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Running Mojave. Tested memory and all drives. It will unpredictably suddenly freeze, and if there is sound playing, the sound repeats like a broken record. I have to shut it down and restart. Any ideas? Thanks.
Earlier Mac models
How old and how full is the startup disk that you are running from..?
What does the free version of DriveDX say about the health of your startup disk..?
see > https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx
For a more comprehensive look at your Mac system, both hardware and software.
Download and run the free version of EtreCheckPro, from > https://etrecheck.com/en/index.html
Then post the Report, as per > How to use the Add Text Feature When Post… - Apple Community
Kernel Panic Reports are stored in the Folder at:
/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports
If you copy and paste that string into:
Finder > Go menu > Go to Folder
it will take you to the Folder where those reports are stored.
Kernel panic reports are named with Date&Time and start or end in ‘panic’
If you find one, please post the entire report here, by using the “additional text” Icon in the reply footer (looks like a paper with writing).
Please don’t post more about 20 lines of any other types of reports — they are interminable, and any information useful for this purpose is on the first screenful.
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By far the easiest way to cause poor performance, instability, overheating and crashing is to install ANY third-party speeder-uppers, Cleaners, Optimizers, or Virus scanners, Bit Torrent, or a VPN that you installed yourself. They are relentless in scanning your files, non-stop, looking for virus-like patterns in Everything, or looking for files that have changed. When completed, they do it all again.
¿are you running any of those?
sixplus wrote:
It's a Samsung EVO860 1TB SATA SSD, about 3 yrs old. I actually cloned it before trying to upgrade to Catalina. I literally erased it and reloaded it with the data from the clone. I tried running the computer on the cloned HDD and it worked great for 7 days.
That's a good start.
How full is the Samsung SSD..?
What did DriveDX say about the Samsung SSD..?
What did EtreCheckPro say about your system and the Kernel Panics...?
That report appears to be a RAM memory panic.
Mac Pro 5,1 feature Error Correcting Code RAM memory. More info here:
User Tip: Mac Pro and Error Correcting Co… - Apple Community
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It's a Samsung EVO860 1TB SATA SSD, about 3 yrs old. I actually cloned it before trying to upgrade to Catalina. I literally erased it and reloaded it with the data from the clone. I tried running the computer on the cloned HDD and it worked great for 7 days.
Thanks for replying. I froze just a few minutes after powering on this afternoon:
Tue Sep 17 18:56:55 2024
*** Panic Report ***
Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000001c09
family: 6 model: 44 stepping: 2 microcode: 31
signature: 0x206c2
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5690 @ 3.47GHz
9 error-reporting banks
Processor 0: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0029800001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000019a680d00
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x2d13744000081684
Processor 1: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0029800001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000019a680d00
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x2d13744000081684
Processor 2: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
IA32_MC8_STATUS(0x421): 0xfe0029800001009f
IA32_MC8_ADDR(0x422): 0x000000019a680d00
IA32_MC8_MISC(0x423): 0x2d13744000081684
Processor 3: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000004
I haven't had a chance to download DriveDX or EtreCheckPro yet. I'll let you know how it goes when I do. Also, I thought maybe the Samsung was beginning to fail, so I bought a new PNY 2T SATA SSD and cloned it, but dang it, it's still freezing. lol
No, I'm not. For more clarity, I did try to upgrade to Catalina using OpenCore, but it didn't work, or I missed a step and it failed.
BTW, I get a PANIC report when this happens after I restart. I've saved the last few if you want to check them out.
Wow, thanks for the info. I guess I'll be monitoring my memory for the next few days, Would employing the process of elimination be a good idea in your opinion?
The Mac Pro is watching each and every memory cycle. Just keep asking, and one of these times it will set the Bad module aside, or tell you it has an error.
2010 Mac Pro 5,1 freezing
