David Portela

Q: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Kernel Panics/Freezes in Lion & late Snow Leopard

I've found some other reports of these freezes scattered about the forums, but usually other people come in and post something about unrelated video cards. So this thread is specific to NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 running OS X Lion (10.7-10.7.3), to avoid confusion and cross-polination of different issues.

 

Hardware Overview:

 

  Model Name:          iMac

  Model Identifier:          iMac9,1

  Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo

  Processor Speed:          3.06 GHz

  Number of Processors:          1

  Total Number of Cores:          2

  L2 Cache:          6 MB

  Memory:          8 GB

  Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz

  Boot ROM Version:          IM91.008D.B08

  SMC Version (system):          1.37f3

 

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130:

 

  Chipset Model:          NVIDIA GeForce GT 130

  Type:          GPU

  Bus:          PCIe

  PCIe Lane Width:          x16

  VRAM (Total):          512 MB

  Vendor:          NVIDIA (0x10de)

  Device ID:          0x062e

  Revision ID:          0x00a1

  ROM Revision:          3370

 

 

Since upgrading to Lion I have had many issues with crashes and kernel panics characterized by the following symptoms, listed here in detail so that people can find them when they search:

 

  • Pixellation - colored pixels appear in different areas of the screen, in seemingly random bunches.
  • Mosaics - squares appear redrawn in the wrong part of the screen. Sometimes these squares are large, other times tiny.
  • Recovery - sometimes the system recovers once it starts doing these. Other times it just keeps going until it freezes/panics.
  • Kernel Panics - I've only had the "grey screen" appear once or twice. Usually there is a complete system lockup before this can happen, and I have to reboot the system manually.

 

Some solutions/attempts to solve:

 

  • Turn off Energy Saving - This is horrible for the monitor and can lead to burn-in, but I found that many of my crashes occured when the system was trying to recover from "screen sleep". So now I run a screen saver instead, which doesn't seem to trigger it as much.
  • Screen Saver - Sometimes I can "refresh" the system by turning on the screen saver and then coming back. Other times, this doesn't work and the pixellation/mosaic remains. Sometimes I can't even initialize the screen saver at all (in which case a total freeze usually occurs right after).
  • Rebooting - seems to clear things up for a while, but inevitably, the problem resurfaces.
  • Running Windows - Not really a solution, but I have had absolutely no issues with this behavior while running Windows 7 on this same machine (under Bootcamp).
  • Downgrading to Snow Leopard - I have not attempted this, but I've read others say that their crashes went away when they did. I would like some more concrete evidence on this if anyone has it.

 

My diagnosis so far:

 

  • OS X Lion's NVIDIA driver kernel extensions (kexts) seem to be faulty with this GPU. The Windows drivers for this GPU work better on Apple's own hardware than OS X Lion's. Anectodal evidence indicates that Snow Leopard's drivers (at least up to 10.6.3 – more confirmation needed) do not display this issue. I can confirm that this never occurred in Snow Leopard until Lion was released and I upgraded to it.

 

My request for help and information:

 

  • If you are running this GPU (GeForce GT 130) and OS X Lion, please contribute to this thread offering any solutions you may have or, at the very least, listing your hardware and GPU profile.
  • If you can, post crash logs so that we can compare common issues (NVDA Resman seems to be a huge recurring kext in the crash logs, for instance).
  • Post screen shots or pictures taken of the pixellation (colored pixels) and mosaic (squares drawn in the wrong place) phenomenon, so we can build a body of evidence regarding this issue. I will continue to update this thread with the same.

 

I feel Apple has ignored these issues for far too long, and required too many people to simply purchase new computers and new GPUs. If we can build a solid body of evidence regarding this specific issue, it will be a thread that Apple Support can be referred to.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 3.06 Ghz (Early 2009 – iMac9,1)

Posted on May 9, 2012 8:29 AM

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  • by Drunken Hobo,

    Drunken Hobo Drunken Hobo Mar 23, 2014 10:29 AM in response to Will Moindrot
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    Mar 23, 2014 10:29 AM in response to Will Moindrot

    I have allready phoned them. Emailed screen shots etc. Waas told if graphic card replacemnet was not the problem they would refund my money  and arrange for imac to be collected. I have done 3 four hour round trips allready. We will see if they keep there word.

