Black screen on macbook pro 13in 2011

A few weeks ago my screen went black while I was having a web cam chat with my wife. I was able to hook it up to my flat screen TV and it is working fine but not on my main apple disply screen. The apple icon on the back isn't lighting up and I can see shadows on my screen now after I did a PRM reset. Everything is working the way it should just not the screen. I'm living in China so my options are limited to where I can go to get it fix. I don't want anyone telling me its the mother board when I know it isn't (as I was told before along with a very high price for a new one).
Can anyone help me with a self repair option?
Thanks.

That helped me finding other people with similar problems.
But there is a major difference!
-They have a black screen after they login.
-My screen is black NOW! And I'm only using my BRAND NEW rmbp with the HDMI cable to my TV!
This isnt good at all and I would like to solve it asap..
I tried reinstalling Mountain Lion, taking out the hdmi cable and rebooting many times.
Until now, nothing!
Is my screen broken or maybe my video card has some problems?
I hope not! I just traveled from the US to Brazil and I dont want to search for an Apple Store here.
Any tips or ideas are welcome, thank you.

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Macbook Pro 13in 2011 Boot up

Hello,
So, for some reason whenever I turn my Macbook Pro 13in 2011 on, the normal white screen appears with the Apple logo and the little loading wheel, but this time a gray bar appears loading on the bottom of the wheel, could someone please explain what is happening, this is making my laptop load up very slowly. I'm scared I might lose everything.
Thanks, please get back to me,
IMAC2296

The following support article is somewhat outdated. Where it refers to booting from an installation disc, you should boot from your recovery partition (if running 10.7 or later) by holding down the key combination command-R at the chime.
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup

Sudden black screen on Macbook Pro.

Hi everyone,
Occasionally when using my macbook pro the screen turns black, yet the macbook appears to be still running (keyboard lighting is still on and the notebook makes its usual sounds). This happens like once a week on a random occasion, but always seems to follow an action (last time the screen went black after emptying my iPhoto trash can). To activate my macbook i always have to manually shut down and reboot.
I use a Macbook Pro purchased in 2010, with mac OS X Lion installed. This sudden black screen problem did not occur before installing Lion.
Does anyone else experience this problem? And any suggestions on solving it?
Kind regards,
Tom

I have the following failure since updating the EFI firmaware in my Macbook Pro 13" 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDkSah8rn3E
I´ve been asking Apple for about a month to fix it under warranty but no answer so far, they say tha the error cannot be repoduced at the store so I sent the video to them, still waiting for an answer.

Black Screen on MacBook Pro Early 2008

Hey guys,
i have a problem. My MacBook Pro Early 2008 doesnt boot anymore. If i press the power button the screen remains black and the hdd spins a few seconds and you can hear the superdrive make a short noise. But nothing more happens.
I know from the nVidia 8600m GT issue and i even have the modelnumber A1260 but the apple reseller told me that if there comes no start sound , it is not that problem. My question is: is it possible that the (probably) defect 8600m gt chip on my logicboard has caused a defect of the whole logicboard ? I heard from a guy whos board was repaired for free but its PowerManagment Unit on the logicboard was defect but the Technical guy told him , that it was caused by the nvdia chip and so it was repaired for free. How can i find out if my chip was the reason for the defect ?
Iam not a native speaker and i hope you can understand what iam trying to say iam happy for every correction and help.
greets
max

"How can i find out if my chip was the reason for the defect ?"
By having it examined by a certified Apple technician. If necessary, show the tech the KB Article: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2377 MacBook Pro: Distorted video or no video issues
"apple reseller told me that if there comes *no start sound* , it is not that problem."
You do not have a start sound?
Have you tried starting up from your install DVD?
If you have AppleCare, strongly suggest that you contact them first.
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Black screen on MacBook Pro Retina Display after installing Moutain Lion. Need Help!

