Computer Freezing. Graphics Card?

I work extensively on FCPX and have had no issues with this computer as to date. I originally had to take my last 2010 model back to Best Buy because it was experiencing failures, so they gave me this new one. I am running a mid 2012 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB ram and am on OSX 10.8.2 I do run my computer on two monitors, and these problems happen regardless of it being plugged in or standalone.
Toda, I was working, and the screen would start to Flicker and there were big blocky pixels that appeared on the screen, and the computer froze. The spinning wheel started, and the mouse was able to move, but no other interaction can take place. This worried me a bit, and it has been doing it all day.
I have been testing everything I can, and have reset the PRAM and all of that stuff. I have run memory checks and have used Tech Tool, which shows no errors. I then started to run FCPX again, and then my computer Kernel Panicked and restarted. I saved that information, and will paste it below this.
This made me worried and I decided to run the Apple Hardware Test. I have run the standard and the extended test, and both end up freezing. I have done this multiple times, and the extended test freezes at 8 min 28sec.
Im guessing that there is some type of hardware failure. Is there anyone else that has this problem?
Here is the Kernel Panic Report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 8667 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 1603215E-B67D-CB08-3F81-3FBEB8F5EB9F
Mon Dec 17 15:21:20 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f84358465): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00100c80: CFG 0x0fd510de 0x00100406 0xc0000000, BAR0 0x103000000 0xffffff81d6bfc000 0x0e7150a2, D0, P2/3
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81d5eeb520 : 0xffffff8003c1d626
0xffffff81d5eeb590 : 0xffffff7f84358465
0xffffff81d5eeb650 : 0xffffff7f84455fcc
0xffffff81d5eeb6b0 : 0xffffff7f846f0d64
0xffffff81d5eeb720 : 0xffffff7f846f0b95
0xffffff81d5eeb780 : 0xffffff7f846408ec
0xffffff81d5eeb820 : 0xffffff7f8463d2ed
0xffffff81d5eeb8c0 : 0xffffff7f8463cf0d
0xffffff81d5eeb920 : 0xffffff7f844bde81
0xffffff81d5eeb990 : 0xffffff7f847a1a5f
0xffffff81d5eeb9f0 : 0xffffff7f84796bfc
0xffffff81d5eebab0 : 0xffffff7f84796fe7
0xffffff81d5eebb20 : 0xffffff7f844df2b9
0xffffff81d5eebc60 : 0xffffff7f844de90b
0xffffff81d5eebd60 : 0xffffff7f844e2e8f
0xffffff81d5eebda0 : 0xffffff7f847eb530
0xffffff81d5eebe00 : 0xffffff7f844e2ac0
0xffffff81d5eebe70 : 0xffffff7f84340291
0xffffff81d5eebf30 : 0xffffff7f84300969
0xffffff81d5eebf60 : 0xffffff8003c3dcde
0xffffff81d5eebfb0 : 0xffffff8003cb2957
Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.6)[6DE39FFA-F7E3-3EF5-AF75-
43F2A69F6288]@0xffffff7f842fb000->0xffffff7f8460afff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-
ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffffff7f84266000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[6A1A36AC-2F79-34AF-
A162-A97FE16705E3]@0xffffff7f842e7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[2E420A99-8DBF-
3C1D-AE39-75B7EE4D5C1E]@0xffffff7f842a4000 com.apple.nvidia.nvGK100hal(8.0.6)[2D2A14D2-AF55-3425-81E1-
FE506CA5DAC7]@0xffffff7f84618000->0xffffff7f8491efff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.6)[6DE39FFA-F7E3-3EF5-AF75-
43F2A69F6288]@0xffffff7f842fb000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-
ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffffff7f84266000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version: 12C3012
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.1: Thu Oct 18 16:32:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu- 2050.20.9~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 0AFA55FD-872F-3BBE-8630-214EB586A16D
Kernel slide: 0x0000000003a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003c00000
System model name: MacBookPro9,1 (Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 442352041829
last loaded kext at 269566440167: com.apple.driver.AppleFireWireStorage (addr 0xffffff7f86737000, size 16384)
last unloaded kext at 184632670600: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver
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Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In, 384 MB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M, PCIe, 512 MB Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5358384758334D314131363030433130
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5358384758334D314131363030433130
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF5), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.14)
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.2f9 11046, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Device: hub_device, 0x8087 (Intel Corporation), 0x0024, 0x1a100000 / 2
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USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x1d182000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1d181000 / 4 USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821d, 0x1d181300 / 10
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Try a smc reset:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Also try a pram reset:
Power down, hold down the keys option,command,P,R (no commas) continue to hold these keys till you here the start chime 2 times, then release. Reboot.
You also seem to have quite abit of 3rd party software, try a safe boot, which will disable all but essentcial software.
Try going thru different applications and seee if you don't hvae the panics/crashes, if all is normal, then it would be 3rd party software.
Try a normal boot and see if it behaves abnormally, if so disable all the 3rd party software, and add one at at time to find out which is the offending application. Then trash i.
Hope this helps,
SJP
If no joy, bring it in to the Apple store. they wil disgnose it for free and give you a price for repair, most of their repairs are done on a flat rate, with the exception of liquid damage.
They will repair all the problems for the flat rate, except the screen. Video card, logic board, lcd backlighting, and other things for the flat rate, for about 13rd the price of the cheapest MBP.

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The NVIDIA GTS 450 needs a 6 pin PCI-E power connector and a 400 watt power supply. The HP p6310y only has a 300 watt power supply.
A decent video card for a PC with a 300 watt power supply is the NVIDIA GT 240 512mb or 1GB with DDR5 memory. This card will not support DirectX 11 which is used in the newer games to provide improved detail.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

Graphics Card - Amnesia: The dark descent

Ok so the deal is, I am planning on buying Amnesia, but I can't if the demo can't even run without a proper graphics card (It shows the title screen and ingame the crosshair but behind it is just plain black and no light whatsoever).
(Long Story Short on bottom)
There is many videos on youtube about this problem and it can be resolved by updating your Intel(R) HD Graphics Card. So I tried going to intel to manually download an update. When I was done going through the video and finally getting ready to update it said "Windows could not verify if this update is compatible with your graphics card, updating now could lead to major problems or making your computer not work at all. Are you sure you want to update it?" and I said no to it and I looked on Intel for them to look at my computer's graphics card and find an update and it said this
Product detected: Intel(R) Processor Graphics 3000
Current Driver installed: 8.15.10.2523
A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause technical issues. Contact your computer manufacturer for the latest driver for your computer.
So I clicked computer manufacturer and I ended up here, could someone tell me how and what i should do?
Please
Long Story short:
Please can someone tell me an update for my graphics card so I can run Amnesia: The Dark Descent without it ruining my computer (I want a sure answer where my computer will not break no matter what if you could please)

What's the full model number of your computer? It should be on a label on the bottom.
As an aside, it's a very interesting game. I started playing it recently, and I suspect I'm about half way through.
- Peter

Photoshop CC - Graphic cards for smooth performance?

I am running PSCC on my main desktop computer. I find that it lags significantly enough to impair my workflow especially when using brushes (default ones).
I have also tested PSCC on a Win 8 gaming laptop and it runs smoothly there.
I am currently using an Nvidia GFX 465. The rest of the system, in brief, is a Win 7 Pro 64 bit system with 12G ram, with 75% dedicated to PS. I have tried setting the memory prefs to 'Tall and Thin' and 'Big and Flat'; the larger cache tile size seems to help a little, although it was working better with 'Tall and Thin' in CS6. Open GL is enabled; Open CL is enabled, draw mode set to Basic (Advanced slows things).
i am interested in hearing what graphic cards folks who claim they have no performance issues in PS CC are using. I am wondering if upgrading my main computer's graphic card will help, and perhaps there is a clue if I knew what cards were working fine with the program.

