[Rick Stokes]

Hi, I found this thread when searching for a very similar problem.
Sudden and hourly crashes ranging from the “you need to restart this computer” message, to sudden freezing or disappearing of one of my 2 screens.
I usually send Apple the crash report each time I restart if it stays alive long enough.

After trying reinstalling OSX10.4 from the system disc and the problem still remains, I’ve been examining my crash logs, here’s the latest:

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panic(cpu 1 caller 0x54E33AEC): DART entry exception: PCI0 write logical page 0x00000

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x00095564 0x00095A7C 0x00026838 0x54E33AEC 0x5D316D70 0x5D316DA8 0x5D2F1048 0x002CDC8C
0x002CCB54 0x000A9654
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleGPIO(1.1.8)@0x5d314000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformFunction(1.7.0b1)@0x54e1d000
com.apple.driver.MacIOGPIO(1.1.8)@0x5d2ef000
com.apple.driver.AppleMacRISC4PE(1.6.0d9)@0x54e2d000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.6)@0x54e0f000
dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformFunction(1.7.0b1)@0x54e1d000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x014AFC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
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Thanks for the suggestion of pulling RAM modules out – I’ll try that next, if this doesn’t work:
Due to just one of my screens going blank in some crashes, perhaps the problem is my video card.
I gave the board a jiggle and unplugged the screen plugged into the special Apple monitor out port (AD?).
I’ve had time to type this, so it’s looking good so far.

Any suggestions gratefully received.