iDVD 08 Panics my Intel Mac Mini

[Ironduke]

start iDVD
Create a new project
Revolution theme plays 20 seconds
Kernel Panic

works great on my new intel black book

Mon Aug 13 23:25:33 2007
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A4A55): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000004, CR3: 0x00e02000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x03a9ab2c, EBX: 0x00da9fe0, ECX: 0x0398e1cc, EDX: 0x00000004
CR2: 0x00000004, EBP: 0x250fbdf8, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x00000004
EFL: 0x00010002, EIP: 0x00197d82, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x003f0010

Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x250fbbf8 : 0x128d08 (0x3cc0a4 0x250fbc1c 0x131de5 0x0)
0x250fbc38 : 0x1a4a55 (0x3d24b8 0x1 0xe 0x3d1cdc)
0x250fbd48 : 0x19aeb4 (0x250fbd54 0xe 0x200048 0x190010)
0x250fbdf8 : 0x125b54 (0x3a9ab1c 0x3000006 0x450 0x0)
0x250fbf08 : 0x195a42 (0x250fbf44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x250fbfc8 : 0x19b32e (0x3821c94 0x0 0x8 0x3821c94) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbffff868

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.10.1: Wed May 23 16:33:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.22.5~1/RELEASE_I386

 

[mad jew]

Wait. Is it an actual kernel panic, or does it simply freeze/crash the app? Have you tried a different user account (more relevant if it's not an actual kernel panic)?

 

[Ironduke]

Wait. Is it an actual kernel panic, or does it simply freeze/crash the app? Have you tried a different user account (more relevant if it's not an actual kernel panic)?

its a multilingual screen of death

i tried a fresh guest account and now iDVD loops the Revolution anim about 5 times then iDVD crashes but no Kernel Panic.

I have opened up my macmini, as I upgraded to 2GB, im going to put the original 2x512MB apple ram back in to test.

If iDVD works flawlessly after that can we safely say its ram? as I have been having other panics now and then while using DVDPlayer, VisualHub

 

[mad jew]

Yeah, I was just about to ask about the RAM and other panics. If it all works well after replacing the RAM with the stock chips then it's a pretty safe bet to say you've got a dodgy one. Have you got a warranty on the third party stuff?

 

[Ironduke]

Yeah, I was just about to ask about the RAM and other panics. If it all works well after replacing the RAM with the stock chips then it's a pretty safe bet to say you've got a dodgy one. Have you got a warranty on the third party stuff?

Drum roll

Damn cheap ebay ram

put the two 512 apple memory back in and the revolution menu has been playing away for an hour with no problems.

I upgraded my Macbook with ram from crucial, I think I will go there.

funny thing is i tested the ram with memtest and it came up fine

 

[mad jew]

Good work on finding the culprit mate. Software based memory testers are notoriously bad at finding dodgy RAM. They're so bad that I don't even bother with them most of the time... Trial and error and RAM swapping is the best way to test it, as well as looking for hints in Console.