Curtain of Death issue

Well looks like i still have the curtain of death issue even after all the updates. I did have to go in and remove all my palm software and did some trashing of files that were being stubborn. But here is the new console message
Mac OS X Version 10.4.7 (Build 8K1124)
2006-09-24 09:54:18 -0700
2006-09-24 09:54:18.673 SystemUIServer[139] lang is:en
Waiting for prefs changes...
Sep 24 09:54:22 guy-mancusos-computer-2 ntpdate[176]: no servers can be used, exiting
Sep 24 09:54:22 guy-mancusos-computer-2 ntpd[178]: bind() fd 10, family 30, port 123, addr ::1, in6is_addrmulticast=0 flags=0 fails: Address already in use
I recieved Tech Tools Pro and I will install that and test the whole system and maybe I can get this straightened out

Generally speaking, if I can't fix a system within the first hour or so of trying then I'm normally better off, time-wise, by biting the bullet and going with a clean install. Granted it has probably cost be time a few time although it straight out playing the odds. After a serious first hour attempt the odds of finding, and also being able to rectify, any problem goes down dramatically after this time. So, spending 2 more hours trying to find and fix a problem is normally 2 hours more for me to finish doing a clean install.
Like you, I realise that any time spent doing this sort of thing is time out of your life you aren't going to get back again.

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Curtain of Death?

I have gone through most of the Discussion boards & could not find anything related to my issue. My MBP is 3 1/2 yrs old & works fine. However, twice last night a semi transparent curtain came down & said I need to shut down using the power button & then restart. I did that (no other option) & then it happened again a while later. What is going on? It this considered the "curtain of death"?
The battery is fine & is still NORMAL. I am out of warranty now. Should I take it in to an authorized dealer?

twice last night a semi transparent curtain came down & said I need to shut down using the power button & then restart.
What is going on?
Kernel panics. Disconnect all peripherals from from your computer and follow the instructions in these articles - User Tips: Kernel Panics
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392
Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Any reason why you never updated to 10.4.11? Your os is way out of date?

Curtain of death after months of use

Hi folks hope all is well . After several months wit the Mac pro i am STILL getting these curtains of death and it is really getting to me. I am very reluctant to start all over and reformat this thing. If i do than i will wait for leopard than do it but in the meantime there must be a way to solve this issue. One thought is it is trying to connect with Idisk which is not on my desktop anymore but in my preferences but here is the latest console crash report. I have Tech tools Pro and also Tiger cache cleaner. Just wondering if there is a program to find the issue and solve it. Not sure how to read this crash. Here it is
Mac OS X Version 10.4.8 (Build 8L2127)
2007-01-30 08:13:16 -0700
2007-01-30 08:13:16.806 loginwindow[119] FSResolveAliasWithMountFlags returned err = -43
2007-01-30 08:13:17.316 SystemUIServer[136] lang is:en
Waiting for prefs changes...
DSGetCurrentConfigInfo(): dsGetRecordEntry() == -14079
Jan 30 08:13:33 guy-mancusos-computer-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetCurrentConfigInfo(): dsGetRecordEntry() == -14079
DSGetCacheInfo(): DSGetCurrentConfigInfo() == -14079
* MCXD.getComputerInfo: Couldn't get cache info -14079
Jan 30 08:13:33 guy-mancusos-computer-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: DSGetCacheInfo(): DSGetCurrentConfigInfo() == -14079
Jan 30 08:13:33 guy-mancusos-computer-2 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd: * MCXD.getComputerInfo: Couldn't get cache info -14079

