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Kernel Panic **help**

Hi I am asking for some help with my sisters old 15" PB G4 - A1106.


When it is powered on there is a kernel panic on the great screen with the apple background:


System Failure: cpu=0; code= 00000009 (invalid pmap)

latest crash info for cpu=0

exception state (sv=0x432AAA00)

PC=0x0009FDD0; MSR=02003000; DAR=0xFFFFE8F0;

backtrace terminated - unaligned frame address: 0xFC14FC21

proceeding back via exception chain:

exception state (sv=0x423AAA00)

Kernal version

Darwin Kernal Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26 PDT 2007; root xnu-792.24.17~1/ RELEASE PPC


Has anyone any idea what all this means?


Thanks


Garry


Posted on Aug 10, 2012 8:27 PM

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Aug 11, 2012 6:24 AM in response to garrywestwelluk

Can you post some of your crash logs? Might be a clue. See Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panichttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT2546


Understanding crash logs isn’t easy and it’s hard (sometimes impossible) to decipher the cause of the problem. Take a look at Apple’s Crash Reporter document at http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2004/tn2123.html Also look at Tutorial: An introduction to reading Mac OS X crash reports

http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060309075929717


Kernel panics are usually caused by a hardware problem – frequently RAM, a USB device or a Firewire device. What external devices do you have connected? When trying to troubleshoot problems, disconnect all external devices except your monitor, keyboard and mouse. Do you experience the same problems?


To eliminate RAM being the problem, Look at this link: Testing RAM @ http://guides.macrumors.com/Testing_RAM Then download & use Memtest & Ramber.


Do you have an Apple Hardware Test disc (the AHT is on the Install/Restore DVD that came with your Mac)? Running the Apple Hardware Test in Loop Mode is an excellent troubleshooting step for finding intermittent hardware problems. It is especially useful when troubleshooting intermittent kernel panics. If Loop Mode is supported by the version of the Apple Hardware Test you are using, you run the Extended Test in Loop Mode by pressing Control-L before starting the test. Looping On should appear in the right window. Then click the Extended Test button.The test will run continuously until a problem is found. If a problem is found, the test will cease to loop, indicating the problem it found. If the test fails, be sure to write down the exact message associated with the failure.In some cases, RAM problems did not show up until nearly 40 loops, so give it a good run.


May be a solution on one of these links.


http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106227What's a "kernel panic"? (Mac OS X)


http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.htmlMac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ


http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.htmlMac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ


http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.htmlResolving Kernel Panics


http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060911080447777Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics


http://macosg.com/group/viewtopic.php?t=80012-Step Program to Isolate Freezes and/or Kernel Panics


 Cheers, Tom 😉

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