Dual 1.8 - Baffling Panics and Freezes

I have had my dual 1.8 for about a year. For the past few days I have been getting scads of kernel panics. Scores. Dozens. Sometimes I get the dimmed screen with instructions to turn off. Sometimes it just freezes. Sometimes it prints ASCII backtrace in the upper left corner of the screen. Sometimes it won't reboot until the 3rd or 4th time I try. Sometimes it will work fine for 20 minutes.
I tried booting off a backup disk that I made a month ago - it used to work fine, but now it panics.
I tried resetting p-ram.
I tried resetting nvram.
I get panics in superuser mode.
I got one panic while running Apple hardware test
Everything passes the quick test. The long test is still running, but it has passed everything except the memory and I have already tried taking out each pair of my memory sticks.
I am baffled.
Looking around inside the box, the only thing that looks "off" is a small set of wires with a black plastic tip that says "2n 3806" It is in the area of the modem, and passes through a clip that is supposed to be mounted on the frame just forward of the modem. The adhesive came off.
What else can I try? I have no applecare, because I have never had a problem with a mac before, in almost 20 years of using them. Even with this one, I had no KPs until this week.
Dual g5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

How about temps inside? or have you done a memory test with Memtest and/or Apple Hardware Extended Test?
Memtest 4 from Single User Mode
MacIntouch: Bad RAM
Single User Mode
Best done after ANY freeze or hard restart
Applejack gets run in Single User Mode
Using Applejack
MacFixit: Repairing Permissions
General Troubleshooting permissions
Repairing Drives
Hardware Monitor
ThermographX
G4 MDD 1.25 1.75GB UL3D 15K/10K RAID Mac OS X (10.4.6) SoftRAID 3.5

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I've tested the two ram sticks, erased and re-installed the OS but had no luck resolving the issue.
I followed the link on resolving kernel panic problems from earlier threads to troubleshoot as much as possible. I don't have the original software so can't do a few steps, but on the whole have had no luck.
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Hi tjk
- Thanks for the help.
I've tested the two ram sticks
How?
I took out each stick one at a time and ran the machine with a single instead of both.
I have dual 256 sticks. The original, and a Samsung which came with it when I bought it used.
In both cases, the same problem occurred.
How much free space do you have available on your HD?
If not 5GB or more, this could be causing issues.
I had about 20GB free. Now it's running with 70Gb free and still the same problems. It's an 80 GB hard drive that was installed into the PB when I bought it a few months ago. I had the machine for about three weeks first, and didn't have any of these problems with the other hard drive in it.
I don't have the install disk, so can't run the disk utility repair, correct. I've also not been able to get the PB to boot from the disk instead of the hard drive. It brings up only the hard drive as a selection to boot from, and spins up the OSX DVD, then ejects it each time.
...not sure why...I've been holding down option when restarting to boot from other drives -- if there's another way to boot from the disk, maybe that would work...
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it might apply to your PB. Which Ti do you have btw?
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I've responded to your other post as I hadn't seen this one - have a look there.
Kernels are usually, but not inevitably, hardware related and RAM is the first suspect - but again it isn't the only suspect.
Chesck the other thread. :-))

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I would do this when applying the combo update -
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2) Download the update, but do not apply it yet.
3) Disconnect all peripherals except the KB and mouse.
4) Repair permissions.
5) Apply the update.
6) Repair permissions again.
This is the basic process that I have used for all OS updates and I have never had one go south on me yet.
Also, if you can post a panic log to see if the pros here can decode it, but my guess (hope) is that the steps above will resolve it.

