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Kernel Panics like crazy.... :(

bill4588

bill4588

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Feb 2, 2006
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Kennesaw, GA
Since last week, I've experienced about 10 kernel panics. It all began when I was using Google Earth when the fans starting going crazy, then bam - it powers off. Then at various other times it would shut off, like when I was watching a movie or using iChat. Now, whenever it shuts off and I press the power button to turn it back on, it shuts of immediately afterward (I don't even see the apple logo). I was using 3rd party RAM, and thinking that was the problem, I removed it and installed the stock ram even though memtest said it was ok. But since removing it I've had 3 kernel panics, which were all today! I ran memtest again and it said everything was ok. What could be the problem with it? Are there any fixes I can perform myself without having to take it in?
 
the only third party thing I have attached is my HP printer, and it wasn't even attached the first time I experienced a kernel panic. and I just ran disk utility and it said it was ok. :confused:
 
It just happened again and I've noticed that it's happened 4x while using iEatBrains (used to find information on songs in iTunes library). Should I just take it up to the apple store, or is there a way to fix this myself?
 
I have had 9 kernel panics today. yah it sucks. at about the 7th i figured out it happened when i was playing wow at full settings. I cranked wow down bit by bit to get it stable and i havent had one for a few hours. I also had a kernel panic when doing some h.264 encoding on my old mb. I'm guessing the mb and mbp start having coruption issues when under lots of stress and heat, which leads to the grey screen of death.

ps. I have have run the hardware test, everything good. and the reparied permissions. if i get another outbreak i'm reinstalling osx, then im returning it doesn't work.
 
Generally speaking a Mac will fall asleep before it kernel panics from overheating, but both of you might want to use CoreDuoTemp or something similar to monitor the temperature. Make sure your machines are in a well ventilated area too, and use them on a hard, flat surface. :)
 
Ok, I have had and are having the same problem with my iMac G5.

Im getting a couple of Kernel Panics per day on average. I have done all the things you can do yourself and had to logic board replacements. If you take your Mac in I suspect they will do the same but this has not fixed the problem.
 
Also check out your panic.log file (you can open /Library/Logs/panic.log from /Applications/Utilities/Console) for any information as it can clue you in what is triggering the panic.

Memory related issues may look something like:

Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x400 - Inst access DAR=0x008eb000 PC=0xc11bb598
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x29677A00)
PC=0xC11BB598; MSR=0x40001030; DAR=0x008EB000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0xC11B
B599; R1=0x18993D80; XCP=0x00000010 (0x400 - Inst access)
Backtrace:
0xC11BB599
backtrace terminated - unaligned frame address: 0x0378AE34

Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x29677A00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x283C3780)
PC=0x90074328; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xE0133000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000
6670; R1=0xBFFFF2F0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

Graphics related issues may show like:

panic(cpu 0): thread_invoke: preemption_level -1

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00085C1C 0x0008604C 0x00028BB4 0x000342F8 0x000348DC 0x1E74553C 0x1E7
456E4 0x1E7377DC
0x00244568 0x00246060 0x0007E814 0x0002AE98 0x0002580C 0x00025C08 0x000
92F78 0x00B15E2E
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.ATIRadeon(2.2)@0x1e731000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.2.6)@0x1eb49000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.2.6)@0x1e986000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(1.2)@0x1e700000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2735F500)
PC=0x90073C28; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0xE223E000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000
5F70; R1=0xBFFEEE70; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

Disk related issues may show up as something like:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002326F0): HFS: corrupt VH on Macintosh HD, sig 0x0000, ver 0, blksize 49202
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00095718 0x00095C30 0x0002683C 0x002326F0 0x00230910 0x000F90A8 0x000EC4A8 0x000EC2B0
0x002AAF98 0x000ABF30 0xFF9A018E
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3A3CE780)
PC=0x9006424C; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0xE1801000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x00002D94; R1=0xBFFFF910; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

USB related panics tend to look like:

Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000021D13B10 PC=0x00000000004E2E64
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x38667280)
PC=0x004E2E64; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x21D13B10; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x004E2E5C; R1=0x21CEBDC0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x004E2E5C 0x0003C744 0x000A9894
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver(2.2.5)@0x4e0000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.2.8)@0x45f000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(1.4.4)@0x495000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x38667280)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x37E6AC80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

.. and so on. The above isn't all inclusive as the messages can vary greatly. I remember when my processor was the culprit (but unbeknownst to me at the time), it just spit out something small like this constantly and even engineers couldn't figure out what the problem was:

panic(cpu 0): thread_invoke: preemption_level -1

Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00084E9C 0x000852CC 0x00027F8C 0x000336D0 0x00033CB4 0x0001E9F8 0x000
2405C 0x00024FA4
0x00092098 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x27CFD780)
PC=0x900013C8; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0x007C4000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9000
6724; R1=0xBFFF7650; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)

and when it finally fried completely, the dreaded "machine check exception" (fatal unrecoverable hardware problem):

Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x200 - Machine check DAR=0x1ea4c011 PC=0x001d4ef
8
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x1E643000)
PC=0x001D4EF8; MSR=0x40009030; DAR=0x1EA4C011; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x001D
4EF8; R1=0x17193D70; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
Backtrace:
0x001D4EF8 0x00184B20 0x0003E298 0x0003E1A0
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x1E643000)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x26D00500)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x0000
0000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)

panic(cpu 0): 0x200 - Machine check
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x00084E9C 0x000852CC 0x00027F8C 0x0008ECA8 0x00091D18
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x1E643000)
PC=0x001D4EF8; MSR=0x40009030; DAR=0x1EA4C011; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x001D
4EF8; R1=0x17193D70; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
Backtrace:
0x001D4EF8 0x00184B20 0x0003E298 0x0003E1A0
Exception state (sv=0x26D00500)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x0000
0000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
 
i checked my panic log and it says that the last one I had was on aug 25 :confused: I wasn't even aware that I was having any until last week lol. How do I run the hardware check?
 
Wow, I have owned 3 macs, and I have only been through 2 Kernel Panics. Once on my PowerBook and once on my MacBook Pro. You should definitaly get it checked out.
 
Senbei said:
Also check out your panic.log file (you can open /Library/Logs/panic.log from /Applications/Utilities/Console) for any information as it can clue you in what is triggering the panic.
Click to expand...

I cannot find this panic.log. Spotlight couldn't either.
 
Hmm... Are your kernel panics showing the grey screen? I don't have the panic log either but I think that's because I haven't had any kernel panics. Have you cleaned your logs (maintenance tasks do this) since the last kernel panic or reset your PRAM? :)
 
Yeah I reset the PRAM and it hasnt happened since then....but that could just be coincidence since I havnt done any processor-intensive things. ill test it when i get back from class...but now I have a test to take :(
 
Okay, well resetting your PRAM will have cleared your logs. I mentioned it more for pknz as a possible reason for not being able to find panic.log. Good luck with your test. :)
 
ok well I just ran iEatBrainz and that definitely did the trick....yep....another kernel panic. it does it with both the stock ram and the 3rd party ram (omni ram). so im guessing i have to take it in? :( if it means i have to give up my computer for a week then forget it....I'll just live with it....
 
I've been having the same problems with my iMac G5, its's gone in for repair, and the logic board needs replacing. I took a photo of what was happening to it with my digital camera to show to the repairers. I'm not sure if they are related in any way though.

 
bill4588 said:
if it means i have to give up my computer for a week then forget it....I'll just live with it....
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Good luck with it. Hopefully they'll be able to fix it promptly.


Amy2005, at first glance your kernel panic looks to be from bad RAM. Do you have third party RAM? If so, are you comfortable taking it out and testing your machine with it not installed? :)

I love the last line of the ol' kernel panic screen. Gets me every time. :D
 
mad jew said:
Amy2005, at first glance your kernel panic looks to be from bad RAM. Do you have third party RAM? If so, are you comfortable taking it out and testing your machine with it not installed? :)
Click to expand...

When i bought my mac from a shop i had extra ram put in yeah. Its gone there to get repaired and they say it needs a new logic board, i'm ringing up tomorrow to see if its ok, so they may say something about the RAM then. :)

The last line scared me at first, then i thought it was funny lol :)
 
Ok latest call to Apple (in Australia) resulted in them telling me to take it back into Apple (in New Zealand) and have their technicians get in contact with the Australian technicians over this problem...

Wonder what will come of it this time.

Which means I'll lose the iMac for a week or more and my sister has university assignments and I have secondary school assignments.

Just give me a freaking new one already!:p
 
i took it to my apple store the other day and they said they would have to replace the logic board and heat sink (and the part of the case that's changing color). they said it would take about 4 days at the apple store....so I'm gonna have to wait for a week when I don't have a paper due to give it to them. but the situation has gotten worse. whenever i turn on my macbook, a dark grey screen appears with multi-colored vertical lines.
 
I'm glad that yor machine is still under warranty.

Generally if a machine has a problem, it will show up before your warranty has expired.

Unfortunately, these inconveniences are the pitfalls of buying Rev "A "
machines from just about any manufacturer.
 
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