frequent kernel panics

[squeeks]

Wed Dec 12 18:55:42 2007
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A7309): Double fault at 0x00f6e0df, thread:0x73c0998, trapno:0x8, err:0x0),registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x0000ede8, CR3: 0x01392000, CR4: 0x00002660
EAX: 0x0000008b, EBX: 0x0000efec, ECX: 0x00f9d4a0, EDX: 0x0000016c
ESP: 0x0000edf1, EBP: 0x147ffdbf, ESI: 0x4688f000, EDI: 0x0771a2bd
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x00f6e0df

Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x552a1fb8 : 0x12b0e1 (0x455670 0x552a1fec 0x133238 0x0)
0x552a2008 : 0x1a7309 (0x45e4a8 0xf6e0df 0x73c0998 0x8)
0x552a20e8 : 0x19f573 (0x552a2100 0x401ff4ab 0x803fe956 0x7fd2ad)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x147ffdbf

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version:
9B18

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)


this is the second time its paniced in the past two days, dont remember what i was doing the first time, this time i was recording in soundtrack

any help would be appriciated

 

[mad jew]

It mentions WindowServer... Do you have any theme changers installed? As a generic question, what third party hardware (including RAM) do you have installed?

 

[squeeks]

no theme changers, no real third part software installed at all except parallels, everything else on there is apple

third party hardware

my scorpio WD harddrive
4gb OCZ ram

and at the time of this panic i had a USB soundblaster plugged in as well

but its paniced about 4 times since installing leopard, doing various things

ill have to check when i get home to see if the other logs mention windowserver

 

[mad jew]

Yeah post up more of the logs, because that one isn't very informative.

 

[Hawkeye411]

Do a fresh install.

 

[mad jew]

A fresh install will only help if the problem is software-based.

 

[heatmiser]

but its paniced about 4 times since installing leopard, doing various things

I think it's pretty clear what the problem is. You might want to go back to the OS that wasn't crashing your system enough for you to start a thread on the subject. This presumes you're more interested in a stable OS than in a barely-past-beta OS being pushed by marketing.

 

[Hawkeye411]

A fresh install will only help if the problem is software-based.

Ahhh .. Exactly!!!! you got it!!!!

 

[kaiwai]

I think it's pretty clear what the problem is. You might want to go back to the OS that wasn't crashing your system enough for you to start a thread on the subject. This presumes you're more interested in a stable OS than in a barely-past-beta OS being pushed by marketing.

But he hasn't established whether the memory upgrade to 4gigs was before he installed or Leopard or he had it installed with his old operating system.

 

[mad jew]

I really don't think there's much point in performing a clean install before we are fully aware of whether it'll work. Kernel panics are more frequently associated with hardware issues rather than software conflicts.

 

[heatmiser]

But he hasn't established whether the memory upgrade to 4gigs was before he installed or Leopard or he had it installed with his old operating system.

Very true. The RAM could be the culprit. OP, was the 4gb upgrade before or after the Leopard install? And besides that, have you run a memory test in general?

 

[crazyiez]

yeah i talked with my freind and we found stuff that could help me out its a good read too

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6068952

old stuff

Hi. yeah ive been having kernel panics out the wazzoo ive had this mbp for a while now and ever since ive gotten to 10.5 ive just got panic after panic.. ive had 3 in the past few hours not to mention all the other times it has happened in the past month. need all the help i can get!

and all i have is this to show you from the latest one i had

c0 0xc0a00171 0x12894 0x414570)
0x34943838 : 0x8ed87d (0x23f974c0 0x2 0xc0 0x19d0ea)
0x349439d8 : 0x9081c6 (0x23f974c0 0x3051ec00 0x3484e004 0xc0)
0x34943b28 : 0x8e8d24 (0x23f974c0 0x3051ec00 0x3484e004 0xc0)
0x34943c08 : 0x9095bb (0x3484e004 0x3051ec00 0x1f 0xdf1c22d1)
0x34943de8 : 0x90afb1 (0x23f972c8 0x5 0x34943f08 0x127206)
0x34943f18 : 0x41d149 (0x23f97000 0x4725200 0x1 0x19ccc1)
0x34943f68 : 0x41c2a6 (0x4725200 0x0 0x0 0xbfff7630)
0x34943f98 : 0x41bf88 (0x432a480 0x0 0xbfff7630 0x0)
0x34943fc8 : 0x19e2ec (0x432a480 0x0 0x10 0x4ca0000)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros(300.22)@0x8d6000->0x960fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(200.7)@0x8b8000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.4)@0x63c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.6.0)@0x64c000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9B18

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.1.0: Wed Oct 31 17:46:22 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228.0.2~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)


should be the same as the others because i went back to doing what i was doing thanks in advance