Gray screen of death has prolifered upon upgrading to Leopard

I upgraded to Leopard a few days ago, and since then, I've gotten the "grey screen of death" (not sure what the technical term is), about 8-10 times. Before posting this I got it 3 times within a half hour. The last several times, it was while using Firefox (the most recent update), but not all of them were.
Any ideas as to what might be causing it?

One guess you upgraded to Leopard but never repaired your hard drive or permissions before upgrading. Result is a dysfunctional system. The technical term is "kernel panic." (Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on diagnosing kernel panics.)
My suggestion is:
How to Perform an Archive and Install
An Archive and Install will NOT erase your hard drive, but you must have sufficient free space for a second OS X installation which could be from 3-9 GBs depending upon the version of OS X and selected installation options. The free space requirement is over and above normal free space requirements which should be at least 6-10 GBs. Read all the linked references carefully before proceeding.
1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported, then quit DU and return to the installer.
2. Do not proceed with an Archive and Install if DU reports errors it cannot fix. In that case use Disk Warrior and/or TechTool Pro to repair the hard drive. If neither can repair the drive, then you will have to erase the drive and reinstall from scratch.
3. Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When you reach the screen to select a destination drive click once on the destination drive then click on the Option button. Select the Archive and Install option. You have an option to preserve users and network preferences. Only select this option if you are sure you have no corrupted files in your user accounts. Otherwise leave this option unchecked. Click on the OK button and continue with the OS X Installation.
4. Upon completion of the Archive and Install you will have a Previous System Folder in the root directory. You should retain the PSF until you are sure you do not need to manually transfer any items from the PSF to your newly installed system.
5. After moving any items you want to keep from the PSF you should delete it. You can back it up if you prefer, but you must delete it from the hard drive.
6. You can now download a Combo Updater directly from Apple's download site to update your new system to the desired version as well as install any security or other updates. You can also do this using Software Update.

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Kernel Panics, Gray screen of death, and hard drives, oh my!

Last week, while performing multiple tasks on my G4, Safari froze up and completely locked up the entire computer. I rebooted by manually pushing the glowing power button the front of the tower. During reboot, I got the gray screen of death with the "you need to restart your macintosh... by holding down the power button for several seconds" message.
After a couple tries and getting that exact same gray screen of death, I started to worry about all my data.
I took both drives out of the G4 Quicksilver - one, a 500gb Barracuda Seagate (Master/bay 1), the other a 200gb Hitachi (slave/bay 2). I hooked them up to an older G4 and ran DiskWarrior and DiskUtility on both of them. The master drive had serious (>34%) fragmentation, which has since been cleaned up. The slave drive was relatively fine.
here's my current problem:
When I hook up:
1. Just the Master with no jumper pins, the drive runs fine, no problems, all settings and prefs are there, etc.
2. Just the Master with the correct pin settings, I get the kernel panic screen of death
3. The Master with correct pin settings and Slave with correct pin settings, kernel panic screen of death
4. If I swap the Master and Slave, and make the correct pin settings, the booting process starts and then I get a light gray screen with the "ghostbusters/do not enter" circle.
I put the original Slave drive in an external HD firewire enclosure, and it will mount on the desktop after the original Master drive has booted up - BUT - if I have the external drive powered up before I boot the Master, I get a gray screen with nothing on it - no message, nothing but grayscreen.
I've backed up my critical data, but would like to get these two drives back into their normal operating Master/Slave relationship that served them well for the last couple years.
Any help greatly appreciated.

