Q: Repeated Kernel Panics
I've been dealing with repeated kernel panics that appear to be random in terms of which process appears to be triggering it as per the panic report (though I am definitely not experienced in reading those).
Panics started a few days ago: a few times over a few hours, then within five minutes of startup, then during or immediately after startup.
I couldn't even boot into the recovery volume to run disk utility; panic while waiting for startup.
I have 2GB factory and an 8GB DIMM in the machine. I swap out the ram, one by one, first going back to the factory 2x2GB dimms. Same repeated kernel panics regardless of which ram sticks were in.
On running disk utility on a internet recovery boot, I found irreparable disk errors on the startup volume. I erased the volume and reinstalled the OS. No panics for 8 hours or so. They then started up again, repeatedly.
I swapped out the hard drive to another that I have on hand with an older version of os x (lion): kernel panic.
About 20 minutes ago, I realized that I hadn't tried loading in safe mode. I put my original HDD back in and loaded in safe mode. No panic. I thought: maybe it's google drive. I disabled google drive from loading on startup and booted in normal mode. No panic. I loaded google drive manually. Still no panic.
However, I'm continuing to experience symptoms that were unseen before this panic issue started 3-4 days ago. Chrome windows are crashing repeatedly.
I'd appreciate what help you can give.
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Problem: Computer is restarting
Description:
repeated kernel panics; seemingly NON-trend, different processes causing panic on panic reports;
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010)
[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro7,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
10 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
2 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery: Health = Normal - Cycle count = 427
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 (15F34) - Time since boot: less than an hour
Hitachi HTS543225A7A384 disk0 : (250.06 GB) (Rotational)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
C 250 GB (disk0s2) / : 249.20 GB (213.24 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 ()
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Mac App Store and identified developers
[not loaded] 7 Apple tasks
[loaded] 168 Apple tasks
[running] 63 Apple tasks
[not loaded] 47 Apple tasks
[loaded] 162 Apple tasks
[running] 81 Apple tasks
[loaded] com.microsoft.autoupdate.helpertool.plist (2016-07-07) [Support]
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensingV2.helper.plist (2016-06-11) [Support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (2016-07-07) [Support]
[running] com.google.Chrome.56352
[running] com.google.GoogleDrive.61792
[loaded] 408 Apple tasks
[running] 171 Apple tasks
Default Browser: 601 - SDK 10.11 (2016-05-05)
QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (2016-05-05)
None
Time Machine not configured!
11% kernel_task
2% Google Chrome Helper(10)
0% Google Drive
0% symptomsd
0% askpermissiond
1.25 GB Google Chrome Helper(10)
637 MB kernel_task
307 MB mdworker(17)
256 MB Google Drive
195 MB Google Chrome
5.44 GB Free RAM
4.81 GB Used RAM (2.13 GB Cached)
0 B Swap Used
Jul 10, 2016, 11:09:57 PM Self test - passed
Jul 8, 2016, 07:27:55 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-08-192755_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 8, 2016, 10:21:44 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-08-102144_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:55 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000455_[redacted].crash
com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent - /System/Library/CoreServices/WiFiAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/WiFiAgent
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:54 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000454_[redacted].crash
com.apple.loginwindow - /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:44 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/universalaccessd_2016-07-08-000444_[redacted].c rash
/usr/sbin/universalaccessd
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:44 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000444_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:34 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000434_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:33 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000433_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:24 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000424_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:24 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000424_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:23 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/universalaccessd_2016-07-08-000423_[redacted].c rash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:13 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000413_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:13 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000413_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:03 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000403_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:04:03 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000403_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:53 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000353_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:53 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000353_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:43 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000343_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:43 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000343_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:34 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/universalaccessd_2016-07-08-000334_[redacted].c rash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:34 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/WiFiAgent_2016-07-08-000334_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:03:34 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/loginwindow_2016-07-08-000334_[redacted].crash
Jul 8, 2016, 12:02:45 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-08-000245_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 8, 2016, 12:00:10 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-08-000010_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 7, 2016, 11:57:37 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-07-235737_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 7, 2016, 11:14:40 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-07-231440_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 7, 2016, 11:13:32 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-07-231332_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 7, 2016, 10:35:09 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-07-223509_[redacted].panic [Details]
Jul 7, 2016, 05:25:29 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2016-07-07-172529_[redacted].panic [Details]
VIN, MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Posted on Jul 10, 2016 8:55 PM