Translate Kernel Panic

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Translate Kernel Panic

Could someone help me figure out what this Kernel Panic report says? I feel like my MacBook is trying to tell me something but I just don't understand it. I have a 2008 13-Inch MacBook aluminum unibody.

Anonymous UUID: 2F247511-2863-5BA8-22BA-C5BAA31DDE4C Mon Nov 16 17:38:34 2015 *** Panic Report *** panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8001f2a2df): "a freed zone element has been modified in zone kalloc.16: expected 0xfacadea2ca30f6f7 but found 0xfacadea2ca30f6f6, bits changed 0x1, at offset 8 of 16 in element 0xffffff801a737810, cookies 0x3f00111c134b1f86 0x5352122d0438b57"@/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-3247.10.11/osf mk/kern/zalloc.c:496 Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff910c3d36c0 : 0xffffff8001ee5307 0xffffff910c3d3740 : 0xffffff8001f2a2df 0xffffff910c3d37b0 : 0xffffff8001f29cf6 0xffffff910c3d37f0 : 0xffffff8001f28b12 0xffffff910c3d3920 : 0xffffff8002480b1b 0xffffff910c3d3940 : 0xffffff80024bcfed 0xffffff910c3d39d0 : 0xffffff80024bd28b 0xffffff910c3d3a00 : 0xffffff7f83d03a29 0xffffff910c3d3ad0 : 0xffffff7f83cfed5f 0xffffff910c3d3b00 : 0xffffff7f83ce2324 0xffffff910c3d3b50 : 0xffffff80024e3c82 0xffffff910c3d3b80 : 0xffffff80024e48fa 0xffffff910c3d3be0 : 0xffffff80024e1967 0xffffff910c3d3d20 : 0xffffff8001fa07d0 0xffffff910c3d3e30 : 0xffffff8001ee9aa3 0xffffff910c3d3e60 : 0xffffff8001ecd478 0xffffff910c3d3ea0 : 0xffffff8001edcfd5 0xffffff910c3d3f10 : 0xffffff8001fc13aa 0xffffff910c3d3fb0 : 0xffffff8001ff4b36 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[49982DF3-8146-3BD0-AD3F-A7E7AB5ACBB5]@0xffffff7f83 ca7000->0xffffff7f83d72fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[8E5F549E-0055-3C0E-93F8-E872A048E31B]@0xffffff 7f8272d000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[814A7F4B-03EF-384A-B205-9840F0594421]@0xff ffff7f82b29000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[48AC8EA9-BD3C-3FDC-908D-09850215AA32]@0 xffffff7f82ae2000 dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[05FC5D7E-BB0B-3232-BBBD-8A49B6 870D8B]@0xffffff7f82b39000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: com.apple.WebKit Mac OS version: 15B42 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 15.0.0: Sat Sep 19 15:53:46 PDT 2015; root:xnu-3247.10.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: AB5FC1B4-12E7-311E-8E6F-9023985D8C1D Kernel slide: 0x0000000001c00000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001e00000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8001d00000 System model name: MacBook5,1 (Mac-F42D89A9) System uptime in nanoseconds: 9572770307473 last loaded kext at 5462237603612: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8484e000, size 409600) last unloaded kext at 682578155473: com.avast.AvastFileShield 2.1.0 (addr 0xffffff7f84846000, size 32768) loaded kexts: com.avast.AvastFileShield 2.1.0 com.avast.PacketForwarder 2.0 com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.0.0 com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.20.21 com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1 com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124 com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 272.50.31 com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 272.50.31 com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1 com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1 com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.4.2f1 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0 com.apple.GeForceTesla 10.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1 com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 208 com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.8.1 com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.13 com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1 com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.2f1 com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 245.4 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 245.4 com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0 com.apple.BootCache 37 com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.7 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.8.0 com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBOHCIPCI 1.0.1 com.apple.nvenet 2.0.22 com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.5 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCIPCI 1.0.1 com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0 com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 4.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 4.0 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 163 com.apple.security.quarantine 3 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0 com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.11.33b1 com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0 com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 272.50.31 com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 525 com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 108.0.1 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11 com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.0 com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 10.0.0 com.apple.driver.CoreCaptureResponder 1 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.14d1 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 272.50.31 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 272.50.31 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 204.1 com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.14d1 com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.4.2f1 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.4.2f1 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d7 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 250.4 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.0.1 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 900.4.1 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.0.1 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.7 com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.2 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.7 com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1101.24 com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBOHCI 1.0.1 com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.8.0 com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.0.1 com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0 com.apple.driver.NVSMU 2.2.9 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.0.1 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.0.1 com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1 com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0 com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1 com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2 com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5 com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0 com.apple.driver.DiskImages 415 com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1 com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31 com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 4.0 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4 com.apple.kec.Libm 1 com.apple.kec.pthread 1 com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0 Model: MacBook5,1, BootROM MB51.007D.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.40f2 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x0000, - Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x0000, - AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24) Bluetooth: Version 4.4.2f1 16391, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200BPVT-22JJ5T0, 320.07 GB Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N USB Device: USB Bus USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad USB Device: IR Receiver USB Device: USB Bus USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus USB Device: Built-in iSight Thunderbolt Bus:

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Nov 16, 2015 3:44 PM

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Answer 1

Limnos

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Nov 16, 2015 4:34 PM in response to Sir Gibby

At what exact stage does this happen? On boot? On running an application?

You might want to get rid of any anti-virus software.

Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? (Mac OS X) - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564

Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1884

Usually I look for a crashed thread and clues in the name associated with it, but I am not seeing that here.

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Answer 2

SeaPapp

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Nov 17, 2015 3:55 AM in response to Sir Gibby

Uninstall Avast per the developers instructions and test.

If you still hve the original ram remove the third party ram and reinstall the original and test.

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Answer 3

Sir Gibby Author

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Nov 18, 2015 6:24 PM in response to SeaPapp

How did you interpret that from the panic report?

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Answer 4

SeaPapp

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Nov 18, 2015 6:55 PM in response to Sir Gibby

The 5,1 didn't ship with 8Gb of ram and you have Sophos installed 😉 Did it help?

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Answer 5

Sir Gibby Author

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Nov 20, 2015 9:17 PM in response to SeaPapp

I haven't had a kernel panic since I uninstalled Avast, though I haven't tried the original RAM because I bought the computer second hand and it didn't come with the original. I do wonder if bad RAM might be the cause of my problems. Man I would love the RAM to be the issue and not my 9400M.

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Answer 6

John Galt

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Nov 20, 2015 10:09 PM in response to Sir Gibby

Sir Gibby wrote:

I haven't had a kernel panic since I uninstalled Avast,

Then that was probably all you needed to do. Don't use such junk on a Mac.

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Answer 7

Sir Gibby Author

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Nov 20, 2015 10:20 PM in response to John Galt

I'd been having other issues well before installing Avast on here, but I guess the anti-virus had a small hand in creating other issues. Because of that I never though to check it. But I just popped one of the RAM sticks out and so far the computer is running just fine. A few hang ups here and there from having the RAM cut from 8 GB to 4 GB, but I'm trying to put this thing through it's paces and it seems to be doing just fine. If it was the RAM that has been the issues all this time I'm going to laugh.

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Answer 8

SeaPapp

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Nov 21, 2015 4:56 AM in response to Sir Gibby

If you haven't had a kernel panic since uninstalling Avast you've probably found the problem. Avast is a known offender. You'll want to be very careful handling those ram chips as they're sensitive to static electricity, and if you're not having any more panics there's no real need to be taking that risk.

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Answer 9

John Galt

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Nov 21, 2015 7:49 AM in response to Sir Gibby

RAM that does not meet Apple's stringent specifications will cause random KPs and instability that you will not be able to correlate to any particular activity. Unfortunately there is no reliable method of using a Mac to test its specification compliance, but you could use Apple Hardware Test. If it identifies memory failure, then it should be replaced with memory obtained from a vendor known to supply Mac-compatible RAM. Other than Apple I know of only two: Crucial and OWC / MacSales, and if you choose Crucial the RAM must be specifically intended for Macs.

Garbage like Avast will only complicate troubleshooting while conveying absolutely no benefit, so omitting it is the only reasonable choice.

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Answer 10

Sir Gibby Author

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Nov 21, 2015 10:42 PM in response to SeaPapp

I haven't had any kernel panics since uninstalling Avast, but I had a whole host of other problems that I just hadn't been able to pinpoint. Since removing a RAM stick absolutely NONE of those issues have come up, and this is the best my Mac has even functioned since I've owned it. Maybe I just got lucky and pulled the bad stick on the first try, or that particular chip just isn't compatible with my computer. In any case, at some point I'll get a fresh 8GB of RAM from OWC to drop in this baby, along with a fresh battery and an SSD.

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Answer 11

Sir Gibby Author

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Nov 21, 2015 10:44 PM in response to Sir Gibby

Thank you very much to everyone who added to this discussion, it was very informative to this first time Mac owner (though long time tech enthusiast)!

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