Constant Kernel Panics on OS X Mountain Lion.

mad531,

I've got the same exact problem and the best solution so far has been to downgrade. I really don't need the new features in Mountain Lion and was only upgrading to get the latest version of Safari. Now here I am back on Snow Leopard (the problem persisted in Lion), but at least I'm not crashing. I still do get the openGL panics on occasion when running 3D intensive applications, but only when I forget to switch to discrete mode before opening them. I really hope Apple/nVidia get to the bottom of this soon.

I had a problem for about a year or so where my screen would flicker. Apple told me they would have a fix, but months and months went by. Many people had their logic boards replaced to no avail and some even got brand new Macbook Pros after 2-3 logic board replacements. Finally, earlier this year Apple released an EFI update that once and for all fixed it. Now here we are again with another, more fatal, problem. I really hope it doesn't take another year for Apple to get it fixed, but at least there is hope that they will fix it.

Getting this kernel panic, udated to ML

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 10896 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 2

Anonymous UUID: BE626F93-FA3E-6474-A436-59914570E30F

Tue Oct 16 07:41:10 2012

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff802f2b7bd5): Kernel trap at 0xffffff802f2874b3, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000024, CR3: 0x0000000011ca2052, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0

RAX: 0x0000000000000024, RBX: 0xffffff8033bafaf0, RCX: 0x0000000000000024, RDX: 0x0000000000058514

RSP: 0xffffff81200a3c00, RBP: 0xffffff81200a3c20, RSI: 0x000000002231db52, RDI: 0xffffff803312d690

R8: 0xfffffffffffff000, R9: 0xffffff8042620cc0, R10: 0x0000000025910000, R11: 0x00000000ffffff00

R12: 0x0000000000128d2e, R13: 0xffffff803535ad40, R14: 0xffffff803312d690, R15: 0xffffff8032099000

RFL: 0x0000000000010207, RIP: 0xffffff802f2874b3, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000024, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff81200a38a0 : 0xffffff802f21d626

0xffffff81200a3910 : 0xffffff802f2b7bd5

0xffffff81200a3ae0 : 0xffffff802f2ce4ed

0xffffff81200a3b00 : 0xffffff802f2874b3

0xffffff81200a3c20 : 0xffffff802f288bb8

0xffffff81200a3c40 : 0xffffff802f288cf8

0xffffff81200a3c80 : 0xffffff802f276ce5

0xffffff81200a3ce0 : 0xffffff802f27be47

0xffffff81200a3d10 : 0xffffff802f275d34

0xffffff81200a3d40 : 0xffffff802f2751c0

0xffffff81200a3d80 : 0xffffff802f266b8c

0xffffff81200a3e70 : 0xffffff802f26a8f0

0xffffff81200a3ea0 : 0xffffff802f235a53

0xffffff81200a3ee0 : 0xffffff802f556607

0xffffff81200a3f50 : 0xffffff802f5563a9

0xffffff81200a3f60 : 0xffffff802f5e1533

0xffffff81200a3fb0 : 0xffffff802f2cea1d

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: cider

Mac OS version:

12C60

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333

Kernel slide: 0x000000002f000000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff802f200000

System model name: MacBookPro8,1 (Mac-94245B3640C91C81)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 775845568326

last loaded kext at 595124348505: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7fb1593000, size 229376)

last unloaded kext at 123115876879: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7fafb39000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f33

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.3

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.11

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.2d6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 235.4

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 2.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.2.5

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 602.15.22

com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.6

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.2.5b3

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.6

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.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc10

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f33

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.11

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.5

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.5

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.4d2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 235.7

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.2.5

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.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 2.1.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.4.0

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 28.21

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7.2

com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4

com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.68f98

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D534F344758334D314131333333433920

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D534F344758334D314131333333433920

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.22)

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9A302, 320.07 GB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: Kana Gaming Mouse, 0x1038, 0x1364, 0xfd120000 / 4

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 3

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0245, 0xfa120000 / 5

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 8

also get this one seems a bit different

Interval Since Last Panic Report: 673 sec

Panics Since Last Report: 2

Anonymous UUID: 24248CAD-895D-4AD9-8AD5-24743745EFC4

Mon Oct 15 21:55:44 2012

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80266b7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff80266876bc, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00000001163cc4d0, CR3: 0x000000007923603a, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0

RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0x0014184000010000, RCX: 0xffffff803b48b000, RDX: 0x0000000000000821

RSP: 0xffffff815276bb30, RBP: 0xffffff815276bb50, RSI: 0x000000002231db52, RDI: 0xffffff8029d83a38

R8: 0xffffff815276bc2c, R9: 0x000000000000c4f0, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000005

R12: 0xffffff8029d83a38, R13: 0xffffff8038d39640, R14: 0xffffff8038d39640, R15: 0x0000000005e1b000

RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff80266876bc, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000

Fault CR2: 0x00000001163cc4d0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff815276b7d0 : 0xffffff802661d5f6

0xffffff815276b840 : 0xffffff80266b7b95

0xffffff815276ba10 : 0xffffff80266ce4ad

0xffffff815276ba30 : 0xffffff80266876bc

0xffffff815276bb50 : 0xffffff802667b743

0xffffff815276bbf0 : 0xffffff802665e237

0xffffff815276bc10 : 0xffffff802665b519

0xffffff815276bc50 : 0xffffff802665eec3

0xffffff815276bdb0 : 0xffffff802666287a

0xffffff815276bf40 : 0xffffff80266b7f69

0xffffff815276bfb0 : 0xffffff80266ce3d1

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: ReportCrash

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: 0x0000000026400000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8026600000

System model name: MacBookPro8,1 (Mac-94245B3640C91C81)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 614174366980

last loaded kext at 22070102417: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7fa7e6f000, size 36864)

last unloaded kext at 111174460152: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.1.5 (addr 0xffffff7fa6f2b000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.0f2

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.3

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.2d6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 235.4

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.AppleUSBHub 5.1.6

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.5

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 600.15.20

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.1.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.2.2

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.2.5b3

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.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc9

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6

com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.0f2

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f8

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.6

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com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16

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.AppleSMC 3.1.3d11

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 1.8.5

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 1.2.5

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.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 2.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.0.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.0

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: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.68f98

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D534F344758334D314131333333433920

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D534F344758334D314131333333433920

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.20)

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

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9A302, 320.07 GB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 3

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0245, 0xfa120000 / 5

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 8

USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 2

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

Really starting to get anoyed with these...

holy my ****, what the beautiful font!

