 PM in response to Linc Davis

It can't be just the 8800 card, because the other nvidia card is not working either. I've been running apple service diagnostics on it since last night with the ATI card in obviously and I finally got a failure. Processor 0 failed the whetstone test, concurrent whetstone floating point unit benchmark test. My hunch is the logic board, just seems like the more powerful cards it won't run? Obviously it could be processor 0 but my gut is telling me MLB.

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Answer 6

Linc Davis

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Jul 2, 2016 12:34 PM in response to sudodaemon

Then it's time to recycle the machine.

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Answer 7

sudodaemon Author

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Jul 2, 2016 1:03 PM in response to Linc Davis

Ehhh, I have 4 displays hooked up to this, including a 30inch Cinema Display, I'm not going to just give up and recycle. This computer still has life 🙂

Ive repaired dozens of these Mac Pros so I think I may order a logic board off eBay and give it a shot, $90 is worth the gamble. I used to be an Apple tech so it's a doable repair. I'll keep this thread posted on what happens.

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Answer 8

lllaass

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Jul 2, 2016 2:06 PM in response to sudodaemon

The FB-DIMM memory in the 2006-2008 run hot and tend to fail with time.

I would remove all memory except two 2 GB sticks and see if problem persists. If it does exchange those for another pair.

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Answer 9

sudodaemon Author

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Jul 2, 2016 2:10 PM in response to lllaass

Memory seems like a bit of a long shot but I've seen crazier things affect a computer, I'll give that a shot in a couple hours and let you know. I remember repairing one iMac, wouldn't power on. We replaced the power supply, still no power, then the logic board, still no power. Turned out the HD was preventing the iMac from turning on... Made no sense to me but hey, that's computers for you. I'll keep you guys posted, thanks for all the suggestions so far.

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