  • by Drunken Hobo,

    Drunken Hobo Drunken Hobo Mar 24, 2014 9:30 AM in response to Drunken Hobo
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    Mar 24, 2014 9:30 AM in response to Drunken Hobo

    OK left overnight. Restart around 10 am Monday March 22nd 2014

    after about 2 hours Imac frooze then bottom half of screen went black, with top half showing website in safari but flickering like a strope light. Nearly had a eperleptic fit! Wife did a video of it on her iphone to show apple.

    Left for 15 minutes same. Was worried it was going to destroy itself. Had to hold rear power on button down to restart. Left asleep, went outside to do some work. Came back in about 15.30. Used Messages itunes & safari till 16.10 when clicking on a link in Safari, Imac shut itself down for no reason. When it restarted itself without me touching it, I got the grey screen with wait or touch any key, "You have a Problem" Message.

     

    I know I have a problem for about the last 2 years!!!! It Generated a Kernel Panic report on restart, to send to Apple.

     

    Anonymous UUID:       C52CD196-56F7-9AF7-0211-1913EEB36E6F

     

     

    Mon Mar 24 16:10:32 2014

    Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000000806

    family: 6 model: 23 stepping: 10 microcode: 2571

    signature: 0x1067a

    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     E8435  @ 3.06GHz

    6 error-reporting banks

    Processor 1: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005

    IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xb200004000000800

    IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200121020080400

    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80182dc6b9): "Machine Check at 0xffffff7f9a18d3ff, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000100133000, CR3: 0x000000001af97000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0x0000000000000031, RBX: 0xffffff8023a41000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000400\n" "RSP: 0xffffff809805bd40, RBP: 0xffffff809805bd70, RSI: 0x0000000000000004, RDI: 0xffffff8091cbd148\n" "R8:  0x00000000e0000000, R9:  0x0000000000000004, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0x0000000000000000\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000004, R13: 0xffffff8023b54ec0, R14: 0xffffff7f9a1aae20, R15: 0x0000000000000520\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000046, RIP: 0xffffff7f9a18d3ff, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.90.20/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c: 168

    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

    0xffffff808bc2de80 : 0xffffff8018222fa9

    0xffffff808bc2df00 : 0xffffff80182dc6b9

    0xffffff808bc2e060 : 0xffffff80182f3bcf

    0xffffff809805bd70 : 0xffffff7f9a186663

    0xffffff809805be70 : 0xffffff7f9a185899

    0xffffff809805bf30 : 0xffffff80182dd6ec

    0xffffff809805bf50 : 0xffffff80182375ba

    0xffffff809805bf90 : 0xffffff8018237908

    0xffffff809805bfb0 : 0xffffff80182d6ff7

          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

             com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(216.0)[70947979-EA9B-39D1-AD15-CD AB19F031AF]@0xffffff7f9a183000->0xffffff7f9a1adfff

     

     

    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

     

     

    Mac OS version:

    13C64

     

     

    Kernel version:

    Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64

    Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953

    Kernel slide:     0x0000000018000000

    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018200000

    System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FC8)

     

     

    System uptime in nanoseconds: 4111851378266

    last loaded kext at 2467757945613: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7f9a567000, size 49152)

    last unloaded kext at 2694090883620: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7f9a567000, size 32768)

    loaded kexts:

    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60

    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0

    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.15

    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          80.14

    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124

    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5

    com.apple.GeForceTesla          8.2.4

    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1

    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13

    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12

    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          325.7

    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.6

    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.BootCache          35

    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404

    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.5.1

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          666.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.9

    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22

    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          3.0.0

    com.apple.nvenet          2.0.21

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          660.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          656.4.1

    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8

    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.1

    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7

    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          216.0.0

    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153

    com.apple.security.quarantine          3

    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          216.0.0

    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.4.35

    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0

    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          245.13

    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7

    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.5fc2

    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14

    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1

    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.7.0d10

    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4

    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91

    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.8

    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla          8.2.4

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1

    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla          8.2.4

    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.4.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.4.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.6.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          660.4.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.6.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          656.4.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7

    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.6.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          660.4.2

    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5

    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          630.35

    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.5

    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          675.4.0

    com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9

    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1

    com.apple.security.sandbox          278.11

    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7

    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2

    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9

    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          23

    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30

    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.9

    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4

    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

    com.apple.kec.pthread          1

    Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.37f3

    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB

    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020

    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020

    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)

    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.3f10 13477, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

    Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-40K1B0, 1 TB

    Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S

    USB Device: My Book

    USB Device: Built-in iSight

    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    USB Device: IR Receiver

    Thunderbolt Bus:

     

    This is two days after new graphic card was fitted. Apple have confirmed I will get a refund & can keep the new graphic card. But don't seem very keen on me taking it back for repair again. (Its nearly 5 years old when it becomes Vintage and they won't touch it) So I have booked another Genius Bar appointment at The Apple Store Bullring. Will let you know what happens.

