2006/2007 Mac Pro (1,1/2,1) and OS X El Capitan

[F1Mac]

Hi Morpheo,

There are two possibilities:

1. The most likely is that SIP was disabled at some point in the past. The state of SIP is stored in the PRAM (NVRAM) so that it persists over restarts. You can use nvram -p to print all the PRAM variables, one of which is usually csr-active-config. (On my system the value is %80%00%00%00, which equates to a csrutil command outputting enabled)
2. You may have used an older boot.efi file. I can't remember the exact versions, but I think Version 2 branch boots but doesn't enable SIP. Although I have a vague recollection that SIP does not work, but the csrutil command still reports it enabled. Therefore my best guess is item 1 above...

Thanks rthpjm. I guess you're right about #1 then. On this disc I had previously installed El Capitan and in fact disabled SIP, then went back to Mavericks for a while. Two days ago I reinstalled (upgraded) El Capitan again. I'm staying there now

...My csr-active-config value is w%00%00%00 which must mean disabled compared to yours.

 

[cdmawolf]

Thanks rthpjm. I guess you're right about #1 then. On this disc I had previously installed El Capitan and in fact disabled SIP, then went back to Mavericks for a while. Two days ago I reinstalled (upgraded) El Capitan again. I'm staying there now

...My csr-active-config value is w%00%00%00 which must mean disabled compared to yours.

Relevant user options for SIP: * csr-active-config 0x0 = SIP Enabled (Default) * csr-active-config 0x3 = SIP Partially Disabled (Loads unsigned kexts) * csr-active-config 0x67 = SIP Disabled completely

PS: On my Sierra machine nvram -p csr-active-config gets an error.

nvram: Error getting variable - 'csr-active-config': (iokit/common) data was not found

 

[drkheure]

installed a zotac 1060. runs quiet.
working fine in windows 7 after updating and resetting the drivers.
in osx installed the nvidia drivers, but no luck yet. will have to wait for an nvidia update.
happy the card works.
titanfall is like a new game now

 

[Apple Master]

Question,

I'm thinking of buying a cheap used macbook pro. What would you suggest I buy for less than $400. I think a 15" would be ideal but not sure what model possibly something in the 2010+ year range. This would just be mostly for surfing the internet no major projects on it.

I do like the older 17" models too for the large screen but I'm worried about upgrading to El Capitan because of the graphics card. I'm seeing the 17" laptops for $200.

A 13" is def too small for my taste, but all in all I'm looking for something in the 15" screen range that can update to El Capitan without all of the boot.efi headaches.

Thanks for looking.

 

[F1Mac]

Question,

I'm thinking of buying a cheap used macbook pro. What would you suggest I buy for less than $400. I think a 15" would be ideal but not sure what model possibly something in the 2010+ year range. This would just be mostly for surfing the internet no major projects on it.

I do like the older 17" models too for the large screen but I'm worried about upgrading to El Capitan because of the graphics card. I'm seeing the 17" laptops for $200.

A 13" is def too small for my taste, but all in all I'm looking for something in the 15" screen range that can update to El Capitan without all of the boot.efi headaches.

Thanks for looking.

Why are you asking this in this thread? MBP section maybe?...

 

[Apple Master]

Why are you asking this in this thread? MBP section maybe?...

I posted there too, but I thought it would be helpful to post here too because I want to upgrade it to El Capitan.

 

[jantoman]

I posted there too, but I thought it would be helpful to post here too because I want to upgrade it to El Capitan.

This thread is specifically intended for unsupported machines. Post-2010 laptops don't need any modification to install El Capitan, AFAIK.

 

[mani girafe]

Hi all ,

thanks for the job about mac pro 1,1

i have an question ( i am newbie )

i make an usbinstaller elcapitan with http://diskmakerx.com/

after make the usb , can i change the file BOOT.EFI inside the usb installer ?

thanks a lot

 

[hwojtek]

Yes. And a hell lot more. Use this post and follow it closely (remember, you already have the first part - creating an installation USB - done).
You need to have 12 GB RAM or more to successfully install ElCap this way.

 

[spin498]

Ok, slightly off topic, since it looks like my old Mac Pro 1,1 will get left behind with Sierra I'm thinking of turning it into a home server with Apple's OSX server software. Has anyone done this? Does the server software effect the boot.efi like the updates did?

 

[hwojtek]

Not at all. Server is (however quite complicated and with a lots of settings, but...) just another app.

 

[spin498]

Not at all. Server is (however quite complicated and with a lots of settings, but...) just another app.

Thanks for the info. I'm just looking to centralize my Photo files and music. I may must start with plugging my external drives and sharing them, my biggest issue is getting Windoze machines to see the shares.

I did have OSX server on this machine when it was still running Lion natively. And yes I did find it complicated.

 

[cdmawolf]

Thanks for the info. I'm just looking to centralize my Photo files and music. I may must start with plugging my external drives and sharing them, my biggest issue is getting Windoze machines to see the shares.

I did have OSX server on this machine when it was still running Lion natively. And yes I did find it complicated.

Why not use a USB 3.0 port on a Cisco/Linksys Router if you just need a network share.

 

[hwojtek]

Thanks for the info. I'm just looking to centralize my Photo files and music. I may must start with plugging my external drives and sharing them, my biggest issue is getting Windoze machines to see the shares.

That's not what the Server is for... It takes 3 clicks in "Sharing" preference pane, "File sharing" section on a freshly installed OS X, save your $$ for more disks.

 

[lalami1990]

Hello everyone

I'm currently having a nightmare with my Mac Pro 1,1 system and using any unsupported OS (anything after OS X 10.7.5). I keep getting continuous kernel panics and it's driving me mad. I've used multiple hard drives (both SSD and mechanical), swapped out RAM cards, reset the SMC & PRAM and even installed the official NVidia drivers for my card, and I still can't get it to function. My system is at the stock configuration except I'm using an NVidia 8800GT.

I was beginning to think that it could be my GPU so I plugged it into my brothers PC and flashed the Apple 8800GT ROM to the GPU so now I can see the boot screen at startup but I'm still getting kernel panics. I did however notice some artefact when I had the card installed in my brothers PC but these artefacts haven't occurred at all when using my Mac and I'm able to use CineBench in 10.7.5 without any issues. The system is completely stable in 10.7.5 but anything newer would lead to a kernel panic 5 minutes after I have successfully booted to the desktop in El-Capitan. I would really appreciate any help at all! I have attached a copy of the system report of the last two kernel panics that occurred. Thanks again!


//PANIC 1:

Anonymous UUID: 3E969B10-5379-E82E-EAAE-CFAFE34D55AE



Thu Aug 18 01:53:41 2016



*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8005fce6fa): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f86b60f86, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000012beac000, CR3: 0x000000010dd1f000, CR4: 0x0000000000002660

RAX: 0xf7ff380b7b27f2bf, RBX: 0x00000000c1d00061, RCX: 0x0000000080000147, RDX: 0xf7ff380b7b27f2bf

RSP: 0xffffff8c84d9b3c0, RBP: 0xffffff8c84d9b3e0, RSI: 0x0000000080000147, RDI: 0xffffff801c4b5470

R8: 0xffffff8010745800, R9: 0xffffff800f39bfb8, R10: 0x00000000676c6d73, R11: 0x0000000002800000

R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff805791d358, R15: 0xffffff805791d358

RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f86b60f86, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x000000012beac000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 0



Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff805dcf6c50 : 0xffffff8005edab52

