Posts by Mickey

1) Message boards : GPUs : MacBook Pro 2011 i7 hang (Message 37145)
Posted 11 Mar 2011 by Mickey
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Release notes from their web site:
gfxCardStatus, v2.0.1
by Cody Krieger, web: http://codykrieger.com, email: cody [at] codykrieger [dot] com
New In This Version
Support for 2011 MacBook Pros w/ Intel HD 3000/AMD Radeon chipsets!
Icons are now "d" for discrete, "i" for integrated across the board.
Made settings and modes more generic (e.g. "Discrete Only" instead of "NVIDIA Only") to make them applicable to all supported machines
Fixed a few memory leaks
Known Issues
There are a couple of strings not localized in the menu and in the preferences window
The power source-based switching is working intermittently for some. The next update should include a totally overhauled power source monitor.
2) Message boards : GPUs : MacBook Pro 2011 i7 hang (Message 37142)
Posted 11 Mar 2011 by Mickey
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Please be sure to post back to this thread to let us know whether this fixes your problem. If it does fix it, that will allow us to file a system crash bug with Apple, which may give it a higher priority with them.


I'm installing a fresh OSX onto it right now.

BTW the chip isn't an NVIDIA chip anymore. its AMD/ATI. The NVIDIA works fine on my mid 2010 system... no crashes. However, neither system appears to recognize the GPU. here's the log from BOINC v6.12.18 on my mid 2010 using NVIDIA. The early 2011 has the same basic log. "No usable GPUs found"

I restarted BOINC after forcing the discrete graphics using gfxCardStatus.

Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Starting BOINC client version 6.12.18 for x86_64-apple-darwin
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Libraries: libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3 c-ares/1.6.0
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Data directory: /Library/Application Support/BOINC Data
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Processor: 4 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5]
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Processor features: FPU VME DE PSE TSC MSR PAE MCE CX8 APIC SEP MTRR PGE MCA CMOV PAT PSE36 CLFSH DS ACPI MMX FXSR SSE SSE2 SS HTT TM SSE3 PCLMULQDQ MON DSCPL VMX SMX EST TM2 SSSE3 CX16 TPR PDCM SSE4.1 SSE4.2 POPCNT AES
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | OS: Mac OS X 10.6.6 (Darwin 10.6.0)
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Memory: 8.00 GB physical, 112.71 GB virtual
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Disk: 465.44 GB total, 112.47 GB free
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | Local time is UTC -5 hours
Thu Mar 10 21:24:36 2011 | | No usable GPUs found
3) Message boards : GPUs : MacBook Pro 2011 i7 hang (Message 37125)
Posted 9 Mar 2011 by Mickey
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It looks like there might be a GPU problem with the new MacBook Pro 2011 i7 systems. I can consistently hang the system using BOINC and I was able to hang it once using Dragon Age Origins.

Just FYI - it was a clean OSX re-install from DVDs and Migration Assistant user data (not full time machine restore). Went through all the troubleshooting with Apple and had them run their diags in their shop for 24 hours straight - all passed.

Until a fix/patch comes out, is there a way to completely disable the GPU or is there a way to further troubleshoot the BOINC hang issue?
4) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC hanging mid 2011 MacBook Pro 10.6.6 (Message 37097)
Posted 6 Mar 2011 by Mickey
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Temp didn't appear to be the issue. It spiked when I fired up BOINC, leveled out, then hung after 10 minutes. Other times it take hours to hang.
5) Message boards : Questions and problems : BOINC hanging mid 2011 MacBook Pro 10.6.6 (Message 37090)
Posted 5 Mar 2011 by Mickey
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It appears that if I leave BOINC running on my new MBP, after a few hours of use the system hangs. The trackpad is the only thing that operates.

I've shut down BOINC for the last day and no hang. Before that, I'd get 2 or 3 in 24 hours. Its hung on screen saver and also when active. I was updating World of Warcraft (lots of animation in the login screen - not actually playing) and when the system hung, the mouse still worked over the frozen animation.

Some folks are telling me its a bad factory load of OS X, but I'm doubtful. BOINC really maxes out the new Sandy Bridge CPU and I'm thinking there's a problem.

I set BOINC to only use 80% processors in an attempt to tone down its CPU demand, but the system still hung.

Any way I can test this without reloading OSX? I didn't see any log failures after the freeze.

Current config:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B04
SMC Version (system): 1.70f3




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