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2010 13" mbp "must restart"

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DUDEMANGUY5

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Apr 8, 2010
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I was using my MBP today with a external monitor attached, and suddenly a "shadow" swept across the screen from top to bottom. A window popped up basically saying in a few different languages: "There is a problem, you must hold the power button and turn off your computer". When I turned it back on, an error report screen popped up and I reported it to Apple.

I was only running Safari with 2 tabs opened, One on MacRumors the other loading Gizmodo.

Should this occurrence be something that I should worry about?

HELP!:eek:
 
It's called a kernel panic it is caused by a low level error most likely in your case by a graphics driver error.

If it continues to happen then you have a problem otherwise it was probably a fluke.

For future reference, this is the kind of error you begin getting when hardware is failing (hard drive, ram, logic board, graphics card) so if it is happening often you should take it Apple for a full diagnostic.
 
zachsilvey said:
For future reference, this is the kind of error you begin getting when hardware is failing (hard drive, ram, logic board, graphics card) so if it is happening often you should take it Apple for a full diagnostic.
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Sighs. Just no. A kernel panic is the equivalent of a Windows BSOD. It is not necessarily triggered by hardware issues (although possible) and by no means does it necessarily mean an imminent hardware failure. While OS X is a rather stable OS, it's by no means perfect and will give you kernel panics on occasion.

Case in point: Logitech's mouse and keyboard software/driver suite for OS X (known as Logitech Control Center) is known to cause kernel panics rather frequently.
 
fobis said:
Sighs. Just no. A kernel panic is the equivalent of a Windows BSOD. It is not necessarily triggered by hardware issues (although possible) and by no means does it necessarily mean an imminent hardware failure. While OS X is a rather stable OS, it's by no means perfect and will give you kernel panics on occasion.

Case in point: Logitech's mouse and keyboard software/driver suite for OS X (known as Logitech Control Center) is known to cause kernel panics rather frequently.
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I just made the statement that this is the kind of error that you begin getting when hardware begins to fail not that they are mutually exclusive.
 
I get that screen in iPhoto a lot when scrolling through photos. 60,000 pics chokes it I guess. :D

Before I start blaming hardware I'd look on the software side first.
 
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