0xffffff805dcf6cd0 : 0xffffff8005fce6fa

0xffffff805dcf6eb0 : 0xffffff8005fec563

0xffffff805dcf6ed0 : 0xffffff7f86b60f86

0xffffff8c84d9b3e0 : 0xffffff7f86b15d7c

0xffffff8c84d9b430 : 0xffffff7f86b45474

0xffffff8c84d9b5b0 : 0xffffff7f86b434e3

0xffffff8c84d9b5f0 : 0xffffff7f86b43111

0xffffff8c84d9b640 : 0xffffff7f86b3001e

0xffffff8c84d9b6f0 : 0xffffff7f86b59e6a

0xffffff8c84d9b8e0 : 0xffffff7f86b5b5d5

0xffffff8c84d9b9b0 : 0xffffff7f87a0fde8

0xffffff8c84d9ba10 : 0xffffff7f87a0fe75

0xffffff8c84d9baf0 : 0xffffff7f879f097c

0xffffff8c84d9bb50 : 0xffffff80064e1586

0xffffff8c84d9bb80 : 0xffffff80064e2e50

0xffffff8c84d9bbe0 : 0xffffff80064dfed7

0xffffff8c84d9bd20 : 0xffffff8005f97f90

0xffffff8c84d9be30 : 0xffffff8005edf2c3

0xffffff8c84d9be60 : 0xffffff8005ec28f8

0xffffff8c84d9bea0 : 0xffffff8005ed26a5

0xffffff8c84d9bf10 : 0xffffff8005fb8eca

0xffffff8c84d9bfb0 : 0xffffff8005fecd86

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb(10.1.1)[9C6A0120-9A1A-390D-BF5B-63AB3C31A9AC]@0xffffff7f86b04000->0xffffff7f86d6cfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F51AA3D6-EC2F-3AD3-A043-06DB79027AA2]@0xffffff7f8672c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[4EB2843C-C821-3AD0-B333-575FD6ED6FB1]@0xffffff7f86af4000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[A360453D-2050-3C49-A549-AC0DD5E87917]@0xffffff7f86aad000

com.nvidia.web.GeForceTeslaWeb(10.1.1)[8C2D06B6-E6EA-3A63-973F-FB79C506E155]@0xffffff7f879af000->0xffffff7f87a75fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[F51AA3D6-EC2F-3AD3-A043-06DB79027AA2]@0xffffff7f8672c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[4EB2843C-C821-3AD0-B333-575FD6ED6FB1]@0xffffff7f86af4000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[A360453D-2050-3C49-A549-AC0DD5E87917]@0xffffff7f86aad000

dependency: com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb(10.1.1)[9C6A0120-9A1A-390D-BF5B-63AB3C31A9AC]@0xffffff7f86b04000



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Boot args: nvda_drv=1



Mac OS version:

15G31



Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Thu Jun 23 18:25:34 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.60.10~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: B5AA8E3E-65B6-3D0E-867B-8DCCF81E536C

Kernel slide: 0x0000000005c00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005e00000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8005d00000

System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)



System uptime in nanoseconds: 168205258612

last loaded kext at 39520518802: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7f87ccb000, 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.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.6f1

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 274.12

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 274.12

com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFIVRDriver 4.1.0

com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 10.1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.5

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.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.4

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCIPCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0

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.DspFuncLib 274.12

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.2.3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.6f1

com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1

com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 274.12

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 274.12

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.4

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3

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.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.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 3.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.8.1

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

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: MacPro1,1, BootROM MP11.005C.B08, 4 processors, Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 3 GB, SMC 1.7f10

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 1, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x0198, -

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 2, 1 GB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x0198, -

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 3, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4E54353132543732553839423442442D3343

Memory Module: DIMM Riser A/DIMM 4, 512 MB, DDR2 FB-DIMM, 667 MHz, 0x830B, 0x4E54353132543732553839423442442D3343

Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0

PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT, Display Controller, Slot-1

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAJS-22TKA0, 500.11 GB

Parallel ATA Device: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D, 4.48 GB

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard

USB Device: Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical®

USB Device: Apple Pro Keyboard

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: USB Bus

USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus

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

Thunderbolt Bus:

//PANIC 2

Anonymous UUID: 3E969B10-5379-E82E-EAAE-CFAFE34D55AE



Thu Aug 18 01:59:14 2016



*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80031ce6fa): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80034f2926, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000115710120, CR3: 0x000000004cc18000, CR4: 0x0000000000002660

RAX: 0xffffff8c8282bb80, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x00000000961fde2f, RDX: 0xffffff800d0bf608

