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Hello all, I'm completely at a loss here.
Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming-5 BIOS F7c
GTX-980 TI
32GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz
Sierra 10.12.1
Samsung 850 EVO SSD with TRIM enabled
I had an issue with Photos causing my Mac to crash while it was analyzing photos in the background - I fixed that by lowering my RAM frequency to stock levels.
But now I have this super friggin weird issue. I have a screen saver set - any particular screensaver, doesn't matter - and it is set to come on after 10 minutes. After running for a minute, it will then require my password to unlock. Power settings is set for display to sleep after an hour, and never for the computer to sleep.
At first everything worked fine. Then one day, it would fail to load the screensaver, instead displaying the default "Computer Name" text and Apple logo screensaver. I tried changing the screensaver from Flurry to Arabesque, to XMatrix, to a photo ones. They all work if I preview them but when it tries to load after 10 minutes, it loads the name and logo one.
That would be fine if it weren't for the lag when logging back in. There is a 5 to 10 second lag where I can move the mouse but input isn't recognized. System Preferences won't load during this time - it'll crash if I try. Microsoft Word, if running, will crash and issue a crash report. All other apps (Safari, Excel, Powerpoint, everything that I've tried) still work after the lag stops.
I tried a new account with nothing loaded, and to my surprise, it worked fine! Exactly as I'd expect everytime. SO I created a third account and moved all my stuff over. Worked great all day. And then I converted some videos using Smart Converter 2 Pro - it started doing the wrong screen saver + lag again. AGH. So I deleted the app, nuked all of my preference.plists, restarted and voila - it's working again! Tested it three times, and it was working. Or so I thought....
Fast forward to this morning. Decided to test it. Three times in a row, it failed to load the right screensaver. Word crashed as expected. I'm at a total loss. Console wasn't much of a help to me, but if it may help someone here help me, I'll post what it says. There is a crash reported around when the screensaver starts, but I think it's irrelevant.
Anyone have any idea? I feel like it's not the way the hackintosh is set up since a fresh account fixes the issue, and deleting all the preference files fixes it too. I'm at a loss :C I can't keep losing my work in Word every time I walk away from my computer...
TL: DR - Mac is failing to load correct screensaver, lags when logging back in, Word crashes.
Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming-5 BIOS F7c
GTX-980 TI
32GB DDR3 RAM 1333mhz
Sierra 10.12.1
Samsung 850 EVO SSD with TRIM enabled
I had an issue with Photos causing my Mac to crash while it was analyzing photos in the background - I fixed that by lowering my RAM frequency to stock levels.
But now I have this super friggin weird issue. I have a screen saver set - any particular screensaver, doesn't matter - and it is set to come on after 10 minutes. After running for a minute, it will then require my password to unlock. Power settings is set for display to sleep after an hour, and never for the computer to sleep.
At first everything worked fine. Then one day, it would fail to load the screensaver, instead displaying the default "Computer Name" text and Apple logo screensaver. I tried changing the screensaver from Flurry to Arabesque, to XMatrix, to a photo ones. They all work if I preview them but when it tries to load after 10 minutes, it loads the name and logo one.
That would be fine if it weren't for the lag when logging back in. There is a 5 to 10 second lag where I can move the mouse but input isn't recognized. System Preferences won't load during this time - it'll crash if I try. Microsoft Word, if running, will crash and issue a crash report. All other apps (Safari, Excel, Powerpoint, everything that I've tried) still work after the lag stops.
I tried a new account with nothing loaded, and to my surprise, it worked fine! Exactly as I'd expect everytime. SO I created a third account and moved all my stuff over. Worked great all day. And then I converted some videos using Smart Converter 2 Pro - it started doing the wrong screen saver + lag again. AGH. So I deleted the app, nuked all of my preference.plists, restarted and voila - it's working again! Tested it three times, and it was working. Or so I thought....
Fast forward to this morning. Decided to test it. Three times in a row, it failed to load the right screensaver. Word crashed as expected. I'm at a total loss. Console wasn't much of a help to me, but if it may help someone here help me, I'll post what it says. There is a crash reported around when the screensaver starts, but I think it's irrelevant.
Anyone have any idea? I feel like it's not the way the hackintosh is set up since a fresh account fixes the issue, and deleting all the preference files fixes it too. I'm at a loss :C I can't keep losing my work in Word every time I walk away from my computer...
TL: DR - Mac is failing to load correct screensaver, lags when logging back in, Word crashes.