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Hello. I've recently upgraded to SL on my MBP (clean install) about a month ago. It's been working flawlessly until this week, where at random times, my computer freezes up and the screen starts to flicker. When I try to restart, I get the screen that says I need to restart (kernel panic screen). Sometimes it takes multiple (as in 5 or 6) tries of restarting before I can boot up. I've tried software update, repairing permissions, resetting PRAM, etc. and nothing has seemed to work. Does anyone have any other possible solutions for me to try or any insight? Any help would be appreciated as I am a student and need my computer to be working. Thanks. Here is the log:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1589332 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 7
Anonymous UUID: 34BD8724-5F46-4FE5-BCB9-17E7FCCAD487
Sun Mar 21 00:58:45 2010
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x2a7ac2): Kernel trap at 0x009a925e, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x000000c0, CR3: 0x2055c000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x56cfb5c0, EBX: 0x08a2f004, ECX: 0x07ed6020, EDX: 0x00000000
CR2: 0x000000c0, EBP: 0x56cfb5f8, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0xffffffff
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x009a925e, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x07ed0010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x56cfb388 : 0x21b2bd (0x5cf868 0x56cfb3bc 0x223719 0x0)
0x56cfb3d8 : 0x2a7ac2 (0x591c30 0x9a925e 0xe 0x591dfa)
0x56cfb4b8 : 0x29d968 (0x56cfb4d0 0x3 0x56cfb5f8 0x9a925e)
0x56cfb4c8 : 0x9a925e (0xe 0x48 0x56cf0010 0x9c0010)
0x56cfb5f8 : 0x9af6cb (0xc1d00001 0x1000000 0x1000003 0x40)
0x56cfb678 : 0x9d37bd (0x56cfb808 0x9 0x0 0x0)
0x56cfb7d8 : 0x9d53f8 (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7027 0x56cfb808)
0x56cfb8a8 : 0xb908e4 (0xc1d00001 0x1000000 0x1000003 0x40)
0x56cfb8d8 : 0xb9f110 (0x47d05000 0x1000000 0x88100090 0x3e)
0x56cfb938 : 0xba0dc6 (0x47d05000 0x1000000 0x15 0x47d0501c)
0x56cfba48 : 0x972832 (0x47d05000 0x0 0x56cfbb8a 0x80)
0x56cfbaa8 : 0x968796 (0x8a2cc00 0x0 0x56cfbb8a 0x80)
0x56cfbbd8 : 0x9657ff (0x8a2cc00 0x89d6240 0x96392a 0x8a2cc00)
0x56cfbc98 : 0x954189 (0x8a2cc00 0x959304 0x8a05d60 0x297241)
0x56cfbd08 : 0x950b98 (0x8a2cc00 0x56cfbdcc 0x846f3e8 0x213c78)
0x56cfbd38 : 0x534299 (0x8a2cc00 0x846f3e8 0x846f3e8 0x0)
0x56cfbd88 : 0x564c1c (0x8a2cc00 0x846f3e8 0x846f3e8 0x0)
0x56cfbde8 : 0x284dfd (0x8a2cc00 0x846f3e8 0x0 0x0)
0x56cfbe58 : 0x21d65f (0x8566f68 0x7eca584 0x8566f6c 0x8566fa4)
0x56cfbe98 : 0x2107f7 (0x8566f00 0x56cfbedc 0x854b8f8 0x56cfbed0)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.0.6)@0x96f000->0xc21fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x932000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.0)@0x961000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.0)@0x943000
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.0)@0x961000->0x96efff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.0)@0x943000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x932000
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.0)@0x943000->0x960fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6)@0x932000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
10C540
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.2.0: Tue Nov 3 10:37:10 PST 2009; root:xnu-1486.2.11~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro3,1 (Mac-F4238BC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 29867053420
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.1d8 - last loaded 23592048761
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.1.0
com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport 2.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 1.7.9a4
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.1.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.0d4
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros 421.19.8
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU 1.4.5d1
com.apple.DontSteal_Mac_OSX 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.1.2
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPenrynProfile 17
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelMeromProfile 19
com.apple.driver.ACPISMCPlatformPlugin 4.0.1d0
com.apple.GeForce 6.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.16
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.0.14
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.4.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 1.8.0b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 1.8.0b4
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com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 4.0.1d0
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com.apple.NVDAResman 6.0.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.0
com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.2.4f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.2.4f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.2.4f3
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.8.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.7.5
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), Atheros 5416: 2.0.19.8
Bluetooth: Version 2.2.4f3, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: pci168c,24, sppci_othernetwork, PCI Slot 5
Serial ATA Device: FUJITSU MHW2160BHPL, 149.05 GB
Parallel ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GSA-S10N
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8502, 0xfd400000
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8205, 0x1a100000
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x021a, 0x5d200000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0x5d100000

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Hi
I am not sure if this is where I should put this, but, looked up kernel panics - yours is the most recent one! I had one today, and had not had one for years...
So - here it goes - I'll copy and paste...
I haven’t had a kernel panic for years – but today I did.
Here’s what happened:
On the internet at the school where I work. Just had Mail open – nothing else. Went to shut down, and the panic thing showed. I pushed and held restart, and it just shut down, and did not restart.
When I got home tonight, it started, said that OSX had quit unexpectedly – and I had the choice to report or not. I clicked report, but nothing happened. So I am posting this as suggested in Mac OS X: How to Log a Kernel Panic
Thanks.
Kernel panic log from Thursday afternoon 4/12/07
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: PowerBook G4 15"
Machine Model: PowerBook5,4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.6f0
Thu Apr 12 19:33:35 2007
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x700 - Program DAR=0x0000000020DDF05C PC=0x00000000017FFBB4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3085CA00)
PC=0x017FFBB4; MSR=0x00089030; DAR=0x20DDF05C; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x002D0870; R1=0x0D0BB7F0; XCP=0x0000001C (0x700 - Program)
Backtrace:
0x01939BE0 0x002D1BC0 0x007F20B0 0x007F2024 0x007E41E8 0x007E42F4
0x007E3588 0x007E0B04 0x007E0EC0 0x007E0E18 0x002BDB78 0x002CAA34 0x002BDCCC 0x002CA5BC
0x002E018C 0x0009521C 0x0002DBEC 0x0026FF64 0x0027C9A8 0x002AB7F8 0x000ABB30 0x33266C74
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardAudio(2.5.6b5)@0x7d2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.5.9)@0x462000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleDBDMAAudio(2.5.6b5)@0x7a7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.5.5b2)@0x55a000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3085CA00)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x21192000)
PC=0x900C8520; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x901FCC24; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x0000292C; R1=0xBFFFFEA0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.9.0: Thu Feb 22 20:54:07 PST 2007; root:xnu-792.17.14~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0007): 0x700 - Program
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x000952D8 0x000957F0 0x00026898 0x000A8004 0x000AB980
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3085CA00)
PC=0x017FFBB4; MSR=0x00089030; DAR=0x20DDF05C; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x002D0870; R1=0x0D0BB7F0; XCP=0x0000001C (0x700 - Program)
Backtrace:
0x01939BE0 0x002D1BC0 0x007F20B0 0x007F2024 0x007E41E8 0x007E42F4
0x007E3588 0x007E0B04 0x007E0EC0 0x007E0E18 0x002BDB78 0x002CAA34 0x002BDCCC 0x002CA5BC
0x002E018C 0x0009521C 0x0002DBEC 0x0026FF64 0x0027C9A8 0x002AB7F8 0x000ABB30 0x33266C74
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleOnboardAudio(2.5.6b5)@0x7d2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily(2.5.9)@0x462000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleDBDMAAudio(2.5.6b5)@0x7a7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily(1.5.5b2)@0x55a000
Exception state
I have updated to 10.4.9
Hoping this gets looked at by Apple or Dr Smoke...!
Thanks
powerbookG4 Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Macbook has repeated kernel panics and freezes

