NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 Kernel Panics/Freezes in Lion & late Snow Leopard

OK left overnight. Restart around 10 am Monday March 22nd 2014

after about 2 hours Imac frooze then bottom half of screen went black, with top half showing website in safari but flickering like a strope light. Nearly had a eperleptic fit! Wife did a video of it on her iphone to show apple.

Left for 15 minutes same. Was worried it was going to destroy itself. Had to hold rear power on button down to restart. Left asleep, went outside to do some work. Came back in about 15.30. Used Messages itunes & safari till 16.10 when clicking on a link in Safari, Imac shut itself down for no reason. When it restarted itself without me touching it, I got the grey screen with wait or touch any key, "You have a Problem" Message.

I know I have a problem for about the last 2 years!!!! It Generated a Kernel Panic report on restart, to send to Apple.

Anonymous UUID: C52CD196-56F7-9AF7-0211-1913EEB36E6F

Mon Mar 24 16:10:32 2014

Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000000000806

family: 6 model: 23 stepping: 10 microcode: 2571

signature: 0x1067a

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8435 @ 3.06GHz

6 error-reporting banks

Processor 1: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005

IA32_MC0_STATUS(0x401): 0xb200004000000800

IA32_MC5_STATUS(0x415): 0xb200121020080400

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80182dc6b9): "Machine Check at 0xffffff7f9a18d3ff, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000100133000, CR3: 0x000000001af97000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660\n" "RAX: 0x0000000000000031, RBX: 0xffffff8023a41000, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000400\n" "RSP: 0xffffff809805bd40, RBP: 0xffffff809805bd70, RSI: 0x0000000000000004, RDI: 0xffffff8091cbd148\n" "R8: 0x00000000e0000000, R9: 0x0000000000000004, R10: 0x00000000ffffffff, R11: 0x0000000000000000\n" "R12: 0x0000000000000004, R13: 0xffffff8023b54ec0, R14: 0xffffff7f9a1aae20, R15: 0x0000000000000520\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000046, RIP: 0xffffff7f9a18d3ff, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.90.20/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c: 168

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff808bc2de80 : 0xffffff8018222fa9

0xffffff808bc2df00 : 0xffffff80182dc6b9

0xffffff808bc2e060 : 0xffffff80182f3bcf

0xffffff809805bd70 : 0xffffff7f9a186663

0xffffff809805be70 : 0xffffff7f9a185899

0xffffff809805bf30 : 0xffffff80182dd6ec

0xffffff809805bf50 : 0xffffff80182375ba

0xffffff809805bf90 : 0xffffff8018237908

0xffffff809805bfb0 : 0xffffff80182d6ff7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement(216.0)[70947979-EA9B-39D1-AD15-CD AB19F031AF]@0xffffff7f9a183000->0xffffff7f9a1adfff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

13C64

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953

Kernel slide: 0x0000000018000000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018200000

System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 4111851378266

last loaded kext at 2467757945613: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f9a567000, size 49152)

last unloaded kext at 2694090883620: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f9a567000, size 32768)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.15

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 80.14

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.3.5

com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.3f10

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.12

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.6

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 35

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 666.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.9

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.0

com.apple.nvenet 2.0.21

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 656.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 216.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 216.0.0

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.4.35

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 245.13

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.0f1

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.5fc2

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.0f1

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.0d10

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.3f10

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 8.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d1

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 8.2.4

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.6

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 630.35

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 675.4.0

com.apple.driver.NVSMU 2.2.9

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23

com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

com.apple.kec.pthread 1

Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.37f3

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353637334448312D4346382020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)

Bluetooth: Version 4.2.3f10 13477, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-40K1B0, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S

USB Device: My Book

USB Device: Built-in iSight

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Bus:

This is two days after new graphic card was fitted. Apple have confirmed I will get a refund & can keep the new graphic card. But don't seem very keen on me taking it back for repair again. (Its nearly 5 years old when it becomes Vintage and they won't touch it) So I have booked another Genius Bar appointment at The Apple Store Bullring. Will let you know what happens.

Try web surfing in Firefox instead of safari -- For example, google "sew and sew" in glendale, pop up the map grab the map with the mouse and wiggle the map around. Safari will crash but firefox won't.

