Kernel Panic Meaning

[Durandal7]

Is there any meaning behind Kernel panic text? I've been getting this one almost daily and I have no idea what it means, any ideas?:


Unresolved kernel trap (cpu 0): 0x300 - Data Access DAR=0x00000010 PC=0x00072050
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
____Exception state (SV=0x11954800)
________PC=0x00072050; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000010; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0007202c; RI=0x0b063bc0; XCP=0x0000000c (0x300 - Data access)
________Backtrace:
____________0x0007202c 0x000728d0 0x0006cad8 0x0006cbe0 0x0005ffb4 0x00024370 0x0008e498 0x00053c00

Proceeding back via exception chain:
____Exception state (SV=0x11954800)
________Previously dumped "latest" state. skipping...
____Exception state (SV=0x11827000)
________PC=0x7000978; MSR=0x0000f030; DAR=0x01ceb003; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x70005b34; RI=0xbfffd6a0; XCP=0x00000030 (0x200 - System call)

Kernel version:
Darwin kernel version 5.5
Thu May 30 14:51:26 PDT 2002 root:xnu/xnu-201.42.3.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
Memory access exception (1,0,0)

[Hemingray]

When exactly does it occur? I have yet to see one for myself...

[Durandal7]

Originally posted by Hemingray
When exactly does it occur? I have yet to see one for myself...
They are pretty random in when they occur, part of what makes them so annoying :rolleyes:

[Rower_CPU]

Dude, if you're panicking everyday like that it's time clean-up your OS install a little.

I've seen a kernel panic maybe twice since September, on all of the machines at work and at home.

Backup your docs, format your drive and start clean...please!

[Durandal7]

I may try that Rower, unfortunately I'm beginning to think that this is some sort of problem inherent to Rev.A B&W G3s.

[Rower_CPU]

Originally posted by asurace
I may try that Rower, unfortunately I'm beginning to think that this is some sort of problem inherent to Rev.A B&W G3s.

Interesting thought...can you tell me why?

The three B&W G3s we have at work are running it just fine...

[Durandal7]

I've read a lot of reports of people with Rev.A B&Ws that crash constantly. Some of them seem fine while others are finicky about everything. People have documented cases with constant kernel panics/freezes with causes that range from faulty motherboards to bad processors. The Rev.A Motherboard is the b*tchiest motherboard Apple produced and can be oversensitive to a little problem that another computer would ignore.

[Rower_CPU]

Ahhh...I have seen some unexplainable behavior on one of our machines...but in 9, not X...

[drastik]

I've never had a problem with me G3 psimo, but thats a different board of course