You may well find that a newer video card will be helpful. However, it may not solve everything for you...
Painting with large brushes also relies heavily on CPU speed, and thus your system's responsiveness will be somewhat dependent on how fast your CPU's individual core speed is.
Does the "gaming laptop" have much newer / faster CPU technology than your desktop system? CPUs have been getting much faster in the past few years, even though clock speeds haven't been changing much (basically new the new CPUs do more per clock cycle).
To run Photoshop best, especially when painting with large brushes (e.g., hundreds to thousands of pixels in size), you really need both modern CPU technology and a good graphics card (as well as very good disk speed).
Personally, for the past few years I've been more fond of ATI cards than nVidia, and I presently have a moderately powerful Visiontek ATI Radeon HD 7850 card, which (with ATI's latest driver release) works very well with Photoshop CC.
-Noel

Can I add a better graphic card to Equium A100-306?

As the title suggests is it possible to add a graphics card to an A100 - 306 Equium in order to better handle games?
Any thoughts/comments much appreciated.
Thanks

Hello,
Honestly no its not possible. Every model has a set list of parts that can be ordered, and if your model has a graphics card of 128MB the only video card an ASP can order is the one listed for your model. The equium A100-306 is different for instance then the Equium A100-307. From looking at the parts list for your computer, your Graphics card is integrated on the MB, meaning you can not even upgrade it if you wanted. Sorry, no chance for an upgrade on your Notebook.

Computer not responding to Graphics Card/Freezes up in Games

Hello All.
Recently I've updated my Drivers, and almost everygame I've played has just been freezing after 10 Mins of gameplay. It stay's on the screen for about 2 Mins, then closes off along with the app it was running on (Steam). Before i had updated my drivers, everything was fine. I've tried to downgrade the Catayst and I've tried to roll back the driver's for the Video Card, but it wont work no matter what. After 3 days, I once again uninstall AMD Catalyst, and now my graphic card won't work. I would reset the computer many times just for the Monitor to get signal, but once more, it was a failure. I'm begging for help here, and if anybody can help me, I commend you! So please, please, please, please, help me, thank you, and have a wonderful day!
PC Specs:
10 GB Ram
XFX AMD Radeon HD 7750
Power Supply 300 Watt
Computer Name: h8-1414 PC, (Changed Video Card)

Hi,
Well you did modify your PC configuration by changing the graphics card or is that not the case? Let's get the straight facts and not any misdirection information.
HP DV9700, t9300, Nvidia 8600, 4GB, Crucial C300 128GB SSD
HP Photosmart Premium C309G, HP Photosmart 6520
HP Touchpad, HP Chromebook 11
Custom i7-4770k,Z-87, 8GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650,GTX 760
Custom i7-4790k,Z-97, 16GB, Vertex 3 SSD, Plextor M.2 SSD, Samsung EVO SSD, Corsair HX650, GTX 660TI
Windows 7/8 UEFI/Legacy mode, MBR/GPT

Computer freezes when switching to discrete Graphics Card.

Hi! I have a W530 with the K1000M graphics card, along with the Nvidea Optimus program. Whenever I run a program that uses my discrete graphics card, I get the error "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered." I've used my discrete graphics card before with no problems, although my computer has had two major changes since the last time I've used it (see notes below).
Solutions I've tried: Updating with the correct drivers through Windows Update (update failed), updating driver through Lenovo website (broke display), updating drivers through Nvidea website (driver installed, didn't fix problem). Nothing works, and the Lenovo driver basically disabled my display. It took me hours to fix just that-- for some reason, whenever I crash, my computer looks at drive X instead of C. Had to screw around for a while just to let me do a system restore.
I'm rather upset about the whole thing because I really like my laptop. Right now, I've just set Optimus to never use the discrete graphics card...
Thanks for reading!
*Note 1: I have some aftermarket parts: Crucial RAM and a mSATA SSD. I've had these parts in for over a year with no problems.
*Note 2: The motherboard in my laptop blew a transistor or something a few weeks ago. My university's computer shop replaced it under warranty.
*Note 2.1: I'm not sure if the new motherboard is causing the problems or Windows 8.1, or something else entirely. I haven't used my discrete graphics card since before both the 8.1 update and my motherboard being fixed.

