Can anyone shed a light on the error message "There was an error while gathering PCI card info".
Details of how error started:
1. I recently bought a Mac Pro Mid 2012
2 x 2.4 GHz 6 core intel zeon
12 Gb DDR3
Firmware flashed Video Graphics card: ATI Radeon 6870
OXS 10.7.5
2. I installed a MOTU PCIe 424 audio interface card that worked fine on my previous Mac Pro 2006.
3. After installing the MOTU PCIe 424, I booted up the new mac.
Although it was seeing the card in system prefs/audio, it was not communicating with the external MOTU HD 192 audio interface.
When I went to system profile / PCI cards, I was getting that message : There was an error while gathering PCI card info
4. I left that new Mac on and went away for a bit. When I came back, my new Mac Pro 2012 was dead.
5. Investigations showed that the logic board and power supply were fried.
6. The guy I bought the Mac Pro from gave me a one year guarantee, but now is refusing to take it back, saying that the MOTU PCIe 424 board was the culprit - I find this hard to believe. - I will be testing the card soon in a friend's redundant Windows machine.
7. My main suspicion is that either the non mac compatible ATI Radeon 6870 (flashed) or an incorrect setting of the fan control (most likely) fried the mac.
*Note: the previous owner who is a bit of a techie, came over at the beginning and installed the video card, flashed the firmware and also installed and set up the fan control software - I left the settings how he set them.
Details of how error started:
1. I recently bought a Mac Pro Mid 2012
2 x 2.4 GHz 6 core intel zeon
12 Gb DDR3
Firmware flashed Video Graphics card: ATI Radeon 6870
OXS 10.7.5
2. I installed a MOTU PCIe 424 audio interface card that worked fine on my previous Mac Pro 2006.
3. After installing the MOTU PCIe 424, I booted up the new mac.
Although it was seeing the card in system prefs/audio, it was not communicating with the external MOTU HD 192 audio interface.
When I went to system profile / PCI cards, I was getting that message : There was an error while gathering PCI card info
4. I left that new Mac on and went away for a bit. When I came back, my new Mac Pro 2012 was dead.
5. Investigations showed that the logic board and power supply were fried.
6. The guy I bought the Mac Pro from gave me a one year guarantee, but now is refusing to take it back, saying that the MOTU PCIe 424 board was the culprit - I find this hard to believe. - I will be testing the card soon in a friend's redundant Windows machine.
7. My main suspicion is that either the non mac compatible ATI Radeon 6870 (flashed) or an incorrect setting of the fan control (most likely) fried the mac.
*Note: the previous owner who is a bit of a techie, came over at the beginning and installed the video card, flashed the firmware and also installed and set up the fan control software - I left the settings how he set them.
