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

I've found some other reports of these freezes scattered about the forums, but usually other people come in and post something about unrelated video cards. So this thread is specific to NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 running OS X Lion (10.7-10.7.3), to avoid confusion and cross-polination of different issues.


Hardware Overview:


Model Name: iMac

Model Identifier: iMac9,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 8 GB

Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz

Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08

SMC Version (system): 1.37f3


NVIDIA GeForce GT 130:


Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x062e

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3370



Since upgrading to Lion I have had many issues with crashes and kernel panics characterized by the following symptoms, listed here in detail so that people can find them when they search:


  • Pixellation - colored pixels appear in different areas of the screen, in seemingly random bunches.
  • Mosaics - squares appear redrawn in the wrong part of the screen. Sometimes these squares are large, other times tiny.
  • Recovery - sometimes the system recovers once it starts doing these. Other times it just keeps going until it freezes/panics.
  • Kernel Panics - I've only had the "grey screen" appear once or twice. Usually there is a complete system lockup before this can happen, and I have to reboot the system manually.


Some solutions/attempts to solve:


  • Turn off Energy Saving - This is horrible for the monitor and can lead to burn-in, but I found that many of my crashes occured when the system was trying to recover from "screen sleep". So now I run a screen saver instead, which doesn't seem to trigger it as much.
  • Screen Saver - Sometimes I can "refresh" the system by turning on the screen saver and then coming back. Other times, this doesn't work and the pixellation/mosaic remains. Sometimes I can't even initialize the screen saver at all (in which case a total freeze usually occurs right after).
  • Rebooting - seems to clear things up for a while, but inevitably, the problem resurfaces.
  • Running Windows - Not really a solution, but I have had absolutely no issues with this behavior while running Windows 7 on this same machine (under Bootcamp).
  • Downgrading to Snow Leopard - I have not attempted this, but I've read others say that their crashes went away when they did. I would like some more concrete evidence on this if anyone has it.


My diagnosis so far:


OS X Lion's NVIDIA driver kernel extensions (kexts) seem to be faulty with this GPU. The Windows drivers for this GPU work better on Apple's own hardware than OS X Lion's. Anectodal evidence indicates that Snow Leopard's drivers (at least up to 10.6.3 – more confirmation needed) do not display this issue. I can confirm that this never occurred in Snow Leopard until Lion was released and I upgraded to it.


My request for help and information:


  • If you are running this GPU (GeForce GT 130) and OS X Lion, please contribute to this thread offering any solutions you may have or, at the very least, listing your hardware and GPU profile.
  • If you can, post crash logs so that we can compare common issues (NVDA Resman seems to be a huge recurring kext in the crash logs, for instance).
  • Post screen shots or pictures taken of the pixellation (colored pixels) and mosaic (squares drawn in the wrong place) phenomenon, so we can build a body of evidence regarding this issue. I will continue to update this thread with the same.


I feel Apple has ignored these issues for far too long, and required too many people to simply purchase new computers and new GPUs. If we can build a solid body of evidence regarding this specific issue, it will be a thread that Apple Support can be referred to.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 3.06 Ghz (Early 2009 – iMac9,1)

Posted on May 9, 2012 8:15 AM

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Jun 18, 2012 4:33 PM in response to David Portela

I've been following along with the thread these past few weeks though I didn't bother with the fan control fix. I'm not entirely convinced heat is the problem as after a few rounds of Diablo 3 on the mac partition the heat did nothing to crash the system, whereas just running safari, itunes, mail and ical minutes after having just started up did. This is pure speculation on my part but in my amateurish research I've come to believe that the responsible party for this mess is nvidia and they are the only ones who can fix it, which is probably why we've heard nothing from Apple regarding the issue. I vaguely remember there being an nvidia upgrade via software update to OSX to the driver that corresponded with late Snow Leopard, the same time as these problems started appearing.