This happened to me whenever I was trying to run 3dsMax Design 2013 in Optimus mode, everytime I attempted to open that program it would simply refuse and say the nvidia driver had just crashed.
It was solved with nvidia 305.93 I think (I currently run 331.82 which is the latest) look for the most up to date driver at the nvidia drivers download page.
That is really an nvidia driver related problem but you should also update your Intel video card driver too as previously suggested. (and if the program that is crashing is an Autodesk product be sure to be up to date too (with all the nuances that it implies), I'm currently running 3dsmax 13 PU6 and it works)
So what you need to do is to uninstall your nvidia driver completely, reboot, install the most up to date from nvidia. reboot, via windows update install the lates Intel video driver (if something appears) (don't install it from the intel web site). In device manager my intel driver appears to be 9.17.10.2843
(Maybe it didn't work the last time for you because maybe you didn't perform a clean installation)

Freezing Screen, Graphics Card not functioning

I'd bought my Macbook Pro 15-inch in Summer 2011. 2 days ago my screen started freezing and I took it to the Genius Bar. They checked it and concluded that the problem is with the graphics card, so it either had to be replied (around $340 incl. tax) or I've to buy a new laptop. I asked them why it could have happened, they said, there might be many reasons, and "it's an old computer anyway". What I don't understand is, if a Macbook Pro 15-inch cannot last longer than 3,5 years, what is the point of paying so much for this product? And why is a 3,5 year old macbook pro considered as an old one? Do they expect me to pay more than thousand dollars every two years? It was my first Apple product and I am very disappointed and unsatisfied. What should I do now: a)replace the graphics card with a new one OR b)buy a new laptop?

Hi. This is a known issue with the AMD 6750m graphics card in macbook pro 2011. There are a lot of posts in here on it.Weather apple will address this I can not say. You would have to keep checking with Apple on this. One possible temp solution in to use energy saver to limit the use of the AMD card. Check is post. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4161572

Photoshop and Lightroom freezing with supported graphics card

Good Morning,
I'm looking for some help to correct a problem. I'm sending this request to Adobe, Asus, Corsair, and Intel. I'm a professional photographer and this is my new computer to support the Nikon D800.
Problem:
When working in both Photoshop (CS5) and Lightroom 4 my computer is freezing and I'm having to do a kill restart to unfreeze the computer. This is happening when doing simple processes like panting with the air brush in Photoshop.
I have to correct this issue it is my livelihood. Which of the components do I need to replace and with what specifically?
Computer:
i7 3970k CPU Intel
Asus Sabertooth X79 motherboard
Corsair 8- 8GB for a total of 64GB of ram (un-buffered)
Two drives both Western Digital
Graphics card is a Adobe supported ASUS GeForce GTX570
Windows 7 professional
Attempted corrections:
Up dated graphics card drivers, and Windows, check and unchecked Open GL Draw but it freeze in both setting. Follow all of Adobe's set up guide lines. Follow the recommendations from NAPP. Had some bad sticks of ram waiting on Corsair RMA replacement. Computer has 16 GB of ram in it at the current time but the freezing characteristics are the same with 64 GB and 16 GBs of ram.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Mike Boatman

I am running Win 7 Prof on a Xeon processor with 12 GB RAM. Occasionally I experience random freezes of my system but as far as I can tell neither Lr nor Photoshop are involved.
I never found a cause since my Event Viewer does not give any error messages.
I have searched the Win 7 forum at http://www.sevenforums.com/#windows-7-help-support
and found this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2575077
They say they fixed it with a hotfix but it seems it still does occur. My last freeze was on May 3, 2012.

Mac Pro Graphics Card causing freezes?