Hi,
My macbook has worked quite normally up until this point. I have a macbook from late 2009/early 2010. 2 nights ago the only change I made was update the shockwave on google chrome. The following day it froze, i restarted it and then a bunch of text in the background came up and said i needed to restart ( I had my first kernel panic). I researched this found out what they were and have tried everything from single boot to safe boot but what often happens is it will freeze during the apple loading screen (havent got to log in scren) or have a kernel panic. If I let it rest for a few hours it will let me log in for upmost 10m not enough time to software update or run a disk utility I think. Sometimes when trying to turn it on I'll get three repeated beeps or one time I had a terrible noise like broken speakers or something? I have tried resetting the PRAM but not quite sure it worked... also I have a intel based mac. Any help would be great I have alot of work saved to this macbook and I have assignments which need to be completed.
Thanks

Hi,
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Powerbook won't Boot--It will Kernel Panic and Freeze Though

I'm trouble shooting a 17" Powerbook G4 1.33. When I received it, there was no hard drive, it would boot to a flashing "?". I installed a brand new 160 GB ATA drive and attempted to install 10.4. The installation went smooth and fairly quickly but when it restarted it would either KP or freeze on every attempt. It will advance past the gray Apple and spinning gear, past the blue screen, and get to the small window where OSX is loading. Once there, the bar would advance anywhere from hardly anything to maybe an 8th of the way before KP-ing.
I thought the installation may have been bad so I attempted to reinstall 10.4. I tried to boot from the disc but would get a KP at the gray Apple screen, sometimes it would get to the "choose your language" box but then mess up. I ended up having to connect the Powerbook to my G5 and erase the hard drive via Firewire and TDM. After it was erased, I thought maybe the 10.4 disc was bad, so I attempted to install a brand new copy of 10.5 Leopard. Again installation went smooth until the restart. Now it will get as far as playing the Welcome movie/graphic introduction for anywhere from 2-7 seconds and then lock up-not a KP. After this I attempted to boot from both the 10.4 and 10.5 disc and it will KP on every attempt.
Could the hard drive, although brand new, be bad? It was formatted and the OS sees it every time it gets that far into the installation. When in TDM it reported the full amount and was easily seen that way as well. FSCK reported the volume was ok. I tried swapping RAM with my sisters iBook G4 with no luck either. I removed the Airport card, thried booting in Safe Mode, zapped PRAM, reset NVRAM---nothing helps. The only time the hard drive seems to function is when it's completely erased. Once the computer tries to access it, it locks up.
Sorry about the long post. I wanted to be thorough.

A quick update. I removed the battery, RAM, top case, and then the Superdrive. I then put the top case back on, disconnected the Airport card, and installed only one of the RAM sticks. I tried powering up and it actually booted. The furthest I've seen it go was about a quarter of the OSX loading bar. This time it loaded the OS and got to Finder where I was actually able to play around with it until I shut it down. Now I have to figure out what was causing the trouble. I'm leaning toward the Superdrive but it could also be the RAM, Airport card, top case cable....Anyway thanks again for all the help. I'll update later on.