Did that. No crashes. So this is not a sure fire way to cause the crash any more than all the other intermittent suggestions. It also doesn't seem like something that is a heavy load on the GPU.

Also, the crash above seems a bit odd since it is in the SMU driver and not the nvidia drivers as reported elsewhere and show up in other crash logs.

Apple this time actual used my imac when on test. (Last time they just left it running.) I got a email please ring. I rang. We have managed to recreate your problem. It is unusable. " Do you know why it happens." We have a idea, as you live so far away and this has been going on for so long, please can you come back to the apple store where you can collect a new imac in replacement. RESULT after months of telling them it was unfit for purpose. So I'm one happy bunny. Got it today. Don't know what will happen with old imac. Hope they get some testing done to solve this issue. Only downsize is i've got to run a softwear update as it came with mountain lion preinstalled. Also will have to by a £25 firewire to thunderbolt adaptor, to get my external hard drive to plug in.

Warmer, warmer, warmer...

panic!

Don't forget your towel.

Mon Apr 28 20:04:02 2014

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8889bec0): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80f9dcd000 0x094700a1, D0, P1/4

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80f837af90 : 0xffffff8007e22fa9

0xffffff80f837b010 : 0xffffff7f8889bec0

0xffffff80f837b0d0 : 0xffffff7f8896549a

0xffffff80f837b110 : 0xffffff7f8896550a

0xffffff80f837b180 : 0xffffff7f88bdad0f

0xffffff80f837b290 : 0xffffff7f88988b39

0xffffff80f837b2b0 : 0xffffff7f888a28fd

0xffffff80f837b360 : 0xffffff7f888a0408

0xffffff80f837b560 : 0xffffff7f888a1d57

0xffffff80f837b630 : 0xffffff7f897b83df

0xffffff80f837b700 : 0xffffff7f897e27b3

0xffffff80f837b780 : 0xffffff7f897caae0

0xffffff80f837b7e0 : 0xffffff7f897cb3da

0xffffff80f837b830 : 0xffffff7f897cb8c0

0xffffff80f837b8a0 : 0xffffff7f897cbfc8

0xffffff80f837b8e0 : 0xffffff7f89798fea

0xffffff80f837ba60 : 0xffffff7f897c8940

0xffffff80f837bb20 : 0xffffff7f89797ad9

0xffffff80f837bb70 : 0xffffff80082cc7f6

0xffffff80f837bb90 : 0xffffff80082cddf1

0xffffff80f837bbf0 : 0xffffff80082cb85f

0xffffff80f837bd40 : 0xffffff8007eb65a8

0xffffff80f837be50 : 0xffffff8007e26bf1

0xffffff80f837be80 : 0xffffff8007e139f5

0xffffff80f837bef0 : 0xffffff8007e1e043

0xffffff80f837bf70 : 0xffffff8007ec97bd

0xffffff80f837bfb0 : 0xffffff8007ef3b96

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f8884c000->0xffffff7f88ab4fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f884ba000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f8883c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f887f9000

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f88abf000->0xffffff7f88d68fff

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f8884c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f884ba000

com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B6C71E9A-E304-354B-80AD-C69C9032D367]@0xffffff7f8 9786000->0xffffff7f89850fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f884ba000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f8883c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f887f9000

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f8884c000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Aperture

Boot args: mbasd=1

Mac OS version:

13C1021

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Wed Apr 2 23:52:02 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.92.1~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: E9CF78E2-1E9F-3B6F-81A4-FEE6C6D0E4D5

Kernel slide: 0x0000000007c00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8007e00000

System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 18000912053993

last loaded kext at 14961507184729: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f8a1d1000, size 49152)

last unloaded kext at 15044048870852: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f8a1d1000, size 32768)

loaded kexts:

com.LaCie.ScsiType00 1.2.12

Go to genius bar book to take to a apple store. Take in for repair tell them under trade discription act its not fit for purporse. Get new replacement imac.

Message was edited by: Drunken Hobo

How old was your machine?

I have doubts that a NYC genius is going to replace my iMac9,1

They replaced my 2009 Imac with a Nividia Geforce GT 130 graphic card. In the UK, we have rules governing sale of goods. My Imac would not run under mavericks as advertized so was replaced.

