Kernel Panic Help Needed - Not simple

[Futurama56]

Hey friends. I am new, so hello!

I was running Parallels and just came back from sleep mode, and had a pegged CPU and unresponsive Macbook C2D. I held down power button, tried to restart and got Kernel Panic messages.

I have tried the following:

~Safe mode - shift key: brings me to kernel panic
Starting with install disc-holding c key : brings me to kernel panic
Reset vram : brings me to kernel panic
Passed hardware tests
No drives connected

I seem to have run out of options, what shall I do? I am very computer savvy and have many external hard drives, all USB 2.0, and a mac mini lying around as a secondary weapon. How should I proceed?

 

[tyr2]

Might be dodgy RAM. If you have 2 sticks try booting with just one stick in, then the other (in the lowest numbered bay each time), see if it will boot at all.

 

[Futurama56]

she is only a month old! stock ram 1gb

any suggestions for single user mode?

 

[tyr2]

she is only a month old! stock ram 1gb

I think the MacBook 1GB configuration is 2 512Mb DIMMS so you could try removing one?

 

[Futurama56]

I just did makes no difference, either piece. I have a brick in front of me right now, give me some techie solutions and i can do them, i just need some solutions!

 

[tyr2]

If it won't even boot properly from the install CD and it's not the RAM then something is serisouly fried. I'd call Apple.

 

[Futurama56]

More info:

I have been trying to eject the Os X Install disc and using single user mode when I try drutil tray eject I get a Bus Error, think this could start narrowing down the problem. I am not a happy user at all. Getting ready to ditch this thing already, I loved it, and now I am about to hate it. Are you honestly trying to say this is bad hardware/faulty?

 

[patrick0brien]

-Futurama56

Please try to understand there are always bad apples (sorry for the pun).

Yes, it could very well be a Logic board issue.

Have you tried the suggestions above?

Also remember, any RAM can go bad at any time, though it's rarer these days.

 

[ElectricSheep]

More info:

I have been trying to eject the Os X Install disc and using single user mode when I try drutil tray eject I get a Bus Error, think this could start narrowing down the problem. I am not a happy user at all. Getting ready to ditch this thing already, I loved it, and now I am about to hate it. Are you honestly trying to say this is bad hardware/faulty?

drutil (and diskutil/disktool) relies on the diskarbitrationd, which does not get loaded when you boot into single user mode. You will need to continue loading the operating system with sh /etc/rc before you can use drutil.

 

[Coqui]

Hey friends. I am new, so hello!

I was running Parallels and just came back from sleep mode, and had a pegged CPU and unresponsive Macbook C2D. I held down power button, tried to restart and got Kernel Panic messages.

I have tried the following:

~Safe mode - shift key: brings me to kernel panic
Starting with install disc-holding c key : brings me to kernel panic
Reset vram : brings me to kernel panic
Passed hardware tests
No drives connected

I seem to have run out of options, what shall I do? I am very computer savvy and have many external hard drives, all USB 2.0, and a mac mini lying around as a secondary weapon. How should I proceed?

I encountered the very same problem just three days ago when shutting Linux OpenSUSE 10.2 in Paralles: the computer began to slow down until OSX got hanged.

I restarted the machine but got KP, KP, KP... no matter what I did to fix it (CD boot, safe mode, PRAM reset...).

Sad to say, on this morning I brought my MB to the Apple Service.

I can't believe it.


PS - What a coincidence! I too am using a Mac mini as spare tyre...