8 cores shutting down

[Jeffmcohen]

I just posted a similar problem. Have not had a response yet. I also have a 8 core that is shutting down and then restarting all on its own, while attempting a long render. Every single time I set a long render, it unexpectedly quits.

Jeff Cohen, Pres.
The Video Design Studio

[Aaron Neitz]

haven’t had any problems with mine….. but I would suggest downloading Temperature Monitor and keep it running the background – maybe something’s overheating and it’s powering down?

Are you one conditioned power?

[Jeffmcohen]

I am not conditioned power.

I have tried this project on another 8 core computer and still Final Cut will quit.
I tried another 8 core it is still quit.
The only thing common in this scenario is the media that I am using, if that helps.
How do know if a clip is corrupt in Final Cut?

Jeff Cohen, Pres.
The Video Design Studio

[Chris Borjis]

if your not on conditioned power are you at least on an independant circuit on the 8 core?

Those things suck down some serious power and rendering would certainly test the limits of that.

what are you rendering?

is the monitor going to sleep first?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Jeremy Garchow]

Holy crap, you are saying the computer turns off?

Do you have any settings in your energy saver prefs that would turn your computer off overnight? Be sure to click the “Schedule…” button.

Jeremy

[Steven Lambion]

I have a few ideas that might help:

1. Delete Preferences, currupted preferences can crash FCP or even crash Mac OS X(not sure about it shutting down)

2. Make sure your computer is has enough breathing room. If it is in a room that is small or gets hot this can over heat the computer.

3. Use a free widget or app like iStat to make sure none of the components are over heating, this happened to me a couple times.

4. Go to an Apple store, your motherboard and/or power supply might not be functioning right. My Mac Pro was shutting down by itself; I found out that my Power Supply was faulted(Although I doubt this is the problem for you).

5. Another option is to use the project manager to create a new copied project of this. This can help if your project file is currupted.

Hope you fix the problem, good luck!!

Video Specialist
Apple Developer
Owner of GranitWorks

[Jeffmcohen]

Thanks for the response.

My computer has plenty of breathing room although I have not tested to see if it is overheating. I will do that today. When you say “use the project manager to create a new copied project”, do you mean use the media manager? I have made a copy using media manager and still the same problem.

Today when I came in to my studio, Final Cut had quit again. Shocker. This time upon reopening my project, it could not connect to a file so I reconnected to it. Things seem to be going crazy now. I have tried removing the media drives and system drive and installing on another 8 core with the exact same configuration, and it still crashed upon rendering long renders.

Jeff Cohen, Pres.
The Video Design Studio

[Jeffmcohen]

I am on a separate circuit with my other computer which is a G4 dual. I am rendering DVC Pro HD 720p, HDV and SD all on a SD timeline.

Jeff Cohen, Pres.
The Video Design Studio

[Jeffmcohen]

I have installed istat and I am monitoring it while rendering. What is a safe temperature to be looking for?

Jeff Cohen, Pres.
The Video Design Studio