Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Kernal Panic, attached report

rhett7660

rhett7660

macrumors G5
Original poster
Jan 9, 2008
14,581
4,757
Sunny, Southern California
Hello..

I have been getting kernal panics more and more in the past few days. It only seems to happen when I leave my computer for a few hours or when I leave it on overnight. I am attaching the report. Has anybody else had this happen? For those who know what the report means is there something I should be looking at to fix?

Code: 
Mon Jun  9 08:09:02 2008
Machine-check capabilities (cpu 1) 0x0000000000000806:
family: 6 model: 23 stepping: 6 microcode revision 1547
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           E5462  @ 2.80GHz
 6 error-reporting banks
 threshold-based error status present
Machine-check status 0x0000000000000005
 restart IP valid
 machine-check in progress
MCA error-reporting registers:
 IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0x1000000020000000 invalid
 IA32_MC1_STATUS(0x405): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
 IA32_MC2_STATUS(0x409): 0x0000000000000000 invalid
 IA32_MC3_STATUS(0x40d): 0x0020000000000000 invalid
 IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0x0000000000000011 invalid
 IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200001080200e0f valid
  MCA error code           : 0x0e0f
  Model specific error code: 0x8020
  Other information        : 0x00000010
  Threshold-based status   : Undefined
  Status bits:
   Processor context corrupt
   Error enabled
   Uncorrected error
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A8656): Machine Check at 0x00a47abc, thread:0xbe87410, trapno:0x12, err:0x0, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x7b024000, CR3: 0x013be000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00000001, ECX: 0x00000001, EDX: 0x00000000
ESP: 0x7a407d20, EBP: 0x7a407e28, ESI: 0x0be6b000, EDI: 0x0be8ed00
EFL: 0x00000046, EIP: 0x00a47abc

Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack) 
0x7a4b1fb8 : 0x12b0fa (0x459294 0x7a4b1fec 0x133243 0x0) 
0x7a4b2008 : 0x1a8656 (0x4624f4 0xa47abc 0xbe87410 0x12) 
0x7a4b20e8 : 0x19fd93 (0x7a4b2100 0x0 0x0 0x0) 
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x7a407e28

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9D34

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.3.0: Fri May 23 00:49:16 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.5.18~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)

Thanks
 
I also ran all of the utilities under disk utility on all the hard drives to see if that was the case. They all came back ok. Of course I haven't let my computer go into hibernation since I did this. Did it this morning before I started this thread.

Verify Disk Permissions
Repair Disk Permissions

Verify Disk
Repair Disk
 
LOL.. yeah I found it... I love google.. I am pretty darn sure I have the latest versions. I haven't had much experience trouble shooting a Mac. Coming from a windows background.

Thank you for your help, very much appreciated.

I am running time machine on one of my internal drives. Just as an FYI..
 
Try removing the RAM you installed. Also, if you've been experiencing frequent kernel panics you should check your hard drive for the errors which can result from all of those hard restarts, either by running Disk Utility from the restore discs or with fsck in Single User Mode, if you know how that's done. But you do need to run the Mac without that RAM, no matter what the RAM-checking software tells you.
 
IJ....

Thanks... I will try the Disk Utility from the restore disk first. I haven't done the fsck in single user mode, but I will google to see if it is something I feel comfortable doing.

I will pull all the ram out and see if I notice a difference with the shut downs etc.....

Thanks
 
rhett7660 said:
IJ....

Thanks... I will try the Disk Utility from the restore disk first. I haven't done the fsck in single user mode, but I will google to see if it is something I feel comfortable doing.

I will pull all the ram out and see if I notice a difference with the shut downs etc.....

Thanks
Click to expand...

The fsck instructions, if you're feeling adventurous:

Restart with the cmd-s keys held down, until you see a black screen with white characters. After the text stops scrolling, at the command prompt, type:

fsck -f [including the space, return]

If any repairs are reported, run fsck again until none are reported. Then, at the command prompt, type:

reboot [return]
 
Download a temperature sensing tool, and keep on eye on your system temps. Panics caused by a Machine Check should be taken seriously as they are almost always caused by a hardware failure due to defect or thermal stress.
 
The ram seems to working ok. I have it in since day one just as an fyi. I pulled all of the ram started with two gigs. Then replaced those two gigs etc. Each time I would let the computer go into hibernation mode. Each time it woke up fine. I then did this with 4 gigs and 8 gigs. That seemed to working fine.

Before I did the ram test I also took out a third party pci card for my external hard drive enclosure (some reason I think this is the cuplrit)

I put the pci card back in after the ram testing. I haven't started up the external enclosure yet thou.

I went to the website of the enclosure and they don't have a download yet for the 10.5.3 update. Wondering if this might be my problem. I think for the time being I will move it to my server box and run it from there.

So far I have had no more problems.

I have not run the utility yet due to not having any more conflicts and finding out that there is not software availalbe for my external.

ElectricSheep

Download a temperature sensing tool, and keep on eye on your system temps. Panics caused by a Machine Check should be taken seriously as they are almost always caused by a hardware failure due to defect or thermal stress.
Click to expand...

Do you have a good recommandation on what I should download?

Thanks again for everybody's help with this.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back