Frequent freezes with black "you need to restart" error box

Since installing Tiger I get frequent freezes along with an unfamiliar error message that reads "you need to restart..." In addition, I often find this has happened when the computer has been asleep; I'll enter the office to find the computer making a loud 'racing' noise, the power supply and fan sound like a car being driven at 60 mph in first gear....
When I installed the OS, I also attempted to update the firmware but wasn't able after seveal attempts to determine if the firmware was infact updated: saw no progres bars, no long whining tone as per the instructions...
Are thesse issues related? Any ideas?

Hi tbfa,
These articles might help:
Mac OS X: What Is a Kernel
Panic?
Mac OS X: How to Log a Kernel
Panic
Kernel Panics? Don't panic
too!
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ
Gulliver,
the FAQ suggests that I might start with upgrading firmware, which n the last couple of 'softwre updates' I have been prompted to do. But in trying he procedure, I don't seem to experience what the update instructions describe: I click shut down, I press and hold the power button, trying both the keyboard power button and the one on the face of the tower itself, and I hear no long tone, nor blinking light on the front. Instead I get a black window which welcomes me to Open Firmware with instructions as to how to boot or shut down....no status bar, no alert as to when the firmware has been updated...
Is there another way to update he firmware....?

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IMac G4 Freezes - Get message - You need to restart your computer.

I just posted this question in the G5 forum, I think. The Mac I am using is a G4 - the round 'lamp base' model' - so I will repost the question here.
My iMac freezes without notice, a dark screen comes over the monitor and the message "you need to restart your computer" appears.
This happens randomly and I have no idea what causes this. I thought perhaps it was just a loose power cord, as the cord does seem quite loose.
However, it happens after the machine has been running for some time. Before I have a chance to save my work, the computer tells me it has to shut down. It's not a consistent thing, so it's hard to know if it's the cord or not.
This also happened half way through watching a DVD. Nothing was touched or moved, so it wouldn't appear that this is being caused by a loose cord.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem? (I'm running Tiger on this machine with 700+ megs of RAM plus am using a Mac keyboard. Airport is installed but not in use.
I ran a Hardware Test on it and everything passed. I also completely reloaded all the software, erased the hard drive and did a complete reinstall, and the problem persists. It really is a nuisance and I have no idea what else to try.

Hi AnnieGrace,
Sorry to hear of your woes. You are suffering from Kernel Panics (link) which could be caused by defective RAM, dodgy USB drivers or a software corruption etc etc.
I would advise disconnecting all external devices (except an Apple mouse and keyboard), removing any 3rd party RAM you've installed and the Airport card if you have one.
The best thing to do then is work though Dr Smoke's Kernel Panic Resolution Guide (link).
Do let us know how you get on. When I suffered them it was down to cheap RAM; other AD users have reported that old keyboards caused their problem.
regards
mrtotes

Keep getting message - You need to restart your computer - iMac freezes

My iMac freezes without notice, a dark screen comes over the monitor and the message "you need to restart your computer" appears.
This happens randomly and I have no idea what causes this. I thought perhaps it was just a loose power cord, as the cord does seem quite loose.
However, it happens after the machine has been running for some time. Before I have a chance to save my work, the computer tells me it has to shut down. It's not a consistent thing, so it's hard to know if it's the cord or not.
This also happened half way through watching a DVD. Nothing was touched or moved, so it wouldn't appear that this is being caused by a loose cord.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem? (I'm running Tiger on this machine with 700+ megs of RAM plus am using a Mac keyboard. Airport is installed but not in use.

Hi there,
I would first make sure your Mac is or isn't on any list contained here: http://www.apple.com/support/exchange_repair/imac.html - you may in fact have a faulty power supply which is covered by repair extension through Apple.
Here's a brief explanation on a Kernel Panic: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106227
Good luck, Rick
iMac G5 iSight 20" - 30G iPOD in Slimming Black - Mac OS X (10.4.8) - HP Pav 15" WS and Toshiba Sat 17" WS LP's - Canon 20D & A620 Kodak P880

Freeze !!! Then the message read "you need to restart your computer.

