MacBook Pro Mid-2010 15" Frequent Kernel Panics

Hello all,

I have been experiencing frequent kernel panic shutdowns (2-3 a day) since upgrading to Yosemite. To compound matters, after each panic is an additional restart as my computer is already in the process of restarting, so I never get the crash log or option to send it, and I can't decipher the logs in Console to find them--if they exist.

This is also happening to my daughter's identical model, and was happening after updating to 10.9.5 a while ago. I took my laptop to the Genius bar and they tried to tell me there was an issue with my video card (GPU) and that it would need replacing. I was doubtful about that diagnosis and opted not to repair (no time to give up my computer for the time needed anyway), and with my daughter's problem I seem to be vindicated. Prior to installing Yosemite I reinstalled 10.9.5 and was crash-free for a week before upgrading to Yosemite. Now the problem is getting worse, and reinstalling did not fix it.

I am attaching my daughter's recent crash log with the same GPU incident that the Genius showed me.

Any ideas or inspiration would be welcome.

Thanks,

Lou

Anonymous UUID: 334DFA24-A3CB-CD55-BD16-9309B1CFCCD1

Thu Oct 30 11:50:09 2014

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f8dfcff63): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80b36ba000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.7.21/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff80a2ab31f0 : 0xffffff800b33a811

0xffffff80a2ab3270 : 0xffffff7f8dfcff63

0xffffff80a2ab3350 : 0xffffff7f8c11bb9f

0xffffff80a2ab3410 : 0xffffff7f8c1e518e

0xffffff80a2ab3450 : 0xffffff7f8c1e51fe

0xffffff80a2ab34c0 : 0xffffff7f8c464056

0xffffff80a2ab35f0 : 0xffffff7f8c20882d

0xffffff80a2ab3610 : 0xffffff7f8c1225f1

0xffffff80a2ab36c0 : 0xffffff7f8c1200fc

0xffffff80a2ab38c0 : 0xffffff7f8c122225

0xffffff80a2ab39b0 : 0xffffff7f8d68c925

0xffffff80a2ab3a10 : 0xffffff7f8d6895ef

0xffffff80a2ab3a90 : 0xffffff7f8d6737fb

0xffffff80a2ab3ad0 : 0xffffff7f8d66a7dd

0xffffff80a2ab3b30 : 0xffffff800b901156

0xffffff80a2ab3b60 : 0xffffff800b90283b

0xffffff80a2ab3bc0 : 0xffffff800b900003

0xffffff80a2ab3d00 : 0xffffff800b3ea517

0xffffff80a2ab3e10 : 0xffffff800b33e91c

0xffffff80a2ab3e40 : 0xffffff800b3235a3

0xffffff80a2ab3e90 : 0xffffff800b333e8d

0xffffff80a2ab3f10 : 0xffffff800b40a142

0xffffff80a2ab3fb0 : 0xffffff800b43ac66

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.7.21)[32B7E2DE-1F9D-3555-B687-7A76A62B81D2]@0 xffffff7f8dfc1000->0xffffff7f8dfd4fff

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.7.21)[62689710-EEA7-307A-AC83-B8F25DA88 A6A]@0xffffff7f8dfb9000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f8bda9000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f8bb24000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f8c074000

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[0183904C-6A16-32C4-9405-EEFD7F820B 02]@0xffffff7f8dfbc000

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28E E2B]@0xffffff7f8c0cb000->0xffffff7f8c334fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f8bb24000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[F4738C55-B507-3627-A9CA-3D29A5230A03]@0xff ffff7f8c0bb000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f8c074000

com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[7FE40648-F15F-3E18-91E2-FDDDF4CD A355]@0xffffff7f8c33f000->0xffffff7f8c5e8fff

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f8c0cb000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f8bb24000

com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[67CD214F-0F26-3BEF-BAD0-CF0F83C2616D]@0xffffff7f8d6 26000->0xffffff7f8d6f3fff

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f8bb24000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[F4738C55-B507-3627-A9CA-3D29A5230A03]@0xff ffff7f8c0bb000

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f8c074000

dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f8c0cb000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

Mac OS version:

14A389

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 14.0.0: Fri Sep 19 00:26:44 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2782.1.97~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: 89E10306-BC78-3A3B-955C-7C4922577E61

Kernel slide: 0x000000000b000000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff800b200000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff800b100000

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

System uptime in nanoseconds: 7944503916275

last loaded kext at 375968224482: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8be79000, size 393216)

last unloaded kext at 493559229555: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f8c82e000, size 65536)

loaded kexts:

1. com.LivestreamProcaster.driver.ProcasterAudioRedirector 2.0.0
2. com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0
3. com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
4. com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.37
5. com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
6. com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.0f10
7. com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
8. com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
9. com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 266.5
10. com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
11. com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
12. com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
13. com.apple.GeForceTesla 10.0.0
14. com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
15. com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
16. com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
17. com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 266.5
18. com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
19. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 10.0.0
20. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 10.0.0
21. com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
22. com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.7.21
23. com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.10
24. com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.0f10
25. com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
26. com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
27. com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
28. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
29. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
30. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.5.0
31. com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5
32. com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
33. com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
34. com.apple.BootCache 35
35. com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.0
36. com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
37. com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.5
38. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.1
39. com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2
40. com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.7
41. com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
42. com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.1.2b3
43. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14
44. com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
45. com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
46. com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
47. com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
48. com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS

Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f17

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB

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

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147314631

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

Bluetooth: Version 4.3.0f10 14890, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Serial ATA Device: WDC WD7500BPKT-22PK4T0, 750.16 GB

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: Built-in iSight

USB Device: IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Bus: