Frequent Panic NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100

For those of you with this issue, how often was it crashing?

At one point it seemed to be crashing every couple of minutes.

I read somewhere else to first try the 10.8.4 combo update and to disable automatic graphics switching.

I've tried both and for now it seems to be stable. Still, I made an appointment to see the Genius Bar on Monday. I guess I'm looking into plan B's just in case it doesn't work out. I'm currently in Beijing and I'm not sure how up to date the staff is there, although this particular store is in an area with a lot of ex-pats.

I have just had my logic board replaced, and the VST test shows a PASSED result with the work done. (Thank you MrSparkle75!)

Will the newly replaced logic board now continue to function properly into the future?

That is to say, can any of you speak to whether once the logic board and GPU replacement is accomplished that the problem is 'fixed' and will not return?

The problem that caused the recall is a latent defect that was always there in a certain revision of graphics chips. When the software is updated to 10.8, the problem becomes much more obvious, and the diagnostic was written to catch that specific defect. Once those defective chips are replaced with ones that do not contain the defect, that exact problem will not recur.

But it is possible for your graphics card to fail in some other way -- that is the nature of these electronic systems.

Ha ha ha, well put, Grant.

I really didn't find anywhere in these articles that the defect had been corrected. I simply had the impression some chips were defective, some not, and the logic boards containing defective chips were replaced with other boards with GPU's that were simply defect free. No one had mentioned that later GPU's have a corrected chip on the replacement boards.

I will hope that the (most likely refurbished) board that has been placed into my machine contains a chip without said defect and simply allow me to continue working...

Thanks for the reply.

J A Bohrer,

I had my mid-2010 Mac's logic board replaced. I had many kernal panics and it also failed the (special) mid-2010 logic board test. They replaced the board, all relevant tests passed, and I have NEVER once had the problem again. And it's been a few months. Definitly fixed it.

Yup, same story here. A couple months ago I took my 2010 15" MacBook Pro into the apple store. It failed the video test. They replaced the logic board for free. Now a couple months later my mac hasn't had a single issue. Not a single kernel panic or "your computer has restarted because of a problem" message. The logic board replacement fixed the issue.

wkathym and Yobym,

THAT is awesome news.

I hope I have the same experience.

Thank you so much for taking the time to post your results after your logic board replacement.

And thanks again to MrSparkle75 (Page 46 of this thread) for reviewing and summarizing the problem, then keeping the answer handy for all of us.

...JB

I have exaclty the same card in a Mid 2010 Mac Book Pro. Same problem now here after 2,5 years of use...

Versions-ID: 0x00a2

ROM-Version: 3560

gMux-Version: 1.9.21

system is freezing with black screen after opening a pdf or entering full screen mode.

yesterday 5 crashes in one day. the months before only recently craches. one crash in 2 weeks.

running on Lion. sadly I cannot find my original install disc to run the hardware test 😟

seems I need a new MTB or a new logic board 😟

The fault will show up when you upgrade to 10.8 or higher. If you are getting crashes under 10.7 (Lion) then it isn't the same issue. Of course that doesn't mean that you don't have the same underlying hardware fault being discussed here and if you ever plan to upgrade to 10.8 or higher you will need to get it fixed so better to go to Apple now before they cancle the replacement program.

You can't run the VST test at home, it isn't included on the install disks, it's only available at authorised Apple repair centres. See my original post; https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3114550?answerId=22052441022#22052441022&ac_cid=tw123456#22052441

Make sure the Apple Store Genius knows about this problem. Some don't.:

After I had briefly researched this problem on my 2010 Mac, I went to a store in Boston, mentioning that I had been getting kernel panics ever since I had updated to 10.8.x, and that I had heard there was a problem with my particular modle MacBook Pro. I wasn't very specific at this point, but had done a bit of research.

They kept the Mac and did some sort of long overnight test, and other diagnostics, but not the VST. They could'nt find any problems. I kept getting the panics.

Brought it to the store one more time and I can't exactly remember what they said/did, but the gist was that it was probably, a software/system issue (since I had upgraded to Mountain Lion!), and that I'd have to eventually wipe and reformat my drive and then re-install all apps. (They said that a straight restore from backup might re-instrduce the problem).

