Expansion Slot Utility Popped Up This AM
G4, Mac OS X (10.4.5)
Hi Diana,
Is the Mac and OSX version in question the G4 in your equipment profile? I ask because the pre-1998 Macs this forum section covers do not have PCIe graphics nor can most of them run any version of OSX. This forum also gets dreadfully few views so help is slow coming here. If you have a newer Mac we can get you moved to a more active forums section.
I'm not familiar with that utility but when I search "Expansion Slot Utility" I find it appears to be an Apple package bundled with early (2006-7) Mac Pro computers. Mac Pros have their own forums with some excellent helpers. Is that what you have? Early Mac Pros and late PowerMacs G5s are similar in external appearance but very different inside. The also get separate forums. If you are nto sure it yours is a Mac Pro or a G5, there is an easy way to tell: PowerMacG5s have one optical drive bay; Mac Pros have two.
If you know the difference, I apologize. However, as "G5 or Mac Pro" historically is a source of great confusion in these forums, I had to ask.
Hi!
Something is going on since we lost power with the Nor'easters here in the east. Comcast had me get a new modem because they said that the modem was not responding correctly. Sometimes it freezes on the internet. I'm going to have Comcast physically come out; because I don't see anything wrong...and I pay them plenty of $ every month...the least they can do is come out every so often. But that popped up this AM when the computer just relaunched itself.
I purchased this MAC in Feb 2007 (yea...I know...it's 11 years old)
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro1,1
Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number of Processors: 2
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Processor): 4 MB
Memory: 6 GB
Bus Speed: 1.33 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MP11.005C.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.7f10
Serial Number (system): G8******UPZ
Hardware UUID: **************
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-4
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0393
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3008
Displays:
VA2349 Series:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: TT*******156
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT:
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
Slot: Slot-4
PCIe Lane Width: x8
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID: 0x0393
Revision ID: 0x00a1
ROM Revision: 3008
Displays:
VA2349 Series:
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Display Serial Number: TT*******156
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Rotation: Supported
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x80AD
Part Number: 0x48594D5035363441373242503844322D5935
Serial Number: 0x*****609
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x80AD
Part Number: 0x48594D5035363441373242503844322D5935
Serial Number: 0x******709
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 1:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x80AD
Part Number: 0x48594D5035363441373242503844322D5935
Serial Number: 0x******602
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 2:
Size: 512 MB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x80AD
Part Number: 0x48594D5035363441373242503844322D5935
Serial Number: 0x*******702
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3:
Size: 2 GB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x80CE
Part Number: 0x4D3339355435373530455A342D4345363620
Serial Number: 0x******D53
DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4:
Size: 2 GB
Type: DDR2 FB-DIMM
Speed: 667 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x80CE
Part Number: 0x4D3339355435373530455A342D4345363620
Serial Number: 0x******3A2
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 3:
Size: Empty
Type: Empty
Speed: Empty
Status: Empty
Manufacturer: Empty
Part Number: Empty
Serial Number: Empty
DIMM Riser B/DIMM 4:
Size: Empty
Type: Empty
Speed: Empty
Status: Empty
Manufacturer: Empty
Part Number: Empty
Serial Number: Empty
When it said it was running below max speed....wasn't sure if that's something going wrong?
[Personal Information Edited by Host]That shows your graphics card installed in the top slot, and set to x8 instead of the preferred x16.
Normally, we run the graphics card in the bottom slot, and set to x16 for maximum performance of the graphics. The difference will be hardly noticeable unless you do video or picture editing a a lot. On slightly later Mac Pro, you are compelled to use the bottom slot because it is double-wide, and so are many of the graphcis cards.
If you do not expect to add more PCIe cards in the near future, moving your existing graphics card to the bottom slot is not compelling.
If you're not adding any cards, you have the correct configuration. Check "Don't show this utility again", then click Quit.
Expansion Slot Utility Popped Up This AM