Regardless of who's at fault I think it's shameful that hardware thats was perfectly fine is held hostage to the whims of a third party. My windows partition has never locked up once in my time using it, that'd be great if I only wanted to work in Windows but I don't. This is why I paid for my iMac, so that **** would just work. I found reports of people as far back as 2009 complaining of the same thing as their iMacs were having graphics card problems because of a software update. Is this just the new planned obselesence built in to iMacs wherein Apple and Nvidia scratch each other's backs and keep customers in an infinite loop of finger pointing? I wish we could get some answers.

Jun 23, 2012 10:57 AM in response to andreukmac

I asked the service Tech what kind of a graphics card he replaced my NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 that was overheating with. He said he could only put in the same card. I asked him what if the same problem persists?

Is it not same card? He said no, it's a newer, revised card. I was sceptical but after 2 months, I have been running flawlessly. So I can't specifically say what has been changed in the graphics card.

Jul 2, 2012 3:15 AM in response to David Portela

Yes, I have exactly the same problem, with the same machine, same hardware, firmware and software:


iMac 24" early 2009


Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 130

Type: GPU

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x062e

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3370


I hadn't seen the idea of starting in 32 bit mode before! I'll try it and see what happens. Since lion came out I've had the problem and tried many, many, possible fixes - including excluding Adobe flash, not running safari, turning up the fans..... and lots more.

Jul 4, 2012 5:22 PM in response to David Portela

Same problem here and it has been going on for about a year. Went through Apple support and no one could figure it out. My computer spend a day at the Apple Store and didnt act up at all and of course within 15 mins of plugging it in it froze.


I just had an Mac expert in the area look at my computer and he got it to fail by running about 8 hd movies at once and from a cold start it took about 15 mins to get hot enough to fail. The issue I face now is a $700 repair bill for a computer I paid over $2k for in 2009 that in my eyes is still a great computer just has a faulty part that Apple should be responsible for replacing.


This whole thing has soured my love for Apple products as its clear this is a hardware failure that has been exposed due to the demands of Lion.


iMac 24" early 2009


Chipset Model:NVIDIA GeForce GT 130
Type:GPU
Bus:PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:x16
VRAM (Total):512 MB
Vendor:NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:0x062e
Revision ID:0x00a1
ROM Revision:3370

Jul 6, 2012 2:18 AM in response to Fustbariclation

I thought I'd fixed it... I rebooted in 32 bit mode and the machine has been up for three days without a kernel panic or freeze. Sadly it crashed again, in the middle of the night, when nobody was using it - NVIDIA again, of course, but it was unusual in that nobody was using it at the time.


The watchdog time error looks like something a bit different - has anybody else seen this?


I've now set it to always boot in 32 bit mode.. and I've not had flash running for a long time...


Here's the crash - out of the blue:


Jul 5 15:36:36 Eve-2 kernel[0]: USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 89C40FFFFFFF 0x152d 0x2329 0x100

Jul 6 00:45:11 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:45:11 Eve-2 kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart

Jul 6 00:45:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:45:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:45:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:45:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:45:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:45:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:45:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:45:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:45:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:45:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:45:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:46:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:46:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:46:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:46:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:46:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:46:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:46:26 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:46:26 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:46:26 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:46:26 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:46:26 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:46:26 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:46:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:46:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:46:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:46:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:46:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:46:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:47:04 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:47:04 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:47:04 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:47:04 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:47:04 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:47:04 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:47:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:47:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:47:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:47:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:47:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:47:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:47:44 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:47:44 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:47:44 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:47:44 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:47:44 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:47:44 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:48:17 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:48:17 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:48:17 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:48:17 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:48:17 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:48:17 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel timeout!

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:49:00 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel timeout!