RSP: 0xffffff8c8282b970, RBP: 0xffffff8c8282bbb0, RSI: 0x0000000000002f14, RDI: 0x0000000000002f15

R8: 0xffffff800d3d2168, R9: 0x0000000000002f14, R10: 0xffffff800fdc2508, R11: 0x3217290c0e030be0

R12: 0xffffff800d3d2168, R13: 0xffffff800d0bf008, R14: 0xffffff800d3d2180, R15: 0x00000000961fde2f

RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff80034f2926, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x0000000115710120, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2, PL: 0



Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff807b04ddf0 : 0xffffff80030dab52

0xffffff807b04de70 : 0xffffff80031ce6fa

0xffffff807b04e050 : 0xffffff80031ec563

0xffffff807b04e070 : 0xffffff80034f2926

0xffffff8c8282bbb0 : 0xffffff80034f11aa

0xffffff8c8282bbe0 : 0xffffff80032d6dfc

0xffffff8c8282bf60 : 0xffffff8003628701

0xffffff8c8282bfb0 : 0xffffff80031ecd66



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker

Boot args: nvda_drv=1



Mac OS version:

15G31



Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 15.6.0: Thu Jun 23 18:25:34 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3248.60.10~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: B5AA8E3E-65B6-3D0E-867B-8DCCF81E536C

Kernel slide: 0x0000000002e00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003000000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8002f00000

System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)



System uptime in nanoseconds: 242559989306

last loaded kext at 109009558663: com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 11.0 (addr 0xffffff7f856b9000, size 368640)

last unloaded kext at 237035057438: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f855cf000, size 8192)

loaded kexts:

com.nvidia.web.GeForceTeslaWeb 10.1.1

com.nvidia.web.NVDANV50HalTeslaWeb 10.1.1

com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanTeslaWeb 10.1.1

com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 11.0

com.apple.nke.asp-tcp 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 274.12

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13

com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.6f1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.5

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.7

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0

com.apple.BootCache 38

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 3.1.4b1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCIPCI 1.0.1

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.security.SecureRemotePassword 1.0

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 274.12

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.2.3

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.6f1

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1

com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 274.12

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 274.12

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.4

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7

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.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

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[rthpjm]

swapped out RAM cards

There have been many users report similar KP issues. In almost all those cases the problem lies with the original 512MB RAM cards. We have typically advised people in this situation to purchase higher value RAM cards (2Gb or 4GB). Buy them in pairs, buy as much as you can afford. The important thing is to stop using the 512Mb RAM cards (do not be tempted to fill empty slots with the 512Mb cards, otherwise you will still experience KPs).

We can only speculate, but the newer OSes may assume contiguous memory boundaries at values that are now incompatible with the 512Mb cards, hence the KPs....

Those users that have followed this advice have reported back via the forum that their machine has stabilised, and that the KPs have stopped.

 

[lalami1990]

There have been many users report similar KP issues. In almost all those cases the problem lies with the original 512MB RAM cards. We have typically advised people in this situation to purchase higher value RAM cards (2Gb or 4GB). Buy them in pairs, buy as much as you can afford. The important thing is to stop using the 512Mb RAM cards (do not be tempted to fill empty slots with the 512Mb cards, otherwise you will still experience KPs).

We can only speculate, but the newer OSes may assume contiguous memory boundaries at values that are now incompatible with the 512Mb cards, hence the KPs....

Those users that have followed this advice have reported back via the forum that their machine has stabilised, and that the KPs have stopped.

I have removed the two 512MB modules and used 2x1GB modules connected to slot A, board A and a kernel panic occurred again. I've just now tried to boot the system with a spare 2GB module and it boots but the kernel panic happened again. I can't manage to keep the system running for more than two minutes. I booted up the Apple Hardware Diagnostic test and performed an extended hardware test and everything passed.

