Kernel Panics in 10.7.4

Ok, so some talk of faulty memory but the very majority in this thread has the same problem as I do. A perfectly well working computer that suddenly starts getting multiple kernel panics right after upgrading from 10.7.3. I haven't tried Mountain Lion, should I?

In my case, the memory module is working fine in 10.7.3 but as soon as I upgraded to 10.7.4 kernel panics started to appear. I thought that 10.8 had it fixed but it still gives the same kernel panics. So I'm back at 10.7.3.

An Apple Support Member told me that this is still under investigation.

Yesterday I was getting KP's every half-hour on my Mac Pro Dual Core with 10.7.4. I do not have any peripheral equipment. The system has one extra internal harddrive. I mainly use Adobe CS4 and Final Cut Pro (7.03). The KPs were random. Apple memory only. Many times the machine seemed to randomly log out and back in.

I did the following:

1) Repaired permissions: Nothing to repair. No problems found.

2) Ran Apple's hardware test. No problems found.

3) Rebooted with Command "R." Reinstalled the OS software. Twice it came back with an error that it was unable to download the necessary components. It finally went through and reinstalled 10.7.4.

4) The reinstall messed up Adobe CS4. I could open Photoshop, but when I tried to create or open a file a dialog would pop up indicating that there was a problem with version cue client. Closing this dialog caused Photoshop to quit.

5) Reinstalled the affected Adobe software which fixed the problem.

So far, I've had zero Kernel Panics. Fingers crossed.

And another this morning....

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 21833 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 2

Anonymous UUID: F4E78156-1C88-4E95-BD54-8471AF43A289

Mon Aug 6 08:10:24 2012

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80230b7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80230876bc, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000020000000028, CR3: 0x0000000069fec055, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0

RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0x0000020000000000, RCX: 0xffffff8041c80000, RDX: 0x0000000000000821

RSP: 0xffffff81836e34b0, RBP: 0xffffff81836e34d0, RSI: 0x00000000283baec0, RDI: 0xffffff80286190b8

R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0xffffff802b7ae8e0, R10: 0xffffff80236bcc20, R11: 0xffffff7fa357c4e2

R12: 0xffffff80286190b8, R13: 0xffffff80417369d0, R14: 0xffffff80417369c0, R15: 0x000000013b79b000

RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff80230876bc, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x0000020000000028, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff81836e3150 : 0xffffff802301d5f6

0xffffff81836e31c0 : 0xffffff80230b7b95

0xffffff81836e3390 : 0xffffff80230ce4ad

0xffffff81836e33b0 : 0xffffff80230876bc

0xffffff81836e34d0 : 0xffffff802307fe3a

0xffffff81836e37f0 : 0xffffff8023386522

0xffffff81836e3820 : 0xffffff80230e516c

0xffffff81836e39b0 : 0xffffff80230e3079

0xffffff81836e3c10 : 0xffffff80230e2fb5

0xffffff81836e3c40 : 0xffffff80232f0a52

0xffffff81836e3ca0 : 0xffffff80232f03a7

0xffffff81836e3d40 : 0xffffff80232f0170

0xffffff81836e3d90 : 0xffffff80231133f2

0xffffff81836e3dd0 : 0xffffff80230f2017

0xffffff81836e3e00 : 0xffffff80230ee909

0xffffff81836e3e20 : 0xffffff802310860f

0xffffff81836e3e70 : 0xffffff802334c56c

0xffffff81836e3ee0 : 0xffffff8023348b6f

0xffffff81836e3f30 : 0xffffff802334af60

0xffffff81836e3f60 : 0xffffff80233e14e3

0xffffff81836e3fb0 : 0xffffff80230ce9dd

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: uTorrent

Mac OS version:

12A269

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 8D5F8EF3-9D12-384B-8070-EF2A49C45D24

Kernel slide: 0x0000000022e00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8023000000

System model name: iMac12,2 (Mac-942B59F58194171B)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 931564926375

last loaded kext at 32421785625: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7fa4a11000, size 36864)

last unloaded kext at 149349747855: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.1.5 (addr 0xffffff7fa399d000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 75.15

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.0f2

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.0.0

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10

com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 8.0.0

com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.3

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.1.0

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 34

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.1.6

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.2.5b3

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.5

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros40 600.70.23

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39

com.apple.security.quarantine 2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 196.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 165.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 165.5

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 235.27

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc9

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.2

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily 19.0.26

com.apple.kext.AMD6000Controller 8.0.0

com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.0f2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.3d11

com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSink 1.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltEDMSource 1.1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.4

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7

com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 2.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.6.1

com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1

com.apple.security.sandbox 220

com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7

com.apple.driver.DiskImages 344

com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.18

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Model: iMac12,2, BootROM IM121.0047.B1F, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.7 GHz, 12 GB, SMC 1.72f2

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770M, AMD Radeon HD 6770M, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3231554538424655302D444A2D4620

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3231554538424655302D444A2D4620

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0000, 0x563031443353463447423236383236383133

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x0000, 0x563031443353463447423236383236383133

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.70.23-P2P

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-403AA0, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfd110000 / 4

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 3

USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0xfa111000 / 5

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x850b, 0xfa200000 / 2

I'm really angry now. This is my main computer and it's next to useless at the moment.