New MAC User..
I just purchased a used G4 from Ebay and it was love at first login, but after 2 weeks my heart is broken as I write this post from my XP box. A few spec's as well as a little history. My spec's are 450 cpu, 20 gig hdd, 512 memory. I did a bios update as well as a 256 memory upgrade a week after purchase. Here's the issue. The system will freeze at any given time. The message read "you need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button etc. Now, to stay on track I uninstalled the additional memory, which was the only hardware change made to the system but it still froze.
As I record this post my MAC is going through this freeze slash send error report ordeal. Now let me record a few lines from the report. Unresolved Kernal trap (cpu 0):0x300 data access, etc.
I believe the problem started after I ran the software update for Tiger X. What I also found out was OS-9 is installed on this PC as well. When I found out how to boot to OS-9 it ran for 2 days without freezing. Soon as I booted to X boom. The other strange part of this eqaution is that in the X environment it could take 2hr to freeze or 10 minutes.
I ran Disk Utility to repair but no luck.How do I uninstall the X updates? or do you guys think it's another issue. Oh, I did not receive any software from the seller so my next move was to purchase Tiger and do a clean install.
(Loving My New (old) MAC....)BUT !!!!

The problem is not Unix per se. The situation, from what I have read, is as follows.
UNIX is a massive os that loads as much into ram as possible for performance. If ram is not dead on, problems ensue with corruption of data.
UNIX has been server technology and was traditionally installed in a professionally built and maintained environment. It frequently uses ECC ram which is more expensive and adds another layer of overhead to a system. For an enterprise system those cost are negligible.
Apple builds it's macs for non ECC ram for cost and for speed. The ram must be correct or the system will corrut itself. There are no mechanisms to correct for bad/marginal ram(cost and speed). To account for this Apple has very tight tolerances for the ram installed.
Each version of X has tightened the tolerances on the ram. Why? Because as time goes on, the macs are getting faster and the os more complex. A car that only goes 25mph can have flaky brakes, suspension, etc and still get by. As the speed of the cars increase the rest of the system must be improved (timing of ram in this case) or crashes ensue. So, even if your mac isn't going any faster the os that you are trying to use has specs for faster macs built in. It isn't UNIX but Apple's implementation of UNIX. As the macs speed increases, look for tighter specs on macs. I expect that this will happed with Intel macs as their clock speeds are higher.

Help with Kernal Panic; "You need to restart your computer..." on startup

My sister just gave me her old iBook G4. I don't know what OS it is running and I don't know the exact model beyond iBook G4. She is currently looking for the disks that came with it.
Everytime I try to start the computer, before I get past the screen with the apple, the screen goes grey and I get the following message:
"You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button."
Are there any diagnostics I can run without the discs that came with the computer? What should my first steps be? Is there any way to tell what OS or hardware I'm using without being able to boot up?
Thanks,
Brett

Hi Brett and welcome to Apple Discussions.
You could try Starting up in Safe Mode
What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode
Safe Boot takes longer than normal startup
Safe boot may by-pass the problematic process/hardware (the airport card is a frequent culprit) and enable you to boot sufficiently to find out the OS. Click on the blue Apple top/left, then 'About this Mac'. If Safe Boot is successful take a look at Macintosh HD/Library/Logs, particularly Console and Panic. I'm no expert on deciphering logs but you could copy/past the last couple of paragraphs of Panic into a reply.
Good luck,
Adrian

I have a MacBook Pro 13.3 OS- MAC OS X LION.Whenever I am staring the computer, it says You need to restart your computer by pressing the power button.I did this number of times and everytime it freezes to the same screen.Solution needed urgently pls.

I have a MacBook Pro 13.3 OS- MAC OS X LION.
Whenever I am staring the computer, it says You need to restart your computer by pressing the power button.
I did this number of times and everytime it freezes to the same screen.Solution needed urgently pls.
Thank you for any help in this regard that comes fast.

