Kona 3G causing MacPro to freeze after sleep?

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Kona 3G causing MacPro to freeze after sleep?

Posted by Amir Qureshi on June 19, 2011 at 4:59 pm

Anybody else having this issue?

After installing Kona 3G card, if i put my mac pro to sleep using apple drop down menu and then after a few mins or seconds try to wake it up (by pressing a key on the keyboard, etc.) the computer display comes up with the desktop but completely frozen (with a frozen clock on the finder menu bar) with no input responses from the mouse, wacom, or the keyboard. And the only option i have is to press and hold the power button down for a few seconds on my mac pro to do a force shut down.

Called Aja and their tech support acknowledges that this is a known issue due to the way OSX manages power to PCIe buses once its put to sleep.

Kona driver installed in my system is 8.1.2

Would love to be able to sleep the machine every now and then when not in use. Its a 12 core mid 2010 MacPro.

Thanks.

Brian Holmedal replied 14 years, 1 month ago 6 Members · 11 Replies
11 Replies

Gary Adcock
June 19, 2011 at 5:25 pm

[Amir Qureshi] “Kona driver installed in my system is 8.1.2”

Are you sure the firmware on the card is up to date- it must be updated manually on this card.

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640
Amir Qureshi
June 19, 2011 at 6:49 pm

i am not sure of that. How do i find out whats the current firmware on my card and how do i update it?

thanks.
Gary Adcock
June 19, 2011 at 9:30 pm

[Amir Qureshi] “ow do i find out whats the current firmware on my card and how do i update it?”

open the Kona Updater found in Applications > AJA utilties Folder, running it will tell you whether you have the current version or not.

After you have finished you have to completely power your machine down after a firmware update, give it a minute then re-boot.

gary adcock
Studio37

Post and Production Workflow Consultant
Production and Post Stereographer
Chicago, IL

https://blogs.creativecow.net/24640
Amir Qureshi
June 20, 2011 at 3:39 am

checked it, i do have the current version (dates of firmware under both current version and version on device labels are the same). But i clicked the update button anyways just in case and it updated it, i power cycled the machine, and will try to sleep it again as soon as i am done working on it.
Aja Sales department
June 20, 2011 at 6:15 am

AJA Technical Support provided you with accurate information when you contacted them; sleep is not recommended when using PCIe video i/o cards.

If you have further questions about this, don’t hesitate to contact AJA Technical Support again.

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Amir Qureshi
June 20, 2011 at 6:16 am

Ok, so i tried waking the machine up from sleep again but with same results (frozen desktop with the finder bar clock frozen at the time machine was put to sleep.
Amir Qureshi
June 20, 2011 at 6:19 am

sorry missed your post. I guess it is what it is, but i am just curious if anyone else with Kona 3G has experienced the same behavior.
Doug Beal
June 20, 2011 at 3:31 pm

I would never sleep a machine with PCIe cards installed. Not a recommended practice

Doug Beal
Editor / Engineer
Rock Creative Images
Nashville TN
Amir Qureshi
June 21, 2011 at 2:31 am

Thanks all for your help. No sleep it is then.
Danny Nieder
September 3, 2011 at 4:05 am

I had this exact problem too – and fixed it. I downloaded the “NDD” (without the Macintosh Desktop) version of the driver, and it fixed it for me. (I am using the LHi, but I am thinking it should be the same.)
AJA tech support seems to think that this shouldn’t technically work, but it did for me.

I’m on a MacPro 4,1. Hope it works for you, too.

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