Kernel Panic Crash With Snow Leopard, SxS Card in ExpressCard/34 Slot at DVinfo.net

Heath McKnight · September 2nd, 2009, 01:11 PM

Didn't have this problem before, but I upgraded to Snow Leopard (love it!) and today I put in an SxS card into a MacBook Pro 17's ExpressCard/34 slot (3.06 GHz and 8GB RAM) and got a Kernal Panic/crash. Happened three times including putting the card in and booting up.

I also tried to use the EX1 and put it into the file transfer mode but had problems. I'll try again later.

Thoughts?

Heath

Chris Leffler · September 2nd, 2009, 01:21 PM

There are a lot of complaints about the Express Cards not working with SL. This is the whole reason why I went back to 10.5.8.

Heath McKnight · September 2nd, 2009, 01:23 PM

Hoo boy! That's not good. I'm going to try and connect the EX1 directly which should be fine. I can live with SL for a while and no ExpressCard/34 until an update is made.

Heath

Chris Leffler · September 2nd, 2009, 01:33 PM

My main drive when editing is an external connected by eSATA through you guessed it an Express Card. This is the main reason why I went back. If you look at the other topic called "Worth upgrading to SL for FCP" you will see what other people have said about this problem.

Heath McKnight · September 2nd, 2009, 02:27 PM

Good point, Chris. I only use ExpressCard/34 for the SxS card and the Matrox MXO 2.

Heath

Andy Mees · September 3rd, 2009, 06:42 AM

Heath

Reports are surfacing that Sony are now (apparently) suggesting that they will have new SL compatible SxS drivers out later this month (September) ... bear in mind that Sony are notoriously slack at delivering promised updates on time, but this is surely an improvement on their previous position (that being no drivers till next year!)

Best
Andy

Chris Leffler · September 3rd, 2009, 08:43 AM

As said in the other post: Don't wait for companies to play catch up, just switch back to 10.5.8 and keep doing your work. You will not even see the true speed of SL with FCP until a 64 bit version is released. The only apps that you will see a speed increase are consumer apps and only some of them have increased speed. I forget who said this and I don't have time to look it up. Sorry

Heath McKnight · September 3rd, 2009, 11:15 AM

Chris,

I've heard from solid sources that FCP 7 is ready to go now. Andy, great news!

Heath

Chris Leffler · September 3rd, 2009, 11:48 AM

Now that I have time and I am not running out the door to get to class on time. I found the post that I was referring to above.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/1295922-post34.html

Now in his post he says "Until all the major pro apps actually become 64-bit native there's really no need for SL." For some reason I thought he was just referring to FCP 7 and not to all the pro apps.

Heath McKnight · September 3rd, 2009, 11:50 AM

I have heard that things should be faster with FCP 7 and Snow Leopard. Now, have I done any tests to compare it yet? No. But some people have and I've read that things have gotten faster in some areas of FCP 7, others about the same.

Heath

Chris Leffler · September 3rd, 2009, 11:53 AM

Sounds good hopefully by the time I get my hands on a copy of FCP 7 all of these Express Cards will be ironed out. Then I will fresh install SL and FCP 7 at the same time.

Heath McKnight · September 3rd, 2009, 12:00 PM

FYI, I had no issues hooking up the EX1 to the MacBook Pro and grabbing everything that way. It's working fine there, including Log and Transfer. But any update should be good!

But the ExpressCard/34 slot issue? I hope we get that resolved ASAP! I'm getting a lot more Beta SP tapes in and I can't do much with them until things get worked out, which I'm sure will happen.

Heath

September 2nd, 2009, 01:11 PM	#1
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Kernel Panic Crash With Snow Leopard, SxS Card in ExpressCard/34 Slot Didn't have this problem before, but I upgraded to Snow Leopard (love it!) and today I put in an SxS card into a MacBook Pro 17's ExpressCard/34 slot (3.06 GHz and 8GB RAM) and got a Kernal Panic/crash. Happened three times including putting the card in and booting up. I also tried to use the EX1 and put it into the file transfer mode but had problems. I'll try again later. Thoughts? Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

September 2nd, 2009, 01:23 PM	#3
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Hoo boy! That's not good. I'm going to try and connect the EX1 directly which should be fine. I can live with SL for a while and no ExpressCard/34 until an update is made. Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

September 2nd, 2009, 02:27 PM	#5
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Good point, Chris. I only use ExpressCard/34 for the SxS card and the Matrox MXO 2. Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

September 3rd, 2009, 11:15 AM	#8
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Chris, I've heard from solid sources that FCP 7 is ready to go now. Andy, great news! Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

September 3rd, 2009, 11:50 AM	#10
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	I have heard that things should be faster with FCP 7 and Snow Leopard. Now, have I done any tests to compare it yet? No. But some people have and I've read that things have gotten faster in some areas of FCP 7, others about the same. Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

September 2nd, 2009, 01:21 PM	#2
Chris Leffler Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wescosville, PA Posts: 90	There are a lot of complaints about the Express Cards not working with SL. This is the whole reason why I went back to 10.5.8.

September 2nd, 2009, 01:33 PM	#4
Chris Leffler Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wescosville, PA Posts: 90	My main drive when editing is an external connected by eSATA through you guessed it an Express Card. This is the main reason why I went back. If you look at the other topic called "Worth upgrading to SL for FCP" you will see what other people have said about this problem.

September 3rd, 2009, 06:42 AM	#6
Andy Mees Major Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 645	Heath Reports are surfacing that Sony are now (apparently) suggesting that they will have new SL compatible SxS drivers out later this month (September) ... bear in mind that Sony are notoriously slack at delivering promised updates on time, but this is surely an improvement on their previous position (that being no drivers till next year!) Best Andy

September 3rd, 2009, 08:43 AM	#7
Chris Leffler Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wescosville, PA Posts: 90	As said in the other post: Don't wait for companies to play catch up, just switch back to 10.5.8 and keep doing your work. You will not even see the true speed of SL with FCP until a 64 bit version is released. The only apps that you will see a speed increase are consumer apps and only some of them have increased speed. I forget who said this and I don't have time to look it up. Sorry

September 3rd, 2009, 11:48 AM	#9
Chris Leffler Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wescosville, PA Posts: 90	Now that I have time and I am not running out the door to get to class on time. I found the post that I was referring to above. http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/1295922-post34.html Now in his post he says "Until all the major pro apps actually become 64-bit native there's really no need for SL." For some reason I thought he was just referring to FCP 7 and not to all the pro apps.

September 3rd, 2009, 11:53 AM	#11
Chris Leffler Regular Crew Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wescosville, PA Posts: 90	Sounds good hopefully by the time I get my hands on a copy of FCP 7 all of these Express Cards will be ironed out. Then I will fresh install SL and FCP 7 at the same time.

September 3rd, 2009, 12:00 PM	#12
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	FYI, I had no issues hooking up the EX1 to the MacBook Pro and grabbing everything that way. It's working fine there, including Log and Transfer. But any update should be good! But the ExpressCard/34 slot issue? I hope we get that resolved ASAP! I'm getting a lot more Beta SP tapes in and I can't do much with them until things get worked out, which I'm sure will happen. Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog