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Panic report when Yosemite boots, PLEASE HELP!

MBA won't startup, getting a panic report after a few seconds then continuous restarts, can't read the report or provide it in this question because its only visible for a split second, can't startup in safe mode or from recovery drive - so cant reinstall Yosemite. I've run the extensive Apple hardware test & no problems were encounted, tried resetting PRAM and SMC also but still no joy.

Please can someone help as i'm having a panic attack! :-)

Thank you.

OSX 10.10.1

MacBook Air mid 2011

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 16, 2015 3:39 AM

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Leopardus

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Jan 19, 2015 3:23 AM in response to Fearny

Hi Fearny

It is a definite possibility that it could contribute, but how did you determine that it is in poor health?

Could you by any means quantify poor health?

Leo

Fearny Author

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Jan 20, 2015 1:02 AM in response to Leopardus

Hi Leo,

I checked the battery's health before this trouble occured & it needed service - it's now been replaced & still boots with grey screen & panic report, also i've tried booting from a bootable flash & still no joy.

Regards Wayne

Leopardus

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Jan 20, 2015 1:14 AM in response to Fearny

Hi Wayne,

Let us start again.

What do you get when you hold down Option/Alt when you switch on the Mac? If you could just report back on this first step. What do you see on the display/screen?

manili

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Jan 20, 2015 1:19 AM in response to Fearny

Hi Fearny

As far as I know you can't make a LiveCD (USB) from OS X like Ubuntu. You need to fix this issue only by installing OS X on internal drive! Are you trying to do such task?

Again "As far As I know".

Fearny Author

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Jan 21, 2015 10:53 AM in response to manili

Hi Manili,

Yeah i tried to boot from a DiskWarrior disk also with the hope of saving important data, but no such luck as of yet.

Fearny Author

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Jan 21, 2015 10:56 AM in response to Leopardus

Hi Leo,

I get Startup Manager - MacBook Air Disk & Recovery Disk & a connect to network pull down.

Leopardus

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Jan 21, 2015 11:20 AM in response to Fearny

Fearny wrote:

I get Startup Manager - MacBook Air Disk & Recovery Disk & a connect to network pull down.

It would then be possible to startup in the Recovery Mode via this way, ie startup in the Recovery Disk, wait for it to load and start the Disk Utilities. Then to perform disk check/repair with it, and afterwards permission check/repair.

Try that now. Nothing should happen to your data during this process. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Let us know.

Fearny Author

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Jan 21, 2015 12:14 PM in response to Leopardus

I tried that back in the beginning Leo - no joy, just freeze then the panic report again.

Leopardus

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Jan 21, 2015 12:20 PM in response to Fearny

Have you tried that after connecting to the internet, ie selecting the network, entering the credentials? See how to repair the disk using recovery HD?

Fearny Author

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Jan 21, 2015 1:18 PM in response to Leopardus

Yeah done that also mate.

Leopardus

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Jan 22, 2015 12:43 AM in response to Fearny

What do you use at present to reply to our posts? iPad, iPhone, PC or another Mac ?

Fearny Author

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Jan 22, 2015 1:03 AM in response to Leopardus

iPhone, iPad or the kids PC 😟!

Leopardus

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Jan 22, 2015 1:27 AM in response to Fearny

Hi Fearny,

Just read through all the posts on the thread again. The MacBook Air does not have a discrete Graphics card, thus using RAM as well. Could you remove one of your RAM modules, and try again? Thereafter, after trying both separately, change them around, see if they are properly seated. You could also use a pencil rubber to clean the edges but don't let these fall into the back of your Mac. Ensure that they are properly seated.

Start the Mac in Safe Mode. U don't have to log in. It might take a bit of time. Reboot and login as normal if successful.

Have fun

Leo