The details of the kernel-panic report is as follows-
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1458653 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          6
Anonymous UUID:                    70BA6A**************************************************
Sun Sep 16 23:00:13 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8000290560, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000800028, CR3: 0x000000000a509005, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0x0000000000820000, RCX: 0xffffff801122dc40, RDX: 0x0000000000020501
RSP: 0xffffff80ef3d3da0, RBP: 0xffffff80ef3d3dc0, RSI: 0x000000002b1d78b6, RDI: 0xffffff800342d280
R8: 0xffffff80ef3d3f08, R9: 0xffffff80ef3d3ef8, R10: 0x000000010d901000, R11: 0x0000000000000206
R12: 0xffffff800342d280, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff8011cd6500, R15: 0x0000000000800000
RFL: 0x0000000000010206, RIP: 0xffffff8000290560, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
CR2: 0x0000000000800028, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80ef3d3a50 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff80ef3d3ad0 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff80ef3d3c80 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff80ef3d3ca0 : 0xffffff8000290560
0xffffff80ef3d3dc0 : 0xffffff800026c9c3
0xffffff80ef3d3f40 : 0xffffff80002c3fbb
0xffffff80ef3d3fb0 : 0xffffff80002da481
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: fsck_hfs
Mac OS version:
11E2620
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Wed May 30 20:13:51 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.31.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 25EC645A-8793-3201-8D0A-23EA280EC755
System model name: MacBookPro9,2 (Mac-6F01561E16C75D06)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 4850001132
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Error message - "You need to restart your computer". With Kernel Panic Logs. Please help identify the problem.

Hi, just now my computer just popped out an error message saying that "You need to restart your computer". I was able to power the iMac back (and i'm typing from my iMac). I did some research about it and it has something to do with the kernel panic..either hardware or software. Since i was able to power back my iMac, i supposed it was software-related problem? Here's the log from /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/
I'm sorry it was quite long and i have no idea how to attach the text file which i have saved. What could be the problem here? And any suggestions to avoid this from happening again? My heart skipped a beat just now.. Hopefully it was no something serious such as hardware problems..
thank you!
[quote]
Mon Jan 7 04:41:39 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff8000545709): "complete() while dma active"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.15.3/iokit/Kernel/IOMemoryDescriptor.cpp:2273
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8060213ba0 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff8060213ca0 : 0xffffff8000545709
0xffffff8060213ce0 : 0xffffff7f80e90e34
0xffffff8060213d30 : 0xffffff7f80e8aac2
0xffffff8060213d80 : 0xffffff7f813c6b84
0xffffff8060213df0 : 0xffffff7f80d740ff
0xffffff8060213e20 : 0xffffff7f80d7ec07
0xffffff8060213e50 : 0xffffff7f80d7ed70
0xffffff8060213ea0 : 0xffffff7f80d7fb39
0xffffff8060213ef0 : 0xffffff7f80d7c076
0xffffff8060213f10 : 0xffffff800053b31f
0xffffff8060213f60 : 0xffffff800053afc5
0xffffff8060213fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage(1.6.6)@0xffffff7f813c4000->0xffffff7f813d8ff f
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.0.7)@0xffffff7f80d72000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.6.3)@0xffffff7f80e83000
         com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort(2.2.0)@0xffffff7f80d79000->0xffffff7f80d90fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.0.7)@0xffffff7f80d72000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.8)@0xffffff7f80826000
         com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily(2.0.7)@0xffffff7f80d72000->0xffffff7f80d78fff
         com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(1.6.3)@0xffffff7f80e83000->0xffffff7f80e9cfff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:32:41 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64
System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 16972898800986
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Suggest you uninstall SoundFlower, LogMeIn and AirParrot and see if that changes anything.
Allan

HT3053 i did some thing wrong that makes my mac just showing a black screen and amessage says you need to restart your mac .... etc and i wanted to talk to any one from apple and i couldnt get my mac serial number and i could do nothing i turned to some o

i did some thing wrong that makes my mac just showing a black screen and amessage says you need to restart your mac .... etc and i wanted to talk to any one from apple and i couldnt get my mac serial number and i could do nothing i turned to some one who formatted the hard desk and i tried to talk to any one from apple but it seems no one care i spent 4 years to be able to buy this mac and i dont know what to do > i will never buy mac again please some one tell me what to do dvd is not working i press on options and nothing happen what showld i do ? through it ? some body tell me what to do or where to go

Just to make certain, you inserted the original installation disk and started the MBP holding down the C key? Did the Optical drive reject the disk or did it just spin? If the former, the lens in the drive may be dirty and needs to be cleaned. If the latter, you will have to take it to an Apple repair facility.
Ciao.