  • by rigelsys,

    rigelsys rigelsys Mar 24, 2014 9:46 AM in response to Drunken Hobo
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    Mar 24, 2014 9:46 AM in response to Drunken Hobo

    Try web surfing in Firefox instead of safari --  For example, google "sew and sew" in glendale, pop up the map grab the map with the mouse and wiggle the map around.  Safari will crash but firefox won't.

  • by Scott Hannahs,

    Scott Hannahs Scott Hannahs Mar 24, 2014 12:09 PM in response to rigelsys
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    Mar 24, 2014 12:09 PM in response to rigelsys

    Did that.  No crashes.  So this is not a sure fire way to cause the crash any more than all the other intermittent suggestions.  It also doesn't seem like something that is a heavy load on the GPU.

     

    Also, the crash above seems a bit odd since it is in the SMU driver and not the nvidia drivers as reported elsewhere and show up in other crash logs.

  • by Drunken Hobo,

    Drunken Hobo Drunken Hobo Apr 9, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Drunken Hobo
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    Apr 9, 2014 10:57 AM in response to Drunken Hobo

    Apple this time actual used my imac when on test. (Last time they just left it running.) I got a email please ring. I rang. We have managed to recreate your problem. It is unusable. " Do you know why it happens."  We have a idea, as you live so far away and this has been going on for so long, please can you come back to the apple store where you can collect a new imac  in replacement. RESULT after months of telling them it was unfit for purpose. So I'm one happy bunny. Got it today. Don't know what will happen with old imac. Hope they get some testing done to solve this issue. Only downsize is i've got to run a softwear update as it came with mountain lion preinstalled. Also will have to by a £25 firewire to thunderbolt adaptor, to get my external hard drive to plug in.

  • by celloist,

    celloist celloist Apr 28, 2014 5:21 PM in response to David Portela
    Level 1 (5 points)
    Apr 28, 2014 5:21 PM in response to David Portela

    Warmer, warmer, warmer...

    panic!

    Don't forget your towel.

     

     

    Mon Apr 28 20:04:02 2014

    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8889bec0): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80f9dcd000 0x094700a1, D0, P1/4

    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

    0xffffff80f837af90 : 0xffffff8007e22fa9

    0xffffff80f837b010 : 0xffffff7f8889bec0

    0xffffff80f837b0d0 : 0xffffff7f8896549a

    0xffffff80f837b110 : 0xffffff7f8896550a

    0xffffff80f837b180 : 0xffffff7f88bdad0f

    0xffffff80f837b290 : 0xffffff7f88988b39

    0xffffff80f837b2b0 : 0xffffff7f888a28fd

    0xffffff80f837b360 : 0xffffff7f888a0408

    0xffffff80f837b560 : 0xffffff7f888a1d57

    0xffffff80f837b630 : 0xffffff7f897b83df

    0xffffff80f837b700 : 0xffffff7f897e27b3

    0xffffff80f837b780 : 0xffffff7f897caae0

    0xffffff80f837b7e0 : 0xffffff7f897cb3da

    0xffffff80f837b830 : 0xffffff7f897cb8c0

    0xffffff80f837b8a0 : 0xffffff7f897cbfc8

    0xffffff80f837b8e0 : 0xffffff7f89798fea

    0xffffff80f837ba60 : 0xffffff7f897c8940

    0xffffff80f837bb20 : 0xffffff7f89797ad9

    0xffffff80f837bb70 : 0xffffff80082cc7f6

    0xffffff80f837bb90 : 0xffffff80082cddf1

    0xffffff80f837bbf0 : 0xffffff80082cb85f

    0xffffff80f837bd40 : 0xffffff8007eb65a8

    0xffffff80f837be50 : 0xffffff8007e26bf1

    0xffffff80f837be80 : 0xffffff8007e139f5

    0xffffff80f837bef0 : 0xffffff8007e1e043

    0xffffff80f837bf70 : 0xffffff8007ec97bd

    0xffffff80f837bfb0 : 0xffffff8007ef3b96

          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

             com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f8884c000->0xffffff7f88ab4fff

