Kernel Panics in 10.7.4

Wonderful. Do you think it will say 10.7.5 or will the 10.7.4 simply be called the same even after it's fixed? Just so I know when to do the upgrade again…

That's exactly what happened to me. I am staying with 10.7.3 until Apple gets off its butt, tells us what's going on and releases a fix.

I've been with Apple for 25 years and have never seen them drop the ball quite so badly and hang so many Mac users out to dry.

The performance of Lion leaves a lot to be desired to be honest. Seriously preferred Snow Leopard. Lion reminds me of Windows Vista which was terribly poor.

Hoping that 10.7.5 is on its way and will fix this issue. I cannot install 10.7.4 on my 2011 iMac as it KPs especially when either watching or converting video.

Re-download Lion from the Mac App Store, the new (Lion) download includes the 10.7.4 update. Make a new USB flash drive w/ the InstallESD.dmg and download lion from there.

Why would I want to do that, if 10.7.4 messes the whole computer up!?

Correct! You beat me to it.

Apple has a bug in 10.7.4 that practically disables older MacBooks and some other models. It causes serious kernel panic problems. I have tried three times to update to 10.7.4 and the kernel panics have returned with each update.

Until Apple acknowledges the problem and releases a fix - which is taking forever - stay with 10.7.3.

Ignore any recommendation that tells you to update to 10.7.4. These folks are not experiencing the 10.7.4 issues that have negatively impacted so many of us.

OK, I've narrowed it down - a bit.

First of all, even though I'm not on a Mac Air, I've connected the dots and thus far these Kernel panics happen when:

- Google Chrome is Running

- I'm doing a lot of I/O into/from Google Chrome (e.g. scrolling rapidly, typing into a Google Doc - anything that's heavy on the rendering side).

The Mac I'm using has the AMD Radeon HD 6770M graphics with 512MB RAM.

Will report after my day of no chrome to see if it's better. Normally I have 4-6 KP's a day.

Wish I had read this thread before trying to figure it out myself what was going on for the last two weeks.

I have a 21.5 in late 2009 iMac. It is definitely the update as 10.7.3 is stable.

Funny thing is I tried to do a fresh install of 10.7.4 and it kept panic-ing at 14% installation...after I had erased the drive.

Hopefully I won't have to update to 10.7.4 again just to get to the next version.

Replying to myself here, simply to kick the thread and keep it alive.

My previous thought that it was Google Chrome was eradicated with a day of chrome-free work.

For a while I thought it was vertical scrolling via the mighty mouse. I noticed a series of KP's as I scrolled a large web page.

KP's on streaming video are common enough that I'll declare that to be a definite trigger (but not a CONSISTENT trigger).

In short, it seems to this armchair detective that any time there's a need for a fast refresh of the screen, whether that is via scrolling rapidly or certain video (maybe stuff that's got a lot of CPU use? GPU? Dunno..) that's putting the system at risk.

At this point, I'm having routine KP's, I can't roll back to anything, this machine shipped with 10.7.4.

I was having the same kp's and start up issues. I had no problems when running 10.7.3 and even updating to 10.7.4 (had issues) rolling back to 10.7.3 fixed it. I upgraded back to 10.7.4 and problems persisted. Until one day, my MBP would not start. It turned out the graphics card had something wrong (hence all the kp's happening while performing graphics related tasks). Apple replaced the logic board which has the graphics card and everything is back to normal. So, I conclude the problem is actually a faulty graphics card that is really exposed by 10.7.4. Have your computer hardware tested for a faulty graphic card, it may take a few different tests, i found major errors while booting in verbose)

Well maybe it won't be a problem for Mountain Lion because they won't be supporting some early macs.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/11/apple-sunsets-a-few-64-bit-macs-with-mountain -lion/

Or maybe I'm safe:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/02/which-macs-will-os-x-mountain-lion-support/

"So which Macs get to stay on the island? According to TUAW's source, Mountain Lion will run on:

• iMac (mid 2007 or later)
• MacBook (13-inch Aluminum, 2008), (13-inch, Early 2009 or later)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid-2009 or later), (15-inch, 2.4/2.2 GHz), (17-inch, Late 2007 or later)
• MacBook Air (Late 2008 or later)
• Mac Mini (Early 2009 or later)
• Mac Pro (Early 2008 or later)
• Xserve (Early 2009)"

As previously noted, I dealth with the KP issue for several weeks. Apple replaced my mid-2009 MacBook Pro, in which I had installed a Seagate Momentus XT 500GB hard drive, with a late 2011 MacBook Pro after they were unable to resolve the problem with KPs after install (and re-install) of 10.7.4. Apple techs suspected a conflict with the Seagate drive, but it was never confirmed to me. They took my problematic MacBook in hopes of pulling it apart to figure out what was causing the KP. I hope Apple resolves this issue for everyone. In the meantime, I suggest calling AppleCare and insisting on a free 30 day extension to AppleCare since this is a problem that they initiated with the roll out of 10.7.4 (they did this for me). After the first tech was unable to resolve my issue, the matter was internally escalated to a Senior Tech, who was nice enough to offer me a new (and fully functional) laptop. The professionalism and friendliness from Apple was over the top. Apple probably won't replace computers for everyone, but hopefully they can isolate your hardware/software conflict and offer you a satisfactory repair/replacement option. Good luck, all.

