iMac 21.5 Mid 2011 keeps crashing (kernel panics)
The cause for these crashes is most likely that I moved the Mac from office to my kitchen where, as I found out later on, power plugs were not grounded.
If fixed that and crashes occur much less frequent now, but they still occur.
What I did:
- I fixed permissions, no problems left
- I checked the disks, no problems found
- I rand hardware diagnostics (starting w/ alt-D) no problems found
- OS and software are all updated
- I updated the firmware to the latest version
The next step should probably be to bring the Mac to the next apple store. Alas, experience with my local app store is not very encouraging.
Do you have any suggestion what I can do before I spend ages (days or weeks) in a north african apple store or reinstall the OS?
There crahes usually happen when the box is under heavy load. I can't put my finger on it but a lot of Wifi network traffic (copying Gigabytes) and/or listening to music seems to make crashes more likely to happen.
Panic reports have various causes, the last one related to the audio service. But that can just as well be a coincidence (other crashes happened elsewhere):
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 143384 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 6
Anonymous UUID: 0E8D2A52-92E7-5C24-758D-0723F23B6F70
Sat Jan 26 13:16:09 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff802d4b7bd5): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7faeefd08c, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000000000000c, CR3: 0x000000000bb0501f, CR4: 0x00000000000606e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000000200, RCX: 0xffffff80490cd060, RDX: 0xffffff7faef43d6f
RSP: 0xffffff818d77bb50, RBP: 0xffffff818d77bb90, RSI: 0xffffff7faef62660, RDI: 0xffffff80490cd060
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000070, R13: 0x0000000000000070, R14: 0xffffff8047ee0000, R15: 0xffffff81bb695000
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7faeefd08c, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000000000000c, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff818d77b7f0 : 0xffffff802d41d626
0xffffff818d77b860 : 0xffffff802d4b7bd5
0xffffff818d77ba30 : 0xffffff802d4ce4ed
0xffffff818d77ba50 : 0xffffff7faeefd08c
0xffffff818d77bb90 : 0xffffff7faeeecdea
0xffffff818d77bc60 : 0xffffff7faefb24fb
0xffffff818d77bcc0 : 0xffffff7faefb291a
0xffffff818d77bd60 : 0xffffff7fae62787f
0xffffff818d77bdb0 : 0xffffff7fae627673
0xffffff818d77bdd0 : 0xffffff7fae62745b
0xffffff818d77be50 : 0xffffff7fae62205a
0xffffff818d77bef0 : 0xffffff7fae621cfa
0xffffff818d77bf30 : 0xffffff802d866e4e
0xffffff818d77bf70 : 0xffffff802d4a5b16
0xffffff818d77bfb0 : 0xffffff802d4ced53
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.8.9f10)[0616A409-B8AF-34AC-A27A-F99939D8BD48]@0 xffffff7fae616000->0xffffff7fae644fff
dependency: com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib(1.6)[E29D4200-5C5A-3A05-8A28-D3E26A985478]@0xfffff f7fae60f000
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib(2.3.1f2)[462137E5-EB47-3101-8FA8-F3AC82F2521B]@0xff ffff7faeee1000->0xffffff7faef97fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.8.9fc10)[0616A409-B8AF-34AC-A27A-F99939D8BD48]@ 0xffffff7fae616000
dependency: com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib(1.6)[E29D4200-5C5A-3A05-8A28-D3E26A985478]@0xfffff f7fae60f000
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA(2.3.1f2)[1EE24819-23E1-3856-B70C-DE8769D2B3F6]@0xffff ff7faefa0000->0xffffff7faf01afff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController(2.3.1f2)[C2BAE0DE-652D-31B4-8736-02F1593D23 46]@0xffffff7faeecb000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.5)[86DDB71C-A73A-3EBE-AC44-0BC9A38B9A44]@0xff ffff7fadff2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.8.9fc10)[0616A409-B8AF-34AC-A27A-F99939D8BD48]@ 0xffffff7fae616000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily(2.3.1f2)[9C95D2A5-6F93-3240-9512-C50D9D7FC51B]@0xff ffff7faee95000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.5)[803496D0-ADAD-3ADB-B071-8A0A197DA53D]@0 xffffff7fadfaf000
dependency: com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib(2.3.1f2)[462137E5-EB47-3101-8FA8-F3AC82F2521B]@0xff ffff7faeee1000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: coreaudiod
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: 0x000000002d200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802d400000
System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 4098136561844
last loaded kext at 1220607627920: com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.10.1.24 10.1.24 (addr 0xffffff7faf773000, size 32768)
last unloaded kext at 150049891339: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 (addr 0xffffff7fadd54000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
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com.vmware.kext.vmci 90.4.18
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp 4.1.14
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org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB 4.1.14
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv 4.1.14
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 75.15
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.9f33
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.1f2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 8.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 8.0.0
com.apple.AMDRadeonAccelerator 1.0.0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 8.0.0
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com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine 2
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com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.0.9f33
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Model: iMac12,1, BootROM IM121.0047.B1F, 4 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 12 GB, SMC 1.71f22
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424353302D444A2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424353302D444A2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x8502, 0x505344333447313333333253000000000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x8502, 0x505344333447313333333253000000000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.70.23-P2P
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.9f33 10885, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST3500418AS, 500,11 GB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x850b, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: iPad, apple_vendor_id, 0x12a6, 0xfa130000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8215, 0xfa111000 / 6
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: MTE-450, 0x056a (WACOM Co., Ltd.), 0x0065, 0xfd140000 / 5
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)