Graphics glitch - software or hardware?

There have been reports of blinking screens since upgrading to Snow Leopard, but I've had slightly more serious issues.
To begin with it wasn't much, just quick flashes of old screens in Safari - eg when you add a new tab or two, and then close one, you'd get a quick flash of the website open in another tab.
Even had quick, and garbled flashes of a webpage another user had been looking at when they were logged in.
But then yesterday, the machine froze, and I got some violent flashing, a garbled band across the bottom of the screen, and an unhealthy sound from the machine.
It was fine after a reboot, but it happened again last night, but without the noise.
I've posted a quick video and some pics here :
http://www.hpwebdesign.co.uk/macbook/macbook.html
Any advise if this is likely to be a software or hardware issue would be much appreciated.
I realise I'll probably need to take it in to get checked out, but its a four hour round trip, so thought I'd run it by here first!
Its a late 08 unibody 15", with 4GB of RAM, and SL. Going to be bad luck if something is screwed, as this is a replacement machine after the one we bought had a logic board replacement, and a faulty LCD panel replaced with another faulty LCD panel!
Thanks.

Have you tried running the extended version of the Apple Hardware test? This looks more like hardware to me, possibly like a graphics chip malfunction. Or possibly a dying hard drive.
You mentioned an unhealthy sound from the machine--could it have come from the hard drive? Best make a backup and keep it up to date just in case your drive is going south.
It might be worth using your install disc to repair your start up disk. That would not fix any physical problems with the drive, but it would repair the drive's complex software. Also use DU to check your hard drive's S.M.A.R.T. status.
For a more detailed look at your hard drive, you could try S.M.A.R.T. Utility:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32454
You can download the demo and run it several times for free.
You could also try reinstalling the OS if the AHT does not show any errors. If the problems persist after reinstalling the OS, then software is likely not the underlying issue.
Hopefully working your way through some of these suggestions will give some insight as to what the underlying problem is.
Good luck!

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Have you tried running the extended version of the Apple Hardware test? This looks more like hardware to me, possibly like a graphics chip malfunction. Or possibly a dying hard drive.
You mentioned an unhealthy sound from the machine--could it have come from the hard drive? Best make a backup and keep it up to date just in case your drive is going south.
It might be worth using your install disc to repair your start up disk. That would not fix any physical problems with the drive, but it would repair the drive's complex software. Also use DU to check your hard drive's S.M.A.R.T. status.
For a more detailed look at your hard drive, you could try S.M.A.R.T. Utility:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/32454
You can download the demo and run it several times for free.
You could also try reinstalling the OS if the AHT does not show any errors. If the problems persist after reinstalling the OS, then software is likely not the underlying issue.
Hopefully working your way through some of these suggestions will give some insight as to what the underlying problem is.
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Recently my MacBook Pro has been freezing and showing bad graphical glitches. Multiple restarts eventually fix it and a couple of times the three tones break, three tones break warning has occurred on start up. From what I can find this is usually a RAM error but after doing a hardware check I get the response all is OK. This still happens after the check and I am unsure what the problem could be. Can anyone help? Could it be a memory issue, a hard drive issue, Graphics card issue (drivers are up to date) or is something up with the software. I also have a Bootcamp partition running Windows 7 too and this is a problem that presents itself there too.

Most likely to be RAM:
Beeps on startup:
1 beep = no RAM installed
2 beeps = incompatible RAM types
3 beeps = no good banks
4 beeps = no good boot images.
5 beeps = processor is not usable
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538
I would suggest you take it to an Apple Store for a free diagnostic.

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While hardware virtualization is enabled in my T400, I'm getting serious graphical glitches (garbled graphics). This happens both when outputting to the T400's monitor or when outputting to an external display.
I actually don't have to do anything special to get the garbling to start - just booting Windows 7 and using it regularly will make it start to glitch.
Help please.

