GPU Panic - OSX 10.9 Mavericks - Macbook PRO 6,2

Apple wouldn't cover mid 2010 Macbook pro under the current repair program, after two trips to the local apple store, all they can do is to apologise. Since Chinese New Year is coming and I don't want to waste my time and Uber fee, I found a third party to change my GPU, and it costed less than a 100 bucks. Here in Shenzhen, China , where all the apple products were made, tons of third party repair technicians on the market, telling me so many users had their MBP GPU swapped at their place. But Apple only covers 2011-2013 MBP. Shame on Apple.

Apple wouldn't cover mid 2010 Macbook pro under the current repair program, after two trips to the local apple store, all they can do is to apologise. Since Chinese New Year is coming and I don't want to waste my time and Uber fee, I found a third party to change my GPU, and it costed less than a 100 bucks. Here in Shenzhen, China , where all the apple products were made, tons of third party repair technicians on the market, telling me so many users had their MBP GPU swapped at their place. But Apple only covers 2011-2013 MBP. Shame on Apple.

hey there. I've been applying several of the fixes here including installing the older version of gfxcardstatus (2.1) and editing the configurartion.plist file to force the use of the computer's memory instead of the GPU's. (my crashes have all shown up as read errors)

I've recently had my nvidia card replaced at a local repair shop here in vancouver canada, as well as upgrading my HD to a SSD. At first, the panics came back pretty quickly, and then the shop redid the soldering using higher heat. they have a chip soldering machine. It was working fine but started getting panics again after a couple days. all they did was install another of the same card. I'm curious what card you had yours replaced with, supernovasia. was it another nvidia GeForce GT 330m? my repair guy is suggesting downgrading my card to one with half the ram (from 512 to 256). thoughts? Is there a different GPU that can be installed? He's also suggesting I stop using the 2nd display, which kind of ***** but I'd be willing to do if it means my machine works for my music software.

I typically use an external 40" TV display connected to the mini dv port for watching video streams and such... it seems to me that the usage of this external display has contributed to the card's failure. my problems began on snow leopard but increased when I recently updated to yosemite.

15" mid 2010

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

2.66Ghz i7

4gigs ram

500GB samsung 850EVO SSD

yosemite 10.10.5

I got the same GPU chip, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512 MB, replaced here in Shenzhen,China. But I didn't get a chance to plug it to an external display. However, the technician ran a 3D CG on my mid 2010 MBP after the replacement, everything went smoothly and the sudden panic and reboot never came back.

Maybe try some other repair shops in BC. Any progress, please post here. Good Luck

I have the same problem and same model computer. Just started noticing it with latest OS. The thing that really baffles me is that I was never notified by Apple that the computer had a recall. Now it's over and I'm out of luck I guess. Very disappointing.

No, Apple never send any recall emails, very sneaky. So I had to have my GPU repaired at a third party store, but it worked. Good luck to you.

The lated OS is killing the MBP

What annoys me more is seeing all the different quotes apple is giving for the repair - I got quoted for 550 while Im seeing 350 for others

I paid $300. Good luck getting Apple to admit the problem.

It didn't break my older MacBook until I tried upgrading to Yosemite.

Just wanted to post briefly to share my experience, because I feel that Apple's handling of this issue is really disingenuous.

I recently had my logic board replacement covered for free after persistently escalating the issue up to a call centre manager. I had initially taken my computer into the Apple Store (Eaton Centre Toronto) and was told by the first person I spoke with that they they could not help out because the replacement program had ended, and that I would have to pay $700. I asked to speak to his manager, who then told me that he "understood my concern" about the fact they did not alert customers that the replacement was being offered. He said he could offer the logic board replacement for $350. I said no thanks, and went home and called the Apple customer support call centre. The first person I spoke with there again said they could offer nothing better than $350 and that their "hands are tied". After escalating the issue with the call centre to a manager, I FINALLY seemed to reach someone who had the authority to comp the replacement. They stated that they agreed the low visibility of the replacement program was unfair for customers, and they made a note on my account that the logic board should be replaced for free. I took it back to the Apple Store and had my computer back home with a new logic board in 5 days for no charge.

I would encourage everyone with a faulty logic board to make an attempt to call Apple customer support and speak to a manager before you pay anything for the replacement. I should also note that, among the many things I pleaded with various people along the way was that I previously had Apple Care for my Macbook (though long expired by now). I don't know if this made any difference or not, but I would also mention that if you had previously purchased it.

Good luck!

was that I previously had Apple Care for my Macbook (though long expired by now). I don't know if this made any difference or not, but I would also mention that if you had previously purchased it.

in my experience, [previously bought Apple care for this Mac] makes a BIG difference in what apple MAY be willing to do for you in unusual circumstances.

Another thing that seems to sometimes make a difference is if your Mac appears "well cared for", not beat up.

It is important to be calm and businesslike throughout the process -- users who yell or threaten to sue everybody are seen as never able to be Happy Customers, so all they get shown is the exit door.

What year was your Macbook Pro?

