Solved Mac Pro 4 1 Upgraded To 5 1 And Sierra With Apple Raid Card Crashing Mac Pro 2009 2012

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I upgraded my 4,1 Mac Pro (early 2009) to the 5,1 firmware and MacOS Sierra. After doing so it ran great for about a week. Then the RAID card (RAID 5 config) started throwing kernel panics. Then it started rebooting and throwing kernel panics upon loading the desktop. Fortunately I have a Boot flash drive for Sierra installed and the RAID drive is for user folders and data. The RAID drive did have a copy of Mavericks and it has now taken over as the default OS and the computer runs fine (so far). I have noticed that if I open my iTunes folder on the RAID drive (I’m trying to make a backup of the 1 TB of movies and music that I have in this library) that the computer kernel panics (that folder is on the RAID drive). I’m at the point that I’m not sure if the Sierra update is causing the issue. The (illegal) firmware is causing the issue or the OS is causing the issue. Does anyone else have a Mac Pro 4,1 that they have updated to 5,1 with an Apple RAID card that originally shipped with the 4,1 that is running Sierra without problems? Update (01/18/2017) I was able to capture the kernel panic….. Anonymous UUID: 0BE85394-878F-4835-C3A2-2A8AB83AE73F Wed Jan 18 16:49:47 2017 Panic Report *** panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f8b806205): “AppleRAIDCard controller panic”@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/AppleHWRaidDriver/AppleHWRaidDriver-403/Driver/Driver/AppleRAIDCard.cp:1018 Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff90daf1be20 : 0xffffff8009ef211c 0xffffff90daf1bea0 : 0xffffff7f8b806205 0xffffff90daf1bee0 : 0xffffff800a4be51f 0xffffff90daf1bf30 : 0xffffff800a4bcd81 0xffffff90daf1bf80 : 0xffffff800a4bc366 0xffffff90daf1bfb0 : 0xffffff8009ea0af7 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.driver.AppleRAIDCard(403.0)[3DF0B545-AE9B-35F8-A5AA-14C274AB60BD]@0xffffff7f8b803000->0xffffff7f8b818fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice(394.30.2)[5488554E-1344-379A-BAD9-FFBC35B8B0B7]@0xffffff7f8a6b0000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[6F8D3ACB-27CB-3B57-9E06-53E377762F5C]@0xffffff7f8a75e000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily(3.0.0)[52F1A21B-F265-3D00-8F29-FC5E2B4069BD]@0xffffff7f8a74c000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily(394.30.2)[743A75F4-33AA-3396-B06B-504C86028712]@0xffffff7f8a64a000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task Mac OS version: 16C68 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 16.3.0: Thu Nov 17 20:23:58 PST 2016; root:xnu-3789.31.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: 8DF81F81-019F-348E-B47E-40A4484B9E21 Kernel slide: 0x0000000009c00000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8009e00000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8009d00000 System model name: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8) System uptime in nanoseconds: 92179448836 last loaded kext at 30330295881: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f8c8ca000, size 28672) loaded kexts: com.avatron.AVExFramebuffer 1.7 com.avatron.AVExVideo 1.7 com.TrustedData.driver.VendorSpecificType00 1.8.0 com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1 com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1 com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 5.0.2f4 com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.4 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 127 com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.15 com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 278.56 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 278.56 com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2 com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.23.14 com.apple.GeForceTesla 10.0.2 com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 278.56 com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1 com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1 com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 5.0.2f4 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 5.0.2f4 com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24 com.apple.driver.Intel82574LEthernet 2.7.2 com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1 com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 10.1.4 com.apple.driver.Apple_iSight 4.0.1 com.apple.driver.AppleFIVRDriver 4.1.0 com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays 380 com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage 404.30.1 com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge 404.30.1 com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit 404.30.1 com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500 404.30.1 com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 404.30.1 com.apple.driver.StorageLynx 404.30.1 com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0 com.apple.BootCache 40 com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext 366.30.3 com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 394.30.2 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 295.20.1 com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.5 com.apple.driver.AppleRAIDCard 403 com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 326 com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 5.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 5.0 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 219.0.0 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 172 com.apple.security.quarantine 3 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 219.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDMouse 188 com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 188 com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 5.0.2f4 com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 153.3 com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11 com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.13.78 com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.2 com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 10.0.2 com.apple.driver.AppleSSE 1.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1 com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 278.56 com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 513.1 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 5.0.2f4 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerTransport 5.0.2f4 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 5.0.2f4 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1 com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1200.12.2 com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 278.56 com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 513.1 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 278.56 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 205.11 com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0 com.apple.kec.Libm 1 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.7 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d8 com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 197 com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.1 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport 2.5.1 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2 4.2.7 com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2 com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 131.1.1 com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0 com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.1 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.1 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 394.30.2 com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 266 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.6.5 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIParallelFamily 3.0.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 394.30.2 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 394.30.2 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 900.4.1 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 288 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.1 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCIPCI 1.1 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBUHCI 1.1 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.1 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.1 com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1 com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1 com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0 com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1 com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2 com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5 com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0 com.apple.driver.KernelRelayHost 1 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.1 com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 1.0 com.apple.driver.DiskImages 444.30.5 com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1 com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31 com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 5.0 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4 com.apple.kec.pthread 1 com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0 Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 4 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 2.66 GHz, 6 GB, SMC 1.39f5 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, PCIe, 1024 MB Memory Module: DIMM 1, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314431 Memory Module: DIMM 2, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314431 Memory Module: DIMM 3, 2 GB, DDR3 ECC, 1066 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31384A53463235363732415A2D3147314431 AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24) Bluetooth: Version 4.3.6f4 17916, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1 PCI Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285, Display Controller, Slot-1 PCI Card: Apple RAID Card, RAID Controller, Slot-4 Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N Serial ATA Device: SanDisk SDSSDA240G, 240.06 GB USB Device: Hub USB Device: EPSON Scanner USB Device: Composite Device USB Device: Apple Cinema Display USB Device: Backup+ Desk USB Device: Hub USB Device: Keyboard Hub USB Device: Apple Keyboard USB Device: Griffin PowerMate USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller FireWire Device: Rev2, Drobo, Up to 800 Mb/sec FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown FireWire Device: iSight, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 200 Mb/sec FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown 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Here’s what I did to get my MacPro to take Sierra. But i currently do not have my RAID card in it, and have not tried it. Am running a 512GB SSD as the boot. Plus three 1 TB drives, one an SSHD. Sierra upgrade possible on a MBP mid 2009 Tomorrow I’ll be trying to add a inateck USB 3 PCI card.