Pickaxe wrote:
Thank you for that link, it was very helpful.
The 'solution' of course, was far from satisfying (I'm experiencing Type B visual corruption). Especially considering the model I'm using is preconfigured - Lenovo shipped it with a 2GB+1GB DIMM.
It boggles my mind that Lenovo uses a configuration that is not fully compatible with the processor.
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Crashes, graphics glitches, and more crashes when editing video clips

Can't for the life of me figure out why PE keeps crashing on me, so I'm here for help.
My system consists of a i7-970 hexacore, 6GB ram, 1x 500GB os drive, 3x500gb raid 0 drives (this is where my video clips are stored), 2x GeForce GTX460 video cards.
OS is Windows 7 Profressional 64 bit.
The video files I work with are generally in the 50-200GB size.
A little background - the videos that I am working with are recordings from Battlefield Bad Company 2 that I have recorded with some capture software called Dxtory.
I record at 1920x1080 at 60 FPS to avi files. The avi files are using the "xtor" codec (Dxtory's own codec)
[ISFT] DxtoryCore ver2.0.0.101
[ISRC] Video:YUV420 Audio:Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Audio is PCM 192000Hz recorded in stereo.
Let me start by saying I have not had trouble with this before until I started recording the videos at 60 FPS. 30 FPS worked ok (some crashes here and there, but they were bearable), but the frequent crashes started happening when I started working with the 60 FPS videos, done mainly so I could play around with slowing the clips down, etc.
Sometimes I can open and edit clips just fine.
Recently, a project that I'm working on is crashing when I try putting two different clips from different files together on the time line. I managed to get it to work once, and saved the project after that. Then, PE crashed randomly and when trying to reopen the project, it just crashes and won't let me get any further.
I should mention the graphics glitches as well - occasionally (especially when previewing video clips before adding them to the timeline) after I close the preview window, the graphics in PE will glitch out, causing random lines to appear in certain areas, graphics to stack on top of eachother and freeze up, and sometimes I can click on the "play" button in the main project window and hear everything start playing, but the graphics are completely screwed up to the point where I can't view the video or hit the pause button.
All of my computer hardware is fine, all drivers, and PE, are up to date.
Can someone please help me figure out what is going on? I'll be happy to provide any more information that might help out.

The most likely issue is the codec that your program is using the create your video. It's apparently not compatible with Premiere Elements.
This often happens also when people try to record their on-screen video with FRAPS.
You'll see lots of discussions on this issue in the Premiere Pro forum. However, it's even more pronounced in Premiere Elements, which is designed to work almost exclusively with camcorder video.
Some video programs are a little more versatile with this type of video. Some people have found Corell's Video Studio better at handling these non-traditonal formats.
But I did a Google search on Dxtory editing and couldn't find any information on it.
Sorry I can't offer a solution. But I can pretty much assure you that Premiere Elements isn't it. sorry.

Macbook pro retina graphic glitch

Hello,
I'd like to share with you my story with the problems I've had with my macbook pro retina 15' 2012 (with both intel and nvidia graphics) and ask for some help.
First of all, back when it still had Mountain Lion as its OS I already detected some graphic glitches. When I started the mbpr, 1 out of 5 times it would load buggy. The dock would shake whenever I move the mouse over it, exposé would lag a lot and eventually scrolling in Safari was terrible, incredibly shaky. Basically every animation on the OS went laggy or just at 10 fps.
However the performance in terms of speed and results was still OK. If I played a game I would detect no error whatsoever.
So after some months of ignoring it because I had work and couldn't take the mac to the store I decided to take it. It was getting worse as it started to happen more often than usual. By then I had already upgraded to Mavericks (no clean install, just updated) and the problem still persisted.
Visit #1:
After explaning the problem and being able to show it to the genius they took my mac. They called a couple of days after telling me it was a OS issue and they did a clean install of Mavericks.
So I took it home, reinstall everything from scratch, they told me it may be an account/user issue so I better not use time machine to recover anything.
After a month it started to happen again. I have to say that it happen after I had already installed everything quite some time before, not right after installing any particular app or while running any.
It would load buggy again 1 out of 2/3 times and it wouldn't stop until I restarted and if I was lucky enough it would load OK.
Visit #2:
I returned to the genius and explained again the problem. They decided that it had to be some graphic issue related to the intel or nvidia systems so they replaced the logic board.
Again a couple of weeks later I detected the problem again.
Visit #3:
Once more to the store, they were quite puzzled that even after replacing the motherboard it would still show the issue.
After doing some tests they decided to reinstall Mavericks. Once installed they found no issue so they decided it was solved.
After this I had to return once again because it turn out that they forgot to connect the keyboard backlight system and it wouldn't light.
Anyway, this time I decided to install only the absolutely necesary apps for my work. I even downloaded the newest versions of all of them (if they had newer). Most of those apps are from the Mac App Store and the ones that are not are absolutely famous and used by thounsands of people, not that I use alphas or betas of any app.
One important detail is that the problem was getting worse. Now every time I started the mac it would be buggy and it was extremely shaky, it was impossible to read while scrolling in Safari now. Sometimes when using exposé/mission control it would even show weird pixels on screen. Every time I had this problem it was worse, more shaky and more often.
Visit #4:
Being already a VIP visitor of the genius bar I went decided to solve the problem once and for all. I told them every detail, they saw the problem and I insisted on the software I had was completely "normal". They told me they would replace the screen, the logic board again and the IO just in case.
So imagine my surprise when I receive a call from the genius who was repairing my machien saying that after reinstalling Mavericks it showed no issue! I was furious. They insisted that it was some app I had installed and that I needed to install one app at a time, wait ONE WEEK and if nothing happens install the next.
They were not kidding aparently. After complaining I had no choice but to take my mac back and....here I am.
So my question (after the diary I've written, sorry) is:
Is this really being caused by an app I have installed? Is really an app capable of crash the entire animation system and only while in the OS UI and not in games? I've never had any app running on the background besides Fantastical (from Appstore) and Dropbox (updated).
I am listing the apps I had last time I resintalled everything:
1. 2Do (appstore)
2. Indesign CC
3. Appcleaner
4. Autocad 2014
5. World of warcraft
6. Dropbox
7. Evernote (appstore)
8. Fantastical (appstore)
9. Keynote, Pages & Numbers (appstore)
10. Pixelmator (appstore)
11. Sketchup 2014
12. Skype
13. Steam
14. The unarchiver
15. Transmission
16. VLC
17. iPhoto
So, 17 apps, which I believe are just a few. Is there any of those apps you think may cause any issue? I haven't installed anything yet. I am using my old macbook pro (which btw have every app I had in the buggy retina with no problem whatsoever) while I try to see if the problem persist while installing nothing.
I still don't believe it is a software problem. Since it appears every time sooner and with more "intensity" I suspect it might be hardware but I am no expert.
Thanks for any help or info you can share!

