MacBook Pro 5.5 OSX Mavericks Crashes Daily
Please help!
My MacBook Pro 5.5 (Mid-2009) on OSX Mavericks crashes (screen goes black, restarts) daily, especially when there’s a heavy load on memory, e.g. when several tabs in the browser are open. It was 100% stable before I upgraded RAM from 4GB to 8GB, and upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mavericks. This is driving me crazy; any help would be MUCH appreciated! As suggested by other forum users, here is the EtreCheck report I ran today:
EtreCheck version: 2.1.8 (121)
Report generated March 28, 2015 at 3:09:50 PM CDT
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Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Technical Specifications)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Battery Health: Replace Soon - Cycle count 1016
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Color LCD 1280 x 800
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F1066) - Time since boot: 0:7:9
Disk Information: ℹ️
FUJITSU MJA2320BH FFS G1 disk0 : (320.07 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (15.32 GB free) (Low!)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
MATSHITADVD-R UJ-868
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.flipvideo.IOUSBCameraMassStorage (1.0.1) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecDriverCore (5.1.0) [Click for support]
/System/Library/Extensions/Seagate Storage Driver.kext/Contents/PlugIns
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_4 (5.1.0) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.PowSecLeafDriver_10_5 (5.1.0) [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.seagate.driver.SeagateDriveIcons (5.1.0) [Click for support]
Startup Items: ℹ️
ProTec6b: Path: /Library/StartupItems/ProTec6b
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.auth.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist [Click for support]
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist [Click for support]
[not loaded] com.paragon.updater.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.seagate.SeagateStorageGauge.plist [Click for support]
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist [Click for support]
[running] com.fitbit.fitbitd.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist [Click for support]
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist [Click for support]
[failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist [Click for details]
[loaded] com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist [Click for support]
[loaded] com.pia.pia_manager.plist [Click for support]
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application Hidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
nplastpass: Version: 3.1.21 [Click for support]
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.1 [Click for support]
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.3.6 [Click for support]
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
Flash Player: Version: 17.0.0.134 - SDK 10.6 [Click for support]
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.40.2.0 - SDK 10.8 [Click for support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 10.1.13 [Click for support]
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: Java 8 Update 31 Check version
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
TinEye
FlickrPlus
Add To Amazon Wish List
Pin It Button
ExifExt
Translate
Missing e
Save to Pocket
Flickr Original
LastPass
YoutubeWide
Sessions
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player [Click for support]
Java [Click for support]
Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X [Click for support]
Time Machine: ℹ️
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
15% mds
5% WindowServer
3% mdworker
0% SystemUIServer
0% fontd
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
163 MB mds_stores
112 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
52 MB Finder
52 MB Dock
34 MB mds
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
6.11 GB Free RAM
1.07 GB Active RAM
459 MB Inactive RAM
682 MB Wired RAM
579 MB Page-ins
0 B Page-outs
Diagnostics Information: ℹ️
Mar 28, 2015, 03:01:31 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-28-150131_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 28, 2015, 03:00:46 PM Self test - passed
Mar 27, 2015, 05:51:06 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-27-175106_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 25, 2015, 01:45:10 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-25-014510_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 25, 2015, 01:37:54 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-25-013754_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 23, 2015, 07:07:39 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-23-190739_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 22, 2015, 03:41:04 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-22-154104_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 21, 2015, 07:42:04 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-21-074204_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 17, 2015, 10:27:24 PM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-17-222724_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 12, 2015, 12:31:33 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-12-003133_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 8, 2015, 04:40:11 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-08-044011_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 8, 2015, 01:59:55 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-08-015955_[redacted].panic [Click for details]
Mar 12, 2015, 12:30:04 AM /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/Kernel_2015-03-12-003004_[redacted].panic [Click for details]