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f884ba000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f8883c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f887f9000

             com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f88abf000->0xffffff7f88d68fff

                dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f8884c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f884ba000

             com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B6C71E9A-E304-354B-80AD-C69C9032D367]@0xffffff7f8 9786000->0xffffff7f89850fff

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f884ba000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f8883c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f887f9000

                dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f8884c000

     

     

    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Aperture

    Boot args: mbasd=1

     

     

    Mac OS version:

    13C1021

     

    Kernel version:

    Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Wed Apr  2 23:52:02 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.92.1~2/RELEASE_X86_64

    Kernel UUID: E9CF78E2-1E9F-3B6F-81A4-FEE6C6D0E4D5

    Kernel slide:     0x0000000007c00000

    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8007e00000

    System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)

     

     

    System uptime in nanoseconds: 18000912053993

    last loaded kext at 14961507184729: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7f8a1d1000, size 49152)

    last unloaded kext at 15044048870852: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7f8a1d1000, size 32768)

    loaded kexts:

    com.LaCie.ScsiType00          1.2.12

  • by Drunken Hobo,

    Drunken Hobo Drunken Hobo Apr 28, 2014 11:50 PM in response to celloist
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    Apr 28, 2014 11:50 PM in response to celloist

    Go to genius bar book to take to a apple store. Take in for repair tell them under trade discription act its not fit for purporse. Get new replacement imac.

     

    Message was edited by: Drunken Hobo

  • by celloist,

    celloist celloist May 6, 2014 7:23 AM in response to Drunken Hobo
    Level 1 (5 points)
    May 6, 2014 7:23 AM in response to Drunken Hobo

    How old was your machine?

    I have doubts that a NYC genius is going to replace my iMac9,1

  • by Drunken Hobo,

    Drunken Hobo Drunken Hobo May 6, 2014 11:46 AM in response to celloist
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    May 6, 2014 11:46 AM in response to celloist

    They replaced my 2009  Imac with a Nividia Geforce GT 130 graphic card. In the UK, we have rules governing sale of goods. My Imac would not run under mavericks as advertized so was replaced.

  • by celloist,

    celloist celloist May 12, 2014 12:35 PM in response to David Portela
    Level 1 (5 points)
    May 12, 2014 12:35 PM in response to David Portela

    Aperture will not work for long on this iMac rendering near useless. My loss. As far as the Apple Corps "geniuses" in NYC are concerned there is no issue. They put it all on Nvidia which offered a replacement but added the Nvidia offer expired after five years (with no notification). So, Apple put an inferior graphics archectecture into their product and have no respons-ability. BTW my iMAC crashed while writing this as it did just prior while I was using Aperture and iWeb (yeah yeah I know iWeb). It is NOT a heat issue as the temp was only 101 degrees F. The graphics card welded into the logic board is the problem. Cannot be fixed and both corporations have no incentive to offer replacement unless the law of the land (where ever you are) forces them to do so. In the USA that can only happen with an expensive class action law suite.

    But what do I know. I'm just a dumb customer with no money to buy a new computer and dependent on this one to make the crumbs I do.

     

    Mon May 12 14:57:21 2014

    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f91a9bec0): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00001308: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8102d25000 0x094700a1, D0, P3/4