Go for a few day (2-3) without installing any apps. Then install AutoCAD 2014 first and run only that for another couple of days. See if the problems resurface. If not, go ahead and reinstall all software, making sure that you create a clone after everything's installed (try Carbon Copy Cloner - they have a few 30-day evaluation period, I believe).
If problems resurface, you'll know that it's hardware.
Good luck,
Clinton

Graphic glitch and freezing.

I had a graphic problem with my iMac 3 weeks ago, had to take it to an Apple repairer 3 hours away, there just isn't anyone closer, and have had it back for about 6 hours now. I got the Snow Leopard upgrade while it was away and have been looking forward to getting into it all. As soon as I got my iMac home I fired it up and straight away noticed a graphic glitch or something odd on my 2nd monitor, kinda looked like aliens from space invaders... This problem went away if I changed that monitors resolution or if I rotated the display, so I thought it might be a driver problem which should hopefully be fixed by upgrading to SL.
I attempted this upgrade, it seemed to go fine but when I finally got into SL I noticed that once again there were some space invader glitches, but instead of being huge and all the way across the 2nd monitor they were in 2 separate blocks 1 in the top left and one just slightly to the right from center at the very top, they were flashing green from time to time (just like before) but that was about all. After a few seconds all the icons on my desktop and also the dock icons screwed up, display as black and white lines, or weird colored blocks, or super pixelated and just pretty screwy.
I formatted from fresh doing Leopard (without updating fully to 10.5.8) then installing SL, same problem, I then tried installing just SL which worked as usual but still had the graphic glitches when hovering over or interacting this time, also there were some problems with the glitches showing over windows (I'll put a link to a screenshot of them at the end). I'm currently updating a fresh install of Leopard to 10.5.8 to then update to SL to see if that works.
I had a thought that it might be hardware, the logic board and graphics card were both replaced during the repair time, they said they tested it but on the repair form I got it just says 'restarted a few times with no problems' so I'm not sure if they even tested it very much.
It took almost 3 weeks to get my mac back today, and these problems are quite annoying, if I have to lose it for another 3 weeks because of this lack of testing I'm gonna be rather annoyed as I'm losing work because of it.
Anyone got ideas of what it might be? or just anyone else had this problem with SL or just Leopard? Any information would be great.
Screenshot of glitch while doing a google search:
http://www.xager.net/i/glitch.jpg

My old first gen macbook pro had a similar problem (under Tiger and Leopard), it was fixed. My current unibody macbook pro is doing this as well, I've only noticed it now under Snow Leopard.
I doubt it's a software problem, I've had similar issues in PCs when their video cards were running too hot. My current mbp gets these glitches when the system is under more load and so I'm sure its heat related. One time the heat and glitches got so bad the system just locked up.
I hope you can get your system repaired. I am going to now go ahead and try my luck with apple support as well.

