Kernel Panics!

[euge04]

Hello-

I have this NewerTech MAXPower USB/eSATA 2x2 Host Adapter I installed in my system. I have a 2009 Mac Pro that I have upgraded from a 4,1 to a 5,1. I have replaced the CPU and maxed out my PCI slots with an EVA GTX 970 and an OWC SSD card. When I take out the USB 3.0 card the system doesn't panic. I have the most current driver installed on 10.11.4. I have an email to customer service at OWC but does anyone have an idea what could be causing this? Here is the crash report:

Thanks!!!

Anonymous UUID: DF1900A6-AF49-B25B-F9F2-88B76B27064B

Sun Dec 11 20:57:12 2016

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80121ce40a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9291f02e, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000118, CR3: 0x000000001555b000, CR4: 0x00000000000226e0
RAX: 0x0000107d421c3400, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x000000004cfe13e4, RDX: 0x0000000000001078
RSP: 0xffffff83b6dd3d90, RBP: 0xffffff83b6dd3d90, RSI: 0x0000107d421c3400, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff8012817278, R11: 0xffffff80126b5745
R12: 0xffffff804bcea0e0, R13: 0xffffff8051fe9a80, R14: 0xffffff804bcea080, R15: 0xffffff8051fe9a80
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff7f9291f02e, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000118, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff83b6dd3a20 : 0xffffff80120dab12
0xffffff83b6dd3aa0 : 0xffffff80121ce40a
0xffffff83b6dd3c80 : 0xffffff80121ec273
0xffffff83b6dd3ca0 : 0xffffff7f9291f02e
0xffffff83b6dd3d90 : 0xffffff7f9291f54c
0xffffff83b6dd3dd0 : 0xffffff7f92999267
0xffffff83b6dd3df0 : 0xffffff7f9291df90
0xffffff83b6dd3e30 : 0xffffff7f928ed8dc
0xffffff83b6dd3e90 : 0xffffff7f928edd59
0xffffff83b6dd3ec0 : 0xffffff7f9366bbdd
0xffffff83b6dd3f30 : 0xffffff7f93667ede
0xffffff83b6dd3f90 : 0xffffff7f93667f88
0xffffff83b6dd3fb0 : 0xffffff80121c8e27
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.7.7)[07D953DC-7B94-3AE8-A379-2B02F5D538F9]@0xffffff7f928e9000->0xffffff7f92913fff
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily(3.0)[7C94C05D-4761-3D03-AB56-4CB7FCFA6039]@0xffffff7f9291a000->0xffffff7f9292bfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.7.7)[07D953DC-7B94-3AE8-A379-2B02F5D538F9]@0xffffff7f928e9000
com.newer-tech.kext.mxpciel2esu3_usb(1.2)[95CD2269-3472-3679-A968-ACD2F24F8103]@0xffffff7f92979000->0xffffff7f929adfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily(3.0.0)[7C94C05D-4761-3D03-AB56-4CB7FCFA6039]@0xffffff7f9291a000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[4FE41F9B-2849-322A-BBF8-A94816C003D6]@0xffffff7f9292c000
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(3.7.7)[CFF0A65E-BE53-3509-9D73-DDFB57A52F04]@0xffffff7f93666000->0xffffff7f9367dfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(2.1)[DC1AAB7C-F417-3238-BB3F-2A5B84D67B90]@0xffffff7f9284c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(3.7.7)[07D953DC-7B94-3AE8-A379-2B02F5D538F9]@0xffffff7f928e9000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: nvda_drv=1

Mac OS version:
15E65

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 15.4.0: Fri Feb 26 22:08:05 PST 2016; root:xnu-3248.40.184~3/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 4E7B4496-0B81-34E9-97AF-F316103B0839
Kernel slide: 0x0000000011e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8012000000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8011f00000
System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 18110166745491
last loaded kext at 244645452860: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7f93625000, size 69632)
last unloaded kext at 305286789061: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f93b14000, size 12288)
loaded kexts:
com.tuxera.filesystems.tufsfs.fusefs_txantfs 2013.3.14
com.nvidia.CUDA 1.1.0
com.nvidia.web.GeForceWeb 10.1.1
com.nvidia.web.NVDAGM100HalWeb 10.1.1
com.nvidia.web.NVDAResmanWeb 10.1.1
com.blackmagic-design.desktopvideo.iokit.driver 10.3.1
com.blackmagic-design.desktopvideo.iokit.framebufferdriver 10.3.1
com.newer-tech.kext.mxpciel2esu3_esata 1.2.0
com.newer-tech.kext.mxpciel2esu3_usb 1.2.0
com.newer-tech.kext.nwtmem 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.4f4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.21.18
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 274.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 274.7
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.4f4
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.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 5.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.5
com.apple.driver.Intel82574L 2.7.0b1
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCIPCI 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 163
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.7.7
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.2.1
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 274.7
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 205.3
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.12.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.4f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.4f4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 274.7
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 274.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
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.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.driver.CoreStorage 517.20.1
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.IOFireWireFamily 4.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.2
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily 3.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7
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.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.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 417.2
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.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 6 processors, 6-Core Intel Xeon, 3.33 GHz, 32 GB, SMC 1.39f5
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, PCIe, 4095 MB
Memory Module: DIMM 1, 8 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x85F7, 0x463732314755363546393333334700520000
Memory Module: DIMM 2, 8 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x85F7, 0x463732314755363546393333334700520000
Memory Module: DIMM 3, 8 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x85F7, 0x463732314755363546393333334700520000
Memory Module: DIMM 4, 8 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x85F7, 0x463732314755363547393333334700520000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.4.4f4 17685, 3 services, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 1, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en2
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH12LS35
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD, 960.2 GB
Serial ATA Device: ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z, 6 TB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1, 6 TB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD60EZRZ-00RWYB1, 6 TB
Serial ATA Device: ST3000DM001-1CH166, 3 TB
Serial ATA Device: OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD, 479.95 GB
Serial ATA Device: G-SPEED Q RAID5, 6 TB
Serial ATA Device: MARVELL VIRTUALL
SCSI Device: SCSI Target Device @ 0
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Keyboard Hub
USB Device: Apple Keyboard
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Dell MS116 USB Optical Mouse
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: element-Tk
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
USB Device: USB Bus
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
Thunderbolt Bus:

 

[harryb2448]

G'day and welcome to the forums.

Remove all those USB hubs and I assume a Thunderbolt PCI-E card. Connect Apple Keyboard and Apple mouse only and see how it goes. And you have simply upgraded the firmware, not the motherboard etc. There is so much going on power may simply not be enough with what five hard drives, and flash storage card, two optical drives

 

[euge04]

Hubs?

I don't have any USB hubs hooked up. The PCI-E card has a GTX 970 and a SSD on it. As long as the USB card I installed in the PCI port is not installed I don't get any crashes.

I was wondering if it was drawing too much power. Thanks.

G'day and welcome to the forums.

Remove all those USB hubs and I assume a Thunderbolt PCI-E card. Connect Apple Keyboard and Apple mouse only and see how it goes. And you have simply upgraded the firmware, not the motherboard etc. There is so much going on power may simply not be enough with what five hard drives, and flash storage card, two optical drives

 

[lclev]

I am guessing here. You are using a Nvidia gtx 970 video card which I am assuming is a PC card that you are loading updated drivers for and not using the default apple drivers.

The kernel panic shows:
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: nvda_drv=1 ( <- this is the command to turn off loading apple's default video drivers.)

This would be the command that it hung on which is the command to not load the default apple drivers for your video card.

Obviously the new card is triggering a problem - does it supply power to the devices? Did you use the drivers they supply for the card? You do have a lot of drives attached which draw power. You could be overloading the power supply.

When does the crash occur? There is a known issue with this card and if your MP goes to sleep.

Just some thoughts....

Lisa

 

[euge04]

The GTX card is a PC card with web drivers.

The crash occurs intermittently. It's hard to say what causes it because it seems random. If I take the USB card out it doesn't happen. It must be the power I'm guessing.

Is there a way to see if it's drawing too much power? I don't have the energy saver set to sleep.

Thanks!

 

[euge04]

I did install software to monitor sensors. I did also replace the CPU with a 6-core 3.33 processor. I thought it was the heat at first but I don't think that's the case anymore.

 

[lclev]

If you used a good thermal paste when you installed the CPU's then heat should not be the issue. I also have a 4,1 that I upgraded to a 5,1 and installed dual 6-core CPU's. I have a Nvidia GTX 780 installed and an Inateck PCI-E to USB 3.0 card and an OWC SSD card in my slots. I use the apple drivers for my video card and keep my CUDA drivers up to date. I also run Sierra - which has proven to be a whole other interesting set of issues.

If my MP goes to sleep, any drives connected to the the Inateck card will cause an error message saying the drives were not ejected properly - even though I did not remove the drives. But I can ignore it and the drives are fine and still mounted. It is a know annoyance. But I am wondering if the card you are using is creating a different issue (obviously) due to the pickiness of the MP's system. That card already had a know issue if the computer goes to sleep and I could find no information saying that had been fixed.

There could also be an issue with the graphic card driver and the USB card driver.

One thing you could try is to create a new user and see if it happens. That would eliminate a corrupt user account. You said you plan to call OWC. Post back and let us know if they have a solution.

BTW: There is a device you can purchase that will tell you how many watts your MP is pulling. It is cheap and I use it to figure out what size UPS I need to get. You might take a look at it.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RGF29Q/?tag=macforums0e4-20

Lisa

Lisa

 

[euge04]

Blurgh!

So OWC has informed me that the card is not supported past 10.8.2. I'm on 10.11.4

 

[lclev]

Well that is good to know. I read the description on the website for it and I never caught that. So I will assume you are sending it back. Actually it is good to know it was nothing to do with your system.

Lisa