Aperture will not work for long on this iMac rendering near useless. My loss. As far as the Apple Corps "geniuses" in NYC are concerned there is no issue. They put it all on Nvidia which offered a replacement but added the Nvidia offer expired after five years (with no notification). So, Apple put an inferior graphics archectecture into their product and have no respons-ability. BTW my iMAC crashed while writing this as it did just prior while I was using Aperture and iWeb (yeah yeah I know iWeb). It is NOT a heat issue as the temp was only 101 degrees F. The graphics card welded into the logic board is the problem. Cannot be fixed and both corporations have no incentive to offer replacement unless the law of the land (where ever you are) forces them to do so. In the USA that can only happen with an expensive class action law suite.

But what do I know. I'm just a dumb customer with no money to buy a new computer and dependent on this one to make the crumbs I do.

Mon May 12 14:57:21 2014

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f91a9bec0): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00001308: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8102d25000 0x094700a1, D0, P3/4

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8101dc2bb0 : 0xffffff8011022fa9

0xffffff8101dc2c30 : 0xffffff7f91a9bec0

0xffffff8101dc2cf0 : 0xffffff7f91b6549a

0xffffff8101dc2d30 : 0xffffff7f91e0f198

0xffffff8101dc2d70 : 0xffffff7f91bde7dd

0xffffff8101dc2da0 : 0xffffff7f91bde767

0xffffff8101dc2dd0 : 0xffffff7f91dd7d88

0xffffff8101dc2e70 : 0xffffff7f91d93351

0xffffff8101dc2f90 : 0xffffff7f91bd993e

0xffffff8101dc30e0 : 0xffffff7f91bd9489

0xffffff8101dc31f0 : 0xffffff7f91d9614e

0xffffff8101dc3290 : 0xffffff7f91d964d1

0xffffff8101dc3430 : 0xffffff7f91ddc156

0xffffff8101dc3550 : 0xffffff7f91b8b98d

0xffffff8101dc3590 : 0xffffff7f91b8a7f5

0xffffff8101dc35e0 : 0xffffff7f91d9c57f

0xffffff8101dc3640 : 0xffffff7f91d94d5c

0xffffff8101dc37d0 : 0xffffff7f91da1ee0

0xffffff8101dc3820 : 0xffffff7f91b4f267

0xffffff8101dc3870 : 0xffffff7f91a7b847

0xffffff8101dc3930 : 0xffffff7f91a79602

0xffffff8101dc3970 : 0xffffff7f91a768f3

0xffffff8101dc39a0 : 0xffffff7f91a7688a

0xffffff8101dc3a40 : 0xffffff7f91aa0480

0xffffff8101dc3c40 : 0xffffff7f91aa140d

0xffffff8101dc3d10 : 0xffffff7f929b6a4f

0xffffff8101dc3d30 : 0xffffff7f929b66fa

0xffffff8101dc3d50 : 0xffffff7f929b7c0f

0xffffff8101dc3e90 : 0xffffff7f929a5913

0xffffff8101dc3eb0 : 0xffffff7f929ddf3c

0xffffff8101dc3ed0 : 0xffffff7f929de067

0xffffff8101dc3ef0 : 0xffffff80114ae0d0

0xffffff8101dc3f30 : 0xffffff80114acb72

0xffffff8101dc3f80 : 0xffffff80114acc47

0xffffff8101dc3fb0 : 0xffffff80110d7047

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f91a4c000->0xffffff7f91cb4fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f916ba000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f91a3c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f919f9000

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.2.4)[B0E6AAA7-E970-3D81-8B43-145D56 A3A4AC]@0xffffff7f91cbf000->0xffffff7f91f68fff

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f91a4c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f916ba000

com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.2.4)[B6C71E9A-E304-354B-80AD-C69C9032D367]@0xffffff7f9 2980000->0xffffff7f92a4afff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7f916ba000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7f91a3c000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7f919f9000

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.2.4)[80472F2E-D31D-32C4-88BA-2EB3D63 C159F]@0xffffff7f91a4c000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Boot args: mbasd=1

Mac OS version:

13C1021

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Wed Apr 2 23:52:02 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.92.1~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: E9CF78E2-1E9F-3B6F-81A4-FEE6C6D0E4D5