New wrinkle:
This morning trying at boot up, the Mac chime sounded, the gray screen w/the apple logo appeared, and then the machine sounded like either the main fan or one of the two drives spun down. Shortly thereafter, I got the prohibitory sign again.
I rebooted and then got something completely different: a black screen with a small blinking vertical rectangle in the top left of the screen, with nothing else happening for a long time, so I manually rebooted and tried to boot into safe mode.
Trying to boot into safe mode gave me the chime, the apple logo, and then the sound of either the fan or drive spinning down and leaving me at the prohibitory sign once again.
Finally I option-booted to the slave drive and upon startup, received the following crash report, which might as well be in Swahili as far as my being able to make sense of it:
Sat Apr 11 09:59:48 2009
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000003DFFF70 PC=0x000000000032F68C
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x2d409780)
PC=0x0032F68C; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x03DFFF70; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00287A40; R1=0x2D3BFDD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x2D3BFE20 0x00287AA0 0x00288658 0x0030C5AC 0x000B34C8 0xFFFFDFFF
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2d409780)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x24459500)
PC=0x93091180; MSR=0x0000D930; DAR=0x00100AE4; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x000067FC; R1=0xBFFFED50; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
9G55
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov 24 17:39:01 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_PPC
System model name: PowerMac3,5
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x0009BCF0 0x0009C694 0x00029EA0 0x000AFA90 0x000B32F8
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x2d409780)
PC=0x0032F68C; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x03DFFF70; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00287A40; R1=0x2D3BFDD0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
Backtrace:
0x2D3BFE20 0x00287AA0 0x00288658 0x0030C5AC 0x000B34C8 0xFFFFDFFF
Exception state (sv=0x24459500)
PC=0x93091180; MSR=0x0000D930; DAR=0x00100AE4; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x000067FC; R1=0xBFFFED50; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd

Gray screen of death ... macbook boot failure

Three weeks old and getting the gray screen of death. Power up works but MacBook just keeps trying to read a video disk I left in the ROM drive. Gray screen with nothing else (no processing circle, no apple logo, just a plain gray screen). I could hear the rom drive cycling.
I worked with support via telephone and their solutions failed also:
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2. power up, hold down the mouse button (nada)
3. power up, hold down the apple key, the cntl key, the P and the R keys for two chimes (got the two chimes but nada)
Now it chimes when i start up but still sits there cycling the cdrom which has a movie disk in it.
The support rep asked me if there was a small extraction hole by the drive. HELLO: are you really Apple ??? On the new macbook?
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My apologies to everyone if I raised an alarm. The hardware (i.e. the MacBook) is fine and the problem was that I am a new user. I have to say that Apple Support was unprepared to address the issue but I did resolve it myself by accident. Here is the resolution:
I looked up the SMC reset instructions on the Apple Support site as a next step and the instructions said to try 3 things before doing the SMC:
1. Force Quit (Option - Command - Escape)
2. Restart (Control - Command - Power)
3. Force Shutdown (hold down pwr button for 10 seconds
As a new user I could not know that the key with the Apple was the Command key, but I guessed since the words control and option were called out, it had to be the Apple key with the Squiggle.
I did each step but nada. I did get a different alert tone (lower pitch) after doing step 3. Each time I turned the computer off.
I then started over and tried again turning on the macbook from being off each time. I did step 1 and turned the machine off and then did step 2 and the computer came alive.
The system is just like I left it and the rom drive works fine. Again, my apologies to all you macbook users for raising any alarms. We are new to using Apple and have much to learn. I did not have any cheat sheets to work from so it took time. Many thanks for the responses.
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Gray screen of death on third-gen iPad...

I'm caught in a bit of a circle and am needing a little help re if/how to get out of it. Hoping the community here might be able to help - or confirm that I'm out of luck.
My third-gen iPad gave me the gray screen of death this morning, while downloading an app from the app store. I'm unable to reboot from the iPad itself (more gray screen, before shutting off). Based on the advice provided in the archives, my next step was a restore. Unfortunately, iTunes wants the passcode - which, of course, I'm unable to enter.
Is there a workaround for this that anyone has found to get past this particular challenge?
Not that I'm looking for an excuse for an updgrade....

NPMaven wrote:
Unfortunately, iTunes wants the passcode - which, of course, I'm unable to enter.
Why are you unable to provide the passcode? You are using the computer's iTunes, aren't you?
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I am in process of moving my applet from Java 1.1 to modern Java 1.4 with Swing. My concern is that users on MS IE with the ancient MS JVM will get the "gray screen of death" and no hint that something is wrong. The best option I've found so far seems to be this:
http://www.chaingang.org/code/util/AppletLaunch.html
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1. Write an applet in 1.4 that simply displays a small image.
2. Place the image on the webpage beside the applet.
3. Put a line of html beside or under the image and the applet saying "If you cannot see this image here (as in applet loaction) then you must download the 1.4 jre here"
Yahoo provide an applet as a means of editing ones geocitys website. This is how they ensure the user has the required jre. Crude but very effective and without complication.

Gray screen of death.... Please help.

Wife's 27" iMac is giving us the gray screen of death. I tried everything I could:
Command + Option +P + R
Holding Option at boot to try Recovery
Command + Option + R (Internet Recovery)
Holding shift to get to Safe Mode
Inserting install disc while holding "C"
Installed Mountain Lion on my Flashdrive to try to boot from that….
ALL FAILED. Any ideas, guys? Please help. This Mac is just a little over a year old. just out of the one year warranty.

Thanks for telling us everything you did. However, you haven't given us any information on what the computer did. So there's not much to go on except a gray screen. Assuming the drive has not failed:
Install or Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the
      left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Optionally, click on
        the Security button and set the Zero Data option to one-pass. Click on
      the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion and click on the Install button.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
            because it is three times faster than wireless.
If you are not able to perform the above then the drive has most likely failed and will have to be replaced. Take the computer in for service..

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I have a 2.1 GHz MacBook with a 120GB hard-drive that I bought last November. I've been doing a lot with video and music and I keep running out of disk space. So, I keep deleting files that I thought I didn't need. Unfortunately, I must have deleted something important (for the OS) yesterday, and now, when I try to boot the machine, I get the "gray screen of death". And, to make matters worse, I cannot find the boot-CD that came with the MacBook. I don't have back-ups for many of my files and am hoping that I'll be able to recover my files. So, I've just bought an external hard-drive (which I should have done before). Any ideas how I can get the MacBook to boot and repair the problem without the original boot-CD? Will I have to erase the hard-drive to repair the problem, and if so, will I be able to save the files first? Thanks!

Hi MB-GSofD,
Without the disc(s) that came with your machine, I'm afraid your options are extremely limited. You can try to startup the machine in Safe Mode (Hold Shift immediately on startup, until you get to the login window) but based on what you deleted out of the /System or /Library folders, you might just be dead in the water.
Are you near an Apple Store? Do you have access to another Mac, say a family member, friend, roommate, co-worker, etc? There is Target Disk Mode if you can get access to another Mac and a Firewire cable.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661

Gray screen of death at start up

Hello all,
Today when i was downloading the latest updates for my mac and iTunes my system froze while trying to access my BAD hard drive. So i restart my mac and after the apple logo appeared the gray screen of death showed up. I tried every thing from PRAM reset to disk and permission repair. So please help me with this problem.
Thank you

If you are on Mountain Lion you can boot from the Recovery Disk that is installed hidden from your internal HD. You can Use the Disk Utility from there to repair disk and you can also use that on OS re-installation of your ML.
"OS X Lion or OS X Mountain Lion includes a built in set of utilities in the Recovery System. Restart your Mac and hold down the Command key and the R key (Command-R), and keep holding them until the Apple icon appears, indicating that your Mac is starting up. After the Recovery System is finished starting up, you should see a desktop with a OS X menu bar and a "Mac OS X Utilities" application window."
Check this link
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4718

Gray screen of death....after 3 reinstalls!!!

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IMac won't boot! (gray screen of death?)

Hello,
I just had a kernel panic on my main iMac computer, so I had to restart it...
When it logged in automatically, it restarted again (by itself)...
Now, once it booted, I'm staring at the horrendous Gray Screen of Death/Doom...
No apple logo, no loading wheel, nothing... just a blank gray screen.
Please help! I have no idea how to fix this!
Thank you. All help is greatly appreciated.

Hi mik.e245
Pop in the Install Disk 1 that came with your iMac and run disk repairs as described in the articles below:
http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=3810
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=DiskUtility/10.5/en/duh1018.html
Not always, but many times Kernal Panic's are associated with a ram issue's. If a ram module was recently added it may have become partially dislodged/unseated and needs to be reseated.
If your still having trouble run the Hardware Test from the same install disk as per this article.
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Dennis

Gray screen of death after installing 10.4.11 upgrade

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I experienced something similar. Installation failed and when trying to reboot my computer got stuck on the gray screen.
I wrote a small HowTo that should help you: http://net3x.blogspot.com/2007/03/macos-x-1049-update-killed-my-mac.html
MBP CD 2.0 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2GB RAM, 7200 RPM HDD

Can't boot on hard drive or CD/DVD - grey/gray screen of death

A few weeks ago my PowerPC G5 Dual Processor running Leopard OS X froze while the screen saver was running. I hard-powered-off the computer --> held down power button for ~10 seconds. When I tried to start up again, I got the "gray/grey screen of death" with the Apple logo. The screen hung there and then fans starting ramping up to full speed with no sign off boot up. I know others have posted similar issues, but I wanted to start a new thread.
Basic Specs:
PowerPC G5 Dual 2.5 Hz Processors
4 Gb memory (recently upgraded form 2 to 4) ***
Bought in early 2005 (I think)
Here's a summary of what I've tried:
DOES NOT WORK
- booting up holding down C (for drive) --> straight to kill screen
- booting up from original discs for G5 (from both C mode and Option mode)
- booting up from 10.5 Leopard disc (from both C mode and Option mode)
- booting up holding down Option-Comman-P-R --> straight to kill screen
DOES WORK
- connecting to secondary computer using target mode (holding down T) - I can see both of my hard drives
- booting up holding down Option - I can select either my main drive (secondary is not present there but there is no OS on it) or CD/DVD in slot
- booting from Apple Hardware Test (AHT) disk from Option menu
-- I ran disk checks, had errors. I ran Disk Warrior from secondary computer in target mode and repaired the drive, running the AHT test again shows no errors
- ran disk repair from secondary computer to fix errors (using disk utility and disc warrior)
OTHER THINGS I'VE DONE
- replaced backup battery on motherboard that was weak at only ~70 mV with fresher battery at ~3.6V
- held down PMU (not SMU) reset button for 30 seconds
- (main fans were cleaned a few weeks before issue)
- two weeks before issue I installed more memory (from 2 Gb to 4 Gb with two new 1 Gb cards)
- backed up data - so I can delete drives if needed
THOUGHTS
- I'm concerned that under CPU it shows 158950.77 GHz - shouldn't it be showing two CPU?
- the drives look healthy when looking at them in target mode
- issue is occurring between power up and drive selection (since CD/DVD is also not viewable)
- maybe the new memory caused local over heating to the motherboard?
- I may be able to replace the heat sink, but the spare computer I have access to has different looking hardware. It's probably a different model of the G5. My computer has one metal case cover and the extra one has a split case cover.
NEXT STEP
- I need to back up secondary drive fully first
- pull out new memory sticks
- pull out all memory except originals
- pull out secondary drive
LAST RESORT
- buy external case for drives and cry about how no one will buy my dead desktop
Because this is a long description, I will post updates in the comments and a final comment here:
(Coming Soon)