My macbook pro (retina) screen went black after I installed Mountain Lion.
I got a HDMI cable to another monitor and the image worked nicely there.
But i cant get it back on my MacBook Pro! I tried taking out the HDMI cable, restarting, searching on settings configs..
What should I do?
Are there any drivers i should install to get image back on my MacBook Pro Retina Display?
Has this happened to anyone else?
Thanks in advance for all the help.

That helped me finding other people with similar problems.
But there is a major difference!
-They have a black screen after they login.
-My screen is black NOW! And I'm only using my BRAND NEW rmbp with the HDMI cable to my TV!
This isnt good at all and I would like to solve it asap..
I tried reinstalling Mountain Lion, taking out the hdmi cable and rebooting many times.
Until now, nothing!
Is my screen broken or maybe my video card has some problems?
I hope not! I just traveled from the US to Brazil and I dont want to search for an Apple Store here.
Any tips or ideas are welcome, thank you.

Multiple kernel panics & black screen on Macbook Pro Retina early 2013

My Macbook Pro Retina (early 2013, 8GB ram, 250 GB hard drive) has been experiencing multiple kernel panics forcing rapid-fire restarts of the computer multiple times within a very short time frame. This is followed by the screen staying black even if the computer is on (keyboard lit up, can hear volume buttons) but nothing is on the screen. Once the screen goes black, I have to employ some combination of manually shutting it down (by holding down the power button) and then turning it back on (+/- doing an SMC reset) to get the screen working again. I also tried a PRAM reset once, but it didn't seem to have any effect, and I've repaired the disk permissions.
This issue has happened multiple times in the past week. It seems to vary as to how long it takes to happen again (could be a few days, could be less than an hour), and it has happened during multiple different activities (surfing the web, using Word, using Mail). I have experienced this both on Mavericks and after updating to Yosemite over the weekend.
I took it to the Apple Store on Saturday and while the Genius saw that the screen was black when I initially brought it in (even though the computer was on), we couldn't recreate the issue and the diagnostic tests he ran showed nothing. It even started back up fine for him. I thought I was OK, until I had another round of kernel panics + black screen this afternoon. At this point, doing a normal restart of the machine results in a kernel panic before it even makes it off of the loading screen and then a black screen.
This time, I checked the logs and saw the panic report included below. I don't know enough about this to understand what it means, but hopefully someone else does! Some internet searching has suggested that it might be a problem with the GPU (and the log below says GPU panic). Help, please!
Mon Nov 3 16:43:08 2014
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 6 caller 0xffffff7f868daf63): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 0 a0 d9 9 8 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0x104000000 0xffffff8114d8a000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.7.21/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 6), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8111a12d30 : 0xffffff8003d3a811