Hi there,
My 1st Gen Mac Pro keep freezing...most times requiring a restart. The freezes seem to occur when 'using' the graphics card (Nvidia 7300GT). Have completely reinstalled OSX and it still happens.
Hardware Test doesn't bring up a problem with the graphics card, but there are some weird black glitches which appear on text and also some windows acquire the ability to rub others out...? Also, on turning on, the computer sometimes shows just red, green random patches of colour. The problems seem to be getting gradually worse.
Monitor is fine (have tested with another and the same thing happens). The freezes have happened happen when doing the following...
1. Orbiting in Sketchup
2. Changing between windows in Finder
3. Scrolling through the Console Window (ironically in a failed attempt to find out what was wrong...)
4. Using the Space bar on a file on look at it quickly.
Does this sound like the GPU is shot? I have ordered a new 8800GT from the Apple Store in the meantime (we could always put it in another Mac Pro).
Has anyone encountered a similar problem before and if so, was there a fix?
Thanks,
n.b. the Mac Pro is not covered by AppleCare and is out of warranty.

Actually, the other thing which makes me suspicious is the appearance of the word 'nvidia' in the kernel panic log
Tue May 19 17:35:07 2009
panic(cpu 2 caller 0x00683643): NVRM[0]: Read Error 0x00009200: BAR0 0xf1000000 0x75e7f000 0x04b300a2 D3 P0/1
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x6d8974e8 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45ec20 0x6d89751c 0x13355c 0x0)
0x6d897538 : 0x683643 (0x8b3e20 0x8b3e20 0x8783ec 0x0)
0x6d897598 : 0x6c6054 (0x899b804 0x8d70004 0x9200 0x6bfa6a)
0x6d8975d8 : 0x94c46f (0x8d70004 0x9200 0x1 0x8f5a004)
0x6d8975f8 : 0x784f16 (0x8d70004 0x8b6b004 0x0 0x0)
0x6d897638 : 0x935cdf (0x8b6b004 0x514 0x514 0x1)
0x6d897678 : 0x741e63 (0x8d70004 0x8f5a004 0x0 0x0)
0x6d8976b8 : 0x7eadd1 (0x8d70004 0x8f5a004 0x0 0x0)
0x6d8976f8 : 0x75a59c (0x8d70004 0x5c2f 0x0 0x0)
0x6d897748 : 0x75a6b2 (0x8d70004 0x58187004 0xac00 0xd)
0x6d897768 : 0x914fd1 (0x8d70004 0x58187004 0xc 0x8b4b290)
0x6d8977c8 : 0x918b30 (0x8ae9204 0xac02 0x1 0x0)
0x6d897888 : 0x694413 (0x8d70004 0x3d 0x0 0x0)
0x6d897918 : 0x6813ec (0xc1d00021 0x8000000 0x41 0x2)
0x6d897a78 : 0x672dd8 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x703a 0x6d897aa8)
0x6d897b38 : 0x85b2ec (0xc1d00021 0x8000000 0x41 0x2)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal(5.4.4)@0x8c9000->0xa93fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(5.4.4)@0x66a000
com.apple.NVDAResman(5.4.4)@0x66a000->0x8c8fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.7.3)@0x65c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x62e000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.7.3)@0x63f000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
9J61
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.7.0: Tue Mar 31 22:52:17 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.12.14~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 766414544582
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAPlatformDriver 1.6.8a3 - last unloaded 80521838742
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9d0 - last loaded 12655794675
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAPlatformDriver 1.6.8a3
com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 2.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.6.8a3
com.apple.GeForce 5.4.4
com.apple.DontSteal_Mac_OSX 6.0.3
com.apple.nvidia.nv40hal 5.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.6.8a3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 1.7.7
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver 1.1.7
com.apple.driver.ACPISMCPlatformPlugin 3.4.0d10
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.2.12
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.0d28
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 2.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 1.2.3f1
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 1.0.8b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.4.3
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.0.9
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 2.7.91
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 1.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 3.8.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntel8254XEthernet 2.1.2b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.4.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 3.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.security.seatbelt 107.12
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 1.6.77
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 76.0.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 199
com.apple.BootCache 30.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.6.8a3
com.apple.NVDAResman 5.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.6.8a3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.6.9fc3
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 3.4.0d10
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 2.2.1d2
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 1.2.3f1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 2.0.9
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 3.4.7
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.0.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.5.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6
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