Multiple Kernel Panic since upgrade to gfxcardstatus & Java Update 2

MacBook Pro i7 kernel panic

I am having the same problems as you on my same machine. I did install gfxCardStatus and the Java update. I had a few kernel panics prior to install both and they continue after installing them. I had have only a couple freezes as people are describing, but its the kernel panics I am more worried about. I can't find much on the Apple forums about this, so it was good to see your post to at least someone is experiencing the same problem.

I don't get freaked out like I have a bad machine, I'm just trying to figure out why it's happening. Don't know if it's because of the new processor and the the latest OS X update or something else. I really didn't think of going to Apple because I can't make it happen for them to examine it - it just happens at times. I think they would just have me ship it for AppleCare, so I'd rather try to find a solution thru checking online or realize it may take a firmware or software update.

I can tell you some things that happened when it occurred: Syncing my iPod in iTunes and then when I clicked on the iTunes store I got the kernel panic. Yesterday, again syncing my iPod, just after disconnecting it I got it again.
Other times unrelated to syncing an iPod, it just happened in Safari when I went to a new website. Couldn't replicate it after restarting.

I have also been experiences a number of program crashes, especially Safari, but other times some of the background startup items I have running.

I'll keep checking to see if there may be others who can offer any insight.

 

i had the same kinda thing happen to my 3 week old MBP i7 512ssd, anyway it kernel panic'ed so much that i could not even get safari to do anything. It would panic right of the start. then mail started to do this. then the whole computer, restarted and nothing, would not boot. Got disc out tried disc utility repair, nothing, could not and would not repair. Reformatted, then tried to install and nothing. So I just got my 2nd mbp from apple yesterday, we will see if I have the same problems. So far so good.

 

I have the java update and gfxcardstatus and I keep getting kernel panics too. Weirdly enough though I do think they started before I installed either. I have a 17" i7.

 

same here!
last time it happened when gfxcardstatus notified me that my macbook pro i5 switched processors after a full screen youtube video...
other times i'm just browsing, though, it tend to happen more with youtube, video and flash related browsing

 

Interestingly I was telling it to go into Integrated graphics mode to save battery... now I have left it to choose for itself I haven't had a kernel panic since (touch wood)