I have the "Hanvon 5040 drawing tablet",it was working perfectly with mac till last month.As soon as i plug the USB of my tablet into my macbook pro the computer is blocked and an error apears: "you need to restart your computer..."nothing works.Any help?

I have the "Hanvon 5040 drawing tablet",it was working perfectly with mac till last month.As soon as i plug the USB of my tablet into my macbook pro the computer is blocked and an error apears: "you need to restart your computer..."nothing works.Any help?

Check with the manufacturer for updated drivers for your tablet.

My mac mini displays a green screen with 'mac os version not yet responded' and 'you need to restart your computer' as a warning message. Inspite of all my tries it doesnt run from the install dvd either.

My mac mini displays a green screen with 'mac os version not yet responded' and 'you need to restart your computer' as a warning message. Inspite of all my tries it doesnt run from the install dvd either.
Please help.

Sounds like you may have a hardware problem since it won't read from DVD, and it is only a year and a half old. Hopefully all it is, is bad RAM*:
http://www.macmaps.com/badram.html

Kernel Panic: You need to restart you computer. Hold down the Power button until it turns off, then press the Power button again.

I apologize for writing a book, but I think explaining the full story may possibly get me a correct answer. I hope that someone can give me some insight as to what is the problem with my MacBook Pro. I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008), model identifier: MacBookPro4,1 running OSX Lion 10.7.5 with 6 GB memory. My wife first noticed a problem with the display. Every so often it would get fuzzy with jumping lines going across the screen making it vitually unviewable. The final time that incident took place the computer froze which required holding down the power button to restart the computer. The computer started up to the point of the Apple logo and the spinning gear for quite some time until the screen darkened from top to bottom displaying the following message in five different languages: "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button until it turns off, then press the Power button again." I have read other blogs and support communities where people get the message intermittently, but my computer would not go past that point no matter what. Through research and the Apple Store I was told that this is a Kernel Panic. The so called "Apple Genius" at the local Apple Store was unable to get the computer to boot past that point even with his gadget. It would not startup in recovery mode, safe mode or off of a disc. I forget exacty what he told me, but he said it was getting past the first two startup steps, but it would not get past the third step which is to mount the desktop. He guessed that it may be a problem with the hard drive; a loose wire or something or other. I disconnected the hard drive completely and took it out. Everything appered to be connected properly. Then I installed it back correctly, but it did not solve the issue. So I guess I disproved his theory of a loose wire... I purchased ProSoft Data Rescue 3 and connected my MacBook Pro to another Apple computer using a firewire 400 cable. I was able to get everything I needed off of the hard drive. I did some more research and I decided to restart the MacBook Pro in verbose mode (holding down the command button and V button). The computer magically started up!!! I was upset that I wasted my money on the ProSoft Data Rescue 3. I managed to take additional items off of the computer and back it up on to an external hard drive. After some time the computer froze. I repeated the power button process to restart and received the same kernel panic. I managed to get the computer to startup approximately six or seven more times via verbose mode; each time the computer staying on for a shorter amount of time before it would freeze. I managed to run Disk Utitlity. I performed first aid to fix the hard drive and it said that the hard drive appeared to be fine. After first aid I erased the hard drive and booted off of a Lion disc to perform a clean install or an erase and install. Lion installed until the progress bar got the the end where I received a message that there was an error installing Lion, please try again. Each time I attempted to install the software I would receive the same message. Eventually the computer would not boot from the Lion disc. I went back to the Apple Store and the Apple Genius was able to get the computer to boot off of his gadget where Lion istalled completely. I set up the computer as a new computer. He said that he partitioned the hard drive as DOS and then back to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) which would get rid of any errors the drive may have had. He guessed that the problem was the hard drive, but was not exactly sure. When I brought it home I installed all of the software applications I had on it previously. Approximately three days later, which may have been the fifth of sixth time starting up the computer, the display became fuzzy again and the computer froze. The computer did restart once and I was able to retreive a "log" which I have pasted below. After if froze for the second time it restarted once using verbose mode and froze almost immediately. After holding down the power key to shut it down and then restart; I received the same kernel panic after the Apple logo and spinning gear which put me right back to square one. Now the computer will not boot via any method. It freezes at the end of verbose mode which forces you to hold down the power button to shut down. I also read that poorly seated ram may cause this issue, but I removed and installed the ram multiple times. I even purchased new ram from Other World Computing (Mac Sales) 6 GB, but that did not make a difference. I think I may see six possible problems on the verbose screen mode, five errors and one warning; I will type them out here:
1. SMC: :smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key $Num (kSMCKeyNotFound)
2. SMC: :smcReadKeyAction ERROR: $Num kSMCKeyNotFound(0x84) fKeyHashTable=0x0
3. SMC: :smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap ==NULL - fall back to old SMC mode
4. WARNING - ACPI_SMCCtrlLoop: :initCPUCtrlLoop - no sub-config match for MacBookPro4,1 with 8 p-states, using default stepper instead
5. SMC: :smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key MOTP (kSMCKeyNotFound)
6. SMC: :smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key BEMB (kSMCKeyNotFound)
