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

I have the same issue.... HOWEVER my Imac does not crash unless i play a video game like diablo, warcraft, league of legends, etc.....

Does this mean i need a new board still? how can it crash with only games? It hasnt crashed with anything else so far.

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  20514 sec

Panics Since Last Report:          5

Anonymous UUID:                    BCDB9C41-8FA0-4AD0-8105-33D96B1681E8

Fri May 18 22:22:43 2012

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x5d42678f): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00002500: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xe2000000, BAR0 0xe2000000 0x5dd83000 0x092480a2, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)

0x5b8cb838 : 0x2203de (0x6afa8c 0x5b8cb858 0x229fb0 0x0)

0x5b8cb868 : 0x5d42678f (0x5d634830 0x5d68dbe0 0x5d649410 0x0)

0x5b8cb8e8 : 0x5db52e35 (0x88f9c04 0x8dd9004 0x2500 0x5d52840a)

0x5b8cb918 : 0x5db3dba9 (0x8dd9004 0x2500 0x0 0x0)

0x5b8cb968 : 0x5db3178e (0x8dd9004 0x9489004 0x41 0x5b8cb9a8)

0x5b8cba68 : 0x5d5169d3 (0x8dd9004 0x9489004 0xd3a200c 0x200)

0x5b8cba98 : 0x5d59fcdf (0x8dd9004 0x9489004 0xd3ef02c 0xd3ef004)

0x5b8cbb28 : 0x5d5a14be (0x8dd9004 0x88f1804 0x0 0x0)

0x5b8cbb88 : 0x5db305ee (0x8dd9004 0x88f1804 0x6 0x2)

0x5b8cbbe8 : 0x5db3e28b (0x8dd9004 0x9489004 0x1000 0x5b8cbd18)

0x5b8cbd48 : 0x5db7e106 (0x8dd9004 0x9489004 0x0 0x0)

0x5b8cbe58 : 0x5d54a29b (0x8dd9004 0x8dd7004 0x0 0x0)

0x5b8cbe88 : 0x5d431051 (0x8dd9004 0x8dd7004 0x0 0x0)

0x5b8cbf18 : 0x5d3c6c5f (0x0 0x12d 0x5b8cbf68 0x66367a)

0x5b8cbf28 : 0x66367a (0x8935000 0x7487200 0x1 0x2c557d)

0x5b8cbf68 : 0x6624c8 (0x7487200 0x7f3f000 0x5b8cbfa8 0x22ee1a)

0x5b8cbfa8 : 0x662344 (0x88d5a00 0x98d08c8 0x88d5a1c 0x7f3f000)

0x5b8cbfc8 : 0x2c7d0c (0x88d5a00 0x0 0x10 0x95b1590)

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[623A7259-0A45-4FFD-BD3B-E7273C292149]@0x5d3bf000->0 x5d6bffff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[EF84DAFF-4319-4824-A0BF-8EDCD94D826B]@0xa9c0 00

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[B62F3896-89EF-4A95-84F9-50181801C2DF]@0x5c 2eb000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[8C92F8ED-66CB-43CB-947D-AEF8B0DB06B3]@0 x5c67a000

         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(7.1.8)[E39CD26B-3987-4F8B-B46E-6B02E528B5AC]@0x5da4e00 0->0x5dd82fff

            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[623A7259-0A45-4FFD-BD3B-E7273C292149]@0x5d3bf000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

11E53

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr  9 19:33:05 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_I386

Kernel UUID: DC2420E0-4451-376C-8A70-74301C98CE6B

System model name: iMac8,1 (Mac-F227BEC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1297372300216

last loaded kext at 67686055136: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0 (addr 0x5d315000, size 28672)

last unloaded kext at 237965122532: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver    13 (addr 0x1528000, size 16384)

loaded kexts:

com.razer.common.razerhid    2.93

com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt    0.0.67

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.59

com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1

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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.0.5f11

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.26

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0

com.apple.GeForce    7.1.8

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.2.0f3

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Model: iMac8,1, BootROM IM81.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.30f1

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 800 MHz, 0x7F7F7F7FCB000000, 0x202020202020202020202020202020202020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 800 MHz, 0x7F98000000000000, 0x393955353239352D3032322E4130304C4620

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.15)

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.5f11, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-40YGA1, 500.11 GB

Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-875

USB Device: Keyboard Hub, apple_vendor_id, 0x1006, 0xfa200000 / 2

USB Device: Razer Naga, 0x1532, 0x0015, 0xfa230000 / 4

USB Device: Apple Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x0221, 0xfa220000 / 3

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8502, 0xfd400000 / 2

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1a100000 / 2

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x820f, 0x1a110000 / 3

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x5d100000 / 2

Hello everyone !

