Attaching thunderbolt display to waking macbook pro retina causes GPU panic

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To produce the panic described below, I woke my MacBook Pro Retina (11,3), then attached power, then the thunderbolt cable from my Thunderbolt Display with a keyboard and mouse and ethernet attached.This being just one of many ways Thunderbolt acts unreliably to provide USB and other services, I&#x27;m at wits end to troubleshoot this.My configuration  Model Name:MacBook Pro  Model Identifier:MacBookPro11,3  Processor Name:Intel Core i7  Processor Speed:2.6 GHz  Number of Processors:1  Total Number of Cores:4  L2 Cache (per Core):256 KB  L3 Cache:6 MB  Memory:16 GB  Boot ROM Version:MBP112.0138.B14  SMC Version (system):2.19f12  Serial Number (system):C02M42RVFD59  Hardware UUID:D98D6405-7461-5A24-86DE-2DAA580ED642Thunderbolt configurationVendor Name:Apple Inc.  Device Name:MacBook Pro  UID:0x0001000F01F29870  Route String:0  Firmware Version:17.1GPU profile  Chipset Model:NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M  Type:GPU  Bus:PCIe  PCIe Lane Width:x8  VRAM (Total):2048 MB  Vendor:NVIDIA (0x10de)  Device ID:0x0fe9  Revision ID:0x00a2  ROM Revision:3776  gMux Version:4.0.8 [3.2.8]Panic reportAnonymous UUID:       4660F7CC-E0CF-C268-A989-55EF3D702152Tue Mar 31 15:43:24 2015*** Panic Report ***panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff7f9293ef63): "GPU Panic: [&lt;None&gt;] 5 3 5f 1d 0 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000144: CFG 0x0fe910de 0x00100406 0xc0000000, BAR0 0x101000000 0xffffff81fe3b6000 0x0e7290a2, D0, P0/4
"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.8.6/src/AppleM uxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address0xffffff823d75baf0 : 0xffffff800ff2fe410xffffff823d75bb70 : 0xffffff7f9293ef630xffffff823d75bc50 : 0xffffff7f90c5ddd80xffffff823d75bd10 : 0xffffff7f90d282660xffffff823d75bd50 : 0xffffff7f90efaf000xffffff823d75bd60 : 0xffffff7f90cfc52f0xffffff823d75bd80 : 0xffffff7f90d9f0570xffffff823d75be00 : 0xffffff7f90c465b20xffffff823d75bec0 : 0xffffff7f90c13b650xffffff823d75bf00 : 0xffffff800ff624f90xffffff823d75bfb0 : 0xffffff8010014dd7      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.8.6)[BE610379-FAEA-3E8F-B6AF-F92B70B3C5CD]@0 xffffff7f92930000-&gt;0xffffff7f92943fff            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.8.6)[76B001B1-30F1-3D72-B264-85D77B254C 2F]@0xffffff7f92928000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f91546000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f90724000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f90bb0000            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[42706EB3-1447-3931-A668-FBAC58AAAA 7A]@0xffffff7f9292b000         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(10.0.2)[EFB702DE-5458-35DF-84DA-E0FFC4DCA500 ]@0xffffff7f90c0d000-&gt;0xffffff7f90e82fff            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f90724000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xff ffff7f90bf7000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f90bb0000            dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.8.6)[957EB27F-7D07-3C40-91F5-9B54652F06E E]@0xffffff7f90c07000         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(10.0.2)[DC43029D-568A-3B7C-976B-E922C17F51 43]@0xffffff7f90e8e000-&gt;0xffffff7f9103bfff            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(10.0.2)[EFB702DE-5458-35DF-84DA-E0FFC4DCA500 ]@0xffffff7f90c0d000            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f90724000BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_taskMac OS version:14C1514Kernel 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:     0x000000000fc00000Kernel text base: 0xffffff800fe00000__HIB  text base: 0xffffff800fd00000System model name: MacBookPro11,3 (Mac-2BD1B31983FE1663)System uptime in nanoseconds: 86526272511423last loaded kext at 86498588696555: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 185.3 (addr 0xffffff7f92cb1000, size 16384)last unloaded kext at 82323852005462: com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 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mende1 · Accepted Answer

Looking at that panic log, it looks like your MacBook Pro&#x27;s GPU is damaged (look at the "GPU Panic" message at the start of the log). I&#x27;d recommend you to make a backup of your files and take the Mac to an Apple Store or reseller to get the GPU replaced (for free if you have AppleCare).(You only see this problem after connecting the Mac to the Apple Thunderbolt Display because it activates the NVIDIA GPU, which is the one that is failing9.

Model Name:	MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:	MacBookPro11,3
Processor Name:	Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:	2.6 GHz
Number of Processors:	1
Total Number of Cores:	4
L2 Cache (per Core):	256 KB
L3 Cache:	6 MB
Memory:	16 GB
Boot ROM Version:	MBP112.0138.B14
SMC Version (system):	2.19f12
Serial Number (system):	C02M42RVFD59
Hardware UUID:	D98D6405-7461-5A24-86DE-2DAA580ED642

Vendor Name:	Apple Inc.
Device Name:	MacBook Pro
UID:	0x0001000F01F29870
Route String:	0
Firmware Version:	17.1

Chipset Model:	NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
Type:	GPU
Bus:	PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:	x8
VRAM (Total):	2048 MB
Vendor:	NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:	0x0fe9
Revision ID:	0x00a2
ROM Revision:	3776
gMux Version:	4.0.8 [3.2.8]