Q: Lion randomly crashes - black screen

In my case (MBP 15" 2010), it can't be logic board problem as i never had a single BSOD in SL for almost a year before Lion.

I always have strong faith with Apple until now. This is a serious problem as people are losing work on the Mac because of the freezing problem. It's crazy there is still no official solution from Apple for so many months since Lion brought the problems onto us (other than a brief official acknowledgement of the problem by Apple Support on 12th October 2011)....

I also had no problems under SL but did when I upgraded to Lion. So may be it is some issue with the batch of logic boards in mid 2010 machines, as a note I have only been running for 24 hrs since logic board was replaved but before I was having mutiple crahses every day and could make it happen at will, this is no longer the case, so fingers crossed.

Mike

Does this look what you have been getting?

Interval Since Last Panic Report:  18076 sec

Panics Since Last Report:          1

Anonymous UUID:                    350C16BD-B70C-4BAF-95E1-9FEB6CD0A899

Fri Oct 21 12:35:37 2011

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f809f104f): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff8115b46000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80f24032b0 : 0xffffff8000220702

0xffffff80f2403330 : 0xffffff7f809f104f

0xffffff80f24033c0 : 0xffffff7f80ae113c

0xffffff80f2403410 : 0xffffff7f80ae11fc

0xffffff80f2403470 : 0xffffff7f80d8d749

0xffffff80f24035b0 : 0xffffff7f80b00259

0xffffff80f24035e0 : 0xffffff7f809fa98a

0xffffff80f2403690 : 0xffffff7f809f628c

0xffffff80f2403880 : 0xffffff7f809f7e91

0xffffff80f2403960 : 0xffffff7f81898138

0xffffff80f24039a0 : 0xffffff7f818a7798

0xffffff80f24039c0 : 0xffffff7f818c33fc

0xffffff80f2403a00 : 0xffffff7f818c3461

0xffffff80f2403a40 : 0xffffff7f818ab60d

0xffffff80f2403a90 : 0xffffff7f81861f63

0xffffff80f2403b10 : 0xffffff7f818609d4

0xffffff80f2403b40 : 0xffffff7f81866429

0xffffff80f2403b70 : 0xffffff80006528dd

0xffffff80f2403be0 : 0xffffff8000652c7c

0xffffff80f2403c40 : 0xffffff800065343b

0xffffff80f2403d80 : 0xffffff80002a3898

0xffffff80f2403e80 : 0xffffff8000223006

0xffffff80f2403eb0 : 0xffffff8000214829

0xffffff80f2403f10 : 0xffffff800021bb58

0xffffff80f2403f70 : 0xffffff80002ae8a0

0xffffff80f2403fb0 : 0xffffff80002d8383

     Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

        com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f809 90000->0xffffff7f80c69fff

           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f80862000

           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xff ffff7f8097e000

           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0 xffffff7f80946000

        com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(7.1.2)[2E84958C-1EEC-316B-9F7A-68C368F83476]@0xffffff7 f80c6a000->0xffffff7f80f8bfff

           dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f809 90000

        com.apple.GeForce(7.1.2)[61E6C721-447E-39D3-BAB8-2A661467B517]@0xffffff7f818490 00->0xffffff7f81908fff

           dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f809 90000

           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xff ffff7f8097e000

           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f80862000

           dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0 xffffff7f80946000

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: 18259034975625

last loaded kext at 18200301247117: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f80827000, size 36864)

last unloaded kext at 16809440342352: com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily    1.0.0d22 (addr 0xffffff7f80827000, size 36864)

loaded kexts:

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Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0C, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f16

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB

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

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334248312D4346382020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334248312D4346382020

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, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: AirPort, 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_ven

Yop, this is it!

I think it is not HW issue, just some software. What about your opinion?

I have a Feb. 2011 MacBook Pro 13" (newest one). My computer randomly goes to a black screen, without prompting and sometimes has a black screen with a yellow line on the left side on startup. I am running Lion with the newest software update and my Mac is only a month old. Is this a hardware or software issue :S?

Could it have some relation to the utilization of Safari 5.1? After the reinstallation of Snow Leopard from Lion, I had the NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception and Channel timeout issues after its update. In Lion, I have this error on NVDA(OpenGL) when I use or I had used it in some moment. Could it be related to some set of instructions of Safari 5.1 that uses OpenGL?

Greetings.

In my case (MBP 15" 2010), the BSOD occure after installing Lion. The BSOD was 100% reproducible by starting a Powerpoint presentaion with a connected external monitor. Last week the Apple Reseller replaced my Logicboard an now all BSOD are gone so far.