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:49:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:50:07 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:50:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:50:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:50:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:50:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:50:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:50:34 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:50:34 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:50:34 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:50:34 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:50:34 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:50:34 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:51:01 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:51:01 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:51:01 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:51:01 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:51:01 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:51:01 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:51:22 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:51:22 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:51:22 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:51:22 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:51:22 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:51:22 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:51:55 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:51:55 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:51:55 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:51:55 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:51:55 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:51:55 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:52:16 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:52:16 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:52:16 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:52:16 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:52:16 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:52:16 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:52:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:52:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:52:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:52:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:52:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:52:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:53:14 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:53:14 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:53:14 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:53:14 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:53:14 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:53:14 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:53:33 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:53:33 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:53:33 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:53:33 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:53:33 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:53:33 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:54:07 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:54:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:54:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:54:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:54:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:54:08 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:54:29 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:54:29 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:54:29 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:54:29 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:54:29 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:54:29 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:55:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:55:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:55:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:55:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:55:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:55:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:55:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:55:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:55:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:55:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:55:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:55:24 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:55:52 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:55:53 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:55:53 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:55:53 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:55:53 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:55:53 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:56:18 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:56:18 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:56:18 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:56:18 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:56:18 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:56:18 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:56:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:56:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:56:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:56:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:56:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:56:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:57:11 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:57:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:57:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:57:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:57:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:57:12 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:57:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 00:57:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:57:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 0000502d 00000472 00000000

Jul 6 00:57:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 0000022c 00000001 0000001f

Jul 6 00:57:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00100101

Jul 6 00:57:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 00:57:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Jul 6 00:57:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 00:57:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00200000 0000502d 00000472 00000040

Jul 6 00:57:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 000002ac 00000003 0000001f

Jul 6 00:57:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 01be0003

Jul 6 00:57:45 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000040 00000000

Jul 6 00:59:37 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel timeout!

Jul 6 01:00:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 01:00:30 Eve-2 kernel[0]: IOVendorGLContext::ReportGPURestart

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0xd = GR: SW Notify Error

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00200000 0000502d 00000472 00000040

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 000002ac 00000003 0000001f

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 01200001

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000040 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00200000 0000502d 00000472 00000040

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 000002ac 00000003 0000001f

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000040 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00200000 0000502d 00000472 00000040

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 000002ac 00000003 0000001f

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 01900403

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000040 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00200000 0000502d 00000472 00000040

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047a 000002ac 00000003 0000001f

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 01900403

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000040 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00200000 00000000 00000000 00000001

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000004

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:31 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000001 00000000

Jul 6 01:00:42 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel exception! exception type = 0x8 = Fifo: Watchdog Timeout Error

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: NVDA(OpenGL): Channel timeout!

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 00008297 00000474 00000000

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047e 00001528 00000000 00000004

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000006e

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000010 00008297 00000474 00000000

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 0000047e 00001528 00000000 00000004

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 01:01:02 Eve-2 kernel[0]: 00000000 00000000

Jul 6 01:03:28 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 19:32:15 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Jul 8, 2012 2:16 PM in response to David Portela

I've discovered an interesting phenomenon entirely by accident. Once when all the pixel artifacts started appearing on my screen I moved to restart my computer via the keyboard using control-eject but ended up hitting command-option-eject for some reason, I wasn't really paying attention to the keys I was hitting, and ended up force sleeping my computer. When I hit the space bar to bring it out of sleep, the artifacts were gone, and the computer continued to run without locking up on me. I don't know what this means, but I've used it on a couple of occasions and it's still working. Not the permanent solution I think we deserve, but could be helpful if it works.

Jul 22, 2012 3:50 AM in response to Quasimoto

I've proceed as you Joeldm suggested in https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3619873?start=0&tstart=0, unchecking Enable Quartz Extreme, but I had a new crash after two weeks working fine.

So I don't have any more ideas...I will have to take it to an Apple Store and most probably they will replace the graphic card installed (Nvidia GT120), as other users have commented here. But with apparently so much people having similar issues with this NVIDIA card (or GT130 one), I think Apple should investigate if this is a common defect on those cards and include them in a Replacement Program if that is the case. It wouldn't be the first time for a NVIDIA card, considering issues with GeForce 8600M GT in MacBook Pros...

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

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