Kernel Panic

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Hi Apple Community,I have a 15" MacBook Pro. I bought it in August 2009.I have been suffering from kernel panics for a couple of days.I was running Lion and backed up my system using Time Machine.When I finished, there was a software update notice.And when I restarted, I got the kernel panics.I can start in safe mode now.I cleaned my mac using CCCleaner.Delete all the StartupItems in the folder.Ran Repair disk on both my mac and the backup disk.I still get kernel panics after all those.Oh, I updated into Mountain Lion hoping to slove the problem but didn&#x27;tCan anyone help??The following is the latest panic log I get:Mon Sep 24 19:20:43 2012panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002b7bd5): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f81133f8d, type 14&#x3D;page fault, registers:CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x0000000017faf000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff8062735000, RCX: 0x0000000001510000, RDX: 0xffffff800b839070RSP: 0xffffff80779b37f0, RBP: 0xffffff80779b3800, RSI: 0x0000000000007059, RDI: 0xffffff8062735000R8:  0xffffff806273801c, R9:  0xffffff80779b3484, R10: 0xffffff8009ec75f4, R11: 0xffffff8062675004R12: 0xffffff800b799800, R13: 0xffffff800b799800, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff80627355c0RFL: 0x0000000000010297, RIP: 0xffffff7f81133f8d, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address0xffffff80779b3490 : 0xffffff800021d626 0xffffff80779b3500 : 0xffffff80002b7bd5 0xffffff80779b36d0 : 0xffffff80002ce4ed 0xffffff80779b36f0 : 0xffffff7f81133f8d 0xffffff80779b3800 : 0xffffff7f81128994 0xffffff80779b3840 : 0xffffff7f8112930d 0xffffff80779b38a0 : 0xffffff7f8112a22d 0xffffff80779b3a20 : 0xffffff7f80ed63c7 0xffffff80779b3a90 : 0xffffff7f80ec2f69 0xffffff80779b3bc0 : 0xffffff7f80ec1fa0 0xffffff80779b3c30 : 0xffffff7f80ed6acd 0xffffff80779b3c60 : 0xffffff7f80e9a6ce 0xffffff80779b3cf0 : 0xffffff7f80e92e00 0xffffff80779b3d20 : 0xffffff7f80ed4b67 0xffffff80779b3d70 : 0xffffff8000633dbb 0xffffff80779b3dc0 : 0xffffff8000663ff7 0xffffff80779b3e30 : 0xffffff8000297d2f 0xffffff80779b3e80 : 0xffffff8000220aed 0xffffff80779b3eb0 : 0xffffff8000210448 0xffffff80779b3f00 : 0xffffff800021961b 0xffffff80779b3f70 : 0xffffff80002a5b16 0xffffff80779b3fb0 : 0xffffff80002ced53       Kernel Extensions in backtrace:         com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f80e89000-&gt;0xffffff7f80ebffff            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f80789000         com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f80ec0000-&gt;0xffffff7f80ed1fff            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f80e89000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f80789000         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[A4C53A36-22B6-3075-82B9-9DE612A9C015]@0xffffff7f80ed2 000-&gt;0xffffff7f811d4fff            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.1)[9901C237-547C-3B52-99DE-C4870A19E2B5]@0xffff ff7f80789000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7f80ec0000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7f80e89000BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServerBoot args: -xMac OS version:12C54Kernel version:Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64Kernel UUID: 69A5853F-375A-3EF4-9247-478FD0247333System model name: MacBookPro5,3 (Mac-F22587C8)System uptime in nanoseconds: 208552222734last loaded kext at 208383799785: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f81651000, size 28672)loaded kexts:com.rim.driver.BlackBerryUSBDriverInt          0.0.74com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.3com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.2.11com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.11com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver          235.4com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1com.apple.BootCache          34com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.2.5com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.2com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          602.15.22com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.4.0com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.1com.apple.nvenet          2.0.19com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.2.5com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0com.apple.security.quarantine          2com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.3com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f33com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f33com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.11com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.5com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.5com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          235.7com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.2.5com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.2.5com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.1com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7com.apple.security.sandbox          220com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.0com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.4.0com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0

BobbieMac · Answer

Had this problem and it was mainly caused by Google Chrome browser.   I simply had to stop using Chrome, the computer would not run for 5 minutes with Mountain Lion and Chrome.  Firefox works fine, so does Safari.  I have had one similar problem running Safari, but it is not a very big problem compared to running Chrome.    There are several other discussion threads open including some that point at Nvidia drivers.  Chrome is not the only problem, but most people are able to live with Mountain Lion after ceasing to use Chrome browser.

benver2007 · Answer

I had exactly the same repeating kernel panic. Luckily I had a recent backup of my complete boot drive and suspected a startup item. So I did a diff -r /backup/System/Library/Extensions /bootdisk/System/Library/Extensions and my boot disk had one extra directory: NVDAStartup.kext - I moved this directory out of /System/Library/Extensions and rebooted and presto! My macbook is OK again :-))PS. I went into single user mode by pressing Option-S (aka Alt-S) right after turning on the macbook.Good luck !