imac G5 kernel panic problem

[stewart911sc]

Hello, i've had my imac G5 for sometime now and it has recently started crashing on start up, the display goes almost as if it is in 2, which is probably a weird description and then i have to restart, this will happen 2 or 3 times and then it will be okay, it sometimes happens after the machine comes out of sleep also, the machine specs are as follows:

20" 1.8 Ghz PowerPC G5
Memory 1.25 GB DDR SDRAM
Running OSX 10.3.9

I have looked in the panic logs after searching on this site, which is very informative, and they are posted below:

Sun Sep 24 11:31:56 2006




Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000046A9734E PC=0x000000002F00D464
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2F158A00)
PC=0x2F00D464; MSR=0x0000B030; DAR=0x46A9734E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x2F00D44C; R1=0x188639C0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x01ED4780 0x2F013EC8 0x2F013C08 0x2F011534 0x2F011760 0x2EFF7088 0x0027E650 0x00280324
0x0007AC48 0x00021668 0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x07312E31
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE490

Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0x2eff0000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x288ac000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x28815000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x352d7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.3.5)@0x28835000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2F158A00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x008CBC80)
PC=0x900078B8; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x0185C408; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x90007438; R1=0xBFFEE490; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0:
Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC


panic(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00083498 0x0008397C 0x0001EDA4 0x00090C38 0x0009402C
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2F158A00)
PC=0x2F00D464; MSR=0x0000B030; DAR=0x46A9734E; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x2F00D44C; R1=0x188639C0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x01ED4780 0x2F013EC8 0x2F013C08 0x2F011534 0x2F011760 0x2EFF7088 0x0027E650 0x00280324
0x0007AC48 0x00021668 0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318 0x07312E31
backtrace terminated - frame not mapped or invalid: 0xBFFEE490

Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(3.4.2)@0x2eff0000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.4)@0x288ac000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.3.5)@0x28815000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(3.4.2)@0x352d7000
dependency:
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it is the same message everytime the MAC crashes, i'm no expert with MAC's but it looks to me as if there is a problem with the graphics card.

Can anyone help with this?

Many thanks

Stewart

 

[riciad]

Check out

http://www.apple.com/support/imac/repairextensionprogram/

and see if your iMac's serial number falls into the range covered by this program.

When my logic board was failing it manifested in video aberrations.

 

[BlizzardBomb]

Check out

http://www.apple.com/support/imac/repairextensionprogram/

and see if your iMac's serial number falls into the range covered by this program.

When my logic board was failing it manifested in video aberrations.

That would be the smart thing to do. Logic board problems was what popped into my head first.

it is the same message everytime the MAC crashes, i'm no expert with MAC's but it looks to me as if there is a problem with the graphics card.

It's Mac not MAC

 

[riciad]

It's Mac not MAC

Aw, you're mean!

I was going to say that but I figured I'd leave him off this time as his stress level is probably high enough already.

 

[emptyCup]

Have you installed any memory, hardware or new programs recently. Is there any pattern to what you are doing when you get the panics?

 

[stewart911sc]

thanks

thank you very much for your replies, i shall make sure i call them Mac and not MAC from now on

the kernel panic described always happens on start up, i've probably installed lots of things recently to be honest as i use logic pro for music on the machine and am always installing plug-ins every other day, i havent turned the machine upside down to check the serial number as yet.

but thanks very much for all your helps and replies, cheers

 

[riciad]

i havent turned the machine upside down to check the serial number as yet.

To get the Serial Number, just go To "About This Mac" in the Finder Menu Bar and click on More Info.

 

[stewart911sc]

thanks

another great tip, cheers, you'll make a tiger person of me yet...