Here is the panic log for today
Tue Jan 30 08:13:24 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x5A947CD0): Uncorrectable Fbd memory error detected. ferr = 20000800 , nerr == 00000000
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x108cd8 : 0x128d1f (0x3c9540 0x108cfc 0x131df4 0x0)
0x108d18 : 0x5a947cd0 (0x5a949e64 0x20000800 0x0 0x8100a4)
0x108da8 : 0x5a947f64 (0x927ab00 0x927ab00 0x2 0x820044)
0x108e38 : 0x5aa54712 (0x927ab00 0x0 0x916cc80 0x0)
0x108e68 : 0x5aa5459b (0x9134700 0x0 0x0 0x1c)
0x108e88 : 0x5aa6731c (0x1c 0x108ef8 0x8 0x5aa68dd9)
0x108eb8 : 0x5aa674c6 (0x913711c 0x17 0x91345ca 0x904c520)
0x108f18 : 0x5aa7405d (0x91087e8 0x0 0x108f48 0x3974d9)
0x108f38 : 0x5acae4fb (0x91087e8 0x0 0x8f5ac80 0x0)
0x108f68 : 0x5aa5a7c5 (0x901b200 0x0 0x901c500 0x49)
0x108f88 : 0x5aa53c1f (0x8f88a00 0x0 0x901c500 0x49)
0x108fa8 : 0x3b9d21 (0x9111580 0x0 0x9111700 0x49)
0x108fe8 : 0x19aa20 (0x4a94be30 0x4a94be30 0x19ba76 0x57c000)
0x4a94bf18 : 0x1a42f5 (0x10 0x1 0x4ae85c 0x6)
0x4a94bf38 : 0x19d871 (0x0 0x0 0x4a94bf68 0x206)
0x4a94bf58 : 0x135f23 (0x0 0x0 0x0 0x19d23a) Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver(1.1f1)@0x5a944000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.2.0)@0x5a9ff000
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC(1.2.0)@0x5acad000
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.0.5)@0x5aa52000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x5a9e9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.2.0)@0x5a9ff000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Mon Sep 25 19:42:00 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.13.8.obj~1/RELEASE_I386
Tue Jan 30 15:43:30 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x5AAB6CD0): Uncorrectable Fbd memory error detected. ferr = 20000800 , nerr == 00000000
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x108cd8 : 0x128d1f (0x3c9540 0x108cfc 0x131df4 0x0)
0x108d18 : 0x5aab6cd0 (0x5aab8e64 0x20000800 0x0 0x8100a4)
0x108da8 : 0x5aab6f64 (0x9264200 0x9264200 0x2 0x820044)
0x108e38 : 0x5aa54712 (0x9264200 0x0 0x916cc80 0x0)
0x108e68 : 0x5aa5459b (0x9134700 0x0 0x0 0x1c)
0x108e88 : 0x5aa6731c (0x1c 0x108ef8 0x8 0x5aa68dd9)
0x108eb8 : 0x5aa674c6 (0x913711c 0x17 0x91345ca 0x904c520)
0x108f18 : 0x5aa7405d (0x91087e8 0x0 0xb102fff4 0x259)
0x108f38 : 0x5acae4fb (0x91087e8 0x0 0x8f5ac80 0x0)
0x108f68 : 0x5aa5a7c5 (0x901b200 0x0 0x901c500 0x49)
0x108f88 : 0x5aa53c1f (0x8f88a00 0x0 0x901c500 0x49)
0x108fa8 : 0x3b9d21 (0x9111580 0x0 0x9111700 0x49)
0x108fe8 : 0x19aa20 (0x4a813d00 0x4a813d00 0x19ba76 0x57c000)
0x4a813d98 : 0x120094 (0x1 0x1dcd6500 0x4a813dc8 0x1a1ec0)
0x4a813df8 : 0x125b6a (0x9fd0414 0x3000106 0x450 0x0)
0x4a813f08 : 0x1955a1 (0x4a813f44 0x0 0x0 0x0) Backtrace continues...
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleMCEDriver(1.1f1)@0x5aab3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.2.0)@0x5a9ff000
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC(1.2.0)@0x5acad000
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform(1.0.5)@0x5aa52000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.1)@0x5a9e9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.2.0)@0x5a9ff000
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.1: Mon Sep 25 19:42:00 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.13.8.obj~1/RELEASE_I386

Curtain of Death the ongoing saga

Well since day one i have gotten the Curtain of death and it lingers on. This is the latest and the last 3 seem to say the same. From the console after reboot. Any Idea's
Mac OS X Version 10.4.8 (Build 8L2127)
2006-10-14 06:06:42 -0700
Waiting for prefs changes...
2006-10-14 06:06:44.177 SystemUIServer[139]
MenuCracker
see http://sourceforge.net/projects/menucracker
MenuCracker is now loaded. Ready to accept new menus. Ignore the failure message that follow.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.184 SystemUIServer[139] failed to load Menu Extra: NSBundle </Library/PreferencePanes/MenuMeters.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MenuCracker.me nu> (loaded)
2006-10-14 06:06:44.255 SystemUIServer[139] lang is:en
2006-10-14 06:06:44.425 SystemUIServer[139] MenuCracker: Loading 'MenuMeterCPUExtra'.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.462 SystemUIServer[139] MenuMeterCPU loaded.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.462 SystemUIServer[139] MenuCracker: Loading 'MenuMeterMemExtra'.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.470 SystemUIServer[139] MenuMeterMem loaded.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.470 SystemUIServer[139] MenuCracker: Loading 'MenuMeterNetExtra'.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.477 SystemUIServer[139] failed to load Menu Extra: NSBundle </Library/PreferencePanes/MenuMeters.prefPane/Contents/Resources/MenuMeterNet.m enu> (loaded)
2006-10-14 06:06:44.477 SystemUIServer[139] MenuCracker: Loading 'MenuMeterDiskExtra'.
2006-10-14 06:06:44.495 SystemUIServer[139] MenuMeterDisk loaded.
Oct 14 06:06:46 guy-mancusos-computer-2 ntpdate[178]: no servers can be used, exiting
2006-10-14 06:07:07.556 Finder[141] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.