Kernal panics and freezes

Before I start uninstalling software and digging into the issue, does this Problem Details report show anything that would help me:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 2013686 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 8
Anonymous UUID: 1A29FC98-6970-4861-A2D1-230D205222CE
Sun Sep 20 22:55:53 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000000000020 PC=0x00000000000842A4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x65d34500)
PC=0x000842A4; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000020; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00084298; R1=0x65CDFCB0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x00128B50
backtrace terminated - unaligned frame address: 0x80000098
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x65d34500)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x65966500)
PC=0x0E263B60; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0x284A8200; DSISR=0x0A000000; LR=0x0E263C68; R1=0xF0E35C20; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Unknown
Mac OS version:
9L31a
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:57:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_PPC
System uptime in nanoseconds: 14594507760108
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.Apple02DBDMAAudio 2.5.8f1 - last unloaded 6196892398
loaded kexts:
com.vara.driver.VaraAudio 1.0.2
com.NCHSoftware.driver.SoundTapVirtualAudioDevice 1.0.0d1
com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower 1.4.3
com.iospirit.driver.rbiokithelper 1.6.0
com.ATITechnologiesInc.TVOut 2.7.2d1
com.AmbrosiaSW.AudioSupport 2.3.9
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.0.0
com.apple.filesystems.cddafs 2.3.0 - last loaded 335274821771
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 2.1.8f2
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothBNEPDriver 2.1.8f2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 2.1.8f2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.0.6
com.apple.GeForcePPC 5.4.8
com.apple.nvidia.nv40halppc 5.4.8
com.apple.driver.AppleTopazAudio 2.5.8f1
com.apple.driver.AppleOnyxAudio 2.5.8f1
com.apple.kext.ATY_Prionace 4.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9d0
com.apple.driver.IOI2CSMUSat 1.9d0
com.apple.driver.IOI2CLM7x 1.9d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 1.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBDisplays 2.0.2
com.apple.ATIRadeonX1000 5.4.8
com.apple.driver.AppleK2Driver 1.7.2f1
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMUMonitor 1.9d0
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com.apple.driver.AppleGPIO 1.3.0d0
com.apple.driver.MacIOGPIO 1.3.0d0
com.apple.driver.AppleMPIC 1.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleI2C 4.0.0d2
com.apple.driver.IOI2CControllerPPC 1.1.1d2
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 2.2.3b1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 3.9.7
com.apple.driver.AppleKauaiATA 1.2.1f4
com.apple.driver.AppleK2SATARoot 1.0.5b1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 3.4.6
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx 366.91.21

I'm no good with KP logs. Here's the usual offering.
Bad or incompatible RAM is, more often then not, the cause of most Kernel Panics. It could also just need reseating.
Here's the most used site for Resolving Kernel Panics. Please do all the steps in order, even if you don't think you need to do a certain step.
Here is a great MacFixIt article.
 Good Luck! DALE

Kernel panic and possible bad hard drive? HELP!!!

I've been running my G4 iMac without any trouble for just shy of 4 years now. On Monday night I clicked on a menu on the Netflix web page and the computer crashed. I later figured out this was a full on kernel panic.
I happened to have Tuesday off so I spent my time backing up as much of my files as I could. While backing up the computer would occasionally have another kernel panic and freeze. Sometimes the screen would look like this (http://www.tallgrassrestoration.com/kernelpanic2.jpg), sometimes it would look like this (http://www.tallgrassrestoration.com/kernelpanic1.jpg). Eventually it just stopped starting up, as of now it just gives me a folding icon with a flashing question mark on it. I got all the files I really need burned onto DVDs, but there are still many files I would rather not lose.
I can boot it up from the OS 10.3 install disk, but the installer software does not recognize the hard drive, i.e. it does not list it as a location to install the operating system. The Disk tools does recognize the hard disk but comes up with a nasty error when I try to 'repair' the volume and will not proceed. The erase option looks like it would work, but I'd rather not go there... yet.
So I believe I have a hard disk issue. Because I don't hear any associated noises I am hoping its not hardware related, but rather a corruption in the sector where the system software is store.
Does anyone have any advice how I can proceed? Is there any way I can just use my wife's iBook and treat the iMac like an external hard drive and remove the last of my files that way? Any way I can repair this problem without wiping out or replacing the hard drive?
thanks,

A couple of years ago I accidentally bought and installed two incompatible modules. I would get Kernel Panics 3 or 4 times a day. When I removed the factory module these KP dropped to a once every day or so. I would suggest you monitor closely for a while longer until we can be sure that both modules are good.
It's possible it was the RAM seating but I'd be more suspicious than that; you could always try re-installing it.
Most RAM comes with a lifetime warranty so even if it was some time ago it's worth contacting the reseller.
I use a magnetic screwdriver with torx bits too, but did keep it away from all the chips and boards.
Let us know how you get on.
cheers
mrtotes

