Lion randomly crashes - black screen

I finally took my MBP to an Apple certified service center in Stockholm. I had upgraded it with 8 GB memory and an SSD, but that was no problem for them (I didn't even mention it). Today I got it back with a new logicboard and I will run some tests tonight and report the results later.

I have had this problem on my Mac Book Pro too - it sarted immediately after installing new OS. I have second moniter. Installed the gfxCardStatus and set only to integrated or discrete you CANNOT RUN A SECOND MONITER - IT DISALLOWS THIS AND AUTOMATICALLY DEFAULTS TO DYNAMIC. When on dynamic I get the crashes especially if I run a program that forces dynamic like iphoto when it syncs with the iphone 5. I hae not gotten a single crash with the second moniter disconnected and the gfxCrdStatus set to integrated or discrete. So if you want to stop the crashes stay away fron dynamic. Hopefully Apple will get around to fixing this or I may be going back to a Windows machine ( as much as I dread that idea).

Guys I 've had this problem since the mid's of 2011. My mbp (late 2010, 15", i5, 2,54 Ghz) sowed black screen whilst keyboard light was working in the beginning, then after some updates, it ended up crashing and restarting. I had no choice but to visit an authorized service center. They fixed it by changing the graphic card. Subsequently I upgraded the memory in 8 Gb. I only paid for the memory and the machine works fine since then which is about a week.

I had the black screen problem in my MacBook Pro 15´´ 2.53Ghz (Mid 2010). There is no apple store in my town so I took my computer to an authorized service center. Problem solved for free after changing logic board. Diagnosis: Problem found in video card, contemplated by apple quality program. From 2 weeks time without problems. Good Luck!

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3938355?start=0&tstart=0 may be of help to only 2009 imac users with Nivada Geforce GT 130 graphic cards having screen freeze & kernal panics in since Snow Leopard or Lion Mountain Lion upgrade.

I forgot to follow up my story. I haven't had a single black screen or kernel panic since change of logic board (free of charge). No Apple Care or warranty left.

This is the only real and proper solution. Go have your logic board changed now!

So why are Apple Genius Bar technicians uninformed about this problem?
I visited Genius Bar recently with this problem and I was adviced to format and recover my system, which of course did not help.

They are informed, just mention this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088

Glad I found this link too. Same happens to me on my iMac intel. Just started happening a reboot did fix it but now the screen doesn't respond at all. Oh Apple what is happening to you?

Hi,

My logic board has just been replaced. How can I thoroughly test it? The last times it crashed I wasn't pushing the machine, just browsing the internet. Sometimes it happened when waking it up from sleep.

Regards.

Apple keep all thier most powerful testing tools to themselves, probably becasue improperly configured they can damage hardware or even be modified to carry out shady/illegal stuff.

The best thing you can do is carry out the built in hardware test. Apple should have already given your new kit a more thorough test than this will do bet it cant hurt to check.

Follow the instructions here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509

I had the same problem. Took it to the Apple Store in Kansas City. They said it was the graphics card on the logic board. They replaced the logic board. I have NOT had the problem since (2 Weeks). FYI, they said it was still under warranty and the fix was free. They took it in on a Friday night and had it back to me on Sunday. Great job! They really did a great job of taking care of my machine and minimizing the time I was without it.

Not having any more problems since my logic board was replaced... Seems to be the way to go on this issue.

I have commented here earlier in this thread with the same problem as most of you, faulty logic board in a 2010 MacBook Pro i7. The problem started after I upgraded to Lion, no problems before that.

Had the logic board replaced x2 (free). The third time I called Apple (Sweden) and got the reply: we are not changing the logic board anymore, you will get a new computer instead, if you are pleased with that.

Got my new Retina MBP by UPS express delivery a few days later. Well I used the opportunity to upgrade my MBP i7 to Retina model 2,6 GHz with a small payment accordingly. Have had no problem after that :-), just pure pleasure.

Apple all thumbs up.

I have a MBPro mid 2010 15" i7 8Gb.

With SL no problem at all, the Mac was fast and hard. Upgraded to Lion I begin to have crash when opening iPhoto or iMovie or some graphic prog. I get no result upgrading to ML. The Genius says me to format and reinstall the SO.

I try but the crashes are still here!

Panics Since Last Report: 4

Anonymous UUID: 31B46A22-BA7D-4CB7-4128-1AF96D40683D

Mon Dec 17 19:57:25 2012

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f9e7a8b25): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8131e41000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff810ec93b00 : 0xffffff801e01d626

0xffffff810ec93b70 : 0xffffff7f9e7a8b25

0xffffff810ec93c00 : 0xffffff7f9e8a24b3

0xffffff810ec93c60 : 0xffffff7f9e8a2527

0xffffff810ec93cd0 : 0xffffff7f9ebb7853

0xffffff810ec93e10 : 0xffffff7f9e8c8659

0xffffff810ec93e40 : 0xffffff7f9e7b28da

0xffffff810ec93ef0 : 0xffffff801e4472a8

0xffffff810ec93f30 : 0xffffff801e445daa

0xffffff810ec93f80 : 0xffffff801e445ed9

0xffffff810ec93fb0 : 0xffffff801e0b26b7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9e741 000->0xffffff7f9ea43fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9e6af000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f9e72d000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f9e6ea000

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9F3D09B5-3158-3D9E-BDA3-E71576AAD3B7]@0xffffff7f9 ea51000->0xffffff7f9ed73fff

dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f9e7 41000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.2)[B1B77B26-7984-302F-BA8E-544DD3D75E73]@0xffff ff7f9e6af000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

12C60

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333

Kernel slide: 0x000000001de00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff801e000000

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

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1317444916868

last loaded kext at 747977275462: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7fa039a000, size 229376)

last unloaded kext at 315558362226: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f9f027000, size 65536)

Tonite I get a lot of crashes in half hour.... I get crazy.

Wensday I'' go to the Apple Store for changing the HD of the iMac 21" 1Tb and I want ask again for the replace of logic board!

ciao