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G5 Tiger never crashed this much
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UPS: With everything on, I pulled plug from wall. UPS switched to Bat power… Monitors and Macpro remained on. Battery level indicator suggested very, very low bat power, but it did it job for now.
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No sir, all new hardware.
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Blake, the issue isn\’t just about the \”charge\” that the UPS battery is holding. The problem is more likely that it isn\’t hefty enough to supply adequate power to your gear. Small drops in supply levels could cause your disks to spin down very briefly, enough to cause IO errors, which lead to crashes (hence all the crashes on export).
Have you tried running some exports without the UPS in the system? I would have done that before all the other tests.Matt Lyon
Editor
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Okay. One last guess. Any chance you are hooked up to a Time Capsule or any other disk that is performing Time Machine backups? FCP hangs and will eventually crash on me all the time if I have my Time Capsule turned on. I have to remember to turn it on and off depending on the type of work I am doing.
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No. Have not tried Time Machine yet.
I’m currently reading about possible ProKit issues with ProKit v6.0.1 and 6.0.2
I have no idea what ProKit is… But some people are suggesting deleting and re-loading an earlier version.
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“I have no idea what ProKit is…”
It handles the interface for Apple’s Pro Applications and iLife suite. Apple seems to have added some new features for iLife ’11 that have broken Final Cut Studio.
My software:
FCS Maintenance Pack – Tools to keep Final Cut Studio running smoothly and fix problems when they arise
FCP Versioner – Backs up Final Cut Pro projects to XML and creates changelists for each revision
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New batteries have now been added to UPS (We have a APC 1500). I purchased replacement batteries (2) from local Batteries Plus.
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https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1003922
https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1011917
It seems to me to be the same issue with me. xdcam might be the common thing. I’ve had the crashes described on computers both on and off UPS. Lots of xdcam thumbnails seem to do it… this is just the most recent thread to examine the issue. Wish to God there was a cure.
Praise to the COW
BrAd Steiner
ImageWorks Media Group
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