ReportCrash is causing my system to overheat

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ReportCrash is causing my system to overheat

There is a program that is running anywhere between 70% and 100%+ of my CPU and causing my fans to kick in almost immediately after turning the machine on. My battery life has dropped significantly because of it.

I've narrowed the problem down to my iSight not being recognized by my system and this is causing my computer to keep running this ReportCrash constantly.

I'm not sure what to do about this. It's been going on for the last couple of days. Probably since I updated to OS X 10.9.2 like in some other unanswered posts i've read on here. I've already tried quitting and force quitting the program. But when I do, it just comes back up in a few seconds.

Please help, I'm out of ideas.

Thanks in advance!

My system:

15" MacBook Pro (3,1)

2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo; OS X 10.9.2

6 GB RAM; NVIDIA 8600M GT 128 MB; 240 GB SSD

MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), 6 GB RAM; NVIDIA 8600M GT 128 MB

Posted on Mar 24, 2014 6:28 PM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,547 points

Mar 24, 2014 6:58 PM in response to RMU Person

When you have the problem, note the exact time: hour, minute, second.

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.

Make sure the title of the Console window is All Messages. If it isn't, select All Messages from the SYSTEM LOG QUERIES menu on the left. If you don't see that menu, select

View ▹ Show Log List

from the menu bar.

Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Scroll back to the time you noted above. Select the messages entered from then until the end of the episode, or until they start to repeat, whichever comes first. Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).

The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough. It is never necessary or helpful to post more than about 100 lines. "The more, the better" is not the rule here.

Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.

Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

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Answer 2

RMU Person Author

Level 1

8 points

Mar 24, 2014 7:18 PM in response to Linc Davis

Yeah, i did that. That's how i figured out that the iSight wasn't working.

As for timeframe...it's every second.

I ran this terminal command to temporarily disable the task: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/Manpages/ man8/ReportCrash.8.html

At least until someone has a solution.

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

Level 10

209,547 points

Mar 24, 2014 7:41 PM in response to RMU Person

I would still need to see a representative log extract -- no more than about 50 lines.

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Answer 4

EZ Jim

Level 7

22,590 points

Mar 25, 2014 8:33 AM in response to RMU Person

RMU Person wrote: ... the problem ... my iSight not being recognized by my system ...

If you have concern or difficulty providing the info that Linc requested, consider this remedy for your problem's underlying cause.

If Apple's other http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2090suggestions do not result in iSight being recognized, make a current backup unless you already have one. Then use the final "Troubleshooting" suggestion:

"... contact Apple or an Apple-Authorized Service Provider for service."

Message was edited by: EZ Jim

Mac OSX 10.9

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Answer 5

ajwad16

Level 1

13 points

Jul 18, 2016 1:50 AM in response to Linc Davis

I have the same problem with report crash causing the system to over heat! Also my Mid-2010 Apple Macbook pro has become really really slow ! Please HELP asap. Thanks a ton 🙂

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Answer 6

Eric Root

Level 10

684,039 points

Jul 20, 2016 7:30 AM in response to ajwad16

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

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