I think I will be taken my [MBP 15'' Nov 11 2010] to the apple store and ask for a new Logicboard

Okay ...

now i have crashes while scanning, printing, watching movies in Safari!!

the whole time beachballs ...

safari ... not responding

mail ... not responding

finder ... not responding

and yes, i'm using gfxCardStatus ...

on monday i'll call apple ... and i'm happy that i'm not the person at the other side of the lane ...

And NO, it's not only a problem of Lion, i had the same issues under 10.6.8, but i had no infos at this point.

If you have AppleCare, demand that apple either fix the problem or replace the laptop. Go up the food chain from tech to customer relations to manager, as high up as it takes until someone agrees to honor the commitment you paid $300+ (cost of applecare). Refer them back to the AppleCare agreement. Maybe next time they won't take 4 months to acknowledge the problem, and once they do, commit to ETA on a fix. "We are working on it" is a Microsoft answer

Hello from Germany,

yesterday I called Apple Germany again and I got connected to the same supporter I'd spoken to half a month ago.

After I told him, that I had read in this forum here, that a Capture Data wouldn't help, he said that he is now sure, that the problem is hardware related.

He then told me to go to the next Apple Reseller to get my Macbook repaired for free ( if they can diagnosticate a hardware failure ).

So, today I went to "FMS Computer" in Schweinfurt.

They said it's a known issue: "  Intermittent black screen or loss of video  ".

Now my Macbook gets transported to Bad Kissingen, where it should get repaired!

So, I hope they can diagnosticate the problem and change the logic board.

I will post the results, when I get it back from FMS. ( But I don't know how long this will take... )

Mit wem genau hast du Telefoniert?

Hab anfangs Augst mit Herrn Hauser mehrmals Kontakt gehabt,

er wurde aber wenn ich das richtig verstanden habe in eine andere Abteilung verlegt.

Ich hoffe dass da bald mal etwas nützliches von Seiten Apple kommt ...

angeblich sind es ja nur wenige MBPs, dann sollen Sie diese doch druch ein neues ersetzen, allein schon dass ich seit einem knappen halben Jahr nicht normal arbeiten kann wäre dies Wert ...

aber eben, hoffen wir das beste =)

Ok this just happened to me again, probably only about the 6th or 7th time now...i know not near as bad as some other users are reporting, but this has only happened to me since i updated to Lion. Never had anything like this with Snow Leopard.

I get the occasional black screen when i try to wake my 17" MacBook Pro 2.8GHz (Mid-2009). When i lift the lid, the screen asking for my password appears for a brief moment, and then the screen goes black. However, the keyboard illumination remains lit, CAPS LOCK, NUM Lock lights work, the speakers work..but i have no response from the screen...but i might be on to something though...

The last time this happened to me, it happened twice to me on the same day. The first time, i immediately just force restarted the computer. The 2nd time, i decided to "wait it out" for a short bit, to see if the screen would come back on itself...after determining that the keyboard was responsive to the CAPS LOCK, and NUM Lock keys lighting up, i just waited for a minute or two before i touched the keyboard again...when i did i tried the Brightness UP button, but to no avail......but immediately as soon as i hit the Brightness DOWN button, the screen came on immediately. I don't know if this is a coincidence, but i do know that the brightness level was turned all the way up, when the screen actually did come back on, i had only turned it DOWN a notch or two and it was all the way up. So i am kind of thinking maybe when the computer is turned on for an extended amount of time with the brightness all the way up (which i tend to have mine up all the way, or very close to it), maybe it is just making it work overtime or something, i dunno because i have noticed on an occasion or two that my computer will NOT go to sleep (the illumination light does NOT pulsate, but stays a solid white), yet the screen is off, the fans are running full blast...

This is most often the time(s) that the BSOD have occurred for me. So maybe it is just a software/firmware fix because it has only happened to me since Lion. But my computer i still have a few months left to go on my warranty, i may try to demand a new logic board or a replacement very soon if they don't take action and recall some of these machines.

Hallo,

am Telefon hatte ich Herrn Peter Drilling - Technical Support Advisor German.

Eigentlich sollte ich ja dem Service Provider meine Fallnummer mitteilen, diese hat FMS jedoch überhaupt nicht haben wollen...

Naja, mal schauen was passiert, das Problem war ihnen ja bekannt.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Greetings

Plexson

This is ******* ridiculous. Jumped into Lion yesterday, thinking this issue wouldn't affect me. Today: 1 kernel panic, 2 freezes, one finder crash and two times a black screen when waking up from sleep.

Back to SL.

How's Windows 7 doing? I heard it's pretty good. Maybe I buy an ugly looking PC next time so I can WORK ok the **** thing.