Freezing, Panics, and a Logic Board error

Okay, I have a PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet, and it's been crashing, giving me kernal panics, and today, toasted my main hard drive. It's running on:
1.2GHz Sonnet G4 upgrade
1.5GB Ram (2x256 and 2x512)
Radeon 9800 128MB
2x20GB hard drives RAID striped
18GB spare
combo drive
2x120GB external firewire drives
I can give more details if needed, but basically, if I watch TV resolution video with VLC media player it will crash after 25 minutes or so,if I run the iTunes visualizer for 15 mintues it will crash, if I play World of Warcraft for about 30 minutes it will crash, actually, if I run any graphically intensive game it crashes. Then today I ran the Apple update for the JSE (or whatever) and 10.4.6, then when I rebooted, it gave me a kernal panic, where the first line said something about not having the driver for "Powermac G4 3,3". Then I run Apple hardware test 1.0.1, I ran that 5 times, and the first time, I got the error "scc /3/7" every time after that I got "scc /1/5" all on the logic board, and it wouldn't test pass that. I do have the machine running but since I left my system disc at my parents', I'm booting it from another machine in target disk mode that has 10.3.9 (option-boot saved my butt, kinda). Last but not least, I cannot access my main drive (the 2x20GB RAID), and I'm hoping someone has a way to get to it, but every time I start, it tells me that I've connected a disk that is not recognized my Mac OS. If the drives are gone, I'll have to deal with it, but I can't have my machine freezing on me like this, and any help is much appreciated
Gigabit Ethernet Powermac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Well after 5 tests and every time having the logic board fail I am willing to bet that the logic board IS the probable cause.
What I would do is disconnect all the drives (minus the x2 20gig raid) and get the data off each one. If that other machine you are booting up in targeted disk mode has at least 1 open ATA66 slot free then you can simply change the jumper settings on each drive and get the data off. This will also give you a chance to test and verify each disk.
If the other Mac you are using targeted disk mode on is a laptop then you could go the slower rout of taking turns with making each drive the master drive on the internal ATA66 buss that your machine started with. That way each time you start up with targeted disk mode you can get the data off that drive.
Once all your data is off I would consider the cost for a replacement board (probably $3-500 is my guess) vs the cost of getting a new machine or simply a used newer machine (like a dual 1.2Ghz G4 or something allong those lines). The drives will work in the newer machine so there would be no costs in getting new drives compatible with the system. That is my thoughts.

Dual G5 late 2004. Some problems with fan and freeze and now can't start

I just purchased a late 2004 Dual 2.5 Gig, with PCI-x and 1 gig ethernet. 1 Gig of what I presume to be factory ram and blue toothe. Connected to a new 23" Apple display.
The problems I have been having pale to where I stand now. I am stuck and can't move forward. At this point, the computer is off. When I try to turn it on, it does little to nothing and gradually the fan speed increases until the computer sounds like it wants to take off. The screen either stays dark, or sometimes I see the ? briefly, and then the grey screen with logo and that is where it stops. Currently I can't get past a lot of fan noise??
Can I get this thing started?? I have tried both starting from CD and hard drive. No luck.
This whole mess started yesterday and has continually gotten worse. Those details I can get into if needed, but for now, what can I do to see the screen and start over.
I just bought the machine, and I was doing a clean install that was acting funny. Hard drive sleep mode would cause the machine to not wake up. Specifically it was the monitor that would not wake up. The keyboard and the computer would still respond when I adjusted the volume. The screen was black.
I narrowed the problem to drive sleep, or monitor sleep by using the energy saver preferences. Just the monitor sleeping wasn't the probem. The computer would wake up. But if the hard drive went to sleep, then I could never get the screen back and the computer acted dormant. The only thing I could get was the volume sound from the computer and lights on the keyboard.
I ran Techtool Pro 4.1.2 ( i think ) and it reported possibe problems on the hard drive with the volume. I made the changes hoping that would fix the problem? No.
I decided to flush it all and start over with the install cd, make sure firmware was good, reformat the drive, and then install the System. But instead, I got caught is this loop of death that I can't get out of.
It had a kernal panic the first day I turned it on, but that was the last one. (dark screen with white message) The computer ran rather sluggish at times. I was shocked at times. Very slow finder response.
So? Suggestions? I have searched Apple support and tried anything I can think of. This is my first G5, but I have had some exposure to OSX beginning around 10.2. I am at my wits end and would greatly appreciate some input. For now I have to get some sleep.
Is my battery bad? It just won't start?
Thank you for any help you can provide, or links to articles!!