I was hoping that someone could read my log to ascertain wether or not they see a problem that stands out. I was also hoping that someone could tell me if verbose mode provides any information that may be wrong with my computer. I just hope that someone can give me some insight as to what may be wrong with my computer. If it is the hard drive I will easily replace it, but I want to make sure that is the problem first before I waste money on a hard drive or anything else. Please let me know if anyone requires any other information from me.
Thank you!
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 21959 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    B62D9AB4-53DD-4F76-90B2-32453302297E
Sat Aug 31 15:20:06 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f81d9d774, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x0000000000000010, CR3: 0x0000000011d06000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000004, RBX: 0xffffff809eb71000, RCX: 0xffffff8000892604, RDX: 0xffffff80b69d3aa8
RSP: 0xffffff80b69d3bd0, RBP: 0xffffff80b69d3bd0, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x00000000010751b4, R10: 0xfffffffffffffff4, R11: 0xffffff8000640fd4
R12: 0xffffff809eb71000, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x0000000000000010
RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7f81d9d774, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
CR2: 0x0000000000000010, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Faulting CPU: 0x1
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80b69d3880 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff80b69d3900 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff80b69d3ab0 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff80b69d3ad0 : 0xffffff7f81d9d774
0xffffff80b69d3bd0 : 0xffffff7f81d8913a
0xffffff80b69d3c20 : 0xffffff7f81d89928
0xffffff80b69d3c40 : 0xffffff7f81d5be8f
0xffffff80b69d3c70 : 0xffffff7f8087f832
0xffffff80b69d3cb0 : 0xffffff7f8087f93d
0xffffff80b69d3cd0 : 0xffffff7f8088b625
0xffffff80b69d3d40 : 0xffffff7f80889c76
0xffffff80b69d3d80 : 0xffffff80006245ca
0xffffff80b69d3dd0 : 0xffffff8000657d4e
0xffffff80b69d3e30 : 0xffffff80002a3851
0xffffff80b69d3e80 : 0xffffff8000223096
0xffffff80b69d3eb0 : 0xffffff80002148a9
0xffffff80b69d3f10 : 0xffffff800021bbd8
0xffffff80b69d3f70 : 0xffffff80002aef10
0xffffff80b69d3fb0 : 0xffffff80002daec3
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[D0A1F6BD-E66E-3DD8-9913-A3AB8746F422]@0 xffffff7f80874000->0xffffff7f808acfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[5C23D598-58B2-3204-BC03-BC3C0F00BD32]@0xffffff 7f80849000
         com.apple.GeForce(7.3.2)[7E1D7726-416F-3716-ACCB-E1E276E35002]@0xffffff7f81d590 00->0xffffff7f81e1bfff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(7.3.2)[97284661-2629-379E-B86B-D388618E8C30]@0xffffff7f808 bf000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[7C8672C4-8B0D-3CCF-A79A-23C62E90F895]@0xff ffff7f808ad000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[5C23D598-58B2-3204-BC03-BC3C0F00BD32]@0xffffff 7f80849000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[D0A1F6BD-E66E-3DD8-9913-A3AB8746F422]@0 xffffff7f80874000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
11G63
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:25:48 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: FF3BB088-60A4-349C-92EA-CA649C698CE5
System model name: MacBookPro4,1 (Mac-F42C89C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 62230646656
last loaded kext at 53384504695: com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 (addr 0xffffff7f81efc000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.59
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com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.2.5a5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.2.5a5
com.apple.GeForce 7.3.2
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.2d6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 5.0.0d8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.1d2
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.1.33
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.0.33
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.0.8f17
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver 1.2.3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.1.33
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 5.0.0d8
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 227.6
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 4.0.8f17
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 227.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 227.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 312
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 33
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.2.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.1.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.2.2b1
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com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43224 501.36.15
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine 1.4
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
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com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
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com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 7.3.2
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com.apple.nvidia.nvGF100hal 7.3.2
com.apple.NVDAResman 7.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5
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com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.3
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com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.3d10
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 5.0.0d8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.10d0
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Model: MacBookPro4,1, BootROM MBP41.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 6 GB, SMC 1.27f3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0x7F7F7F7F7F9B0000, 0x4354353132363441433636372E4D31364643
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz, 0x7F7FBAFFFFFFFFFF, 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.15)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS543225L9SA02, 250.06 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-867
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x1a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x820f, 0x1a110000 / 5
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8502, 0xfd400000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0230, 0x5d200000 / 3
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x5d100000 / 2