    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

    0xffffff8101dc2bb0 : 0xffffff8011022fa9

    0xffffff8101dc2c30 : 0xffffff7f91a9bec0

    0xffffff8101dc2cf0 : 0xffffff7f91b6549a

    0xffffff8101dc2d30 : 0xffffff7f91e0f198

    0xffffff8101dc2d70 : 0xffffff7f91bde7dd

    0xffffff8101dc2da0 : 0xffffff7f91bde767

    0xffffff8101dc2dd0 : 0xffffff7f91dd7d88

    0xffffff8101dc2e70 : 0xffffff7f91d93351

    0xffffff8101dc2f90 : 0xffffff7f91bd993e

    0xffffff8101dc30e0 : 0xffffff7f91bd9489

    0xffffff8101dc31f0 : 0xffffff7f91d9614e

    0xffffff8101dc3290 : 0xffffff7f91d964d1

    0xffffff8101dc3430 : 0xffffff7f91ddc156

    0xffffff8101dc3550 : 0xffffff7f91b8b98d

    0xffffff8101dc3590 : 0xffffff7f91b8a7f5

    0xffffff8101dc35e0 : 0xffffff7f91d9c57f

    0xffffff8101dc3640 : 0xffffff7f91d94d5c

    0xffffff8101dc37d0 : 0xffffff7f91da1ee0

    0xffffff8101dc3820 : 0xffffff7f91b4f267

    0xffffff8101dc3870 : 0xffffff7f91a7b847

    0xffffff8101dc3930 : 0xffffff7f91a79602

    0xffffff8101dc3970 : 0xffffff7f91a768f3

    0xffffff8101dc39a0 : 0xffffff7f91a7688a

    0xffffff8101dc3a40 : 0xffffff7f91aa0480

    0xffffff8101dc3c40 : 0xffffff7f91aa140d

    0xffffff8101dc3d10 : 0xffffff7f929b6a4f

    0xffffff8101dc3d30 : 0xffffff7f929b66fa

    0xffffff8101dc3d50 : 0xffffff7f929b7c0f

    0xffffff8101dc3e90 : 0xffffff7f929a5913

    0xffffff8101dc3eb0 : 0xffffff7f929ddf3c

    0xffffff8101dc3ed0 : 0xffffff7f929de067

    0xffffff8101dc3ef0 : 0xffffff80114ae0d0

    0xffffff8101dc3f30 : 0xffffff80114acb72

    0xffffff8101dc3f80 : 0xffffff80114acc47

    0xffffff8101dc3fb0 : 0xffffff80110d7047

          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

             com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f91a4c000->0xffffff7f91cb4fff

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f916ba000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f91a3c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f919f9000

             com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f91cbf000->0xffffff7f91f68fff

                dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f91a4c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f916ba000

             com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B6C71E9A-E304-354B-80AD-C69C9032D367]@0xffffff7f9 2980000->0xffffff7f92a4afff

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f916ba000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f91a3c000

                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f919f9000

                dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f91a4c000

     

     

    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

    Boot args: mbasd=1

     

     

    Mac OS version:

    13C1021

     

     

    Kernel version:

    Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Wed Apr  2 23:52:02 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.92.1~2/RELEASE_X86_64

    Kernel UUID: E9CF78E2-1E9F-3B6F-81A4-FEE6C6D0E4D5

    Kernel slide:     0x0000000010e00000

    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8011000000

    System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)

     

     

    System uptime in nanoseconds: 20691690388772

    last loaded kext at 15475170656429: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7f933c1000, size 49152)

    last unloaded kext at 15539705702849: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter          104 (addr 0xffffff7f933c1000, size 32768)

    loaded kexts:

    com.LaCie.ScsiType00          1.2.12

    com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi          3.4.1

    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60

    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0

    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.14.15

    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch          80.14

    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124

    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.GeForceTesla          8.2.4

    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13

    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.7.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess          1

    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5

    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12

    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          325.7

    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.BootCache          35

    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.6

    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404

    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.5.1

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          666.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.9

    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22

    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          3.0.0

    com.apple.nvenet          2.0.21

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          660.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          656.4.1

    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8

    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.1

    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7

    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          216.0.0

    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153

    com.apple.security.quarantine          3

    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          216.0.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport          2.5.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2          4.2.6

    com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl          3.4.35

    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0

    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver          245.13

    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.7

    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.vecLib.kext          1.0.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.5fc2

    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.14

    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.6

    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla          8.2.4

    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0

    com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla          8.2.4

    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.6.0f1

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.12d1

    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.7.0d10

    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          91

    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.3f10

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.8

    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4

    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1

    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.4.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.4.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.6.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.6.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard          170.15

    com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          170.15

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          660.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          656.4.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7

    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.6.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.6

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          660.4.2

    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5

    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          630.35

    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.5

    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2

    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          675.4.0

    com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9

    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0

    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1

    com.apple.security.sandbox          278.11

    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1

    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7

    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2

    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1

    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9

    com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          23

    com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30

    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0

    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.9

    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4

    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

    com.apple.kec.pthread          1

    Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.45f0

    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB

    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646

    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646

    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)

    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.3f10 13477, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

    Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

    Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-40K1B0, 1 TB

    Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GA11N

    USB Device: Built-in iSight

    USB Device: Hub

    USB Device: USB3.0 Card Reader

    USB Device: Saitek AV8R Joystick

    USB Device: Keyboard Hub

    USB Device: Apple Keyboard

    USB Device: iPad

    USB Device: IR Receiver

    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

    FireWire Device: d2 quadra (button), LaCie, Up to 800 Mb/sec

    Thunderbolt Bus:

  • by Scott Hannahs,

    Scott Hannahs Scott Hannahs Jun 14, 2014 9:48 AM in response to celloist
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 14, 2014 9:48 AM in response to celloist

    Just an update....   It is obviously a graphics HARDWARE issue.  After updating to 10.9 my system became almost unusable.  I took it into the local authorized apple repair center and they confirmed the issue.  For about $150 + 40 labor they replaced the GT 130 graphics card (Apple prices).  This is not a bad repair bill for a 5 year old system.

     

    I had added RAM (8GB for OWC) to the system and reverted back to the smaller 4 GB apple ram for testing.  The system above also has an upgraded RAM slot.

     

    The system checked out fine and I took it home.  Within 24 hours it would not boot and hung at an ivory screen with a band of lighter dots (sparkly white) across the screen.  Back to the repair shop where they declared the graphics card as DOA and replaced it again (Apple paid for the second one).

     

    It has been back and in use for a few days, seems to run fine under Mavericks (10.9.3).  I have run several graphics intensive programs and it has not locked up, restarted or crashed.  I will update if this continues or changes.  If all is well in about a month I will try going back to the larger RAM.

  • by celloist,

    celloist celloist Jun 14, 2014 7:33 PM in response to Scott Hannahs
    Level 1 (5 points)
    Jun 14, 2014 7:33 PM in response to Scott Hannahs

    On my early 2009 iMac that repair has been quoted as $700 as the GPU is welded onto the logic board.

    New iMac annoucement expected week of June 17? hopefully lower prices or hedonic value added.

  • by Scott Hannahs,

    Scott Hannahs Scott Hannahs Jun 14, 2014 8:39 PM in response to celloist
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 14, 2014 8:39 PM in response to celloist

    Lets be clear about this.  This thread is for the early 2009 iMac 24" that has an NVidia GT 130 graphics card.

     

    If you have a model that has a "welded" GPU then this is a separate problem.  The NVidia GT130 graphics are NEVER soldered to the mother board but is a plug in module.

     

    This model (early 2009) came with 4 possible graphics cards:

    GeForce 9400M (with shared memory)

    GeForce GT 120

    GeForce GT 130

    Radeon HD 4850

     

    The problems listed here are almost exclusively the 3rd card.  I would guess that you might have the GeForce 9400M which is a lower speed, lower power laptop graphics set.  But I don't believe that is soldered to the Intel motherboard.

     

    The GT 130 module from Apple is part # "661-4990 VIDEO CARD G94".  It can be had for less than $200 commercially. Searching for that part number gives <http://www.macpalace.com/661-4990-card-video-nvidia-geforce-gt130-w/512mb-gddr3. html>

     

    The "MacTracker" app will help clear up the differences between models.

  • by celloist,

    celloist celloist Jun 14, 2014 9:01 PM in response to Scott Hannahs
    Level 1 (5 points)
    Jun 14, 2014 9:01 PM in response to Scott Hannahs

    Thanks Scott!

    I've been misinformed by more than one person then. [exasperation] I do have the Graphics  NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 512 MB.

    Question then is, how hard would it be for me to replace it myself. I've opened up the case to clean out the muck but suspect I'd have to go deeper to get to the GPU? Fairly handy with the screw driver and such.


  • by Scott Hannahs,

    Scott Hannahs Scott Hannahs Jun 15, 2014 7:17 AM in response to celloist
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 15, 2014 7:17 AM in response to celloist

    @celloist, it is probably more on the intermediate level of repair.  Look at the guides for replacing parts at iFixit and OWC.  You need the suction cups to pull the front screen off and remove the display panel.  And a bunch of torx drivers.  A large antistatic clean area for storing the display to keep it from collecting dust while you work on the rest of the machine.  I think it is equivalent to getting in to replacing the hard drive.  I had the local apple certified tech on campus do it for $40 labor (and the part was $40 less since he bought it through Apple than the one listed above) so it was essentially a freebie.

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