The final lines in the log were all iTunes, but I think it's a hardware issue that's preventing me from booting.
Here is the line that includes the world "fatal" and a few lines before and after (it was the day before the crash):
Oct 9 02:05:50 Rys-Big-One com.apple.SystemStarter[28]: kextunload: unload kext /System/Library/Extensions/CiscoVPN.kext succeeded
Oct 9 02:05:51 Rys-Big-One kernel[0]: CiscoVPN : unloading cisco ipsec kernel module.
Oct 9 02:05:50 Rys-Big-One com.apple.SystemStarter[28]: Stopping Adobe Version Cue ...
Oct 9 02:05:50 Rys-Big-One vpnagent[88]: Termination reason code 7: The agent has been stopped.
Oct 9 02:05:51 Rys-Big-One kernel[0]: CiscoVPN : detaching from interface: en0.
Oct 9 02:05:50 Rys-Big-One vpnagent[88]: Function: getDownloaderMessage File: MainThread.cpp Line: 964 Invoked Function: CVpnMgr::processEvents Return Code: 0 (0x00000000) Description: fatal error, stopping service
Oct 9 02:05:51 Rys-Big-One kernel[0]: CiscoVPN : interface en0, filter has been safely detached.
Oct 9 02:05:51 Rys-Big-One vpnagent[88]: Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client Agent stopped, version 2, 4, 0
Oct 9 02:05:51 Rys-Big-One com.apple.SystemStarter[28]: Using CATALINA_BASE: /Applications/Adobe Version Cue/tomcat
Here is the last lines in the log:
Oct 10 15:59:53 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: MuxSendToClient send failed for 0x1-ef497a0f0338225857a1061ea364e83ba6c46aa7@0x4b400000:64988->0x20da60-iTunes/ com.apple.iTunes:336: 32 - Broken pipe
Oct 10 15:59:53 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20da60-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:00:08 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20e4d0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:00:09 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20da60-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:00:09 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20da60-AppleMobileDeviceHelper/com.apple.SyncServices.AppleMobileDeviceHelper using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:00:09 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20d740-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:00:20 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20e4d0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:00:50: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Oct 10 16:01:20 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20e4d0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:02:20 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20e4d0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:03:20 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20e4d0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:04:21 Rys-Big-One com.apple.usbmuxd[26]: HandleUSBMuxDictionary client 0x20e4d0-iTunes/com.apple.iTunes using library usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:10:00, running usbmuxd-211 built on May 16 2011 at 00:14:52
Oct 10 16:04:23 Rys-Big-One iTunes[146]: _NotificationSocketReadCallback (thread 0xa03d1820): Unexpected connection closure...
Oct 10 16:04:23 Rys-Big-One iTunes[146]: AMDServiceConnectionSendMessage (thread 0xa03d1820): Could not send message size: Broken pipe

IMac - gray screen after OSX 10.9.4 upgrade

iMAC
21.5-inch, Late 2009
Processor 3.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 16 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB
Software OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
After being gone for 2 weeks we returned home and initially the iMAC booted fine and my wife was able to use it with no issues. Then she called later in the day reporting that she could no longer log into the machine despite trying to restart and then powering off/on. I had auto updates turned on so my guess is that the update to 10.9.4 happened but failed to complete.
I rebooted using the recovery disc, ran the check disk utility and there were some issues with permissions on some of the printer related files. After the utility corrected those I attempted to reboot again. Still ended up with the gray screen.
I installed OSX again, received no error messages, but still gray screen again. Rebooted in safe mode, checked the disks again and no issues. I followed all the steps to in the knowledge base article to check peripherals (none connected), clear memory, reinstall, etc. Getting the machine back in working mode required erasing the main drive and reinstalling OS X again. Since I have a cloud backup of my data, I was able to do that without serious data loss. It seems there was some issue with the update conflicting with some data that existed on the drive. Don't know where that would have been logged and not enough time available for me to scour the support site to track it down. This is mainly an FYI that the 10.9.4 updater may have issues and it took some drastic measures on my part to get my machine working again.

Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a startup failure is to secure the data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since the last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to start. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
a. Start up from the Recovery partition, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) When the OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.” The article refers to starting up from a DVD, but the procedure in Recovery mode is the same. You don't need a DVD if you're running OS X 10.7 or later.
b. If Step 1a fails because of disk errors, and no other Mac is available, then you may be able to salvage some of your files by copying them in the Finder. If you already have an external drive with OS X installed, start up from it. Otherwise, if you have Internet access, follow the instructions on this page to prepare the external drive and install OS X on it. You'll use the Recovery installer, rather than downloading it from the App Store.
c. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, start the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
d. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
If the startup process stops at a blank gray screen with no Apple logo or spinning "daisy wheel," then the startup volume may be full. If you had previously seen warnings of low disk space, this is almost certainly the case. You might be able to start up in safe mode even though you can't start up normally. Otherwise, start up from an external drive, or else use the technique in Step 1b, 1c, or 1d to mount the internal drive and delete some files. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation.
Step 3
Sometimes a startup failure can be resolved by resetting the NVRAM.
Step 4
If you use a wireless keyboard, trackpad, or mouse, replace or recharge the batteries. The battery level shown in the Bluetooth menu item may not be accurate.
Step 5
If there's a built-in optical drive, a disc may be stuck in it. Follow these instructions to eject it.
Step 6
Press and hold the power button until the power shuts off. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to start up, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Use a different keyboard and/or mouse, if those devices are wired. If you can start up now, one of the devices you disconnected, or a combination of them, is causing the problem. Finding out which one is a process of elimination.
Step 7
If you've started from an external storage device, make sure that the internal startup volume is selected in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
Start up in safe mode. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the startup volume is a Fusion Drive or a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to start and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know the login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
When you start up in safe mode, it's normal to see a dark gray progress bar on a light gray background. If the progress bar gets stuck for more than a few minutes, or if the system shuts down automatically while the progress bar is displayed, the startup volume is corrupt and the drive is probably malfunctioning. In that case, go to Step 11. If you ever have another problem with the drive, replace it immediately.
If you can start and log in in safe mode, empty the Trash, and then open the Finder Info window on the startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) Check that you have at least 9 GB of available space, as shown in the window. If you don't, copy as many files as necessary to another volume (not another folder on the same volume) and delete the originals. Deletion isn't complete until you empty the Trash again. Do this until the available space is more than 9 GB. Then restart as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)
If the startup process hangs again, the problem is likely caused by a third-party system modification that you installed. Post for further instructions.
Step 8
Launch Disk Utility in Recovery mode (see Step 1.) Select the startup volume, then run Repair Disk. If any problems are found, repeat until clear. If Disk Utility reports that the volume can't be repaired, the drive has malfunctioned and should be replaced. You might choose to tolerate one such malfunction in the life of the drive. In that case, erase the volume and restore from a backup. If the same thing ever happens again, replace the drive immediately.
This is one of the rare situations in which you should also run Repair Permissions, ignoring the false warnings it may produce. Look for the line "Permissions repair complete" at the end of the output. Then restart as usual.
Step 9
If the startup device is an aftermarket SSD, it may need a firmware update and/or a forced "garbage collection." Instructions for doing this with a Crucial-branded SSD were posted here. Some of those instructions may apply to other brands of SSD, but you should check with the vendor's tech support.
Step 10
Reinstall the OS. If the Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade.
Step 11
Do as in Step 9, but this time erase the startup volume in Disk Utility before installing. The system should automatically restart into the Setup Assistant. Follow the prompts to transfer the data from a Time Machine or other backup.
Step 12
This step applies only to models that have a logic-board ("PRAM") battery: all Mac Pro's and some others (not current models.) Both desktop and portable Macs used to have such a battery. The logic-board battery, if there is one, is separate from the main battery of a portable. A dead logic-board battery can cause a startup failure. Typically the failure will be preceded by loss of the settings for the startup disk and system clock. See the user manual for replacement instructions. You may have to take the machine to a service provider to have the battery replaced.
Step 13
If you get this far, you're probably dealing with a hardware fault. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.

Gray screen of death on 2.7ghz 13"

I've only had my laptop a coup of months, and I'm already having gray screen issues. No spinning wheels, no apples, just a gray screen. I have to reboot in verbose mode in order to access anything. Anyone else know of any known issues?

Deep Freeze is the issue, it's the only kext file you have.
com.faronics.driver.DFXDriver    4.6.0f94
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs    1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.4d0
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs    3.10
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.59
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    122
com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver    1.0.2d2
hold Shift key upon boot, that will disable the third party kext files in OS X
Read Gray Screen
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046
also you can't honestly expect Deep Freeze to work with a OS X upgrade?
You need to reinstall the version of DF for 10.7.

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