Lion MBP Crashes Every Hour – Help Save an Aging Mac?

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Lion MBP Crashes Every Hour – Help Save an Aging Mac?

Hello. I could do with some advice!

The Issue

Almost exactly an hour after starting up (as far as I can tell), apps become unresponsive, and the beachball appears. I can usually still move the mouse, but iTunes playback ceases and nothing else works. It does not depend on what I am doing at the time. The only way out is to force a shut-down using the power key.

This has happened repeatedly for the last two days. For the most recent crash, I had activity monitor open in the background so I could see what was going on – it stopped working 8-9 seconds before I could no longer send iChat messages.

Spec

My MBP is a bit of a Frankenstein's Monster – it is a 15" 2008 penrhyn model (with 2.4 GHz dual core). It originally came with Leopard, I think, but has since been upgraded to Lion via the App Store.

I have also upgraded the following: the RAM was replaced the day I got the Mac; the original hard drive was swapped out for a 500GB model two years ago; and about one year ago I stripped out the optical drive and replaced that with a 64GB SSD, which is now my boot drive. Another thing to note is that my battery ballooned recently so I have been using it without a battery installed (this has not been a problem).

My Progress

Here's a summary of what I've done so far and the results I've had:

Restarting: Obviously no dice.

Resetting the PRAM: No luck.

Hardware Test Mode: AHT was not installed with Lion, but I downloaded the SL copy posted in this thread. It ran (slowly) two or three times, but each time got stuck when testing the logic board (again, forcing me to do a hard shut-down).

Deleting new software: I uninstalled any software that I had picked up in the last week.

OnyX: I ran various cache cleaners using the OnyX app.

Safe Mode: I ran the system in safe mode, using it as normal. After an hour it crashed again.

So no luck so far – I can't tell if it's a hardware or software problem. I would love it to be a software problem because I would like it if my MBP lasted a little while longer. If anyone has any suggestions as to what else to try, they would be welcome.

I would happily post a log if needed, but I'm not sure where to find one (it doesn't come up with a crash report when the Mac comes back on).

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Apr 15, 2013 2:40 PM

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Mrlemonjelly Author

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Apr 16, 2013 8:23 AM in response to Mrlemonjelly

As an little update, I've tried some more things:

Reinstalling Lion from the Recovery Disk: Tried overnight, then this afternoon as well. Both times it spent a very long time (think 6-7 hours) downloading additional files (I have very slow internet here!) before crashing at approximately 90% completion.

I made a install partition on an external drive when I downloaded Lion – the next step is trying to reinstall the system from that.

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Answer 2

Jun 9, 2013 8:36 PM in response to Mrlemonjelly

Hi Mrlemonjelly - did you ever find a solution to this? I am also having the issue you describe. I have a MBP with a SSD and a 750GB regular harddrive. I am running MAC OS 10.7.5

Thanks for posting your findings.

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Answer 3

Jun 9, 2013 8:46 PM in response to Mrlemonjelly

Hardware Test Mode: AHT was not installed with Lion, but I downloaded the SL copy posted in this thread. It ran (slowly) two or three times, but each time got stuck when testing the logic board (again, forcing me to do a hard shut-down).

Apple hardware Test has a reputation for false negatives.

Not being able to run the diagnostic is an indication of a serious Hardware problem.

Use this article to check for kernel panic logs:

Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panic

If no stored logs, use console to read out the last 20 lines stored before the restart, and cut-and-paste them here.

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Jun 9, 2013 9:07 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Hi Grant - I wonder if you can help me -

These are the last lines after a crash this morning in the system.log

Jun 10 09:39:14: --- last message repeated 10 times ---

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:6258/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:10191/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:14821/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:24861/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:25007/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:14 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:38151/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:46360/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:49801/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:55730/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:59483/2 or is shutting down?

Jun 10 09:39:15 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] close: [object CloseEvent]

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[139] (0x7fa7b2d00d00.anonymous.CS5ServiceManag[210]): The following job tried to hijack the service "com.adobe.csi.CS5ServiceManager" from this job: com.adobe.CS5ServiceManager

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[139] (com.apple.mrt.uiagent[219]): Exited with code: 255

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[139] (com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-beccabaldwin08@me.com-SharedServices[234]): Exited with code: 1

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[139] (com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices[235]): Exited with code: 1

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro 1PasswordAgent[233]: Starting 1PasswordAgent 3.8.19 #31419 built Apr 19 2012 13:26:48

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro 1PasswordAgent[233]: Trying to load Localizable.strings [English] from the main bundle

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro 1PasswordAgent[233]: Cannot find English version, using English localization for Localizable.strings

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro 1PasswordAgent[233]: reloadAllObjects

Jun 10 09:39:23 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro 1PasswordAgent[233]: Database (AGHtmlDatabase:file://localhost/Users/rebecca/Dropbox/1Password/1Password.agil ekeychain/) load time [Cache]: 0.036+0.004 (710 objects)

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: Entered INJECT_pthread_entry

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: Installing event loop timer

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: proc: 0x1051e9e5b

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: upp: 0x1051e9e5b

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: InstallEventLoopTimer: 0x7fff8aa8404e

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: GetMainEventLoop: 0x7fff8aa45749

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: timer installed!

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: Loading /Library/DropboxHelperTools/Dropbox_u502/DropboxBundle.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Dr opboxBundle

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: Dropbox: dlopen returned: 0x7feaf69b8700

Jun 10 09:39:26 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro com.apple.Finder[163]: module initializer in main thread?: 1

Jun 10 09:39:29 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[149]: info: onepassword: [AGENT] connected to port 6258

Jun 10 09:39:56 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro Mail[153]: unsupported header criterion todocompletionstate

AND BELOW: The Freeze an hour later before hard restart

Jun 9 22:10:30 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro Mail[151]: unsupported header criterion todocompletionstate

Jun 9 22:10:38: --- last message repeated 8 times ---

Jun 9 22:10:38 Rebeccas-MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x9009].org.mozilla.firefox[147]: error: onepassword: [AGENT] socket error: [object Event]; readyState=3. Perhaps Helper is not running on ws://127.0.0.1:6258/2 or is shutting down?