I had already written a book and I did not want to bombard people with more information, but in my previous research I did come across the major issues with the NVIDIA card. I also was well aware that Apple offered a replacement program that ended in December of 2012. I was going to add that in my original post, but I discounted that theory because I put my faith in the so called "Apple Genius" when I made my second trip to the Apple Store. I brought the NVIDIA card issue to his attention and asked him if he thought that may be the problem, but he said no. He said if it was the NVIDIA card that the screen would be completely black and there would be no startup chime. When I experienced the screen issues I thought it was a problem with the NVIDIA card or the logic board. I asked myself, how can a flawed hard drive cause the screen to act funny.
nbar and Rick Warren, I thank you both for your help and insight; people like you are the real "Apple Geniuses." I was hoping there was a way I could wipe the hard drive before I dumped the computer or attempted to sell it. I guess I will look into purchasing a new machine when I have the funds. Again...thank you both!

10.4.7 Update-Cannot Restart, Despite Message "You need to restart your..."

Aloha, All.
I know there's a string on this, BUT. . . it's gotten rather full, and in one of the contributor's words, "over-generalized."
Here are the specific details of my problem:
Used Software Update to download and update to OS X 10.4.7 on my 15" G4 1.5mhz PowerBook. When I tried to restart (and I have tried MANY times now), the machine gets to the grey Apple and displays a Black rectangular message box which says:
"You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button."
(By the way, this message is also displayed in French, German, and Japanese - how thoughtful of Apple to our global neighbors.)
Anyway, I've zapped the PRAM. I've used Option/Power button and selected the hard drive as startup drive. I've tried both "fixes" several time, but no luck.
I've finally resorted to using Firewire Target Mode, and have transferred my important files over to my trusty, old TiBook (runs Panther 10.3.9, and always starts). However, before I take that next rather drastic step of a Clean Install, I'm reaching out to ask whether anyone has found a more elegant, less draconian fix than wiping the hard drive clean and starting all over again??
Anyone?
Thank you very much.
HJ
15"AL PwrBk-1.5mhz-2GB RAM; 15"TiPwrBk-1GB RAM; 2 G4PwrMacs-Loaded Mac OS X (10.4.6)
15"AL PwrBk-1.5mhz-2GB RAM; 15"TiPwrBk-1GB RAM; 2 G4PwrMacs-Loaded Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Adrian - Mahalo Nui Loa!! (Translation from Hawaiian: "Thank you very much!!")
I started up in Safe Mode, "hid" 3rd party Startup items, and my PwrBk started up w/ no problem and fully loaded w/OS X v 10.4.7!
The offending Startup item was a fun little app - SoundShuffler v. 1.7 by No-U-Turn software, which as the name implies, runs System Alerts (standard, or user-installed) at random, or other configurations. I checked out No-U-Turn's website, and while there was nothing to indicate date of their last update (v. 1.7), the fact that the OS X requirement was "10.1 or higher" may say something.
SoundShuffler harkens back to days of OS 7, 8, and 9, and a similar little app, SpeedBeep, which has since gone extinct. In fact, SoundShuffler allowed me to run all the advanced OS X features and apps, but with the nostalgia of original OS 7, 8, and 9 System Alerts, played at random whenever I mis-executed a keystroke command, etc. (which means I heard them often).
I still have all the sounds available (some were genuine, which I've converted into .aiff), but can only choose them individually. For now, anyway, because I did leave an e-mail message at No-U-Turn's website advising them of SoundShuffler's Startup item's incompatibility w/ v. 10.4.7, so we'll see. . .
Well, again, Adrian, thank you very much for your sound advice (no pun intended)!!
Aloha,
HJ
15"AL PwrBk-1.5mhz-2GB RAM; 15"TiPwrBk-1GB RAM; 2 G4PwrMacs-Loaded Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Told "You Need To Restart Your Computer"

