Mid 2010 mac book pro crashing too many times!!!

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HELP! I&#x27;m basically fed up with my mac book pro crashing so many times in a day. I&#x27;m not doing anything tedious, just basic web surfing and music and some microsoft word/excel. I&#x27;ve read that someone recommended to run EtreCheck and paste the result here so anyone that knows how to read them can help me figure out what&#x27;s happening! Problem description:My Mac book pro have been crashing lately. I’ve max out my RAM to 8gb. And the frequency seems to increased to few times in a day. I’ve uninstalled a software that I suspect to be causing the problem but it didn’t help.EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)Report generated March 15, 2015 at 8:15:02 PM CDTDownload EtreCheck from http://etresoft.com/etrecheckClick the [Click for support] links for help with non-Apple products.Click the [Click for details] links for more information about that line.Hardware Information: ℹ️    MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010) (Technical Specifications)    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2    1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core    8 GB RAM Upgradeable        BANK 0/DIMM0            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok        BANK 1/DIMM0            4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported    Wireless:  en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n    Battery Health: Normal - Cycle count 585Video Information: ℹ️    Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB    NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB        Color LCD 1680 x 1050System Software: ℹ️    OS X 10.10.2 (14C1510) - Time since boot: 0:12:8Disk Information: ℹ️    Hitachi HTS545032B9SA02 disk0 : (320.07 GB)        EFI (disk0s1) &lt;not mounted&gt; : 210 MB         Recovery HD (disk0s3) &lt;not mounted&gt;  [Recovery]: 650 MB         Macintosh HD (disk1) / : 318.84 GB (162.02 GB free)            Encrypted AES-XTS Unlocked            Core Storage: disk0s2 319.21 GB Online    HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N  USB Information: ℹ️    Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad     Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub         Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller     Apple Internal Memory Card Reader     Apple Inc. Built-in iSight     Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver Gatekeeper: ℹ️    Mac App Store and identified developersKernel Extensions: ℹ️        /Applications/VMware Horizon Client.app    [not loaded]    com.vmware.kext.vmioplug.12.2.7 (12.2.7) [Click for support]        /System/Library/Extensions    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungComposite (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]        /System/Library/Extensions/ssuddrv.kext/Contents/PlugIns    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.20 - SDK 10.5) [Click for support]    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) [Click for support]Launch Agents: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]    [running]    com.rosettastone.rosettastonedaemon.plist [Click for support]Launch Daemons: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]    [loaded]    com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist [Click for support]User Launch Agents: ℹ️    [loaded]    com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]    [failed]    com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]User Login Items: ℹ️    iTunesHelper    Application  (/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunesHelper.app)    Dropbox    Application  (/Applications/Dropbox.app)    AdobeResourceSynchronizer    Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)    Google Chrome    Application Hidden (/Applications/Google Chrome.app)    fuspredownloader    Application Hidden (/Users/[redacted]/Library/Application Support/.FUS/fuspredownloader.app)    KiesAgent    Application Hidden (/Applications/Kies.app/Contents/MacOS/KiesAgent.app)Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️    QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3    AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.10 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]    Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10    SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.8 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]    Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]    JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check versionSafari Extensions: ℹ️    Open in Internet Explorer3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️    MacFUSE  [Click for support]Time Machine: ℹ️    Time Machine not configured!Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️         8%    Google Chrome         7%    WindowServer         3%    Activity Monitor         1%    sysmond         1%    hiddTop Processes by Memory: ℹ️    180 MB    Google Chrome    172 MB    spindump    129 MB    Google Chrome Helper    112 MB    mds_stores    103 MB    ocspdVirtual Memory Information: ℹ️    3.93 GB    Free RAM    2.82 GB    Active RAM    739 MB    Inactive RAM    1.10 GB    Wired RAM    1.56 GB    Page-ins    0 B    Page-outsDiagnostics Information: ℹ️    Mar 15, 2015, 08:02:45 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent_2015-03-15-200245 _[redacted].crash    Mar 15, 2015, 08:01:10 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-15-200110_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Mar 15, 2015, 08:00:44 PM    Self test - passed    Mar 14, 2015, 08:37:13 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-14-203713_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Mar 14, 2015, 08:04:08 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-14-200408_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Mar 14, 2015, 04:19:20 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-14-161920_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Mar 14, 2015, 12:55:25 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-14-125525_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Mar 1, 2015, 01:25:17 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-01-132517_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Feb 27, 2015, 10:34:50 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-27-223450_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Feb 25, 2015, 09:20:17 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-25-212017_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Feb 17, 2015, 09:47:52 AM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-17-094752_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Feb 16, 2015, 09:55:58 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-16-215558_[redacted].panic [Click for details]    Feb 15, 2015, 10:22:46 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-02-15-222246_[redacted].panic [Click for details]

SeaPapp · Answer

It appears that your mac is having kernel panics OS X Yosemite: If your Mac restarts and a message appearsPlease copy and post a panic report Mac OS X: How to log a kernel panic - Apple Support Please make sure to post the entire report including the hardware profile at the end.

