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Currently, I like Timur's theory rather than thinking there is something wrong with my machine:
Still no panics here while running ClickToFlash. Been putting the machine through it's paces like crazy also.
Thanks! This leaves me an option if one of these companies doesn't update it's software/drivers.
I have intel graphics forced enabled 100%, and I still got panics. Then I switched to nVidia only. Then I allowed it to switch dynamically. No dice, it panicked, crashed and artifacted. I'm back to using intel 100% with no problems.
Update: After installing Click2Flash I have been panic-free the last 4 days. So in my case, the culprit is almost certainly the latest version of Flash.
I am using google chrome now...can anyone give me directions on how to roll back to flash player 10? I am starting to think that it is flash that is causing my problems as well, since it always seems to be when i am web browsing. I listen to the radio on WFAN.com a lot and unfortunately it runs flash while I listen. I have crashed on other sites too, but it happens A LOT when I am on that site.
An update for this thread:
I took my macbook pro to the genius bar at the apple store today, and they were unable to do anything. The guy ran all kinds of tests on the computer and said everything seems to be working fine. When I explained to him the problem seemed to be flash related, he deleted flash off my system, and attempted to install an older version of flashplayer. When we could not locate this, he ended up reinstalling the newest version from adobe and telling me that if my problem remains, to reinstall OSX. Beyond that, he said if reinstalling OSX doesn't work, they would need to take it for overnight repair. I'll post if (when) I get the freeze again.
I took my macbook pro to the genius bar at the apple store today, and they were unable to do anything. The guy ran all kinds of tests on the computer and said everything seems to be working fine. When I explained to him the problem seemed to be flash related, he deleted flash off my system, and attempted to install an older version of flashplayer. When we could not locate this, he ended up reinstalling the newest version from adobe and telling me that if my problem remains, to reinstall OSX. Beyond that, he said if reinstalling OSX doesn't work, they would need to take it for overnight repair. I'll post if (when) I get the freeze again.
After I installed Click2Flash, my kernel panics stopped. So in my case it was certainly the latest version of Flash that was the problem.
I have flashblocker installed on my web browsers, and I haven't crashed unless I was purposely running a site with flash. This tends to happen when I go to sleep, as I will be listening to a podcast or streaming radio that is often played through flash on a website. I wake up in the morning and the computer is crashed. So, we will see what happens. This seems to be a workaround to the issue, but it is kind of disturbing that on a $2300 machine, the only answer is to disable flash.
I have the flash plugin version 10.0.r45 and it's been rock stable, no crashes yet. I haven't done any updates to the flash player since my OS install so if you can try revert to that version it might work for you as well.
Update here too.. Took it in to genius bar (MBP i5) and told them of the shut down message and scrambled graphics and of no moving videos of any kind working every once in a while. They decided I needed a new logic board. So it us in the hospital as we speak.
I wanted to give my input as I have had the same exact issue. A week ago I brought mine into the Apple store and the guy said it's the graphics and they will change the logic board. They did and today I got the same exact panic! ):