I'm thinking of upgrading from 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to OS X Yosemite. Does anyone know of any problems associated with this? What are the implications / consequences of installing Yosemite? Does it effect functionality of v10.6.8 software or hardware?

I'm thinking of upgrading from v10.6.8 Snow Leopard to OS X Yosemite. I know, I'm years behind, but it has become a necessity. My Mac is becoming slow and is incompatible with many softwares and websites. Does anyone know of any problems associated with this upgrade? What are the implications and/or consequences of installing Yosemite? Does it effect functionality of v10.6.8 software or hardware? Are there any precautions I should take before the installation? I have read some posts about Macs slowing right down after installing Yosemite. Any insights and information (in layman's terms please!) would be very useful. Thanks.

Huge thanks for your response Michel. I apologise for the delay in getting back to you. I have done as you suggested, the details are pasted below. Clearly there are some applications I need to remove and no doubt my HD could do with a 'spring clean'. My Mac 'Safe Booted' when I turned it on this morning.
I use many different softwares, some web-based. The decision to upgrade to OSX Yosemite is because I was unable to attend a Webinar this week using GoToMeeting downloadable software. GoToMeeting have upgraded their system and my OS is no longer supported. Other websites like VImeo no longer support my version of Safari. I tend to use Chrome if Safari isn't compatible.
Problem description:
I'm thinking of upgrading from v10.6.8 Snow Leopard to OS X Yosemite. However I have noticed that my MacBook Pro becoming ‘slow’ over the last 3 weeks and therefore might have some issues that need to be resolved before I even consider installing OSX Yosemite. Over the last week my Mac has Safe Booted on three occasions, so clearly there’s a ‘glitch’ occurring.
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Weird graphical glitch - Aperture 2.1.1l

First, my system configuration is as follows:
Mac Pro (original 2006), OS X 10.5.4
ATI Radeon X1900XT with two monitors (24" 1920x1200 flat panel, 17" 1280x1024 flat panel)
Nvidia 7300GT with one monitor (17" 1280x1024 flat panel)
4GB of RAM
2x 250GB SATA hard drives.
Here's the problem. When I use Aperture, I frequently get a black screen in the photo area when I start editing a photo, particularly the levels control. I cannot see the photo once I start editing it, and when I switch to other photos it either randomly goes black or displays the photo with really bad color distortion.
If I export the photos and open them in Preview they look fine. It's only while being edited in Aperture that they look messed up. Also, if I use the fast preview feature (P to toggle it when browsing) the problem goes away. But of course this keeps me from adjusting photos which is the primary purpose of Aperture!
Has anyone else seen this problem? It's maddening that I spent $200 on this software and it has such obvious graphical glitches.
Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.
-John "Zorin" Flynn

Your post got me to thinking, and I started fiddling with the displays.
When I unplug the 17" flat panel from the Nvidia 7300GT card, the problem goes away. It only seems to happen when that display is active.
It doesn't seem to matter how I connect the displays, if the head on the Nvidia card is activate the problem manifests.
So there's some sort of conflict between the video cards. This is odd, because *everything else* on the system works great. Heck, I like to drag playing videos off onto that head and it works beautifully.
Oh well, guess I'll have to unplug the monitor whenever I use Aperture until the bug is fixed. Still very annoyed, as it's all Apple hardware and shouldn't have these problems. What happened to "It just works"?

Graphic glitches with NX7600GS - TD256

Hello to everyone
I recently bought a NX7600GS TD256 (AGP) and I installed it according to the instructions. The problem I am having is that graphical glitches appear on my screen all the time:
These glitches also appear in the pre-windowsscreens. Any ideas if this might be a hardware- or a software-problem and how I might fix this?

Quote from: Nameisis on 20-June-07, 14:56:34
ur psu is too weak it only has 250W i guess u need at least 350W or more with decent 12A rail
Yeppa, just looked at it. Card requires 350 W and my PSU gives a max of 250 W. Thanks for the help!

Graphics glitching... Logic X or GPU?