Kernel slide: 0x0000000010e00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8011000000

System model name: iMac9,1 (Mac-F2218FA9)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 20691690388772

last loaded kext at 15475170656429: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f933c1000, size 49152)

last unloaded kext at 15539705702849: com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMCEReporter 104 (addr 0xffffff7f933c1000, size 32768)

loaded kexts:

com.LaCie.ScsiType00 1.2.12

com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 3.4.1

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.15

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 80.14

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.0f1

com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.3f10

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.0f1

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1

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Model: iMac9,1, BootROM IM91.008D.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 3.06 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.45f0

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, NVIDIA GeForce GT 130, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)

Bluetooth: Version 4.2.3f10 13477, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-40K1B0, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N

USB Device: Built-in iSight

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: USB3.0 Card Reader

USB Device: Saitek AV8R Joystick

USB Device: Keyboard Hub

USB Device: Apple Keyboard

USB Device: iPad

USB Device: IR Receiver

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

FireWire Device: d2 quadra (button), LaCie, Up to 800 Mb/sec

Thunderbolt Bus:

Just an update.... It is obviously a graphics HARDWARE issue. After updating to 10.9 my system became almost unusable. I took it into the local authorized apple repair center and they confirmed the issue. For about $150 + 40 labor they replaced the GT 130 graphics card (Apple prices). This is not a bad repair bill for a 5 year old system.

I had added RAM (8GB for OWC) to the system and reverted back to the smaller 4 GB apple ram for testing. The system above also has an upgraded RAM slot.

The system checked out fine and I took it home. Within 24 hours it would not boot and hung at an ivory screen with a band of lighter dots (sparkly white) across the screen. Back to the repair shop where they declared the graphics card as DOA and replaced it again (Apple paid for the second one).

It has been back and in use for a few days, seems to run fine under Mavericks (10.9.3). I have run several graphics intensive programs and it has not locked up, restarted or crashed. I will update if this continues or changes. If all is well in about a month I will try going back to the larger RAM.

On my early 2009 iMac that repair has been quoted as $700 as the GPU is welded onto the logic board.

New iMac annoucement expected week of June 17? hopefully lower prices or hedonic value added.

Lets be clear about this. This thread is for the early 2009 iMac 24" that has an NVidia GT 130 graphics card.

If you have a model that has a "welded" GPU then this is a separate problem. The NVidia GT130 graphics are NEVER soldered to the mother board but is a plug in module.

This model (early 2009) came with 4 possible graphics cards:

GeForce 9400M (with shared memory)

GeForce GT 120

GeForce GT 130

Radeon HD 4850

The problems listed here are almost exclusively the 3rd card. I would guess that you might have the GeForce 9400M which is a lower speed, lower power laptop graphics set. But I don't believe that is soldered to the Intel motherboard.

The GT 130 module from Apple is part # "661-4990 VIDEO CARD G94". It can be had for less than $200 commercially. Searching for that part number gives <http://www.macpalace.com/661-4990-card-video-nvidia-geforce-gt130-w/512mb-gddr3. html>

The "MacTracker" app will help clear up the differences between models.

Thanks Scott!

I've been misinformed by more than one person then. [exasperation] I do have the Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 512 MB.

Question then is, how hard would it be for me to replace it myself. I've opened up the case to clean out the muck but suspect I'd have to go deeper to get to the GPU? Fairly handy with the screw driver and such.

@celloist, it is probably more on the intermediate level of repair. Look at the guides for replacing parts at iFixit and OWC. You need the suction cups to pull the front screen off and remove the display panel. And a bunch of torx drivers. A large antistatic clean area for storing the display to keep it from collecting dust while you work on the rest of the machine. I think it is equivalent to getting in to replacing the hard drive. I had the local apple certified tech on campus do it for $40 labor (and the part was $40 less since he bought it through Apple than the one listed above) so it was essentially a freebie.

Just an update, I had my Nvidia GT130 board replaced. The Apple replacement part died after about 2 hours of use. Replaced gratis by Apple and the machine has run without crashing for about a 3 weeks. This replacement did resurrect a machine that was in such bad condition that it was unusable. It was crashing about every hour of use. Now to put back the OWC ram and get the machine fully functional.