While I've not come across issues with doing updates using wireless network connection I would suggest that you do what works for you. I find that most issues are avoided if you…
1) Repair disk permissions before and after any update
2) Use the combo updater rather than a delta updater that is offered by Software Update
3) Don't immediately update and wait to see what, if any, issues arise with others
4) Clone immediately before an update so if things go wrong you're covered

Purchased Lion, installed it - once I log in - i get the curtain and message to hold the power button till it shuts down. Worked with the disk repair utility - fixed permissions - still can't get past the "black curtain of death" any suggestions?

purchased Lion, installed it - once I log in - i get the curtain and message to hold the power button till it shuts down. Worked with the disk repair utility - fixed permissions to hold the power button till it shuts down. Worked with the disk repair utility - fixed permissions - still can't get past the "black curtain of death" any suggestions?
My machine was patched to date 10.x.x. I was lucky to get an internet connection and I selected the option to re-download Lion... its curruently being downloaded. What if that doesn't work?
Any thougths would be appreciated.
Joe

And you have a workstation? not a notebook.
Usually a driver or hardware, nothing that Disk utility will fix.
You know of course what a Prohititory Sign is?
prohibitory sign, kernel panic
Forum devoted to Lion:
Mac OS X v10.7 Lion Communities
Tips and FAQs
FAQ kernelpanic
Resolving Kernel Panics
Avoiding eliminating Kernel panics
Lion App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps
RoaringApps Mac OS X Lion Application Compatibility
did you make sure your apps, drivers, and hardware support Lion?

CPU Kernel Panic! Grey Curtain of Death!!!!!!!!!!

I'm getting constant kernel panics with the grey curtain of death!!!!! I've tried taking out my UAD cards, my Symphony card, extra ram, resetting the PRAM as well as doing an erase and install, but noting seems to work. I wondering if my computer is going dead on me. Here is a view of the latest panic log.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
Fri Mar 21 13:02:06 2008
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 1): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x000000000010001C PC=0x00000000000A4DEC
Latest crash info for cpu 1:
Exception state (sv=0x6541BC80)
PC=0x000A4DEC; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x0010001C; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x0002D2B8; R1=0x4B153BF0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x0038EFA0 0x000A4698 0x00082248 0x00081974 0x000ADDE4 0x002CE0A4
0x0003CA1C 0x000A9714
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x6541BC80)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x7FDA1C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 1:
Backtrace:
0x000954F8 0x00095A10 0x00026898 0x000A8204 0x000ABB80
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x6541BC80)
PC=0x000A4DEC; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0x0010001C; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x0002D2B8; R1=0x4B153BF0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x0038EFA0 0x000A4698 0x00082248 0x00081974 0x000ADDE4 0x002CE0A4
0x0003CA1C 0x000A9714
Exception state (sv=0x7FDA1C80)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x00000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP=0x00000000 (Unknown)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

dude I was just having this problem. its a nightmare i know.
what system are you running specifically? all the specs lol. and then what os are you running?
I was having a kernel panic just about every time I booted up. I did a fresh install on my 2nd hard drive. not just a reinstall or an update but a completely new install. after that i ran the disk repair and repair permissions out of the disk utility. come to find out i had an incomplete install of leopard running so every time i tried to update or use safari it freaked out.
try that if you can I sure hope it helps. since it sounds like u tried removing all other peripherals and extra hardware.
-Billy

Curtain of death when working

i have this little nagging curtain fof death that repeats itself every once in a awhile and it happened again this morning. makes me shut down the computer
Here is my console log from early this morning. Not sure what it means and just before i got the shut down prompt.
Mac OS X Version 10.4.7 (Build 8K1124)
2006-09-20 04:46:21 -0700
2006-09-20 04:46:22.158 Finder[136] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
2006-09-20 04:46:22.161 Finder[136] CFLog (0): CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
2006-09-20 04:46:22.468 SystemUIServer[135] lang is:en
Waiting for prefs changes...
Sep 20 04:46:27 guy-mancusos-computer-2 ntpdate[172]: no servers can be used, exiting

Try trashing the Finder preferences which you will find at ~/Library/com.apple.finder.plist. The best way to do it is to do a restart, wait a bit, just drag it to the trash then restart again.