Mine is a mid 2010 and the genius at the store said they didn't carry the products and wouldn't be able to help and that I would have to got to an authorised repair shop.

So I just called Apple and unfortunately was not able to get anything done. Looks like I have a computer that you can't really do anything heavy with. Browsing the web.

When I buy a new one, I'll downgrade this one to lion or something and see what happens.

Mine is a mid-2010 as well. They didn't seem have a problem finding the part they needed to replace.

****. Yeah the first guy I spoke with was great and really understood me and what I had to say. The second upper guy basically said my computer is too old and it sounds like it's failing because it's old.......😮

Oh well. I'll buy another Macbook pro when the new lineup comes out in a few months. I'll install an older OS on this machine and see if that helps it out and maybe keep it or sell it to someone who wants a cheap mac.

I too have had numerous kernel panics for the last couple months. I've reformatted the drive, reinstalled software to no avail. Happened again yesterday and this is the panic report if that helps; can anyone cypher this? Looks like a lot of similarities to cfbaer's report. I'm going to contact Apple & see if there's any assistance available there.

Macbook Pro (mid 2010)

MacOs 10.10.5

8g ram

1T hybrid drive

Anonymous UUID: 3E400DE6-7E5A-1416-81BA-992430B78227

Fri Apr 8 17:07:05 2016

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8826ec1b): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8121d49000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.10.25/src/Appl eMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff810ff9b680 : 0xffffff800552ad21

0xffffff810ff9b700 : 0xffffff7f8826ec1b

0xffffff810ff9b7e0 : 0xffffff7f861c4b9f

0xffffff810ff9b8a0 : 0xffffff7f8628e18e

0xffffff810ff9b8e0 : 0xffffff7f8628e1fe

0xffffff810ff9b950 : 0xffffff7f8650d056

0xffffff810ff9ba80 : 0xffffff7f862b182d

0xffffff810ff9baa0 : 0xffffff7f861cb5f1

0xffffff810ff9bb50 : 0xffffff7f861c90fc

0xffffff810ff9bd50 : 0xffffff7f861ca19c

0xffffff810ff9be30 : 0xffffff7f86176f5e

0xffffff810ff9be90 : 0xffffff7f8823e9d6

0xffffff810ff9bee0 : 0xffffff7f8823d692

0xffffff810ff9bf00 : 0xffffff800555d6d9

0xffffff810ff9bfb0 : 0xffffff80056116e7

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.10.25)[752C63EA-73E8-39BC-8225-3A97D0C403BF] @0xffffff7f88260000->0xffffff7f88273fff

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.10.25)[3DC2F93F-5197-3B16-8975-0142E7A0 474B]@0xffffff7f88258000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f860ab000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[BDA92C3B-AD86-33E5-A7F1-1603465350A7]@0xffffff 7f85d24000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[8922721D-5517-3883-BD3A-57422D0244A0]@0 xffffff7f8611d000

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[65E3187E-949B-36E9-BA33-1B13ABB058 1A]@0xffffff7f8825b000

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28 EE2B]@0xffffff7f86174000->0xffffff7f863ddfff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[BDA92C3B-AD86-33E5-A7F1-1603465350A7]@0xffffff 7f85d24000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[7372D580-6DDE-3457-B043-49B8447FC9D2]@0xff ffff7f86164000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[8922721D-5517-3883-BD3A-57422D0244A0]@0 xffffff7f8611d000

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[7FE40648-F15F-3E18-91E2-FDDDF4C DA355]@0xffffff7f863e8000->0xffffff7f86691fff

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f86174000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[BDA92C3B-AD86-33E5-A7F1-1603465350A7]@0xffffff 7f85d24000

com.apple.driver.AGPM(110.19.6)[993A6073-348D-388A-8BE5-F0EA14E61D67]@0xffffff7 f8823b000->0xffffff7f8824efff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[BDA92C3B-AD86-33E5-A7F1-1603465350A7]@0xffffff 7f85d24000

dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.9.1d7)[593924B4-A956-3CA5-9610-448D50 D96947]@0xffffff7f86bf1000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[7372D580-6DDE-3457-B043-49B8447FC9D2]@0xff ffff7f86164000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[8922721D-5517-3883-BD3A-57422D0244A0]@0 xffffff7f8611d000

dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.10.25)[DFDCFB7E-74E4-397E-AA6F-6ECFC41D5 649]@0xffffff7f88234000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:

14F27

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 14.5.0: Wed Jul 29 02:26:53 PDT 2015; root:xnu-2782.40.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 58F06365-45C7-3CA7-B80D-173AFD1A03C4

Kernel slide: 0x0000000005200000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8005400000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8005300000

System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 58445358394670

last loaded kext at 50727111062150: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.2 (addr 0xffffff7f88368000, size 389120)

last unloaded kext at 293801218217: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f869e3000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.6f3

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

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com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.0

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Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B11, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x859B, 0x435435313236344243313036372E4D313646

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

Bluetooth: Version 4.3.6f3 16238, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: ST1000LM014-1EJ164, 1 TB

Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader

USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: IR Receiver

USB Device: Built-in iSight

Thunderbolt Bus: