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MacPro with Atto card and 4 GB of Ram !! problem ?
Hi Guys,
i have one question for the MacPro users with the Atto card (42ES)
with external raid (whatever brand Ciprico or infortrend).My question is: are you using more than 2GB of Ram??
On the system i’m building (Xeon 3GHz with 4GB/Atto 42ES/FCP 5.1.1/QT7.1.2) i’m able to kernal panic my macpro everytime
i hit render !! load the Mac with 2GB and everything is cool..
3GB and the render will fail after 4 or 5% progress… i tried everything Ram wise ( swap brand…..) no joy…If i try the Atto card in a quad load the same fime and render… no
problem…
If i install an Apple FC card in the MacPro with 4GB it works !!Now the weird part is that my Atto distributor here in australia was able to recreate the problem on 2 different machines with 2 different cards too!!!
This affects the AJA cards and the Blackmagic cards too!!Spooky !! the crash logs point out to the Atto card drivers…
i pulled my hair on this one for a few hours !!i was forwarded an email from AJA saying that the driver for the MacPro
and the Kona 3 only supported 2GB of Ram !!Can anyone share some light on this…
we’ve sent the log to Atto …
I’ve posted this post on the AJA and Blackmagic anf Ciprico forumRegards
Olivier Jean
Video Sales Consultant
Apple Certified Trainer Final Cut Pro 5
Powermedia Systems
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[Olivier Jean] “i was forwarded an email from AJA saying that the driver for the MacPro
and the Kona 3 only supported 2GB of Ram !!”Find that hard to believe since I speak with AJA all the time and I have a Mac Pro on order with 4GB RAM and a new Kona 3 card waiting to be installed. Also installing an ATTO Card in there to run our new Ciprico array and they haven’t said anything either.
Not sure when the machine will actually show up but we’ll definitely be doing some testing once it does.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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I stand corrected. Over the on the AJA forum, there is a 2GB limit at the moment with their latest drivers.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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It could also be a defective RAM issue. I had a 1GB RAM chip go bad out of my installed 8GB. The system would seem to run fine, but then, the exact thing happened. I would start a long render and then it would crash half way in. I had to track down the bad chip one by one. Replaced it and all is well again. Even huge renders. Not saying that’s the cause, but also a place to check.
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