jgianna22btr · Answer

I found the panic file. Anonymous UUID:       BAD5C7EC-C960-AF52-5446-DBE5524FD2B5Sun Mar 15 20:01:06 2015*** Panic Report ***panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f992cef63): "GPU Panic: [&lt;None&gt;] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xffffff813311f000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4/n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.8.6/src/AppleM uxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address0xffffff811fee30b0 : 0xffffff801652fe41 0xffffff811fee3130 : 0xffffff7f992cef63 0xffffff811fee3210 : 0xffffff7f972ecb9f 0xffffff811fee32d0 : 0xffffff7f973b618e 0xffffff811fee3310 : 0xffffff7f973b61fe 0xffffff811fee3380 : 0xffffff7f97635056 0xffffff811fee34b0 : 0xffffff7f973d982d 0xffffff811fee34d0 : 0xffffff7f972f35f1 0xffffff811fee3580 : 0xffffff7f972f10fc 0xffffff811fee3780 : 0xffffff7f972f2a4b 0xffffff811fee3850 : 0xffffff7f988ae018 0xffffff811fee3970 : 0xffffff7f988ad237 0xffffff811fee39a0 : 0xffffff7f988a4c8d 0xffffff811fee39e0 : 0xffffff7f988a545a 0xffffff811fee3ab0 : 0xffffff7f988a0129 0xffffff811fee3ae0 : 0xffffff7f988833a4 0xffffff811fee3b30 : 0xffffff8016b00652 0xffffff811fee3b60 : 0xffffff8016b01249 0xffffff811fee3bc0 : 0xffffff8016afe9c3 0xffffff811fee3d00 : 0xffffff80165e4a87 0xffffff811fee3e10 : 0xffffff8016533f8c 0xffffff811fee3e40 : 0xffffff8016518a93 0xffffff811fee3e90 : 0xffffff80165293bd 0xffffff811fee3f10 : 0xffffff80166059fa 0xffffff811fee3fb0 : 0xffffff8016636ea6       Kernel Extensions in backtrace:         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.8.6)[BE610379-FAEA-3E8F-B6AF-F92B70B3C5CD]@0 xffffff7f992c0000-&gt;0xffffff7f992d3fff            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.8.6)[76B001B1-30F1-3D72-B264-85D77B254C 2F]@0xffffff7f992b8000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f970d2000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f96d24000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f97245000            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[42706EB3-1447-3931-A668-FBAC58AAAA 7A]@0xffffff7f992bb000         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28 EE2B]@0xffffff7f9729c000-&gt;0xffffff7f97505fff            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f96d24000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xff ffff7f9728c000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f97245000         com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[3EA67900-B4A9-30BB-964D-0904DA5421CC]@0xffffff7f98 846000-&gt;0xffffff7f98913fff            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f96d24000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xff ffff7f9728c000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f97245000            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f9729c000         com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[7FE40648-F15F-3E18-91E2-FDDDF4C DA355]@0xffffff7f97510000-&gt;0xffffff7f977b9fff            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f9729c000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f96d24000BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Google Chrome HeMac OS version:14C1510Kernel version:Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Thu Feb 26 19:26:47 PST 2015; root:xnu-2782.10.73~1/RELEASE_X86_64Kernel UUID: 270413F7-3B44-3602-894F-AC0D392FCF8EKernel slide:     0x0000000016200000Kernel text base: 0xffffff8016400000__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8016300000System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)System uptime in nanoseconds: 17132101765913last loaded kext at 8002721604154: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f993b2000, size 389120)last unloaded kext at 153961282405: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f97a32000, size 65536)loaded kexts:com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f6com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 269.25com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.7d0com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25com.apple.GeForceTesla 10.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 10.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 10.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.8.6com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.11com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.5.1com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1com.apple.BootCache 35com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.3com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.7.0com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.2com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.0com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.1.3com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161com.apple.security.quarantine 3com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.8.6com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 10.0.0com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.2f6com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.8.6com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 203.3com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 245.2com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.7.3com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 471.10.6com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.3com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.3com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 710.55com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.6com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.5com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 710.4.14com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0com.apple.driver.DiskImages 396com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4com.apple.kec.Libm 1com.apple.kec.pthread 1com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0And my hardward profileHardware Overview:  Model Name: MacBook Pro  Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2  Processor Name: Intel Core i5  Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz  Number of Processors: 1  Total Number of Cores: 2  L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB  L3 Cache: 3 MB  Memory: 8 GB  Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s  Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C  SMC Version (system): 1.58f17  Serial Number (system): W81040MUAGX  Hardware UUID: AE13C868-E4BF-5C1C-9DBD-D1D6AF1B5C47  Sudden Motion Sensor:  State: Enabled

Barney-15E · Answer

That panic is mostly likely caused by a known fault in some of the Nvidia GPUs in that Mac. Apple had a recall for them, but it has ended. The logic board must be replaced (~$360). If you take it in for testing, make sure they run the VST (video switch test, i think). Their normal tests will not detect the fault. For most affected, the problem didnt appear until upgrading beyond Snow Leopard. You can use gfxCardStatus to disable the discrete graphics card which will reduce or stop the panics, but you won&#x27;t have use of the higher power card.

SeaPapp · Answer

Apple is currently running a program to repair MacBook Pros with the above mentioned GPU failure. See if yours fits into that recall http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/  I believe it only covers 2011 and 2012 models but don&#x27;t give up hope.....the problem is the same.

jgianna22btr · Answer

Thank you for giving such helpful informations!! I did check on the link you gave but my macbookpro is not unlisted. I guess I will have to call up Apple to find out if they would repair for me with no cost.

ariellekm · Answer

My mid-2010 MacBook Pro 15" crashed here and there - but once I upgraded to Yosemite, it started rebooting multiple times a DAY.  Was not informed by Apple of the NVIDIA GPU graphics card recall, so of course the recall expired before I could get it done.  Why Apple doesn&#x27;t inform purchasers directly, I don&#x27;t know.  So now what?  Have to pay $360 for a repair that Apple should be fixing?

logogo · Answer

same same my MacBook Pro has gone mad after OS software updates - going to Apple store tomorrow  - hope they agree to honour recall programDid not have problems until updates.