Macbook screen shuts off, but mac is still on

[Phill-art]

I have a MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with 4 GB of ram. I have 344.46 GB of space left on my HD.

This problem would only happen very rarely before it became more frequent. Usually I'll be in the middle of doing something in Photoshop and the screen will turn black. The key board lights remain on, but there's nothing I can do to get the screen back so I have to hold down the power button to shut it down and boot it back up. Usually it happens 5 or so minutes after I boot up my computer.

After I boot it back up it gives me the option to send this error info to apple:

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 2476756 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 2

Anonymous UUID: 5FD83D6F-20FF-4ECF-995E-313F88319A09



Tue Jan 26 16:26:08 2016

panic(cpu 2 caller 0x9d4c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0x0a2910de 0x00100000 0x00000000, BAR0 0xd2000000 0x7f207000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)

0x5c69b888 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x5c69b8bc 0x223ce1 0x0)

0x5c69b8d8 : 0x9d4c9b (0xbea28c 0xc5a800 0xbf8e60 0x0)

0x5c69b978 : 0xaef608 (0x916f404 0x96da004 0x100 0xa)

0x5c69b9c8 : 0xae6601 (0x96da004 0x100 0x5c69b9f8 0x9c4778)

0x5c69b9f8 : 0x16f89a6 (0x96da004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x0)

0x5c69bb38 : 0xb0e2b5 (0x96da004 0x96e1004 0x0 0x0)

0x5c69bb78 : 0x9dde7c (0x96da004 0x96e1004 0x0 0x0)

0x5c69bc18 : 0x9da55b (0x0 0x9 0x0 0x0)

0x5c69bdc8 : 0x9dc42a (0x0 0x600d600d 0x702a 0x5c69bdf8)

0x5c69be98 : 0x970582 (0xc1d00015 0xaa910001 0x20802040 0x5c69bee0)

0x5c69bef8 : 0xd3257d (0x91b4000 0x5c69bf4c 0x0 0x7)

0x5c69bf58 : 0xd3271a (0x91a5400 0xd39e54 0x5c69bf78 0x2a45c9)

0x5c69bf78 : 0x230235 (0x91a5400 0x0 0x0 0x0)

0x5c69bfc8 : 0x2a179c (0x863ea0 0x0 0x10 0x0)

Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):

com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.12.31)@0xd2f000->0xd39fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x93f000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x961000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x928000

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x15c2000->0x19d6fff

dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x96e000

com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x96e000->0xc5bfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x928000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x961000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x93f000



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task



Mac OS version:

10K549



Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386

System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)



System uptime in nanoseconds: 3358478631077

unloaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI4.2.0 (addr 0x145d000, size 0x65536) - last unloaded 168898858356

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor1.9.3d0 - last loaded 48307020831

com.apple.driver.AGPM100.12.31

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver1.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver2.0.5f14

com.apple.filesystems.autofs2.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA2.0.5f14

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC1.57

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient3.5.7

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl1.0.20

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor3.0.1d2

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver1.1.6

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin4.7.0a1

com.apple.GeForce6.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC1.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl2.10.6

com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU1.5.2d10

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics6.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB6.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons201.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController303.8

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader2.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard201.6

com.apple.BootCache31.1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib1.0.0d1

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage1.6.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI4.7.3

com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224428.42.4

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet3.0.5b8

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM1.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager160.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort2.1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC1.3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons1.3.6

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC1.3.6

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC1.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient142.6.0

com.apple.security.sandbox1

com.apple.security.quarantine0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall2.1.14

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement142.6.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib2.0.5f14

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction17

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction10

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction14

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction10

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction10

com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction20

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface74.2

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP2.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager2.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily10.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily1.8.3fc2

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController2.0.5f14

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily2.0.5f14

com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily41

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily4.7.0a1

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC3.1.0d5

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal6.4.0

com.apple.NVDAResman6.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport2.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily2.2.1

com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController2.4.5f3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController2.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily2.4.5f3

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass2.6.7

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch207.7

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver4.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite3.9.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily1.6

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily1.6.1

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter402.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI1.2.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily4.2.6

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient4.2.4

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family320.1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily1.10

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily2.0.6

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily4.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime1.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily1.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily1.1

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet6

com.apple.driver.DiskImages289.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily1.6.3

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform1.3.6

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily2.6.5

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily1.3.0

 

[JohnDS]

It looks like a graphics card power management problem. Are you using an external monitor by any chance?

You could also try resetting the SMC: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201295

If that doesn't help and you are not using an external monitor, try running the Apple Hardware Test:

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201257
[doublepost=1454434938][/doublepost]See also: http://www.macworld.com/article/2062783/cures-for-a-panicking-mid-2010-macbook-pro.html

 

[Phill-art]

I tried resetting the SMC, it turned off again 10 minutes after turning on the computer. I sometimes connect to another older mac via wifi on a home network, could that cause the problem? What's mystifying is that the problem has suddenly got worse, what could I have done differently this past month to cause it to act up? I'll try a hardware test next, I've done hardware tests awhile back on this mac, and nothing's come up, though.

EDIT: I did an extended hardware test and it said no troubles were found. I've been told it can miss things, but I guess it's not that big of an issue if it didn't come up with a logic board and graphics card problem?