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User profile for user: tim_ksa
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MacBook Pro (Mid 2010) crashes continuously

My MacBook crashes continuously for about a month now (started while using OS X Lion). My thought was to wait for Mountain Lion, make a clean install (formatting HDD) and then this should be resolved. Well, it didn't work. Still crashing while using more than 3-4 apps at the same time. All updates installed.


I really hope that someone is able to help me here. I already tried to run the Apple Hardware Test, but it's not available on my machine...


My guess it's that this might be a hardware problem, as it happened with Lion before.


This is the error report from the last crash (20 minutes ago):


Interval Since Last Panic Report: 106751 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 7

Anonymous UUID: 6A45F5E6-D4D3-4968-A933-5F141041D77F



Sun Jul 29 11:04:45 2012

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f96561c85): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8129b40000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8106be37e0 : 0xffffff8015e1d5f6

0xffffff8106be3850 : 0xffffff7f96561c85

0xffffff8106be38e0 : 0xffffff7f9665b5b7

0xffffff8106be3940 : 0xffffff7f9665b62b

0xffffff8106be39b0 : 0xffffff7f96970883

0xffffff8106be3af0 : 0xffffff7f9668175d

0xffffff8106be3b20 : 0xffffff7f9656b9e6

0xffffff8106be3bd0 : 0xffffff7f965670b8

0xffffff8106be3dc0 : 0xffffff7f96568ac6

0xffffff8106be3ea0 : 0xffffff7f964fc324

0xffffff8106be3ef0 : 0xffffff7f97ffa71f

0xffffff8106be3f40 : 0xffffff7f97ff98e7

0xffffff8106be3f60 : 0xffffff8015e3dcae

0xffffff8106be3fb0 : 0xffffff8015eb2677

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[6A699209-FB98-316B-A3C0-DCA82AA8C86B]@0xffffff7f964fa 000->0xffffff7f967fcfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8C9E06A4-13D0-33F5-A377-9E36F0ECC229]@0xffffff 7f9646f000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[E37F420A-B5CD-38ED-9441-5247583B6ACE]@0xff ffff7f964e6000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[5D671681-D21B-3CCA-9810-B15E648C1B27]@0 xffffff7f964a3000

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9CD95A4A-FD94-349E-A4B6-FC3B74E197F5]@0xffffff7f9 680a000->0xffffff7f96b2cfff

dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[6A699209-FB98-316B-A3C0-DCA82AA8C86B]@0xffffff7f964 fa000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8C9E06A4-13D0-33F5-A377-9E36F0ECC229]@0xffffff 7f9646f000

com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.12.69)[FBC949AC-F94D-39CD-96A0-C6F121EA7546]@0xffffff 7f97ff8000->0xffffff7f98007fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8C9E06A4-13D0-33F5-A377-9E36F0ECC229]@0xffffff 7f9646f000

dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.2.0d16)[41B414E9-EC1E-3724-A158-14FD4 8712B0C]@0xffffff7f96f9f000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[E37F420A-B5CD-38ED-9441-5247583B6ACE]@0xff ffff7f964e6000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[5D671681-D21B-3CCA-9810-B15E648C1B27]@0 xffffff7f964a3000



BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task



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: 0x0000000015c00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8015e00000

System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)



System uptime in nanoseconds: 4445021361477

last loaded kext at 17879966952: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60 (addr 0xffffff7f97807000, size 32768)

last unloaded kext at 227031850441: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.1.5 (addr 0xffffff7f96ddc000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.0f2

com.apple.GeForce 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.2d6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 235.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 235.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1

com.apple.BootCache 34

com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.1

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.2.0

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 600.15.20

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.5

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.0

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.2.5b3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

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.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc9

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.2

com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f8

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.0f2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 8.0.0

com.apple.NVDAResman 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.4

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.4

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.3d11

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 235.7

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 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.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0

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: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f16

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533641465238432D47372020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533641465238432D47372020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.20)

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f8 10405, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: ST9500420ASG, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 7

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0237, 0xfa120000 / 4

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 3

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

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 4

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 3

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 29, 2012 1:26 AM

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User profile for user: pieralex
pieralex
User level: Level 1
15 points

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 3:54 AM

gfxCardStatus will definitely help but I am afraid it will not solve your problem unless you are happy to work with the Intel GPU.


You should definitely get a Genius Bar appointment and ask them to run a video test (issue TS4088).


I assume your Macbook is not under warranty unless you have Apple Care but the "replacement program" will be free if your computer is positive at the test they have for that specific problem.

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User profile for user: 1Cellar_Door2
1Cellar_Door2
User level: Level 1
9 points

Sep 22, 2012 9:48 AM in response to DJonePL

With Snow Leopard, no problems and I used it more intensively than I do now, mixing video, sligeshows and music. Lion, started random crashing, black screen and no warning messages. Heck of a time to get it rebooted. Thought Mountain Lion would resolve but made my Mail and iTunes (with respect to movie store, but that saves me money) fairly unusable. If I click a link in email, down it goes, blank screen but them an error message pops up. If I click link in email from with Firefox, no problem. Guess it's helpful I have a duplicatable problem for when I take it in to Genius staff...