0xffffff8111a12db0 : 0xffffff7f868daf63
0xffffff8111a12e90 : 0xffffff7f84a1cd28
0xffffff8111a12f50 : 0xffffff7f84ae71b6
0xffffff8111a12f90 : 0xffffff7f84ae7226
0xffffff8111a13000 : 0xffffff7f84d1ed7e
0xffffff8111a13090 : 0xffffff7f84d3650b
0xffffff8111a130d0 : 0xffffff7f84b5fa13
0xffffff8111a13100 : 0xffffff7f84b5f99d
0xffffff8111a13130 : 0xffffff7f84c6dc9f
0xffffff8111a13160 : 0xffffff7f84c6f971
0xffffff8111a13200 : 0xffffff7f84c6ff38
0xffffff8111a13280 : 0xffffff7f84a31bbf
0xffffff8111a132d0 : 0xffffff7f84c74157
0xffffff8111a13430 : 0xffffff7f84c745fa
0xffffff8111a134b0 : 0xffffff7f84b1ebee
0xffffff8111a13680 : 0xffffff7f84b1d78f
0xffffff8111a136c0 : 0xffffff7f84b2d8f8
0xffffff8111a13720 : 0xffffff7f84b27d63
0xffffff8111a13740 : 0xffffff7f84ae3f76
0xffffff8111a13780 : 0xffffff7f84ae3060
0xffffff8111a137e0 : 0xffffff7f84a20164
0xffffff8111a13800 : 0xffffff7f84a20b5b
0xffffff8111a13a20 : 0xffffff7f84a20e48
0xffffff8111a13ac0 : 0xffffff7f849ce330
0xffffff8111a13b40 : 0xffffff7f849cdb9e
0xffffff8111a13ba0 : 0xffffff7f849cf4c6
0xffffff8111a13be0 : 0xffffff7f849818d0
0xffffff8111a13c70 : 0xffffff7f849798ac
0xffffff8111a13cb0 : 0xffffff7f849d0164
0xffffff8111a13d00 : 0xffffff80042b85b1
0xffffff8111a13d50 : 0xffffff80042ff0b5
0xffffff8111a13dc0 : 0xffffff8003dea95e
0xffffff8111a13e10 : 0xffffff8003d3e91c
0xffffff8111a13e40 : 0xffffff8003d235a3
0xffffff8111a13e90 : 0xffffff8003d33e8d
0xffffff8111a13f10 : 0xffffff8003e0a142
0xffffff8111a13fb0 : 0xffffff8003e3ac66
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f8496f000->0xffffff7f849a9fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f84524000
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.7.21)[32B7E2DE-1F9D-3555-B687-7A76A62B81D2]@ 0xffffff7f868cc000->0xffffff7f868dffff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.7.21)[62689710-EEA7-307A-AC83-B8F25DA88 A6A]@0xffffff7f868c4000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f8526e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f84524000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f8496f000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[0183904C-6A16-32C4-9405-EEFD7F820B 02]@0xffffff7f868c7000
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(10.0)[53CC0E05-7382-336C-8239-AE884D6CA71A]@ 0xffffff7f849cc000->0xffffff7f84c41fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f84524000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[F4738C55-B507-3627-A9CA-3D29A5230A03]@0xff ffff7f849b6000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[6D99A3BE-D531-3780-880B-13F2FC894A4A]@0 xffffff7f8496f000
dependency: com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl(3.7.21)[4700601D-3FEB-3B86-B2BA-8D71AF84D1 C4]@0xffffff7f849c6000
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(10.0)[DC43029D-568A-3B7C-976B-E922C17F5143 ]@0xffffff7f84c4d000->0xffffff7f84dfafff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(10.0.0)[53CC0E05-7382-336C-8239-AE884D6CA71A ]@0xffffff7f849cc000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[766FC23F-452C-3B74-951C-598BB17BCF06]@0xffffff 7f84524000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer

The logic board is faulty and will have to be replaced.
Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider. You may have to leave the machine there for several days.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional—ask if you need guidance.
If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you have at least two complete, independent backups, and you know how to restore to an empty drive from any of them.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
Keeping your confidential data secure during hardware repair
Apple also recommends that you deauthorize a device in the iTunes Store before having it serviced.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.

Black screen on MacBook Pro running 10.6.8

Zapping PRAM, safe reboot, battery removal -- no help. Ideas? Have been using external monitor for about a year since hinge broke and ate the screen in the process. Right now external monitor does give me a "no signal" message at shutdown so I know it's working. Thanks.

Boot disk on USB Thumb drive - Augusta Maine
Apr 28, 2014 7:06 PM
I have a mid 2010 15" MBP i5 with 8 gigs of ram running Snow Leopard 10.6.8
Three times in two months it crashes to black screen and the only way back it a hard (power button - off) restart. Then it works fine. I have to pay more attention as to what I was doing at the time, but in all three cases I was actively using the keyboard. I do not have any video games on this laptop. I can't say for sure, but I am thinking it happens when I execute something new, today it happened when using Chrome. I either just launched it, or more likely it crashed when I hit RETURN to initiate a search.
I captured all three error reports, the beginning of each are as follows. Any and all sggestions are appreciated. And if MAINE ISLANDER is reading this, I have a Snow Leopard bood disk on thumb drive that you can borrow if in the Augusta area.
Today:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 24719830 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          5
Anonymous UUID: 4CC0DEFE-16DA-4707-A8C7-76F2AE0793AB
Mon Apr 28 18:34:56 2014
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xa26c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa6f3c000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x7c552188 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x7c5521bc 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x7c5521d8 : 0xa26c9b (0xc3c28c 0xcac800 0xc4ae60 0x0)
0x7c552278 : 0xb41608 (0xe858804 0xda1b004 0x100 0x124af700)
0x7c5522c8 : 0xb38601 (0xda1b004 0x100 0x7c5522f8 0xa16778)
0x7c5522f8 : 0x17929a6 (0xda1b004 0x100 0x438004ee 0x1)
0x7c552438 : 0xb602b5 (0xda1b004 0xe2df004 0x0 0x0)
0x7c552478 : 0xa2fe7c (0xda1b004 0xe2df004 0x0 0x0)
Exactly 20 days ago:
MAC Shut Down Error – 8 April 2014
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 23762346 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          4
Anonymous UUID: 4CC0DEFE-16DA-4707-A8C7-76F2AE0793AB
Tue Apr 8 07:20:25 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x833b3c9b): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x0061021c: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xc0000000 0xa6645000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x7a9020d8 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x7a90210c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x7a902128 : 0x833b3c9b (0x835c928c 0x83639800 0x835d7e60 0x0)
0x7a9021c8 : 0x834ce608 (0xd837c04 0xd37f004 0x61021c 0x83b0df6a)
0x7a902218 : 0x83b10ffe (0xd37f004 0x61021c 0x0 0x0)
0x7a902298 : 0x8338fa9f (0xd37f004 0xd940004 0xc1d00046 0xbfef0034)
0x7a902378 : 0x833901e3 (0xc1d00046 0xbfef0033 0xbfef0034 0x857c)
0x7a9023a8 : 0x8339597f (0x7a902438 0x7a9024ac 0x7a9023d8 0x2aa21d
22 March 2014
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 22842956 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          3
Anonymous UUID:                    4CC0DEFE-16DA-4707-A8C7-76F2AE0793AB
Sat Mar 22 23:07:45 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x005531d5, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000020, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000668
EAX: 0x00000020, EBX: 0x00944260, ECX: 0x15a4e404, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x00000020, EBP: 0xa667aa78, ESI: 0xe00002bc, EDI: 0x10d74bc0
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x005531d5, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0xe0000010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0xa667a898 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0xa667a8cc 0x223ce1 0x0)
0xa667a8e8 : 0x2abf6a (0x59e3d0 0x5531d5 0xe 0x59e59a)
0xa667a9c8 : 0x2a1a78 (0xa667a9e0 0x15a4e400 0xa667aa78 0x5531d5)
0xa667a9d8 : 0x5531d5 (0xe 0x940048 0xa6670010 0xe0000010)
0xa667aa78 : 0x554316 (0x10d74bc0 0x0 0x0 0x0)
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), MBP OS=current

Black screen on Macbook Pro 2014

The screen on my MacBook Pro retina 2014 stays black for 20-30 seconds (with the cursor visible) when i activate it after it has been deactivated while not using the computer for a while. Why does it stay black?

I think there isn't a real problem at 2ºC but that is a bit cold. It could affect the hardware. If the problem persists inside at room temp, them take it in for service since it is in warranty.

Upgrade to Lion Causes Black Screen On MacBook Pro

I read early discussion posts on this topic and thought by now Apple would have corrected this poblem but apparently not. I updgraded my MacBook Pro last night to Lion and since last evening I have had 5 black screen (failures) and had to power off and reboot. Is there a known correction or update to this problem? It is extremely disappointing as I need my Mac for my business and cannot afford to send it to a depot for a five day repair.
This same problem was happening to me with an older OS but ONLY when I used both PowerPoint and Parallels at the same time. For this probem I took the MacBook into the Genius Bar and had to leave it there through the weekend and all day Monday. They told me after running multiple tests they found no hardware problems and the issue had to be software. The only fix was a five day depot repair. I thought I would manage by not using PowerPoint and Parallels together but now, with the Lion Upgrade it happens with ALL apps and when I simply try to read an email. Very, Very DISAPPOINTING. COME ON APPLE, DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. PLEASE.

Lion has been causing a lot of problems on older hardware, it killed a 4 year old 15" MBP on me.
Go back to 10.6, the stability of your business comes first.

Black screen after MacBook Pro wakes from sleep; reason, solution?

Greetings!
I have 2 MacBook Pro machines; both are running the latest versions of OSX for their age.
The 2 GHz Core Duo is using 10.6.8 (2GB RAM) and 2.5 GHz Duo Core 2 is using the 10.7.x (4GB RAM).
Both are routinely used with external monitors. Every so often when either of the machines are put to sleep, the external monitor disconnected, and finally when the machine is woken, the native screen remains black and unlit. If the machine is connected to the external monitor, it shows its appropriate desktop but the finder bar is unavaible so nothing can be done short of forced shut down and a reboot.
Am I forgetting some simple short cuts (key-bases) to bring the native screen to life or is forced shut-down really necessary?

"..but that thread is marked as "Answered" with a "solved answer" available, when *clearly it is not."*
It was for the original poster of that thread you linked.
+"the bug no longer happen in snow leopard."+
"I've opened this new thread to re-examine the issue in hopes of a true solution. (Is there some other thing I should do to report the bug to Apple?)"
File a bug report and/or post your concerns over in Product Feedback.
If you have AppleCare, have you contacted them?

Macbook pro (early 2011) won't boot after sleep. Black screen with chime

I put my macbook pro early 2011 (Quad, 8 Gb RAM, 2 x SSD-disks, external 27" LED-screen) into sleep mode a couple of days ago. Everything was fine then.
However, the morning after it wouldn't wake up - this is the bootup process:
- Black screen
- Chime
- Still black screen, nothing happens.
So I've tried resetting NVRAM, SMC etc - no luck. Even tried the "Powerbutton" + "S" + Enter but to no avail.So I immediately began dd:ing my SSD-disk before trying anything else, figured it might be some preboot-corruption of some sort since I'm running FileVault2 with full AES-encryption.
Now, the problem (after some troubleshooting) doesn't seem to be disk-oriented. Remember the black screen? I've tried pulling the SATA-cables one by one on the motherboard of the Macbook pro and discovered that when I pulled the cable which reaches over the optical device (just above the SATA-cable for the optical device) then I get a white screen and I'm able to get as far as boot-option, or even disk repair (if I run my SSD-disk over USB and without any cables (three of them) attacked to the motherboard).
So since nothing works when I have disks connected or that third cable (some kind of logic board bridge? Reaches through the screen over to the other side of the mother board).
Also worth noting is that I was running out of free disk-space on my system disk. The disk is 250 Gb and free space was about 5-10 Gb (less than 5%). I also make the macbook pro dump contents of memory to disk (since my disk is encrypted it resides safely there).
So, my fear is that Apple hasn't used A-grade controllers for the disk drives (I've had drive corruption before, a Crucial 6 GB/s drive trashed less than a week before a presentation) and doesn't handle "unexpected events" nor signal/noise ratio very well. Maybe free space on disk was less than the 8 Gb needed to dump RAM (shouldn't have needed the full 8 Gb though) and this caused some kind of panic overwrite which trashed the controller?
Anyways, I've attached an image of the motherboard and I am wondering - what does the top cable which reaches over the optical drive do? Is it connected to the logic-board?

sspott wrote:
** The volume Macintosh HD could not be repaired.
Looks to me like a fatal error on the hard disk. IMHO, the only solution is to boot from an external device, reformat the hard drive, and restore from backup. If you don't have a backup, you're in trouble. Boot from the external device, try to mount the int'l drive, and, if successful, back up as much as possible. Also, try running Disk Utility—it may be possible to fix it while booted from a different device, thought I wouldn't bank on it. At any rate, make sure to run an AHT afterwards, to check for possible hardware issues with the drive.
If the machine is still covered by AppleCare, take it to the store by all means. But they won't try to recover anything from the int'l drive, just check it, erase it if they don't find hardware issues, and re-install a fresh copy of the OS.
That's why you should always have at least 1 up-to-date backup (2, with one kept off-site, is better).