2006 iMAC intel core duo Kernel Panic + Black Curtain of Death

I've had this iMAC since 2006 w/o a problem. Lately been getting the "curtain of death" and screen to restart the computer. Saw similar discussions about these Kernel Panics. Brought the iMAC to Apple Store and tech thought it was a bad logic board and recommended not to fix it ($800+). I have trouble, as did the tech getting it to boot. Today I got it to boot and before it crashed again, I managed to run the Hardware Test from the original OS disc 1. This showed no problem in both tests. Did get the panic log (see below) can anyone make heads or tails of this? Thanks
Thu Mar 31 16:24:35 2011
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x00191BE8): pmap-remove: mapping not in pv_list!
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x1422b368 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x1422b38c 0x131f95 0x0)
0x1422b3a8 : 0x191be8 (0x3cf8c0 0x0 0x1422b3d8 0x6)
0x1422b428 : 0x193fc8 (0x242df818 0x242dfc18 0x0 0x19ae76)
0x1422b478 : 0x16550c (0x2f5f3a0 0xb0103000 0x0 0xb0183000)
0x1422b568 : 0x165cc0 (0xffe00000 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x1422b5a8 : 0x13a98b (0x325a950 0x0 0x0 0xffe00000)
0x1422b5f8 : 0x36ecff (0x3308380 0x1000 0x0 0xf350)
0x1422b688 : 0x339740 (0x1422b9a4 0x25482000 0x31a343c 0x0)
0x1422b948 : 0x338c90 (0x1422b9a4 0x30bece4 0x25482000 0x1000)
0x1422bf58 : 0x37b300 (0x330e5dc 0x302e5c8 0x302e60c 0x0)
0x1422bfc8 : 0x19b77e (0x30c60e4 0x0 0x19e0b5 0x30c60e4) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0182af8
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386
Thu Mar 31 18:59:15 2011
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A49CB): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000013, CR3: 0x00e7b000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000001, EBX: 0xffffffff, ECX: 0x042e0a2c, EDX: 0x03be8a18
CR2: 0x00000013, EBP: 0x251abc28, ESI: 0x36c09000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010286, EIP: 0x0017eac6, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x251a0010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x251aba58 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x251aba7c 0x131f95 0x0)
0x251aba98 : 0x1a49cb (0x3d2a94 0x1 0xe 0x3d22b8)
0x251abba8 : 0x19b3a4 (0x251abbb8 0x0 0xe 0x190048)
0x251abc28 : 0x167082 (0x3be8a18 0x36c09000 0x0 0x202)
0x251abca8 : 0x167617 (0x40c1000 0x276000 0xff0000 0x683518c)
0x251abd18 : 0x18480f (0x40c1000 0x251abd48 0x251abd40 0xb)
0x251abd58 : 0x155eba (0x40c1000 0x40073c0 0x423c69c 0xb)
0x251abdb8 : 0x12b4ee (0x40073a0 0x423c668 0x0 0x0)
0x251abdf8 : 0x124b17 (0x4007300 0x0 0x2c 0x251abedc)
0x251abf08 : 0x195f2e (0x251abf44 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x251abfc8 : 0x19b81e (0x42792d4 0x0 0x19e0b5 0x42e1b20) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbffff838
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386
Thu Mar 31 19:49:26 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A49CB): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0xeeeeef02, CR3: 0x00e71000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x00000001, EBX: 0xeeeeeeee, ECX: 0x0473e2c0, EDX: 0x04500cc0
CR2: 0xeeeeef02, EBP: 0x252e3df8, ESI: 0x00709000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010286, EIP: 0x0017eac6, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x252e0010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x252e3c28 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x252e3c4c 0x131f95 0x0)
0x252e3c68 : 0x1a49cb (0x3d2a94 0x0 0xe 0x3d22b8)
0x252e3d78 : 0x19b3a4 (0x252e3d88 0x0 0xe 0x48)
0x252e3df8 : 0x160971 (0x4500cc0 0x709000 0x0 0x1)
0x252e3f48 : 0x1a4c3e (0x4e10c78 0xa32a9000 0x0 0x1)
0x252e3fc8 : 0x19b2d4 (0x46b5468 0x19b2c5 0x8 0x46b5468) No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xbffff9a8
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386

