Kernel Panics since 10.7.3 update

Upgraded to Lion 10.7.3 two days ago and getting one grey screen of death / kernel panic every day since then


Anyone seen this?


I have a few suspects:

- 3rd party RAM - this has worked fine until now, but previous experience taught me it can still cause issues after a system update

- Dropbox - because the panic is in WindowServer and it does some funky overlaying of icons on the Finder which uses a lot of CPU - it's admittedly a really weak candidate.

- Adobe Flash - was prompted to update but didn't. Updating now. Flash is such crap...


Oh yeah prior to the 10.7.3 update I *never* had kernel panics. Ever. So it's not some generic hardware issue.


Thu Mar 8 23:03:15 2012

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c266d): Kernel trap at 0xffffef7f808fb396, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef7f808fb396, CR3: 0x0000000013a2d000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660

RAX: 0xffffff7f80b35ee0, RBX: 0xffffff7f80b35ee0, RCX: 0x0000000000000050, RDX: 0x000000000000837c

RSP: 0xffffff8111a63528, RBP: 0xffffff8111a635b0, RSI: 0x0000000000000001, RDI: 0xffffff8111a63558

R8: 0xffffff8111a63970, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000003, R11: 0xffffff7f8175b3aa

R12: 0x00000000bfef0033, R13: 0x00000000c1d000a4, R14: 0x000000000000837c, R15: 0x00000000bfef0034

RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffef7f808fb396, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

CR2: 0xffffef7f808fb396, Error code: 0x0000000000000010, Faulting CPU: 0x0



Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8111a631e0 : 0xffffff8000220702

0xffffff8111a63260 : 0xffffff80002c266d

0xffffff8111a63400 : 0xffffff80002d7a1d

0xffffff8111a63420 : 0xffffef7f808fb396

0xffffff8111a635b0 : 0xffffff7f809052cc

0xffffff8111a635f0 : 0xffffff7f80905329

0xffffff8111a63690 : 0xffffff7f80929c1b

0xffffff8111a63880 : 0xffffff7f8092b789

0xffffff8111a63960 : 0xffffff7f8178d130

0xffffff8111a639a0 : 0xffffff7f8179c790

0xffffff8111a639c0 : 0xffffff7f817b83f4

0xffffff8111a63a00 : 0xffffff7f817b8459

0xffffff8111a63a40 : 0xffffff7f817a0605

0xffffff8111a63a90 : 0xffffff7f81756f6f

0xffffff8111a63b10 : 0xffffff7f817559e0

0xffffff8111a63b40 : 0xffffff7f8175b435

0xffffff8111a63b70 : 0xffffff80006528bd

0xffffff8111a63be0 : 0xffffff8000652c5c

0xffffff8111a63c40 : 0xffffff800065341b

0xffffff8111a63d80 : 0xffffff80002a3b78

0xffffff8111a63e80 : 0xffffff8000223006

0xffffff8111a63eb0 : 0xffffff8000214829

0xffffff8111a63f10 : 0xffffff800021bb58

0xffffff8111a63f70 : 0xffffff80002aeb80

0xffffff8111a63fb0 : 0xffffff80002d8383

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[94BA87BA-B128-3310-9860-98EC67AB7FAF]@0xffffff7f808 c4000->0xffffff7f80b9dfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[F63D4ABE-42DA-33EF-BADD-3415B0CB0179]@0xffff ff7f80840000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[4B3F84DC-18B3-3897-BC56-4E3940878047]@0xff ffff7f808b2000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[FE536983-1897-3D6B-965E-24B5A67080DA]@0 xffffff7f8087a000

com.apple.GeForce(7.1.8)[61FD1644-DA39-3645-9380-7F490FB000DB]@0xffffff7f8173e0 00->0xffffff7f817fdfff

dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.8)[94BA87BA-B128-3310-9860-98EC67AB7FAF]@0xffffff7f808 c4000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[4B3F84DC-18B3-3897-BC56-4E3940878047]@0xff ffff7f808b2000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)[F63D4ABE-42DA-33EF-BADD-3415B0CB0179]@0xffff ff7f80840000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[FE536983-1897-3D6B-965E-24B5A67080DA]@0 xffffff7f8087a000



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer



Mac OS version:

11D50


[accidentally posted this in the 10.6 forum before - sorry]

MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 8, 2012 8:58 AM

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Mar 8, 2012 9:04 AM in response to Nikolaus Heger

Download and apply the 10.7.3 updater from the Apple Support site. That will bring your build version to 11D50b. There were problems with the build you have.


However, that may not resolve your issue. If it doesn't, make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested. Bring a printout of the crash log with you. Back up all data before you go.

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