Hi guys,

Thought I'd join this thread as I'm running 10.7.4 on an '07 MBP and am having similar issues. At first I thought the kernel panics were occurring because of a game I was playing, but of late they've been occurring even when I'm using other programs such as Safari, MS Word, etc. If I can point to when it occurs it seems to be when the computer is really working, e.g. running a game with good graphics, running multiple applications or having several webpages open at once, etc. The only other thing is that I'm using a wired USB mouse, but, again, I've used that before without problems. My computer's details are: 2.2 GHz MBP, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M graphics, running 10.7.4. Here's the log from the latest panic:

Sun Jul 22 13:28:03 2012

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c473a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80002885e9, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffff802be196b0, CR3: 0x000000000136d000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660

RAX: 0x0000000020000000, RBX: 0xffffff80008a0c20, RCX: 0xffffff800ce18dd8, RDX: 0xffffff8040e82d18

RSP: 0xffffff8040e82c30, RBP: 0xffffff8040e82f80, RSI: 0xffffff800d2c2000, RDI: 0xffffff80008a0c20

R8: 0xffffff800ce18d18, R9: 0xffffff8040e83204, R10: 0x0000000000000025, R11: 0xffffff80002d0025

R12: 0xffffff80008a0c20, R13: 0xffffff001376e000, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x000000001f0008d8

RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff80002885e9, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

CR2: 0xffffff802be196b0, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Faulting CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8040e828e0 : 0xffffff8000220792

0xffffff8040e82960 : 0xffffff80002c473a

0xffffff8040e82b10 : 0xffffff80002da0cd

0xffffff8040e82b30 : 0xffffff80002885e9

0xffffff8040e82f80 : 0xffffff800028b060

0xffffff8040e83070 : 0xffffff800028af9c

0xffffff8040e83160 : 0xffffff80006489e4

0xffffff8040e83270 : 0xffffff800064763b

0xffffff8040e832a0 : 0xffffff7f807791fe

0xffffff8040e83330 : 0xffffff800032ac1e

0xffffff8040e83380 : 0xffffff80002ea92b

0xffffff8040e83470 : 0xffffff80003197ce

0xffffff8040e834a0 : 0xffffff80002e939d

0xffffff8040e834d0 : 0xffffff80002e95aa

0xffffff8040e834f0 : 0xffffff80004d5f23

0xffffff8040e83550 : 0xffffff800050beb1

0xffffff8040e83570 : 0xffffff80005095aa

0xffffff8040e83680 : 0xffffff80004d8494

0xffffff8040e83810 : 0xffffff80004dbfef

0xffffff8040e83890 : 0xffffff80004e6273

0xffffff8040e83a40 : 0xffffff80003190a4

0xffffff8040e83a80 : 0xffffff80002f703a

0xffffff8040e83b00 : 0xffffff80002f5eac

0xffffff8040e83ba0 : 0xffffff800030b948

0xffffff8040e83d90 : 0xffffff800030bdad

0xffffff8040e83f50 : 0xffffff80005cd61b

0xffffff8040e83fb0 : 0xffffff80002daa13

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.7.1)[5DF14080-C47C-3393-9176-6A2CD3CFE1CB]@0x ffffff7f8076c000->0xffffff7f80790fff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd

Boot args: mbasd=1

Mac OS version:

11E53

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.0: Mon Apr 9 19:32:15 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.26.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: A8ED611D-FB0F-3729-8392-E7A32C5E7D74

System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 8661322373697

last loaded kext at 7818513141011: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC 4.1.17 (addr 0xffffff7f80797000, size 16384)

last unloaded kext at 7878645778198: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC 4.1.17 (addr 0xffffff7f80797000, size 12288)

loaded kexts:

net.tunnelblick.tun 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.5f11

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.9

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.26

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.2.0f3

com.apple.GeForce 7.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.5.8

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 5.0.0d0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.1.9

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.2d6

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.1d2

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.2

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros21 431.14.10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 5.0.0d0

com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.5f11

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 225.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 225.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 225.2

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 312

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.2.0

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 33

com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.2.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.0.3

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.8.9

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 4.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 4.4.5

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 4.5.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 193.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.2.30

com.apple.security.quarantine 1.3

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 193.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.5

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.2.0f3

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 5.0.0d0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.3

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 7.1.8

com.apple.NVDAResman 7.1.8

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.4

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.2.0f3

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.2.0f3

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 80.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.3d8

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.6fc17

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.0.16

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.0.16

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.2

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.2

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 420.3

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.1.0d17

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.5f11

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.5f11

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 4.4.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 4.5.3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 4.5.8

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 3.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.4.5

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.0.8

com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 4.5.8

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 4.5.8

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 177.5

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 331.6

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.18

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.5

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6.8

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I'm basically wondering whether the log points to a specific application, hardware, peripheral, etc, that might be causing them, as unfortunately I have no idea how to disect the code!

Thanks in advance!

(After reverting back from 10.7.4, thanks to some lucky backup) Is anyone trying to move directly from 10.7.3 to Mountain Lion?

If someone does, please let us know what about KPs in the new OS.

No KPS since 10.8 upgrade directly from 10.7.3.

However, Handbrake keeps giving me a white screen with restart. Not sure if it's just handbrake or a general thing.