Hi Lawson, and a Warm Welcome to the Power Mac G5 Forum!
You could try a PMU/SMU reset
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300341
Use the second procedure if you have a button as shown in the photo - use the first method if you don't. You may not have to remove the intake fan assembly to get at the button. Observe static precautions and make sure to press the button once only.
Then try to start up on the CD/DVD.
If it fires up ok you could then proceed with the 10.4 install as before, and then combo update to 10.4.8
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1048comboupdateppc.html
I would connect only a display, wired keyboard and mouse to start with - and disable any of the sleep, etc. Options in Energy Saver.
You may wish to use the Disk Utility on the 10.4 retail disc(under Utilities in the menu) to Erase and zero(select Security Options) the drive before the install.
The kernel panic and other problems could have been caused by a corrupted system on the boot drive, or by hardware problems, such as RAM, video card, battery, etc. Some of the hardware stuff is linked-to further down the post here
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3084827&#3084827
However, try the PMU/SMU reset and erase/install first, and post again with details if you still have problems.

I made a dual boot of windows 7 and mac os x lion in my macbook pro .i installed m icrosoft support software also. now, can i install windows updates? do i turn on the automatic updating of updates? does hot fix of microsoft helps in stop freezing?

i made a dual boot of windows 7 and mac os x lion in my macbook pro .i installed m icrosoft support software also. now, can i install windows updates? do i turn on the automatic updating of updates? does hot fix of microsoft i.e, " support.microsoft.com/kb/979491" helps in stop freezing in dual boot mechanism?

Windows has a software updater built into Windows and when you install the Boot Camp drivers then it will install an Apple software updater also. I believe Windows is set to automatically download and install your updates as does the Apple software Updater. They both will update the individual files it needs to periodically.
"Microsoft updates" and "Windows updates" are basically the same thing in Windows. Are you talking about the "Windows support software" when downloading from Boot Camp Assistant? Apple installs a software updater for it's Boot Camp drivers in Windows 7 so you can do it manually or automatically.
The "Hot Fix" your referring to is only for certain motherboards built from other Windows only computer manufacturers and does NOT pertain to any Apple computers.
If you have a problem with your computer then it's best to ask a specific question so we can help better.

IMac keeps freezing - kernel panics and other

My iMac keeps freezing on me. Sometimes I get a notice that my computer experience a kernel panic and upon restart have the option of sending the info to Apple, other times it just feezes and I have to do a hard restart but get no prompts about the improper shutdown. This usually happens when I'm working in Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects at the same time.
Am I just overloading the system? And if so, why would it allow me to do that? Shouldn't it just run really slowly or have one application freeze, not the entire system? This hasn't been a problem in the past, it just recently started happening more and more often. Do I need more Ram? That's pretty much the only thing I can upgrade. Here are my system specs, please let me know if you have any suggestions for things I can do to prevent this from happening again. Thank you!