User profile for user: MacCreation
MacCreation
User level: Level 1
0 points

Jul 1, 2013 1:34 AM in response to tim_ksa

Hey Guys


I have the same kernel panics since a few months with the NVRAM read error. Bought my MacBook Pro in August 2010, so I would be within the warranty for the known issue.


My Problem is, I replaced my optical drive with an SSD one year ago. I did this change by my self. So, will they change my LB as well for free even if they notice that I've opened my MacBook and did some changes?

Or should I put in the optical drive again before the Genius appointment and hope, they dont get it?


Greets Creation

User profile for user: vbdcb
vbdcb
User level: Level 1
0 points

Jul 10, 2013 12:28 PM in response to tim_ksa

I have the same issue as described above, but the machine (Mid-2010 MBP) PASSED the video test last week. I am at a loss on where to go from here. When I was trying to rebuild the machine with a fresh install of both Lion and Mountain, the machine crashed several times. Very frustrating. Any ideas out there?

User profile for user: Armageddonx7
Armageddonx7
User level: Level 1
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Nov 29, 2013 3:42 AM in response to Saxifraga

Does this thread aply to the 17" because I'm experiencing some of the same issiues.

And even worse, after 3,5years it destroyed the apple 500GB hdd. Noise, scratchy and tikking, the drive dissapears.

So I bought, without thinking or searching google, a Hitachi Travelstar 5K1500 the biggest 2,5" 9,5mm I could find. Works like a charm. New OS from dvd, all updates, updated for free to Mavericks again all updates.

..... it lasted a couple of days😠. A 100,- euro hdd gone bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8SEeA-7Jz4&list=UUpBrGlE5rwcz7RTUvT4a5MA


Same noise, same problem.

The first screen distortion happend within a year. Never thougt that it would be a hardware thing but driver thing and waited for updates. Al lot of updates came, I never paid for updates so OS stopped at 10.6.8

Mean while I trried a lot of things, with 500GB on sata>usb cable on winXP and 1,5TB still mounted in 17"MBP 6,1.

Gparted did start with MBP 500GB, also the 500GB sata cable win7 combo booted Gparted, first partition broken and !-mark.

Gparted didn't start with MBP 1,5TB, error something with "no screen"?!

Trail Stellar Phoenix mac recovery on windows, mentioned first block unmounted or something like that. And freezes so no further info, rapport doesn't safe.

User profile for user: Armageddonx7
Armageddonx7
User level: Level 1
0 points

Nov 30, 2013 3:01 AM in response to tim_ksa

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-4RBE4MNS-D.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-EJXERAT8-D.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-47TN46YK-D.jpg[/img]

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-LBKSFHX3-D.jpg[/img]

No screen, maybe gpu disaster?

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-VNPITPFG-D.jpg[/img]

Noode size? B- Tree?

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-HU8CE8B4-D.jpg[/img]

Can't format any of the three partitions 500GB each.

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-RGFLO8NW-D.jpg[/img]

Hardware problem, change hdd😢. The drive is a RMA, hope to hear within 14 days.

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-KZELUUE7-D.jpg[/img]

Strange old os battery normal, in Mavericks attention required😕.

More hardware problems perhaps?

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-HJ4YVTMD-D.jpg[/img]

Running os X from a usb 128GB drive, slow but does the (websurfing) job.

[img]http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Foto-UGWTP3S4-D.jpg[/img]


Any input is appreciated.

Marco

User profile for user: Boagie99
Boagie99
User level: Level 1
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Dec 12, 2014 10:56 AM in response to tim_ksa

I have been fighting this for about a year now. I took mine into the Genius bar back in early 2014 and they told me nothing was wrong with my machine and there was nothing they could do. I and a huge Apple fan, but disappointed that they would not help me and now they have posted that they will not even look as of 12/1/2014. sad

User profile for user: skistar123
skistar123
User level: Level 1
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Dec 26, 2014 5:46 AM in response to tim_ksa

I'm also having this problem and unfortunately it only started in the summer, meaning my laptop is no longer eligible for the free fix.


My laptop's got some other problems too and I've just invested in an iMac. My question is, if I wipe my hard drive and do a clean install of Snow Leopard, will this help? 'Cause I'd really like to keep my laptop for as long as possible for its portableness. I won't care about having the latest versions of everything, I'll mainly just be using it for word processing and the internet, with the iMac as my main computer whilst at home.

User profile for user: bet124psu
bet124psu
User level: Level 1
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Jan 12, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Rezam88

So my issue at this point is not being able to run a second display. Going in and disabling automatic switching and then using the GFX card status seems to work find for me when just using my laptop. Problem is you can not plug in an external monitor when your gfx is set to "integrated only" which for me is Internal HD Graphics and not the Nvidia Geforce 330. Any ideas?


Now that we are outside the free repair window, what are people paying to have this repaired?

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