APPLE... Say something......

I spoke too soon. Despite not having a KP for nearly 20 hours they came back with a vengeance. Reinstalling the OS has not improved the situation.

I can't find a consistency to the Kernal Panics on my iMac, although they seem to be in response to initiating too many process threads (my clicking in a number of applications). If I explore Console to see a pattern - I can't find one. As I have a 10.8 install also on my MacBook Pro I can compare.

I've been doing a lot today, some heavy processing and piping and so far so good. What is interesting is that power recycles are quick and usually solve the problem. I still clear caches and Repair Permission and PRAM & SMC Resets, although not for a whole day now!

I'm looking forward to a system update from Apple - can't help thinking they're working on this. I remember early iOS problems which were ironed out very well in the end (as millions of consumers may testify).

When I installed 10.7.4, I immediately began experiencing multiple kernel panics (at random times; sometimes while the machine had been sitting idle for several minutes). This is an iMac (early 2009 20 inch), model iMac9,1. The only remedy was to painfully (because I didn't have an immediately recent backup) go back to 10.7.3. As I've said before, I suspect these panics were caused by the fact that my hard drive is not original to the machine — I had to upgrade to a 1.5 T disk (Seagate), the original disk was only 350 G, and I was replacing an earlier iMac with a 500 G drive.

This possible cause obviously does not address those with MBPs who have not upgraded their disks.

However, I'm quite leery of upgrading to ML, fearing that the programming which caused the KPs in 10.7.4 is still there.

Question: anyone out there using ML on an iMac with an upgraded hard drive?

Hi everyone. I have been plagued with the 10.7.4 kernal panics and was contacted by apple support. Very helpful and was told that it seems that computers that have been upgraded in any way are having problems. Surprise, surprise I had upgraded to 8GB Ram (G-Skill) and even thought there were no reported problems with the memory with Memtest and Apples own Hardware memory testing, when I changed back to the original 4GB - everything is fine!

I upgraded to 10.8 and still rock steady .... Look, I know I may have just been lucky, but in this thread I have noticed more and more comments about new hard drives, memory modules etc been in the machines that are failing.

This worked for me. Good luck .... Hope my luck holds out!

Thanks. I guess this reply is quite useful in understanding what's going on with our macs.

Anyway... none of us just upgrated their computer "for fun", so I don't think that coming back to the previous configuration could be considered a suitable answer.

In my (always perfectly working) Macbook unibody late 2008, I just had 2 GB of RAM memory and a 160GB HD in the original configuration. Absolutely not enough for considering an hardware restore - and actually, not enough for upgrading to ML too.

I know where you are coming from, my move to 8GB was out of a need to get more from my MAC and now I have it sitting next to my machine and not in it. I'm not happy, but at least I can get my work done. Apple seem to have designed their software, in particular 10.7.4 to be more sensitive to different hardware configurations. They have messed up somewhere and I don't think they really know where. I was lucky to have a more recent system then yours and able to roll back my hardware. Again, I'm not happy, but I'm working.

Agree. Replacing the hard drive in an iMac is no picnic. I'm not about to take out the 1.5 TB drive and replace it with the original 350 G drive just so I can run ML without KPs. Waiting for a fix from Apple...

My KPs were due to ram incompatible with 10.7.4 and 10.8. After exchanging the ram from Crucial (which I bought on amazon), KPs went bye-bye.

All, please check out the following article (TS4088) regarding this issue if you have a mid-2010 15" MBP. This is a hardware issue and won't be repaired or fixed without Apple's involvement.

Good luck!

Just to let everyone know, I took my MBP into a Genius Bar. They have a specific test for the mid-2010 MBP that identified the VSI system on my laptop as bad. According to my "Genius", this affects 15" MBPs built from April through June of 2010. The good news is I'm getting a replacement motherboard for free, even though my Applecare ran out 6 weeks ago. It is apparently covered for the first 3 years from purchase, but is at Apple's option thereafter. It is a $390 if you have to pay for it yourself. Unfortunately, they don't stock the motherboard so it has to go to an Apple depot to be fixed and will take from 3-5 days.

I'd urge everyone with a 15" mid-2010 MacBook Pro who is experiencing intermittent kernel panics to read TS4088and to take their laptop and a copy of the article to a Genius Bar so that it can be propertly identified and repaired. There is a test specifically for this model that can identify whether the video chip subsystem is at fault.