Background: This is my second MacBook. It is a week 32, I have been using it for 3 weeks now, hasn't given me any serious problems, and is usually kept on (either with activity or sleeping) for several days in a row. The only suspicious thing happening lately is when I turn it on, the screen has flashed brightly really quickly, then back to black quickly, and then it starts to load like normal. So if anyone knows what that is either, it would be of help.
This issue: I was on my MacBook tonight, using the Internet and iTunes, like normal, and out of nowhere the screen dims down and in the middle is a black box that says "You need to restart your computer. Press down on the power button..." in like 4 different languages. So, I did. Then I turned it back on and it loaded fine (but gave me the "Mac OS X shut down unexpectedly" message).
The only thing odd about my use of it tonight would have to be that I was using it on my bed, so maybe not enough air was getting to the bottom of it. Could this cause it to force to shut down?
Once again, this is the only major issue I've had with it so far. My old MacBook had several problems but never the "You need to restart your computer" in the black box one.
Please help!

in a row. The only suspicious thing happening lately
is when I turn it on, the screen has flashed brightly
really quickly, then back to black quickly, and then
it starts to load like normal.
That's normal behavior. Mine does it to.
This issue: I was on my MacBook tonight, using
the Internet and iTunes, like normal, and out of
nowhere the screen dims down and in the middle is a
black box that says "You need to restart your
computer. Press down on the power button..." in like
4 different languages.
You experienced a kernel panic.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106227
They are usually hardware related. Disconnect any external devices.
Did you install any third-party RAM? If so, pull it out and run it with just the stock RAM.
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Macbook pro-Freezes with black screen at start up.

Macbook pro-Freezes with black screen at start up. I've tried inserting the Mac OS X install disc to run the hardware test(Restart and hold down D), But it still does nothing. Just the black screen. Now I can't get the disc out. I've tried holding down the track pad key upon start up but that doesn't work neither.
What do I do??? Please help.

Remove the battery to find your serial number in the battery bay. Then you can look your MBP up on EveryMac.com:
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/
That will give you all the information on your Mac.
This is assuming that you have the MBP with the removable battery and not the unibody. The unibody has different graphic chips.
Good luck!
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Trying to recover from constant kernel panics 'You need to restart your...'

