Help for beloved MacbookPro (LATE 2008 model - (slow) with 10.8.4 OS 4g memory
Hi
My am using a 2008 MBP which appears to have difficuoly in loading programs, Or even at log in! Please advise. BTW I ave removed old binary files etc with no difference noted. That Beach ball is driving me mad.
Can amyone suggest a reason for this? Ot is it wear amd tear (!!) - it is 4 years young. I adore it.
Thank you and apologies for ignorance in advance!
Sandy
note -- My Imac which I left happily at Snow Leopard is still faster than the MBPro and older!
Metacalf,
I have the same model MacBook Pro as you, and I’m running OS X 10.9.4 on mine without problems. I’d highly recommend that you upgrade your RAM; our model can work with 16 GB of RAM when Mac OS X 10.7.5 or newer is installed. I’ve got 8 GB in mine, but I’m not doing any video editing; you’d probably find 16 GB to be best. If your video editing is disk-bound, then you’d also benefit by replacing your internal HDD with a SSD.
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Anonymous UUID: 0C58213F-C2CD-7EED-C783-2FB6AE623A6D
Sun Dec 29 13:30:31 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f82a41fac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 1f a8 61 0 0 3 : NVRM[1/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x0061002c: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd4000000 0xffffff80fcb30000 0x096380c1, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
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0xffffff80e8f2bfb0 : 0xffffff80008d6aa7
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com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f811e3000->0xffffff7f81452fff
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Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
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com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.14.11
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com.apple.GeForceTesla 8.1.8
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.5.2fc2
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com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1
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com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.12
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 325.7
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.6.0
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.9.5
com.apple.nvenet 2.0.21
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 650.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 650.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 216.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 153
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 216.0.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.4.12
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.7
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.5.2fc2
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.9.4fc11
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.4.12
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 91
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.5.2fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.5.2fc2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.5.1d27
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d1
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 8.1.8
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 8.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.6d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 240.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 650.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 600.34
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 650.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.driver.NVSMU 2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 650.4.4
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.sandbox 278.10
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 21
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
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Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446373036364700000000
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USB Device: IR Receiver
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus:
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Rigamortis wrote:
Sun Dec 29 13:30:31 2013
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f82a41fac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 1f a8 61 0 0 3 : NVRM[1/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x0061002c: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd4000000 0xffffff80fcb30000 0x096380c1, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80e8f2bb20 : 0xffffff8000822f69
0xffffff80e8f2bba0 : 0xffffff7f82a41fac
0xffffff80e8f2bc70 : 0xffffff7f8123453d
0xffffff80e8f2bd30 : 0xffffff7f81300d9e
0xffffff80e8f2bd70 : 0xffffff7f814dbcbf
0xffffff80e8f2bd90 : 0xffffff7f812d49a0
0xffffff80e8f2bdb0 : 0xffffff7f8137a3de
0xffffff80e8f2be30 : 0xffffff7f8121beec
0xffffff80e8f2bef0 : 0xffffff7f811e8a9c
0xffffff80e8f2bf20 : 0xffffff800084a15a
0xffffff80e8f2bfb0 : 0xffffff80008d6aa7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f811e3000->0xffffff7f81452fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f80eba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[86BA68C6-18DD-30A1-ABF6-54597AD6C277]@0xff ffff7f811d3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f81190000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.1.8)[3666E0FC-87C7-3329-BD8C-2F1ADE D100A4]@0xffffff7f8145d000->0xffffff7f81709fff
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f811e3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f80eba000
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.12)[A4934A66-0E30-36E9-984A-650481102449]@ 0xffffff7f82a34000->0xffffff7f82a46fff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.12)[661E3C87-5B97-3272-88FF-B9BA9B6E2 4ED]@0xffffff7f82a2c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f8112c000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f80eba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f81190000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C66 53]@0xffffff7f82a2f000
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Can anybody help me update the drivers for my 9600m GT graphics card for my Late 2008 Macbook pro? I am running OS X Lion 10.7.5 with a Windows 7 partition. I have tried finding support on Nvidia's website, but at least for the 9600m GT, it isn't supported for my operating system. Would I have to update it from my Windows side? And if so, would the update apply to my OS X side as well? I have a little computer knowledge, but nothing indepth.
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In OS X, Apple provides the GPU drivers and you cannot update them from NVIDIA. They are updated with each OS X update, so you are running the most recent drivers for your OS X version. OS X Mountain Lion and Mavericks have got more recent GPU drivers, but it's not worth upgrading unless you need newer drivers for an app (I highly doubt this).
However, you can update the GPU drivers in Windows, and you should do it to get the best performance. You can download them from the NVIDIA site > http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us Note that drivers are only applied in the operating system you are installing them, so they will not be installed in OS X -
How do I add more RAM to my macbook pro 15 inch late 2008 model?
I am wondering if I ma able to add more RAM to my 15 inch MacBook Pro from late 2008. It currently has 2 slots each with 2GB of RAM each. Am I able to change those out with higher amounts of RAM for each slot? Or is this thing maxed out and i'm out of luck? Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks!
MacBook Pro: How to remove or install memory
maushoo_32 wrote:
Am I able to change those out with higher amounts of RAM for each slot?
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zibiva,
depending upon what you use your Late 2008 Aluminum MacBook for, you could increase your RAM from 2 GB to 4 GB or 8 GB; you could replace its hard disk drive with a SSD; and/or you could examine what software is currently in regular use, to see if any of those apps is contributing to the slowdown. If you haven’t done so already, you could download and install EtreCheck, and include the output from running EtreCheck in your reply, to see if anything there stands out as being particularly CPU- or RAM-intensive. -
Best LED TV to be used as monitor for Mac Mini (Late 2012 model)
Hi All,
I am having a mac mini (late 2012 model). Now, I am planning to buy a HD LED Tv from my home. So I would like to know which one will be best suited to be used as a monitor for mac mini so that I can buy a TV which will be used as both TV and Monitor
--jRYou'll want something that's 1080p. Best to have one with HDMI input, too. Other than that, let price and warranty be your guide.
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Are there genuine replacements available for battery in late 2008 macbook pro?
are there genuine replacement batteries available for a late 2008 macbook pro?
Probably your only hope, based on your description, is a SMC reset:
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Note that you can contact Apple and ship your MBP to them for evaluation and possible repair. That may be easier than a trip to the Apple store.
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I am having trouble with a Mac book Pro 17 inch late 2008 Notebook.
When I turn it on and booted up it goes to desktop and everything is fine for about 20 minutes then after 20 minutes the screening starts rapidly flashing and flickering and everything on the screen locks up including the mouse becomes frozen.
What does it mean when this happens? Is it an issue with the monitor screen or is it some other internal hardware issue?Run an Apple Hardware Test (extended version):
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1509
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How to remove back from A1286 (late 2008 model)
Lots of instructions online to remove backs from later A1286 models.
I need to clean or replace my fan/s.
Mine has the battery door and three phillips screws.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
ThanksFix fan noise and overheat in Macbook Pro unibody
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6tKVqdgGI
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