Update: I went out today and purchased a used ATI 5770 (Mac Pro Edition) for £130 ($172 USD) and I was still getting kernel panics after installing the GPU. At this point I was going mad! I know it couldn't be my GPU anymore, so I decided to gather up all of the ECC RAM modules I had available and test the RAM using something other than the Apple Hardware Diagnostic test. I connected one pair each time and used a RAM testing utility called Rember. Some DIMMS came back faulty (address errors), and some passed. I then connected up all the good RAM I had and now the machine is stable (fingers staying crossed! lol). I managed to boot into El-Capitan and run GTA: San Andreas for a good 35 minutes without any errors. Sadly I now only have 2GB of RAM available. Now I'm trying to find a way to get my two thunderbolt displays connected to my Mac Pro.

 

[rthpjm]

I have removed the two 512MB modules and used 2x1GB modules connected to slot A, board A and a kernel panic occurred again. I've just now tried to boot the system with a spare 2GB module and it boots but the kernel panic happened again. I can't manage to keep the system running for more than two minutes. I booted up the Apple Hardware Diagnostic test and performed an extended hardware test and everything passed.

Okay, but you MUST have pairs of RAM cards, a single 2Gb card will also give you problems.

You don't describe the total amount of RAM you have installed....?

 

[lalami1990]

Okay, but you MUST have pairs of RAM cards, a single 2Gb card will also give you problems.

You don't describe the total amount of RAM you have installed....?

I installed a single 2GB card earlier and it booted just fine. I currently have 2x1GB cards installed. The 2x512MB cards are faulty. I also have 2x2GB cards but one is faulty also.

 

[hwojtek]

Now I'm trying to find a way to get my two thunderbolt displays connected to my Mac Pro.

Sorry, no go. There is no TB card for the cMP and these displays will only accept TB signal, not DisplayPort.

 

[lalami1990]

Sorry, no go. There is no TB card for the cMP and these displays will only accept TB signal, not DisplayPort.

I know I did however find a thunderbolt display to HDMI/DVI box that allows you to connect a thunderbolt display to any HDMI/DVI source but it retails for over £180 on Amazon and I would require two of them.

 

[hwojtek]

£360 will buy you two 30" Cinema Displays...

 

[lalami1990]

£360 will buy you two 30" Cinema Displays...

Very true, but unfortunately I invested into two Thunderbolt Displays two years ago and it would make sense to one day invest in those adapters to make use of my displays in the future (with or without the Mac Pro). Sadly £360 is outside of my budget for now so I will start saving so that I can have my Mac Pro connected to them. At the moment I'm running my Mac Pro on a horrible LCD monitor -_-. My priority right now is to purchase a RAM & CPU upgrade and get my Mac Pro running at the 2,1 specs.

 

[lalami1990]

I have removed the two 512MB modules and used 2x1GB modules connected to slot A, board A and a kernel panic occurred again. I've just now tried to boot the system with a spare 2GB module and it boots but the kernel panic happened again. I can't manage to keep the system running for more than two minutes. I booted up the Apple Hardware Diagnostic test and performed an extended hardware test and everything passed.

Update: I went out today and purchased a used ATI 5770 (Mac Pro Edition) for £130 ($172 USD) and I was still getting kernel panics after installing the GPU. At this point I was going mad! I know it couldn't be my GPU anymore, so I decided to gather up all of the ECC RAM modules I had available and test the RAM using something other than the Apple Hardware Diagnostic test. I connected one pair each time and used a RAM testing utility called Rember. Some DIMMS came back faulty (address errors), and some passed. I then connected up all the good RAM I had and now the machine is stable (fingers staying crossed! lol). I managed to boot into El-Capitan and run GTA: San Andreas for a good 35 minutes without any errors. Sadly I now only have 2GB of RAM available. Now I'm trying to find a way to get my two thunderbolt displays connected to my Mac Pro.

I have just reinstalled El-Capitan and all of a sudden I'm getting kernel panics again.

 

[rthpjm]

I have just reinstalled El-Capitan and all of a sudden I'm getting kernel panics again.

I believe that you need more RAM.
10.7 is very old and would run in a small memory footprint. Yosemite and El Capitan are much newer, they will require higher minimum specs. I would suggest you look to buy a second 2Gb RAM card matched as best you can to your existing one. Install only the two 2GB cards.

If your budget can stretch, buy more 2Gb cards. You will benefit from it...