Since last night I've been having major problems with my MBP. After installing some software on my Windows 7 Bootcamp partition, and following a restart, I got a kernel panic and the message "You need to restart your computer.." in 5 languages, and the screen would freeze.
Disconcertingly the desktop video was totally screwed up - the best way I can describe it is that a looked like a really, really bad 8-bit display, with huge blocky pixels.
Multiple attempts at pressing and holding the power button, then restarting, simply replicated the problem. In the end I was eventually able to boot up using a superduper clone. I decided to reformat the MBP HDD and copy the clone over. However, during the process the screensaver came on and froze the system, so I had to restart and repeat the process, this time switching off energy saver preferences and the screensaver.
So I'm back up and running (for now). I'm about to restore my energy preferences and test out the screen saver. Fingers crossed, but in the meantime, has anyone else come across an issue like this?
I've got 3rd party RAM installed, have had it for over a year, so not sure if this is the problem (hasn't been so far). As part of my initial troubleshooting I tried resetting PRAM but this had no discernible effect, other than to make the patchy block video more uniform (if that makes sense?)
I haven't tried the Apple Hardware Test yet, just got to find my original disks! Spec of MBP as per signature below.
Lastly, after I restored my system a browser window appeared, pointing to a file in my system library which contained the following:
# File lib/activerecord/connection_adapters/postgresqladapter.rb, line 116
def quote(value, column = nil)
if value.kind_of?(String) && column && column.type == :binary
"'#{escape_bytea(value)}'"
else
super
end
end
Any views / comments / tips greatly appreciated.
VP
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Sorry for the lengthy post, but I wanted to post exactly what came up when I was luckily able to surpass the grey screen. I don't know what to do, and I can't find the startup disk that came with the computer 3 years ago.
HELP please!!!
{\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\cocoartf824\cocoasubrtf480
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset77 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
\margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0
\pard\tx720\tx1440\tx2160\tx2880\tx3600\tx4320\tx5040\tx5760\tx6480\tx7200\tx792 0\tx8640\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural
\f0\fs24 \cf0 panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A49CB): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 14=page fault), registers:\
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x00000000, CR3: 0x0134c000, CR4: 0x000006e0\
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x00945e40, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x04b40004\
CR2: 0x00000000, EBP: 0x25983508, ESI: 0x04ae9800, EDI: 0x2407c004\
EFL: 0x00010246, EIP: 0x007330f2, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010\
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack) \
0x259832f8 : 0x128d0d (0x3cc65c 0x2598331c 0x131f95 0x0) \
0x25983338 : 0x1a49cb (0x3d2a94 0x1 0xe 0x3d22b8) \
0x25983448 : 0x19b3a4 (0x25983460 0x1 0x25983478 0x6) \
0x25983508 : 0x74218b (0x2407c004 0xb 0x0 0x731f0a) \
0x25983538 : 0x740600 (0x2407c004 0x25983570 0x0 0x1a3736) \
0x25983818 : 0x73481a (0x0 0x600d600d 0x7022 0x25983848) \
0x259838d8 : 0x8c4b33 (0x240a4564 0x4d2 0x8eb9dc 0x6e766461) \
0x259839c8 : 0x72f402 (0x240a4000 0x0 0x25983ad2 0x80) \
0x25983a28 : 0x726133 (0x4aedc00 0x0 0x25983ad2 0x80) \
0x25983b58 : 0x727813 (0x4aedc00 0x72acac 0x25983bfc 0x4) \
0x25983c18 : 0x712875 (0x4aedc00 0x1 0x0 0x25983dd4) \
0x25983c78 : 0x70c06b (0x4aedc00 0x0 0x0 0x4aedc00) \
0x25983c98 : 0x38c991 (0x4aedc00 0x3fce950 0x3fce950 0x0) \
0x25983ce8 : 0x3b2df6 (0x4aedc00 0x3fce950 0x3fce950 0x0) \
0x25983d48 : 0x18d6fd (0x4aedc00 0x3fce950 0x0 0x0) \
0x25983db8 : 0x12b4ee (0x40b3280 0x40b3e98 0x25983df8 0x11e042) Backtrace continues...\
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):\
com.apple.NVDAResman(5.0.8)@0x72e000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5fa000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x704000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.8)@0x71f000\
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.8)@0x71f000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5fa000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x704000\
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.8)@0x704000\
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5fa000\
Kernel version:\
Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386\
Model: MacBookPro3,1, BootROM MBP31.0070.B07, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.4 GHz, 2 GB\
Graphics: GeForce 8600M GT, GeForce 8600M GT, PCIe, 256 MB\
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz\
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz\
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x168C, 0x87), 1.4.4\
Bluetooth: Version 1.9.5f4, 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: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-85J\
USB Device: Built-in iSight, Apple Inc., Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, Apple Computer, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Apple, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA\
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