Its weird because it only happens when I start it up from it not being on for a while. Then all I have to do is force shut down by holding down the pwoer botton and starting it up again and it works...any clues?
ok did that..came back no problems found...I did a major cache cleaning...What seems so weird to me is that it only happens when the computer has been off for a while. If I turn it off now and turn it back on in a few minites it will load without a problem...But If I leave it off for like a few hours then It will give me the problem. By the way I just purchased this macpro about a week ago from apple...Any other clues....? I called the reps at apple and they did a reinstall of Mac OS with current files saved(otherwords I don't lose anything) he told me if it happens again the next step is total erase and reinstall of everything..I hope I don't need to do that...Any other clues..?
When you get the machine to boot, did you try Disc Utility? (Finder/Go Menu/Utilities) Try running the First Aid, which would enable you to verify the disc and, in many cases, repair it.
Actually, before you even use any drive, it is becoming a wise idea to zero the drive (more than just reformat or erase) and then do an install.
Also, good way to learn how to and get in the habit of making a backup clone of your OS and data in the process, something, unfortunately, is all too necessary with updates and upgrades, as well as for the unforseen (like installing something and having problems).
You can always just hold down
Command + s on startup, then follow the instrutions at the command line prompt for running
/sbin/fsck -fy to run diskutil - the same as the
fsck_hfs that would get run from GUI of Disk Utility. (Later, you can install
Applejack and run even more commands easily from a menu in Single User Mode environment).
While an Archive & Install "should" work and does retain settings, sometimes you do need a full erase and install.
Some drives might be taking too long to warm up on startup (Maxtor?) as MacPro seems to fly when booting (20 seconds is common). Some drives even have a delayed or staggered spinup routine.
Note that without details anything is guessing. Make-model-revision and firmware can play a role.
Thanks for all the help. I just completely reinstalled the OS and that seemed to fix it..The funny part is it worked perfect until I unpluged the computer from the electrical socket for a day then pluged it back in, got the message again..Are these macpros supposed to always be pluged in?? The reason I unplug it from the wall is because I live in miami and there is alot of thunder storms around here...So could it be that I unplug it from the electricity that is causing the problem??
My system is on UPS, but I turn off the UPS at night so there isn't any power going into it. That actually can't or isn't the reason for trouble - unplugging is more like a mini SMC_Reset.
I would put it on a hefty UPS, on its own circuit so it isn't sharing it with anything (well, maybe a lamp).
So if there are storms, should be reason enough to get a UPS and make sure that your modems and router are also going through UPS first to protect your equipment.
Maybe that outlet it was plugged into isn't wired and grounded or something?
well, its not that because I powered it off last night and left it pluged in and its back to the same thing again...This is driving me nuts I don't know what can be the problem...And what is even worse is that I can't show it to anyone because once I reboot it it powers up normally...its crazy
You can have four drives. Take them out, shuffle them, put them back in differently, and even if there were two RAIDs, the RAID would still work and you would still boot just fine.
You have a hardware issue. Run AHT. Reset SMC. Take it in or call. Remove USB and PCIe 3rd party. I have half a dozen FW drives - but I dont' use FW consumer electronics. I do have two USB2 printers, camera and scanner, along with k/b and mouse.