I have the new Mac Pro Late 2013, 8-core, with D300 graphics cards. 64GB RAM.
I've been having lots of UI lag using Logic Pro (Logic always has issues though..), but I've also had crazy graphics glitching. It very much looks like a failing graphics card.
Thing is, I took the computer into the Genius Bar, they tested it for 2 weeks, said my graphics card wasn't the issue and that it's my memory. I replaced the memory (it's from OWC), and ran MemTest for four days. No errors.
Graphics glitching still happening though. Could Apple have been wrong about my GPU?
Here's a video of the glitching: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g3t6h0au4cw6g03/LogicGraphicsArtifacts3.mov?dl=0

Run the Apple Hardware test and see if it flags the graphics card.
"com.apple.GeForce(4.5.6)@0x8ed000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.2)@0x5c3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(1.4.7)@0x6c7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(1.4.7)@0x6e2000
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(4.5.6)@0x6f1000"
That entry from your log certainly indicates that there is some sort of issue with the card. If it is the card you can take it in for service and have the technician diagnose the unit to confirm it is the card and then have it replaced.

Premiere Pro CS6 playback issues & graphics glitches

Hi everyone.
For a few days now (not sure whether it's been like this since the latest update) I have been experiencing serious playback issues and graphics glitches with Premiere Pro CS6. I'm on a Macbook Pro Retina.
Please see attached screenshot for reference. What happens is, I start Premiere - it works fine for a few minutes, but at some point things start to go wrong. The program monitor doesn't show anything anymore, even though the playhead is moving and I get audio.
Sometimes, either the program monitor or the source monitor displays some other part of the Premiere UI or even OSX Finder windows/ other applications like safari. What you are seing in the screenshot is a glitch showing a part of the source window within the program window.
Once this happens, there's nothing I can do but to restart Premiere.
Does anyone else have these kinds of issues?
Premiere is becoming unusable for me at the moment, which is a serious issue since this is my primary NLE.
What also happens from time to time is the following: i start up my project, and once i do anything like moving the playhead, i receive the following error message "a serious error has occurred that requires Adobe Premiere Pro to shut down" which then does exactly what it says. this will happen repeateadly until i restart my computer.
Thanks for your help.

Welcome to the forum.
Make sure you have the latest driver for your video card, and if you're using hardware mercury playback, then make sure you have the latest CUDA drivers from nvidia. If that doesn't work, then please answer the questions here as completely as you can:
Adobe Forums: FAQ: What information should I provide when asking a question on this forum?
Jeff

System has had two panic attacks -trying to narrow down were the issue is , if its software or hardware.

Had two panic attacks the first on 12/01/2014, the other 12/02/2014.
Both times have happened when starting up from shutdown.
The message is:
When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
System - 2010 MacBook Pro ,2.66 GHz Intel Core I7
8 GB memory 1067 MHz DDr3 OWC
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34)
Build 6.2
On 11/29/2014 installed a Logitech K750 wireless keyboard, along with their software. Could not get F3 key to work. On 11/30/2014 uninstalled everything.
The next day the panic attacks started.
In the "Problem Details and System Configuration" report do not see the term “machine check” so I do not think its hardware issue,but do not know if it can be ruled out.
Trying to narrow down were the issue is , if its software or hardware.

