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

Understandably, I see why you would say that. Obviously there is something different about my system that causes it to crash with greater frequency while using the integrated card, whereas most everyone in the thread can run that card with no problem. But I still believe my problem is the same problem. The symptoms are the same. My guess is that it is the controller, driver or other firmware. I could be doing something different from other users, although I don't know what, and that is the cause for the difference. Apple is aware of the problem so I am awaiting the fix just as everyone else. Hopefully it will resolve the problem for me and others. I look forward to reporting the results.

@elliethebug: So they replaced your Mid 2010 MBP for a Spring 2011 one?? About your question, no, this issue only affects Mid 2010 MBP's. Even if you bought it on January 2011 (like me), your MBP can only be affected if it's a 6,2.

@themachelper: Can you post the log of one of the panics you had when using the Intel card?

If Apple doesn't step up and resolve this in 2 weeks, I'm shipping this useless $2000 box back to them.

Apple - Recall these defective laptops already before you antagonize and lose even more customers.

Apple isn't here.

So your theat is falling on deak ears.

Allan

Now that is really well done!!! Good job hanging in there and sticking it to them.

Hmmm... I understand your antagonism against Windoze.

But if you read one of my earlier posts (at least in my experience) its ironic that BootCamped Windows can actually circumvent this problem somehow. I'm not sure how. I have recovered from several BSOD's on Windows that show the exact same symptoms as when booted into OSX (the Black Screen of course, and the audio stuck on a loop).

Everyone here please note: There are specific symptoms related to the bug that is being discussed on this thread (IMHO):

1. The main screen (or external monitor, or both) suddenly blacks out.
2. If you were listening to audio prior to the point above, then you will most likely hear a part of that audio stuck on a loop, as soon as your main display or connected monitors black out.
3. The NVRM Read Error Panic log that shows up right after a forced reboot.

I am aware of only these many common symptoms. I am not sure if there are any others that exist. If they do, please do post them.

I would only add that the backlight under the keyboard lights up and remains lit. The whole computer becomes totally unresponsive, and the only way to get out of the BSOD is to force a hard reboot by pressing and holding the computer's power button.

As an update, I took my MBP to the Apple store here in Charleston, SC. They told me they had seen this before, and had solved it by replacing the logicboard. They offered to do it in-house, at a $500 cost, or send it in to Apple at a $300 cost. I told them to hold up on it while I spoke to the people at Applecare and got them to do it for free (I am supposedly 4 months "out of warranty", although the problem started well inside the warranty period, in March 2011.) In the meantime, I saw here that Apple had acknowledged the issue, so I went back to the Apple store and retrieved my MBP. I am now in a holding pattern, waiting for Apple to issue a fix, that hopefully will be cost-free, dispensing with the need for a class-action suit.

The gfx fix has worked like a charm for me, too, btw.

Thank you very much for that report neldyn. Yes, I have the backlit keyboard symptom as well!

I have been (and I presume so have others) been on the lookout for the dollar amounts Apple is throwing around to get this issue fixed. The amounts you mentioned in your post is really very informative. Thank you once again.

Makes one wonder how they come up with these numbers. Cupertino is very aware of this problem of course. Its so very evil of them to actually know that a software fix is in the works while simultaneously offering a costly hardware fix, which, as some people have reported on this thread and elsewhere, is a very hit-or-miss proposition.

Highly doubt the fix will be software.

The Apple Geniuses are not much different than other customer service agents who

delegate blame and cover their own interests before the customers'.

If they only realized how much long term damage they are causing

through this nonsense.

Yes I have the backlit keyboard symptom also.

I have looked on the Nvidia site for a driver update and they don't seem to even have a driver for Lion for our discrete card. This could be at the crux of the problem.

I only have 30 days of hardware warranty left and really don't know what to do. Wait for software fix as per the Apple issue acknowledgment or go through the pain of an Apple store visit and logic board replacement (which might not fix the issue anyway)

Apple support is overloaded, a victim of Apples success unfortunately.....