MacBook Pro late 2011 screen goes blank and needs shutdown and superdrive spins 3 times before ejecting discs

Hi everyone,
I have a big problem with my MacBook Pro late 2011, suddenly while working without connecting the charger and it is 100% charged the screen would go black and I would need to hold the power button to shut it down and then power it up again, The second issue is the superdrive whenever I use a disc it spins it for 3 times before ejecting it to me, tried resetting PRAM and tried re-installing mac os x mavericks, but no solution so far and about the superdrive I bought a cleaner disc and tried to insert it, the superdrive would spin it 3 times and ejects it after that. Saw the disk permission solution and tried it once and I think there is a problem with that because this is the second time I try it and it was saying that there were problems.
Sorry for being long.
Thanks in advance.

Depending on what you are doing on the computer, how hard you are working the computer, it should not overheat. And if it does it should shut down or get very slow because when it starts to overheat the CPU will be throttled back to a lower Ghz speed and or just shut down so it doesn't cause damage to the CPU. The Kernel Panics are a sign that something else is going on. This could be software or hardware.
If after wiping the drives and reinstall Lion on the SSD if the system is running OK then the drives are fine, IE they are not bad. There is something else corrupting them. Again this could be hardware or software, but I doubt it is heat. And using the MBP ion clamshell mode should not cause overheating or excessive heating of either of the drives.
Have you installed iStat Pro or Menu and kept and eye on the temps? If not install iStat Pro and keep and eye on the temps. I bet they do not get above the 150°- 180°F mark which although hot is not overheating.
Be very careful when calling Apple. Removing the DVD drive and installing a hard drive in that bay could void your warranty. The DVD is not a User Removable part and Apple frowns on doing that. So if you call them do not mention that you have replaced the DVD drive with another HDD.
Honestly I suspect you have a hardware problem. But the only way to know that is to install just Lion and your basic programs and run the system. Leave out any AV type software, if you are running some. If you don't get any kernel panics thenn install some of your other software, one programm at a time. If with just the OS and basic software you get a kernel panic then it is hardware related and needs to be checked out by Apple. If you do that re-install the DVD and the original HDD with just the OS on it before you take it in.

My japanese macbook pro (late 2011) physical keyboard does not match with the on screen japanese keyboard in windows 8.1 so does caps lock

I am using windows 8.1 pro on my Japanese macbook pro (Late 2011) and enabled japanese language but the problem is that when i press caps lock (lower left corner) it changes the input method from english to japanese. I checked my on screen keyboard (OSK) in windows and its different from my physical keyboard i.e. keys are different on my physical keyboard compared to OSK. Can anyone help me?
Thanks
Tenadona

Can I suggest the following articles, which are worth reviewing?
Boot Camp: About keyboards and key assignment for Microsoft Windows - Apple Support
Boot Camp: Apple Wireless Keyboard keyboard mapping in Windows - Apple Support
Boot Camp: Windows commands on an Apple keyboard
Windows does require language packs to be installed, if you want the physical keyboard to match the on-screen keyboard.

I was installing soundflower macbook pro mid 2011/Snow leopard Grey loading screen

Hello i was installing soundflower for my macbook pro mid 2011/Snow leopard. However when finishing the installation for soundflower and click restart computer my mac now has a grey screen with a loading bar that doesn't finish. I already try safe mode and it doesn't work. Is there a way to disable sound flower installation?

No. You use "C" to boot from the optical drive
Hold down the Option key to select a different disk drive to boot from
When it comes up with all the disk that have an operating system on them, select the one with the bootable clone on it
Allan

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