Hello Esuared
Looked at the the reports and could not decipher them. will attach both of them. Thanks for your rely .
Mon Dec 1 14:58:41 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80132dc43e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801364c77e, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x000000010a2ab418, CR3: 0x0000000015ed6000, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0
RAX: 0xffffff8028ef57c0, RBX: 0xffffff8013903638, RCX: 0xffffff8013869010, RDX: 0xffffff80252e4cf0
RSP: 0xffffff811f5c3c80, RBP: 0xffffff811f5c3ca0, RSI: 0xffffff8013903638, RDI: 0xffffff8028ef5740
R8: 0x0000000000000050, R9: 0xffffff8013801910, R10: 0x00000000000003ff, R11: 0xffffffffffffffff
R12: 0xffffff7f939ac54e, R13: 0xffffff8029e25200, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff8028ef5740
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff801364c77e, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x000000010a2ab418, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8115f38df0 : 0xffffff8013222f79
0xffffff8115f38e70 : 0xffffff80132dc43e
0xffffff8115f39040 : 0xffffff80132f3976
0xffffff8115f39060 : 0xffffff801364c77e
0xffffff811f5c3ca0 : 0xffffff7f939878f3
0xffffff811f5c3cf0 : 0xffffff7f9398772e
0xffffff811f5c3d50 : 0xffffff7f93987c20
0xffffff811f5c3dc0 : 0xffffff7f93975d0e
0xffffff811f5c3e00 : 0xffffff7f9397fc5e
0xffffff811f5c3e40 : 0xffffff8013695719
0xffffff811f5c3ea0 : 0xffffff8013694f2a
0xffffff811f5c3f30 : 0xffffff80136910b9
0xffffff811f5c3f70 : 0xffffff8013696033
0xffffff811f5c3fb0 : 0xffffff80132d7607
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(2.0)[56DC13A6-5EE7-3089-9449-D5E3A8186C90]@0xffffff 7f93972000->0xffffff7f939e2fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore(28.30)[2A8A5F6B-0A7C-33A0-8E5B-4C10F646EC4F]@ 0xffffff7f93886000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x0000000013000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8013200000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 55883008713
last loaded kext at 50711244127: com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.3.1 (addr 0xffffff7f94a89000, size 94208)
loaded kexts:
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.3.1
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.9.1
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC 4.2.1b5
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.34
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.2.4
com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.4.11
com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 8.2.6
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.7fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.2.7f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.7f3
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b4
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 640.36
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 686.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
System Profile:
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x85F7, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x85F7, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.7f3 14616, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: ST9500420ASG, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: USB Receiver
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Thunderbolt Bus:
Tue Dec 2 10:16:56 2014
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff800e2dc43e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800e64c77e, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000102130000, CR3: 0x0000000010ed6000, CR4: 0x00000000000206e0
RAX: 0xffffff8024096c80, RBX: 0xffffff800e903638, RCX: 0xffffff800e869010, RDX: 0xffffff8020324cf0
RSP: 0xffffff811aa8bc80, RBP: 0xffffff811aa8bca0, RSI: 0xffffff800e903638, RDI: 0xffffff8024096c40
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x00000000000003b6, R10: 0x00000000000003ff, R11: 0xffffffffffffffff
R12: 0xffffff7f8e9ac54e, R13: 0xffffff8023fc5c00, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff8024096c40
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff800e64c77e, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x0000000102130000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x3
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8110f8ddf0 : 0xffffff800e222f79
0xffffff8110f8de70 : 0xffffff800e2dc43e
0xffffff8110f8e040 : 0xffffff800e2f3976
0xffffff8110f8e060 : 0xffffff800e64c77e
0xffffff811aa8bca0 : 0xffffff7f8e9878f3
0xffffff811aa8bcf0 : 0xffffff7f8e98772e
0xffffff811aa8bd50 : 0xffffff7f8e987c20
0xffffff811aa8bdc0 : 0xffffff7f8e975d0e
0xffffff811aa8be00 : 0xffffff7f8e97fc5e
0xffffff811aa8be40 : 0xffffff800e695719
0xffffff811aa8bea0 : 0xffffff800e694f2a
0xffffff811aa8bf30 : 0xffffff800e6910b9
0xffffff811aa8bf70 : 0xffffff800e696033
0xffffff811aa8bfb0 : 0xffffff800e2d7607
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(2.0)[56DC13A6-5EE7-3089-9449-D5E3A8186C90]@0xffffff 7f8e972000->0xffffff7f8e9e2fff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore(28.30)[2A8A5F6B-0A7C-33A0-8E5B-4C10F646EC4F]@ 0xffffff7f8e886000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13F34
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.4.0: Sun Aug 17 19:50:11 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.115.4~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 9477416E-7BCA-3679-AF97-E1EAAD3DD5A0
Kernel slide:     0x000000000e000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800e200000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 49412724207
last loaded kext at 48868816195: com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 (addr 0xffffff7f8fa8d000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver 1.3.1
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver 3.9.1
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.34
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.6.3f4
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.6.3f4
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.4.11
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.5
com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 8.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 3.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 683.4.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.8.1b2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 660.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 217.92.1
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 217.92.1
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91.1
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.6.22
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 8.2.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.6.3f4
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.7fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.6.3f4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.6.22
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.7.1d6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.2.7f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.7f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDKeyboard 170.15
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 170.15
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass 3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 3.6.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.10
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 660.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 656.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.7
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b4
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 640.36
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 660.4.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 686.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.security.sandbox 278.11.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 23
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

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