If you attempt to boot from an external HD that is set up as a bootable clone and it fails to boot that almost certainly points to the Mac having a hardware. The bootable clone would have had to be setup prior to the failure. Many people (myself included) keep redundant backups, I would recommend doing the same when you have either repaired or replaced the current machine. Macworld runs articles where users describe their own backup strategies, I'd recommend reading them and then deciding which works best for your needs.
http://www.macworld.com/article/157414/2011/02/mybackupplanlex.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/156643/2011/01/howi_back_up_frakes.html?lsrc=top1
http://www.macworld.com/article/141363/2009/07/backup.html
Roger

Spinning beachball of death issues

I have 2,250+ cards in my address book along with 9 groups - I'm starting to notice the spinning beachball of death occurring for a second or so at a time every time I edit an entry, search or move entries into groups.
It occurs no matter how many other apps are running. Am I reaching som ekind of threshold or is there another issue I need to investigating?
Thanks in advance for your time.
DK

Another user with a similar problem has tried some things that indicates this could be a system-wide issue that has nothing to do with the actual contents of the Address Book database. You may want to try some of the things I’ve suggested there in case any of them work for you:
Address Book "not responding" when editing

Unusual crash occurence - Curtain of Death

After transferring my data from my iMac G5 20" PPC (Tiger 10.4.11) to my brandnew Intel machine, something weird began happening with the old machine. Without warning, a curtain-like gray screen - just like a theatre curtain at the end of an opera - descends with a text message in four languages - English, French, German and Chinese (I think) - ordering me to power off the computer. This machine is four years old and while it has had its crashes over, this has never happened before.
My first thought was virus. My second, well I have none. There was a lot of traffic between the old and new machines, and I used a CD and USB stick to move some ad hoc files after ending the bulk migration, but I can't make any sense of this. I can reinstall all the software, that's not the problem, but wonder if this might be a firmware, battery, something that has appeared coincidentally with the migration.
Oh, one more thing. Desktop icons don't seem to work now. I reinstalled the last Tiger update at that didnt change anything.
Anyone have any ideas on either issue?
Message was edited by: LeBaron
Message was edited by: LeBaron

[I got a black screen telling me I had to reboot in many languages, what was it?|http://www.dslreports.com/faq/4970] Also has detailed description of what happens during a KP.
[Apple docs: What's a kernel panic? (Mac OS X)|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106227]
[Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ|http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html]
[Topic : kmosx: Kernel Panics? Don't panic too !|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=121923]
[X-Lab: Resolving Kernel Panics|http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html]
[Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics|http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060911080447777]
[Tutorial: An introduction to reading Mac OS X crash reports|http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060309075929717]
[12-Step Program to Isolate Freezes and/or Kernel Panics|http://macosg.com/group/viewtopic.php?t=800]
[Texas Mac Man's post on kernel panics|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1723768&tstart=0]
This can be due to hardware or software. Often it is hardware but if you were transferring any files that affect the system then it could be a software problem. Were you really only transferring data files? Migrating from a PPC to an Intel Mac requires special steps.
[Kappy: A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10257343]
[Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4: Transferring data with Setup Assistant / Migration Assistant FAQ |http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1554]

How do I fix the red screen of death issue?

iPad Air, 13 mo. old: working fine yesterday, plugged it in to charge (left it on) and about 8 hrs later I went to use it. When I opened the case, I had the red screen of death. No error messages, can't see any of the icons. just red screen. I finally got it to turn off using the home and off button. turning back on goes right to red screen. Attempted multiple times to restore using iTunes. Each time it gets stuck in "waiting for iPad to respond"? Anyone have a fix?

Hello konagirl64,
It may help to put your iPad into recovery mode prior to restoring.
If you can't update or restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201263
Cheers,
Allen

Getting a "curtain of death".

Intel iMac freezes and curtain comes down with "you need to restart message". Works for a while then the curtain comes down again.

This is a kernel panic. To learn about kernel panics visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on diagnosing kernel panics. We cannot help much without seeing the panic log. See this article: Mac OS X- How to log a kernel panic.
Post the log here to see if anything in the log helps to diagnose the cause.

