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Macbook Pro freezes when Nvidia GeForce is active

Im having a strange issue of having my macbook pro to get freeze quite oftenly. It usually happens more frequently when im watching a movie or playing any sort of game. I noticed this is happening when my Gefore nvidia card is active. I usually keep a track of which gfx card is in use by using the app gfxCardStatus. So ive to turn off and restart my system everytime the system gets freeze and after that im shown with the following exception stack trace. I shall be very thankful for your help and guidance on this issue. I just recently upgraded to 10.6.6 for mac app store update.

Mon Jan 10 08:06:30 2011
panic(cpu 2 caller 0x9cdbfa): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00400500: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0x7f5fa000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P0/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x92c9b858 : 0x21b50c (0x5d4438 0x92c9b88c 0x223974 0x0)
0x92c9b8a8 : 0x9cdbfa (0xbe32bc 0xc53940 0xbf2424 0x0)
0x92c9b948 : 0xae862a (0x9c7ac04 0x97cf004 0x400500 0x20)
0x92c9b998 : 0x1740b1d (0x97cf004 0x400500 0x0 0x0)
0x92c9b9d8 : 0x1723182 (0x97cf004 0x9c9ba04 0x809000 0x0)
0x92c9ba58 : 0xb09a8d (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x0 0x3b12)
0x92c9ba88 : 0x1724ea3 (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x80 0x0)
0x92c9bb68 : 0xb09a75 (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x0 0x9bd6d7)
0x92c9bb98 : 0x1725f85 (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x1 0x0)
0x92c9bbe8 : 0x174a3ff (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x0 0x1)
0x92c9bc28 : 0xb4a42c (0x97cf004 0x9cb0004 0x92c9bc5c 0x0)
0x92c9bca8 : 0x174986c (0x97cf004 0x9cb0004 0x40 0x0)
0x92c9bce8 : 0x1727c3b (0x97cf004 0x9cb0004 0x0 0x0)
0x92c9be28 : 0xb072bd (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x0 0x0)
0x92c9be68 : 0x9d6e63 (0x97cf004 0x97d0004 0x0 0x0)
0x92c9bf08 : 0x54c5ab (0x0 0xa200280 0x1 0x29f54e)
0x92c9bf58 : 0x54b5dc (0xa200280 0x9ce1b7c 0x92c9bfa8 0x219159)
0x92c9bf88 : 0x54ba36 (0x8ea4880 0x9ce1b7c 0x8af35093 0xffffffff)
0x92c9bfc8 : 0x2a06cc (0x8ea4880 0x0 0x10 0x1189a9a0)
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.2.6)@0x15f1000->0x1a05fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x967000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.2.6)@0x967000->0xc54fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x927000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2)@0x95a000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2)@0x938000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
10J567

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.6.0: Wed Nov 10 18:13:17 PST 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.26~3/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 64951379846423
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2 4.0.6 (addr 0x93465000, size 0x69632) - last unloaded 44957046655411
loaded kexts:
com.vmware.kext.vmnet 3.1.2 - last loaded 44896348546815
com.vmware.kext.vmioplug 3.1.2
com.vmware.kext.vmci 3.1.2
com.vmware.kext.vmx86 3.1.2
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 3.2.10
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt 3.2.10
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 3.2.10
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 3.2.10
com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring 7.0
com.parallels.kext.prl_vnic 5.0 9220.531002
com.parallels.kext.prl_netbridge 5.0 9220.531002
com.parallels.kext.prl usbconnect 5.0 9220.531002
com.parallels.kext.prl hidhook 5.0 9220.531002
com.parallels.kext.prl_hypervisor 5.0 9220.531002
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.3d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.9.9f12
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 1.9.9f12
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.19
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.13
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.17
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.0d4
com.apple.driver.ACPI SMCPlatformPlugin 4.5.0d5
com.apple.Dont Steal_Mac_OSX 7.0.0
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU 1.5.0d3
com.apple.iokit.CHUDUtils 364
com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf 364
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.6
com.apple.GeForce 6.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.4.12
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.68
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 6.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 6.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 200.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 200.3.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 303.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 2.5.8
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.6.5
com.apple.BootCache 31
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.7.1
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com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 2.3.9b6
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 105.13.0
com.apple.security.sandbox 1
com.apple.security.quarantine 0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 2.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 105.13.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.9.9f12
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction 17
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction 14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction 10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction 20
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.8d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.5.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 74.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.3.8f7
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.0.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.0d3
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com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.0fc1
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily 41.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.9.9f12
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.9.9f12
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.8d0
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 6.2.6
com.apple.NVDAResman 6.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.2
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.2
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.3.8f7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.3.8f7
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 206.6
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com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.6.5
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Macbook Pro i5 2.4 GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 10, 2011 2:44 PM

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Apr 6, 2011 9:59 AM in response to frazii

My 15" MBP (June 2010) started showing these same symptoms; randomly freezing with a black screen without any pattern or apparent cause. Could lock up in 2 minutes, or two hours. I attempted all the troubleshooting techniques posted in this discussion forum and in others. Nothing worked, even re-installing OSX on a clean HD showed the same symptoms within one hour. This was the least preferred step, but at least it identified the Hardware as the cause of the issue and NOT the software.

Macbook Pro freezes when Nvidia GeForce is active

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