     I rencently expriment the same problem on my MBP 15" mid-2010. I went to an Apple Store to get a solution, and, surprise : nothing ! The first guy told me I have to replace my logic-board and that will cost me 400€ (I don't have Apple Care), so i wanted to leave them my MBP for other test. When they gave it back to me, the Genius say : "We have unmount the computer and clean the dust, there are no problems anymore"...Really ? After 5 min of using, a new black screen ! This Genius was a good joker !

     So if I correctly understand all this tread, the only solution is to replace the logic-board, which is not a solution because all the logic-board of mid-2010 potencially have the same problem...

I wonder if it's possible to replace logic-board of mid-2010, by one of later models, but I think the main problem is the connectors which, if i correctly remember, are not excatly the same after 2010 models...

is there a solution ? Because when i bought a computer a 1800€, I prefere when i can use it entirely more than 2 years....

(Excuse my english if it isn't perfect...)

Apple is legally required to replace the logic board and perform any other necessary repairs related to this problem, free of charge,

up to two years after the date of sale - see Apple Bulletin TS4088.

In reality, at least in some cases, they will give you a hard time and delegate costs and inconvenience onto the customer.

Try to pursue it.

Unfortunately in some case the only solution is to sue Apple and the service provider

that refuses to repair it.

In our case, even though Apple advised the local (German) service provider to repair the computer the

service provider refused to.  Apple appears to have a bizarre relationship with its 'authorized' service providers,

whereby the 'authorized' service providers can do as they please, even if in complete disregard of Apple's advertised standards and instructions.

Since Apple provides parts exclusively to 'authorized' service providers, warranty and Apple authorized repairs

can become an utter impossibility, rendering the $2000+ Apple computer a useless brick.

Apple will eventually wake from this self destructive and unsustainable path. In the interim, unfortunately, countless customers will bear the costs and inconvenience.

Instead of financing the removal of posts critical of its policies, Apple should proactively listen to us, its customers,

and ensure that its policies and service providers serve the customers' needs, rather than expect

the customer to bear the brunt of its failings.

When I went to the Apple Store, I had already seen the Apple Bulletin TS4088, but the Genius make a test on the MBP, and this tested passed, which significate, according to him, that my MBP is not cover by this warranty extension...

Should I try to go to another Services Center of Apple to get a solution ?

Any 'Genius' should know that even they pass at 12:00 they can fail at 2:00.

The same test produces different results.

So, absolutely get it retested until it fails, which it eventually will (naturally, it wastes everyone's time and resources),

or demand that Apple replace it without it having failed the 'test'.

So long as you get the NVRAM error in the real world it is defective.

The problem is that I don't want to pay 400€ to replace my logic-board if they give me another logic-board of mid-2010, which have the same problem... And the Genius don't want to replace it for free if its test passed, and i pretty sure that even if I could drive the test by myself, they will not accept the results...

So if I correctly understand what you're saying, I have to return to the Apple Store, and insist to have a free replacement ?

The newer production logic boards are OK.  And if they replace it with a defective one, you can have that one replaced - naturally, it is precisely this process that wastes everyone's time.

I would go back to the store - replicate the problem. Tell them to run the test multiple times.

It will eventually fail - "they all do" - as confirmed by an authorized provider.

Overall, you have to be waste your time and keep on pressing the issue <edited by host>

Or sell it and buy something else.

Th3pS, you didn't post the error message.

Are you sure it is the exact one it is discussed in this thread ?

If it is, and you show the backlog trace containing the "Panic NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100" and if you can reproduce it at the Genius Bar, then hardware test is likely not required.

