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I've gotten a kernel panic 4 times in a row while trying to reinstall lion osx from a flash drive to a reformatted hard drive. How is this possible when there's "nothing" on my computer?

My SSD failed and I was instructed to reformat my hard drive and restore my files. I erase my hard drive using Disk Utility and reinstalled Lion from a flash drive. While Lion is installing, I get a kernel panic. That's happened now four times in a row and I'm befuddled because I don't have anything on my computer to conflict right? Please help.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Mid-2009

Posted on Dec 7, 2012 9:41 AM

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Dec 7, 2012 10:44 AM in response to eubiedoo

eubiedoo wrote:


Do you think it's ram related?


No way to tell unless you test it. Like I said kernel panics are usually hardware related. Since your Macbook Pro is from the "2009" era, run the Hardware Test disc which you should already have - Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test


Apple Store diagnostic testings are FREE. It's the repairs you are responsible for if out of warranty.











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I've gotten a kernel panic 4 times in a row while trying to reinstall lion osx from a flash drive to a reformatted hard drive. How is this possible when there's "nothing" on my computer?

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