Random Mountain Lion Reboots

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I keep getting sporadic reboots with no specific app or times. Sometimes its once a day sometimes it&#x27;s once a week. I am always up to date with latest software and updates. No patterns at all exist with this reboot. I have tried repairing the hard drive in recovery per apples request but there were no errors and the hard drive was reported as functioning as it should. Here is a log of the error I pulled on the most recent reboot.Interval Since Last Panic Report:  425557 secPanics Since Last Report:          1Anonymous UUID:                    76BE3731-B183-6E69-E891-45987251A304Tue Oct  8 13:11:13 2013panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff802ec44491): "a freed zone element has been modified in zone: thread_call"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.48.11/osfmk/kern/zalloc.c:204Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address0xffffff80ae093d40 : 0xffffff802ec1d636 0xffffff80ae093db0 : 0xffffff802ec44491 0xffffff80ae093df0 : 0xffffff802ec43d52 0xffffff80ae093ed0 : 0xffffff802ec3d7bc 0xffffff80ae093f00 : 0xffffff802efc2180 0xffffff80ae093f60 : 0xffffff802efe94c3 0xffffff80ae093fb0 : 0xffffff802eccf130 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: finalizeMac OS version:12F37Kernel version:Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64Kernel UUID: B1B58405-A2B2-3C44-B25D-495053D52AB5Kernel slide:     0x000000002ea00000Kernel text base: 0xffffff802ec00000System model name: MacBookPro9,2 (Mac-6F01561E16C75D06)System uptime in nanoseconds: 428469521757273last loaded kext at 388759223677939: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver          237.1 (addr 0xffffff7fb0925000, size 12288)last unloaded kext at 388934335087148: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC          4.1.23 (addr 0xffffff7fb0911000, size 12288)loaded kexts:com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.7f2com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.13.12com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          1.0.0com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.1.7f2com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          124com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.4.7fc2com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.12com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.4.5com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.4.7fc2com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.3com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.3d0com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.11d1com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics          8.1.6com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          8.1.6com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.3.5com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.3d1com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          237.1com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          237.1com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1com.apple.BootCache          34com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.6com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.5com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.4.3com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.6.2b4com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          623.4.4com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.9com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          615.20.17com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.6.6com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          630.4.5com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          621.4.6com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          214.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.8com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.8com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39com.apple.security.quarantine          2.1com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          214.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport          4.1.7f2com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.4.7fc2com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.9.2fc7com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.12com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.4.7fc2com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.4.7fc2com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.4com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.1.7f2com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin          1.0.0com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.4.1d11com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily          74.15com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.4.5com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.7com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.7com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.5d4com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          237.3com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          623.4.0com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter          2.5.0com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          2.5.0com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.3.2com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          621.4.6com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          621.4.0com.apple.driver.CoreStorage          296.18.2com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.6com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.5com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.6com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          1.9.2com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.7.7com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          630.4.4com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          530.5com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.5.1com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          630.4.5com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.1com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1com.apple.security.sandbox          220.3com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7com.apple.driver.DiskImages          345com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.8com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.8com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0Model: MacBookPro9,2, BootROM MBP91.00D3.B08, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.5 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 2.2f41Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 512 MBMemory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424455302D474E2D4620Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3230554638424455302D474E2D4620AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)Bluetooth: Version 4.1.7f2 12718, 3 service, 13 devices, 3 incoming serial portsNetwork Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384, 500.11 GBSerial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970HUSB Device: hub_device, 0x8087  (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1a100000 / 2USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8509, 0x1a110000 / 3USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087  (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1d100000 / 2USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2513, 0x1d180000 / 3USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0252, 0x1d183000 / 6USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x1d182000 / 5USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1d181000 / 4USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821d, 0x1d181300 / 7

Kappy · Accepted Answer

What is "Finalize?" It would appear it was where the panic started. Note the line in the log: BSD process name corresponding to current thread: finalize. Not sure if that may mean something. Does the same line appear in any other panic logs you still have?Random panics often are caused by a hardware issue such as failing RAM. You may need to take it in for service. You can attempt to run a hardware test:Using Apple Hardware TestOS X Mountain Lion- Use Apple Hardware TestIntel-based Macs- Using Apple Hardware Test

Linc Davis · Answer

That panic was not caused by third-party software. If the problem is recurrent, the possibilities are:A stale or corrupt kernel cacheA damaged OS X installationA fault in a peripheral device, if anyCorrupt non-volatile memory (NVRAM)An internal hardware fault (including incompatible memory)An obscure bug in OS XYou may already have ruled out some of these.    Rule out #1 by booting in safe mode and then rebooting as usual. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.    You can rule out #2 and #3 by reinstalling the OS and testing with non-essential peripherals disconnected and aftermarket expansion cards removed, if applicable. Sometimes a clean reinstallation may solve a problem that isn&#x27;t solved by reinstalling in place.Corrupt NVRAM, which rarely causes panics, can be ruled out by resetting it.If your model has user-replaceable memory, and you&#x27;ve upgraded the memory modules, reinstall the original memory and see whether there&#x27;s any improvement. Be careful not to touch the gold contacts. Clean them with a mild solvent such as rubbing alcohol. Aftermarket memory must exactly match the technical specifications for your model.The Apple Hardware Test or Apple Diagnostics, though generally unreliable, will sometimes detect a fault. A negative test can&#x27;t be depended on. Run the extended version of the test.In the category of obscure bugs, reports suggest that FileVault may trigger kernel traps under some unknown conditions. Most, though not all, of these reports seem to involve booting from an aftermarket SSD. If those conditions apply to you, try deactivating FileVault.   Connecting more than one display is another reported trigger for OS X bugs.   If your system is not fully up to date, running Software Update might get you a bug fix.In rare cases, a malformed network packet from a defective router or other network device can cause panics. Such packets could also be sent deliberately by a skillful attacker. This possibility is something to consider if you run a public server that might be the target of such an attack.If none of the above applies, make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested. You may have to leave it there for several days. There isn&#x27;t much point in doing this unless you can reproduce the panic, or if you can&#x27;t, it happens often enough that it&#x27;s likely to be repeated at the store. Otherwise you may be told that nothing is wrong.Print the first page of the panic report and bring it with you.Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you know how to restore, and you have at least  two independent backups.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair*An SSD doesn&#x27;t need to be zeroed.

alexcgrade · Answer

I have tried everything you&#x27;ve mentioned and it did not worked for me do you have any other suggestions?

Eric Root · Answer

Try posting a copy of the crash log.Console post see first post by Linc DavisConsole usingKernel Panic LogIf the log won’t post, try posting it here and provide a link in a reply        Pastebin