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: cider

cider is not a stability king. And games stress hardware badly.

question is basically in changed thermal throttling in nVidia GPU/drivers combo.

MacOs nVidia drivers are purely nVidia thing, Apple just include them in package.

Try go nVidia - there are Mac drivers page - and look for something new.

Not to question your advise but wondering how going to nVidia for something new when my macbook just has the HD3000 graphics?

as for the font, copied and pasted from notes lol been starting to keep record

that was for people with nvrm or nvda crash

haven't seen your crash log - so don't know.

You have no added kernel extensions, so these problems should belong to the Mac OS X kernel.

Cider is a bit of a hack, but problems in cider should cause a crash in cider, not take out the entire machine as this did.

Your second panic log, only 12 minutes later is more interesting to me. It is in the panic reporting routine, which should never crash.

Problems in multiple divergent areas may be caused by multiple different problems, or BOTH may be caused by a memory problem.

Overnight memory testing may be prudent.

Did a mem test, kernel panic and rebooted, ordered new ram and a hybrid hdd time to upgrade a bit. hopefully solves my issues. Thanks

ops, reading log missed who is author ) sorry

Sadly I am in complete agreement.....done it all, checked it all...so have the Genius bar...no hardware faults...lost an incredible amount of time re-installing, rebuilding...to no avail....

alajang-

I am sorry you are having trouble.

This is a User-to-User forum. Apple makes no promise of reading these posts, and NEVER replies here.

Your post includes no hard information, and does not even tell what Mac or what Mac OS X you are using.

if you would like Readers to help you, please post more particulars and description of what errors you are encountering, or some panic logs.

This thread already has over 100 entries, and at least five different problems are suspected. Saying, "Me, too!" to five different problems is not meaningful.

I had the Black Screen - Kernal Panics on my Mid 2010 Macbook Pro.

Apple Service bulletin regarding MacBook NVIDIA Hardware problems is here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4088

** Please note that Apple has extended the Warranty for THREE ADDITIONAL YEARS on the Mid 2010 Macbook Pro for the NVideo GPU "wiggling loose" from the Logic Board. The systems are sporadic.

Long Story Short:

I setup a Genius Appointment, and he ran a Video Test. It Passed!?!!

He said, " Don't worry...we'll replace your Logic Board for free anyway!!"

Parts and labor would have been around $560. Yikes!

It took 5 days to order the part. (e-mailed notice to bring in my laptop)

It took 2 days to install the part. So I was only out a laptop for 2 days.

Well, it's been 3 days, and NO Kernel Panics!

I think it is now fixed! I wish I had read this forum earlier.

It's worth making an appointment, and getting it looked at!!

I was very satisfied with the staff at Apple in the Tampa International Plaza!

And pleased that Apple stood by their hardware by extending the warrenty!

Nice work.

You dont by any chance have something called simplifile installed? From what I can gather its whats hooking up your machine at every KP and doesnt like your gfx card driver. If not then im out with this one.

Hi All-

any leads from the below?

Wed Oct 31 13:46:08 2012

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80140a27aa): "pmap_pv_remove(0xffffff80271d4b00, 0x10274a000, 0x14cbd, 0x14cbd024, 0xffffff8104d9bc34, 0xfffffe99250b3a50): pv not on hash, head: 0xffffff8026275a00, 0x108b88000"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/osfmk/i386/pmap_internal.h:826

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8104d9bb30 : 0xffffff801401d626

0xffffff8104d9bba0 : 0xffffff80140a27aa

0xffffff8104d9bc60 : 0xffffff80140a2b65

0xffffff8104d9bcb0 : 0xffffff8014066a1c

0xffffff8104d9bda0 : 0xffffff801406a8f0

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0xffffff8104d9bf50 : 0xffffff801401b6e1

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0xffffff8104d9bfb0 : 0xffffff80140ce4bc

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: sw_serverd

Boot args: arch=x86_64

Mac OS version:

12C60

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333

Kernel slide: 0x0000000013e00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8014000000

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

System uptime in nanoseconds: 474921129483

last loaded kext at 110129907358: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f9630f000, size 229376)

last unloaded kext at 253846775352: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7f94fea000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

com.rogueamoeba.InstantOnCore 6.0.1

com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn 6.0.1

com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f33

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.69

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.2.11

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0

com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.2d0

com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.GeForce 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.2.11

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33

com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.2d6

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 235.4

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 235.4

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15

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.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.1

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.2.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.6

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 602.15.22

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.2.5b3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0

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.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.3

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.0.9f33

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc10

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.1f2

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.1f2

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.2.0d16

com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 8.0.0

com.apple.NVDAResman 8.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.2.11

com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.10d0

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.5

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.4d2

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 235.7

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.5.1

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.5.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.2.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.2.5

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.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.2.5

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.2.1

com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 500.15

com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1

com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.4.0

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 28.21

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.6

com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7.2

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, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334248312D4346382020

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334248312D4346382020

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.81.22)

Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545050B9SA02, 500.11 GB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

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

USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4

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

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

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 5

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8

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