Kernel Panic Macbook pro mid 2009

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Shiroe1337 Author

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Kernel Panic Macbook pro mid 2009

Hello.

I just buyed used macbook pro mid 2009 from one of Refurbishment service.

Configuration goes well until i started Safari.

About 10 minutes after bootup i got "Kernel Panic".

Disk Utility went pretty well without any problems.

System is El capitan and i have reinstalled it without good result because problem come all over and over again.

I have 8 gb ram 1333 Mhz with an SSD 128 Gb with partition named ( Os X Extended journaled )

I know that this model support only 1066 Mhz Ram but is this really a problem here? Is this really necessary to buy a 1066 Mhz Ram?

After looking into some logs after crash out i found this:

Kernel Panic

Can someone help me out?

P.S Im completly newbie in Os X

Kind Regards Shiroe

MacBook Pro 13", OS X 10.11

Posted on May 18, 2020 10:49 AM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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May 18, 2020 11:46 AM in response to Shiroe1337

Shiroe1337 wrote:

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I have 8 gb ram 1333 Mhz ...

I know that this model support only 1066 Mhz Ram but is this really a problem here?

yes, that is EXACTLY the problem here.

The memory controllers on these MacBook Pro models are very simple. So simple they can not run memory slower than spec at all, and if you install memory FASTER than spec, they will crash -- from several times a day to several times a week.

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Answer 2

May 18, 2020 12:26 PM in response to Shiroe1337

Kernel panic, page fault is a reference to RAM not owned by the process attempting that access.

It could be caused by a bit flipping, creating a reference to the wrong address. Absent Bad-Actor software such as third-party anti-Virus, it is entirely consistent with memory error.

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