I researched the problem further, knew exactly what it was (these forums are great), and decided to go to another, smaller Apple Store in a mall outside of Boston. I had an awesome tech, who listened to my description and what I thought the problem might be. He knew about it, and did the VST test right there and then, which showed the failure immediately.

My MacBook pro was a few weeks out of warranty, but, because I had orginally gone to first Apple store just 3 days out of warranty, they decided to fix this for free.

Because of this forum, I have a new logicboard. Thank you!!!!!

not sure if im unlucky or there's something else wrong with my macbook pro.

Had the logic board replaced twice already after both times failing the test. Now with the 2nd logic board replacement and it is still constantly blacking out and restarting.

Repairs come with a 90-day warranty. It is is possible some of the chips with the latent defect (it is not a failure per se) got into the repair parts chain, but running the VST against them will eventually cull them out.

After diagnosis from the authorized technician, this time they found no fault with it, it passed the VST test.

As before, my logic board has already been replaced twice within last few months by them. But now it stil crashes randomly.

Here's the Kernel from the most recent crash. Is this still the same problem?

I hope i can finally rule out its a hardward problem now, and perhaps just do a clean install since I have yet to upgrade to the new Mavericks?

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 364974 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 14

Anonymous UUID: E0819929-7A0F-B6BC-A8D1-8C2A0C401073

Fri Oct 25 15:49:32 2013

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8018cb8945): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8018cad200, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000001b750000, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0

RAX: 0xffffff802f3ed310, RBX: 0x0000000000000001, RCX: 0xffffff803f78e108, RDX: 0x0000000000000020

RSP: 0xffffff8108e33e88, RBP: 0xffffff8108e33ea0, RSI: 0xffffff80404f0f74, RDI: 0x0000000000000000

R8: 0x00000000000000ee, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0xffffff8019285ef8

R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff8040680240, R14: 0xffffff80192f3860, R15: 0xffffff80330aa080

RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff8018cad200, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000

Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8108e33b20 : 0xffffff8018c1d636

0xffffff8108e33b90 : 0xffffff8018cb8945

0xffffff8108e33d60 : 0xffffff8018ccebfd

0xffffff8108e33d80 : 0xffffff8018cad200

0xffffff8108e33ea0 : 0xffffff801906bd0f

0xffffff8108e33ec0 : 0xffffff8018ff6db3

0xffffff8108e33ef0 : 0xffffff8018ff6c2e

0xffffff8108e33f10 : 0xffffff801900b122

0xffffff8108e33f30 : 0xffffff80190384ba

0xffffff8108e33f90 : 0xffffff8019038527

0xffffff8108e33fb0 : 0xffffff8018cb3257

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

12F37

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: B1B58405-A2B2-3C44-B25D-495053D52AB5

Kernel slide: 0x0000000018a00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018c00000

System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 6433158839575

last loaded kext at 3119587784124: com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.7.0 (addr 0xffffff7f9b0ef000, size 286720)

last unloaded kext at 2889738267705: com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.1.7f2 (addr 0xffffff7f9b0dd000, size 73728)

loaded kexts:

com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.7.0

com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring 9.0

com.paragon-software.filesystems.ntfs 100

at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch 3876

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8.4

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com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

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com.apple.GeForce 8.1.6

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com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

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com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

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com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

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Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, 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, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)

Bluetooth: Version 4.1.7f2 12718, 3 service, 21 devices, 3 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi 2, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 3

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 3

Your panic report shows us, thay you have various 3rd party extensions installed. Get rid of them first and see if that helps. At least make sure you have the lastest versions installed (which you should do anyhow if you want to upgrade to Mavericks). At the moment I would suspect the Logitech Control Center software. Do you use an external BT device when the crash happens?

Since my MB got replaced for the 2nd time and included the SSD (MBP Retina), machine runs without any problems again. I wouldn't be surprised if I had two different problems. First defective Nvidia chip and then the repair place (authorized reseller) that switched the MB made some mistakes during the repair, which caused the SSD/MB problem. Second repair was done by Apple directly.