Thanks for the replies. Baltwo I'll try running those test and see if they find anything.
Here's a recent Kernel panic log:
Anonymous UUID:       052529F7-3E96-7D93-EE57-F11E2985864C
Mon Apr 14 10:40:57 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7fa3a4e241): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00100c80: CFG 0x11a310de 0x00100406 0xb0000000, BAR0 0x102c00000 0xffffff81faa66000 0x0e4230a2, D0, P2/4
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff803ae33450 : 0xffffff8023022fa9
0xffffff803ae334d0 : 0xffffff7fa3a4e241
0xffffff803ae33590 : 0xffffff7fa3b18106
0xffffff803ae335d0 : 0xffffff7fa3ce7b09
0xffffff803ae33640 : 0xffffff7fa3ce7938
0xffffff803ae336a0 : 0xffffff7fa3c8469e
0xffffff803ae33740 : 0xffffff7fa3c80fae
0xffffff803ae337e0 : 0xffffff7fa3c80af8
0xffffff803ae33840 : 0xffffff7fa3b670e8
0xffffff803ae338d0 : 0xffffff7fa3d30bae
0xffffff803ae33940 : 0xffffff7fa3d26b16
0xffffff803ae33a10 : 0xffffff7fa3d26edf
0xffffff803ae33a80 : 0xffffff7fa3b8bbbc
0xffffff803ae33bd0 : 0xffffff7fa3b8b5b1
0xffffff803ae33ce0 : 0xffffff7fa3b8f189
0xffffff803ae33d30 : 0xffffff7fa3d54bf3
0xffffff803ae33da0 : 0xffffff7fa3b8edb1
0xffffff803ae33e20 : 0xffffff7fa3a36aea
0xffffff803ae33ee0 : 0xffffff7fa3a04635
0xffffff803ae33f20 : 0xffffff802304a23a
0xffffff803ae33fb0 : 0xffffff80230d6ff7
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.4)[3D591202-DD24-3441-925A-F6808ABDF185] @0xffffff7fa39fe000->0xffffff7fa3c62fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7fa36bb000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[999E29DA-D513-3544-89D1-9885B728A098]@0xff ffff7fa39ee000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[4421462D-2B1F-3540-8EEA-9DFCB0565E39]@0 xffffff7fa39ab000
         com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal(8.2.4)[ACFCEA0C-4C80-36C0-8636-D10EE7D2DE1 7]@0xffffff7fa3c6d000->0xffffff7fa3e19fff
            dependency: com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman(8.2.4)[3D591202-DD24-3441-925A-F6808ABDF185] @0xffffff7fa39fe000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[EDA75271-4E9D-34E7-A2C5-14F0C8817D37]@0xffffff 7fa36bb000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13C64
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.1.0: Thu Jan 16 19:40:37 PST 2014; root:xnu-2422.90.20~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9FEA8EDC-B629-3ED2-A1A3-6521A1885953
Kernel slide:     0x0000000022e00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8023000000
System model name: iMac13,2 (Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 163806849337921
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Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
PCI Card: pci105a,8760, RAID Controller, Thunderbolt@192,0,0
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Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM128E, 121.33 GB
USB Device: Rugged USB3-FW
USB Device: USB-SATA Bridge
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
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USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
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Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 23.4
Thunderbolt Device: Pegasus R-Series, Promise Technology, Inc., 1, 22.2

My refurbished Dual 2ghz keeps panicing and crashing

So a year ago I purchased a refurbished Dual 2ghz G5. After about 6 months, I began getting kernal panics more frequently. When I tried to use disc utility, it kept getting an error in repairing the disc. So I erased and reinstalled. It was probably a bad omen when I would get kernal panics when trying to install anything off the second disc of Mac Os X. So now, I'm still getting tons of kernal panics and programs shutting down.
I have some additional ram, but software tests say it checks out. Could that still be a problem? What else could be wrong? This computer is underperforming like crazy and I don't like it one bit.

Alex Tripp-
Greetings.
I won't bore you with the woulda, shoulda, coulda part about warranty repair. If it is still under warranty I would get it to the shop quickly.
Did it start thrwing the panics about the time you added the memory? That itself would be a clue.
Are you able to access the error logs? If so, anything good in them?
Try running MemTest http://www.memtestosx.org/ It is more thorough than the Apple supplied utility.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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