If it is another Panic message then the error could come from other issues, even software ones.

here is my log :

Mon May 14 16:15:56 2012

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f80958947): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00070000: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff809f230000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff807c49b3c0 : 0xffffff8000220792

0xffffff807c49b440 : 0xffffff7f80958947

0xffffff807c49b4d0 : 0xffffff7f80a48aa4

0xffffff807c49b520 : 0xffffff7f80be391d

0xffffff807c49b540 : 0xffffff7f80c59e17

0xffffff807c49b7a0 : 0xffffff7f80c620d0

0xffffff807c49b890 : 0xffffff7f809244ed

0xffffff807c49b930 : 0xffffff7f8093790d

0xffffff807c49b9f0 : 0xffffff7f8095e1a5

0xffffff807c49bbe0 : 0xffffff7f8095e6ed

0xffffff807c49bcc0 : 0xffffff7f817ee542

0xffffff807c49bd40 : 0xffffff7f817ef364

0xffffff807c49bd80 : 0xffffff7f817ecc95

0xffffff807c49bda0 : 0xffffff7f817efc61

0xffffff807c49bde0 : 0xffffff7f817f00d9

0xffffff807c49be00 : 0xffffff7f817ecf04

0xffffff807c49be20 : 0xffffff7f8180436d

0xffffff807c49be40 : 0xffffff7f818044b8

0xffffff807c49bea0 : 0xffffff7f81816560

0xffffff807c49bec0 : 0xffffff7f818169d8

0xffffff807c49bef0 : 0xffffff800063c5b6

0xffffff807c49bf30 : 0xffffff800063b330

0xffffff807c49bf70 : 0xffffff800063b1d4

0xffffff807c49bfb0 : 0xffffff8000820057

      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

         com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[560E1257-BF5E-3B0B-95F0-15033A0D1B97]@0xffffff7f808 f8000->0xffffff7f80bd1fff

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[F63D4ABE-42DA-33EF-BADD-3415B0CB0179]@0xffff ff7f80883000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[D05CFB53-FB72-3613-8162-2D188DB04738]@0xff ffff7f808e6000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[2D2A4A31-EB4F-3730-BE3A-76C061685FC5]@0 xffffff7f808ae000

         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(7.1.8)[7596DB8C-AE9D-3C87-B11A-0ED8F940CAF8]@0xffffff7 f80bd2000->0xffffff7f80ef3fff

            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[560E1257-BF5E-3B0B-95F0-15033A0D1B97]@0xffffff7f808 f8000

         com.apple.GeForce(7.1.8)[00925AF3-22EE-3858-8BD3-06AE57DFCC86]@0xffffff7f817ab0 00->0xffffff7f8186afff

            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[560E1257-BF5E-3B0B-95F0-15033A0D1B97]@0xffffff7f808 f8000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[D05CFB53-FB72-3613-8162-2D188DB04738]@0xff ffff7f808e6000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[F63D4ABE-42DA-33EF-BADD-3415B0CB0179]@0xffff ff7f80883000

            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[2D2A4A31-EB4F-3730-BE3A-76C061685FC5]@0 xffffff7f808ae000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Clearly the same problem as everyone here... So the Genius i met the first time told me crazy things.... Do you think I have a chance if I try a second time ?

Well, it is almost the same. Everyone who had the issue and had its board replaced has the same identical error with a Panic on reading video RAM at address 0x00000100

As the title of the thread says : Panic NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100

Your error is a Panic on reading NVRAM but the address at fault is not the same one (0x00070000) ...

and it is likely not a detail, but the possible sign of a different issue. And probably that's why the hardware test passed.

Before wasting money you should check a few things :

- check if RAM was upgraded in your computer (it could be an issue)

- check if the system crashes by starting on an external disk Lion fresh install

It may be flaky memory, or just hard disk corruption ... Then :

- talk with a genius and try to understand if the address being different could be due to another error

If it is the same error it normally happens just every few minutes, so it is very easy to show it live

Good luck

F.Y.I. Just bumping your Mac with your foot or something can cause a kernal panic. And, some Geniuses are like actual computer geniuses, so with them, there has to be a complicated answer. I would try a 2nd time if you didn't understand.

Oh, P.S. I have NEVER had a kernel panic yet.

Oh... ok, I didn't upgrade my RAM, I can test it, but i don't know how... the AHD passed without problem 3 times. Do you know how can I test my RAM ?

If you did not upgrade your RAM, and it is still original then that's not the problem.

Now, how often do you have the panic ?

Since I install GfxCardStatus and turn it on "Integrated Only" I don't have any problem, but if i turn it back to default, if the Nvidia work, I have a Black Screen after 5-10 minutes.