I'm having the same issue. For no reason, my MBP just stops. Keyboard is still backlit, but everything else is unresponsive. This is what the panic report shows after restarting via the power button:

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  126259 sec

Panics Since Last Report:          1

Anonymous UUID:                    456C338B-5BE6-4BDB-9A99-D46B2F8C3D59

Mon Oct 24 13:58:41 2011

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8091504f): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff80a047e000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff809f93b2b0 : 0xffffff8000220702

0xffffff809f93b330 : 0xffffff7f8091504f

0xffffff809f93b3c0 : 0xffffff7f80a0513c

0xffffff809f93b410 : 0xffffff7f80a051fc

0xffffff809f93b470 : 0xffffff7f80cb1749

0xffffff809f93b5b0 : 0xffffff7f80a24259

0xffffff809f93b5e0 : 0xffffff7f8091e98a

0xffffff809f93b690 : 0xffffff7f8091a28c

0xffffff809f93b880 : 0xffffff7f8091be91

0xffffff809f93b960 : 0xffffff7f81793138

0xffffff809f93b9a0 : 0xffffff7f817a2798

0xffffff809f93b9c0 : 0xffffff7f817be3fc

0xffffff809f93ba00 : 0xffffff7f817be461

0xffffff809f93ba40 : 0xffffff7f817a660d

0xffffff809f93ba90 : 0xffffff7f8175cf63

0xffffff809f93bb10 : 0xffffff7f8175b9d4

0xffffff809f93bb40 : 0xffffff7f81761429

0xffffff809f93bb70 : 0xffffff80006528dd

0xffffff809f93bbe0 : 0xffffff8000652c7c

0xffffff809f93bc40 : 0xffffff800065343b

0xffffff809f93bd80 : 0xffffff80002a3898

0xffffff809f93be80 : 0xffffff8000223006

0xffffff809f93beb0 : 0xffffff8000214829

0xffffff809f93bf10 : 0xffffff800021bb58

0xffffff809f93bf70 : 0xffffff80002ae8a0

0xffffff809f93bfb0 : 0xffffff80002d8383

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f808 b4000->0xffffff7f80b8dfff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f8083f000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xff ffff7f808a2000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0 xffffff7f8086a000

         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(7.1.2)[2E84958C-1EEC-316B-9F7A-68C368F83476]@0xffffff7 f80b8e000->0xffffff7f80eaffff

            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f808 b4000

         com.apple.GeForce(7.1.2)[61E6C721-447E-39D3-BAB8-2A661467B517]@0xffffff7f817440 00->0xffffff7f81803fff

            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f808 b4000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xff ffff7f808a2000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f8083f000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0 xffffff7f8086a000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version:

11C74

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug  9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432

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

System uptime in nanoseconds: 8939755770893

last loaded kext at 8850247933730: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f80791000, size 36864)

last unloaded kext at 8705111054517: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f80791000, size 36864)

loaded kexts:

com.Symantec.kext.SAVAPComm    11.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.4d0

com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    122

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.9

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.26

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.1.3f7

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.1.3f7

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.59

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com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.1d2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics    7.1.2

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com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.1d2

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.2.1

com.apple.GeForce    7.1.2

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.5d4

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.0.16

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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    3.0.1

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com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.0.1

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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.4

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com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.5

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    3.2.30

com.apple.security.quarantine    1

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com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22

com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0

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com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    80.0

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System Profile:

Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f16

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB

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

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533642465238432D47372020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.100.98.75.18)

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.1f4, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02, 320.07 GB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898

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

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5

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

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 4

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 3

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

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

Well, for those that have not gotten their logic board replaced, there might be a resolution:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088

It showed up in Software Update today. Would be curious how it works for everyone

@ianmartorell You are right on the money!  I do have the 6,2 Mid 2010 i5 and Apple is going to replace it with a Spring 2011.  I was not going to settle for an other replacement part or a same series machine...

On an other note, I just ran the upgrade for the backlight issue and I will let everybody know whether it solved that problem.

Keep your fingers crossed!

ECC

wibrandy wrote:

 

Well, for those that have not gotten their logic board replaced, there might be a resolution:

 

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088

 

It showed up in Software Update today. Would be curious how it works for everyone

Finally Apple fixed it. This resolved the problem for me.  Fingers crossed, but my previous methods of instantly crashing no longer work.

I'm pretty amazed it took this long to fix. My computer has hardly been usable since I upgraded to Lion back in July.

Hopefully this is over for good and I can get back to work.

The software/fix update seems to be for Lion users only. The KB advises Snow Leopard users who have experienced this problem to take their machine to a genius bar. To confirm that Software Update doesn't offer the fix for this Snow Leopard machine.

So I shall take my machine in to the new Apple store here in Hong Kong to put their genius to the test and see what they have to say. (Unfortunate term, genius - it sets up such "awesome" expectations.)