Kernel Panic; list all the reasons here

[iSolip]

as the title says, if you know the common reasons and their solutions you'll benefit me and 100s probably.
thank you

 

[Inside_line]

3rd party Drivers.

I had early versions of Logitech Control Center installed which caused repeated crashes, uninstall and all was fine.

I had early version of Waacom tablet which caused sporadic crashes, after uninstall all was fine.

 

[superericla]

Faulty ram.

 

[Jmouse]

What exactly is Kernel Panic ? like a frozen up ?

 

[ECUpirate44]

What exactly is Kernel Panic ? like a frozen up ?

Yup. Basically the computers way of saying wtf is going on, I have to shutdown. Sometimes it happens because of bad hardware, other times it's software based. Bad Ram and 3rd party drivers are a common culprit.
Kernel Panic

 

[nowstime]

I had to return mine and request a replacement due to KP. Mine was a hardware issue since I erased the drive and reinstalled OSX and it happened again. I was within my return period.

I listed my KP report on this forum and got some suggestions but eventually it was a hardware issue. First thought it was Dropbox (according to report) but had panic after uninstall.

When I didn't know much about KP (since coming from PC), it took me 5 days to do a time machine with my TP.

Hopefully the replacement is OK...

 

[movieboy23]

Could be a faulty logic board.

I also had KPs on my machine using Safari before the update came out in fall 2010. Now Safari runs fine, but then again I use Chrome and FF4 for most of my browsing anyway.

 

[Jmouse]

Does KP only reger to when theres a apple message box appears?

What happen when the laptop just frozen up ? ( without the apple message )

 

[matt15f]

Admittedly i am a mac noob but i thought kernal panics were limited to hack builds.

 

[lavrishevo]

MyWi over USB in 64bit mode has been causing some kernel panics.

 

[ender land]

A stickied thread for this might actually be pretty beneficial.

Probably not in the MBP section though, more of an OS:X thing.

 

[iSolip]

A stickied thread for this might actually be pretty beneficial.

Probably not in the MBP section though, more of an OS:X thing.

Now we're talking.
i've had a week old mbp 2011 quad core n i faced those KPs n im having a replacement.
honestly im freaking out, thinking what if the new one has issues as well

 

[PAPO]

the only kernel panic I ever had was from assigning too many recourses to a virtual machine