kernel panic during software update after clean install of leopard

[jowima]

I recently did a clean install of leopard and during the automatic software update, I recieved this panic

Mon Aug 18 22:37:43 2008
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2A78E6B4): "ATA Device recovery
failed\n"@/SourceCache/IOATABlockStorage/IOATABlockStorage-200.1.8/IOATABlockStorageDriverV2.cpp:2325
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x0009AD18 0x0009B6BC 0x00029DC4 0x2A78E6B4
0x2A78E8D4 0x2A42B0E8 0x2A42B81C 0x2A42ECF8
0x2AA3D170 0x2AA3E0DC 0x2A42EAF0 0x2A42E774
0x2A42E704 0x003566B8 0x2A42E6AC 0x2A4354C0
0x2A429BAC 0x2A78E624 0x2A78E748 0x2A78E8D4
0x2A42B0E8 0x2A42B81C 0x2A42ECF8 0x2AA3D170
0x2A42EF20 0x2A4351D8 0x2AA3D1A0 0x2A42EE24
0x2A4360B0 0x0003F8D8 0x000AFE54
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with
dependencies):

com.apple.driver.AppleKauaiATA(1.2.1f4)@0x2aa3b000->0x2aa3ffff
dependency:
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.4)@0x242e8000
dependency:
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.7.3f1)@0x2a428000

com.apple.iokit.IOATABlockStorage(2.0.0)@0x2a78b000->0x2a79dfff
dependency:
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.5.2)@0x2a72e000
dependency:
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.7.3f1)@0x2a428000

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily(1.7.3f1)@0x2a428000->0x2a439fff
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x24472000)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000;
DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000;
XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

BSD process name corresponding to current thread:
kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9A581

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:37:58 PDT
2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_PPC

Can anyone explain this?

Thanks

 

[IJ Reilly]

Why did you reinstall?

 

[jowima]

orginally did an upgrade install and started to have problems with apps not responding and freezing

 

[IJ Reilly]

Nothing wrong with upgrade installs.

It sounds like you have a hardware issue, which is the most common cause of kernel panics. Have you upgraded the RAM?