Descending Gray Curtain of Death

Over the past few weeks I have been increasingly experiencing a non-recovery reboot message. It happens with no consistency or discernible pattern (at least that I have been able to ferret out).
What occurs is that, without warning, a transparent gray overlay descends over my display and a dark gray box with the power button in the background appears in the center. The white text in this box informs me in 4 languages (English, French, German, and Japanese) "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button."
When I hold down the power button, the system powers down, of course. I power it back up and the Apple message that the computer was rebooted without warning appears and asks me to send a report to Apple. I have on more than several occasions done that, describing what I was doing just prior to this gray screen of descending death appearing. I haven't been able to find this described anywhere, but has anyone else seen this and what can be cause? Norton Antivirus scan reveals nothing.
Any input is greatly appreciated.

A. You have a Kernel Panic
http://www.google.com/search?q=mackernelpanics
B. Don't use Norton AV with 10.5.3, if you must, make sure you have v. 11
http://www.symantec.com/norton/products/overview.jsp?pcid=ma&pvid=nav11mac
http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/security/index.html
Most kernel panics are hardware related, RAM, USB devices and even cables, sometimes software.
More important than "permissions" is repair the boot drive directory, but there are a number of links to FAQs on K/Ps from Google result.
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1392
http://guides.macrumors.com/Kernel_panic

"Sleep of death" question and some observations

I just recently upgraded to an S3 from a Fascinate, and I've been impressed so far. The only thing I really didn't like about my Fascinate was that it would suddenly freeze or crash one every week or two, and the only thing I could do was open the case, remove the battery, and then put the battery back in. Then I could reboot the phone and all was well. Well, after not using my S3 for an hour or so, I tried to wake it up and nothing happened. I couldn't turn it off (or on) either. Sleep of death. I had to open the case, remove and re-insert the battery to use the phone again. Is this a common problem? What could be causing it? Is there any other way to fix it?
Overall, I really like the S3. It's a significant upgrade from the Fascinate. Screen quality and size (larger but not too big), processor speed, and 4G LTE are great. I have a seven year old iPod that is still hanging in there, but I hope to use my S3 in my car (2012 Prius II, no Nav or Entunes) to listen to my music if and when my iPod dies. I can't get music to play on my car stereo when I plug my S3 into my car's USB port (I'm told its because the S3 doesn't support mass storage mode). But, after uploading some iTunes music to Google Play, I can play it with my S3 over Bluetooth audio. The sound quality is good, but not quite as good as a USB connection is. I'm experimenting with various audio settings in Google Play Music to see if I can enhance the sound quality. If anyone knows how to play audio with an S3 over a USB connection, I'd be interested in finding out.
I haven't used the camera very much yet (I have had the S3 only two days) but the few photos I have taken look good. Battery life seems to be improved over the Fascinate. Call quality also seems up a notch. I haven't yet tried some other features, and still others i have yet to discover! This phone comes with very good reviews, and I can see why.
I can also say that I was very pleased with the service I was given at the VZW store in Augusta, Maine, when I went to upgrade my phone. So far, other than the sleep of death issue, I'm a happy camper.

Downeaster59 wrote:
So far, other than the sleep of death issue, I'm a happy camper.
Stop using the stock browser and use Chrome instead. See if the "sleep of death" goes away.

Blue Screen Of Death When Syncing Ipod

Hey so if anyone can help me i will love you so much,
So I have a 20GB fourth generation ipod (old i know) but it works fine, and i have an new HP laptop that i got for christmas and like for a good 2 months everything was fine with itunes and then one time it told me i needed to restore my ipod to factory settings and i was like oh this is annoying but whatever ive done it before so i just did it, but the next time i tried syncing my ipod the BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH came up and that scared me but i thought maybe it was just a one time thing...turns out it wasnt and now every time i try to sync my ipod the blue screen comes up and i have to restart my computer. my itunes otherwise works fine i listen to music on it and add music to itunes perfectly fine just the syncing doesnt work. I also thought maybe it could be my ipod because it is old so i went down to my desktop which has XP and and older version of itunes but it worked completly fine. SOOOOOOOOOOO i have no idea what to do. i dont know tons about computers but im not ******** and can most likely follow directions so if anyone could help me it would be much apreciated because i can not take listening to the god awful radio in the car much longer.

Have you tried System Restore to go back to before the problem started?
If that fixes the Blue Screen Of Death issue, then you can try and track down the changes from then to when the problem started.
Good Luck.

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