IPEVO driver causing Kernel Panics?

Hi
I've recently upgraded the OS on my G5 Quad(PPC) to Leopard (10.5.8). Since then I've had kernel panics at least once a day, usually while browsing the web using Firefox. I've done all the usual things: booted from the install disk and repaired permissions and verified disk, but with no success. Looking at the impossible to decipher Panic Logs I noticed an IPEVO driver in the list of kexts. As extensions are only called when in use I wondered what it was doing there as I no longer use Skype and uninstalled all of the software over a year ago. Does the OS use this extension, and if so for what? Could it be the cause of my problems?
I'm tearing out what little hair I have left, so any help would be much appreciated.

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panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff80002c4794): Kernel trap at 0xffffff800050b6c2, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000000, CR3: 0x000000001de1b000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff8078f02b6e
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0xffffff8078f03f10 : 0xffffff80003108e6
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com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          5.0.0d8
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com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard          160.7
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          230.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.2.1
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com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
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Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.MotorolaSM56K(1.3.3)@0x847000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily(9.0.0d30)@0x4b4000
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Thu Jan 19 21:39:41 2006
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000009545FFF PC=0x0000000000879284
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Exception state (sv=0x2111D780)
PC=0x00879284; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x09545FFF; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x0087932C; R1=0x0CF43D20; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
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com.apple.driver.MotorolaSM56K(1.3.3)@0x847000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily(9.0.0d30)@0x4b4000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleI2SModemFamily(1.1.2)@0x639000
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Exception state (sv=0x2111D780)
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Exception state (sv=0x2371C780)
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com.apple.driver.MotorolaSM56K(1.3.3)@0x847000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily(9.0.0d30)@0x4b4000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleI2SModemFamily(1.1.2)@0x639000
Exception state (sv=0x2371C780)
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Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 8.4.0: Tue Jan 3 18:22:10 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.6.56.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
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I am using an early 2011 MBP with a 1TB WD My Passport as a Time Machine backup disc.
Time Machine has been working fine until 2 days ago when I tried to perform its backup to disc.
It performed the usual backup but only up to 50MB of 2GB before it caused a KP.
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Here's the report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1466729 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          6
Anonymous UUID:                    A63997A0-A90D-471D-A39B-CC79EBB585A3
Thu Dec 20 09:18:19 2012
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80004e6b17): "hfs_vnop_link: error 2 updating vp @ 0xffffff8015d4f3e0\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.32.7/bsd/hfs/hfs_link.c:643
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff807f5bb9f0 : 0xffffff8000220792
0xffffff807f5bba70 : 0xffffff80004e6b17
0xffffff807f5bbb80 : 0xffffff800031a158
0xffffff807f5bbbe0 : 0xffffff800030c4a7
0xffffff807f5bbf50 : 0xffffff80005ce4cb
0xffffff807f5bbfb0 : 0xffffff80002daea3
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: backupd
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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
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com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          1.5.1
com.eltima.SyncMate.kext          0.2.5b15
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com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.8f17
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.1d2
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com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.1.33
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          3.2.30
com.apple.security.quarantine          1.4
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Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.7 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f98
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333235533642465238432D48392020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.198.19.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.0.8f17, 2 service, 11 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), apple_vendor_id, 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: HUAWEI Mobile, 0x12d1 (Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.), 0x1001, 0xfa130000 / 7
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 6
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0245, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3
Am I correct in assuming that my external drive is the problem?
Is there any way around it?
Any help is much appreciated!
Thanks.

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RAID mirror with software utility caused kernel panic every time

Using disc utility to make a mirror of 2 drives, click create and i get kernel panic and have to power off machine. if i try to start the machine with either of the two disks in it (together or individually) i get same kernel panic and have to power off.
The disks are in an external storage array (sonnet d500). I have a second storage array with raided disks in and i have raided disk inside the mac too. these all work fine..
originally 2 weeks ago i had the 2 disks working in a group of 4 disks set as a mirror of 2 striped disks. One disk in this setup failed and with this config you can never 'recover'or rebuild it - you get a degraded mirror and you can backup the data, but you must completely rebuild the raid again as the mirror of stripes never lets you add a new disk in again.period. not good.
I replaced the failed disk and rebuilt the mirror of stripes. this lasted a day until a second disk failed (all 4 were bought at same time so i was kind of expecting that to happen once one failed).
i replaced the second faulty hdd and thought about my disk usage and decided i would not make another mirror of stripes and i would make 2 mirrors instead for safe-ish storage and then transfer data to a striped raid set for editing from instead of direct from the mirror of stripes volume.
i tried to delete the raid but got a kernel panic
if i started the machine with any of the 4 disks i would get a kernel panic.
i moved the disks one by one into an older G5 running Tiger and managed to erase the raid info on 2 of them. The two new ones had some strange raid info and the Tiger machien thought there was an extra disk in the machine and would not erase or partition or allow me to destroy the raid whatever i tried.
I will be moving these now into an old XP PC to try to erase the boot records etc and erase them to be able to use them again in either mac pro or G5. painful..
so.. i ended up with 2 erased drives and have 2 new drives with dodgy raid info that causes kernel panics on the leopard machine and wont go in the Tiger machine.
The two erased drives are what ive now been trying to use in the mac pro to create a mirror - this now caused kernel panics when creating the mirror to start with and when installed in the machine at all. so i will be erasing them again in the tiger machine soon (its busy erasing with zeros another new disk that i added to the Tiger machine 2 weeks ago which seems to have some fault when raided!!! but thats another story).
so.. is anyone else having problems with creating basic mirror in 10.5.4 or is it just me??
i have a sonnet tempo e4p card with 2 external sata disk enclosures, latest firmware for the e4p card. all other previously existing raid volumes are working fine. i have one set of 2 striped disks, one set of 3 striped disks and one set of 2 stripes which are mirrored - all happy and working fine. but i cant make a new mirror of 2 disks...
I phoned Apple support and they said all raid info was kept on the disk itself and nothing on the actual machine and suggested i take the machine to an apple care centre for some tlc (although its disk i am having a problem with). since all my other disk arrays work fine i don't really want to rebuild the whole machine from scratch if i can avoid it.
Any suggestions of what i can try ??

well it turns out the new disk i bought just werent any good. my g5 powermac raid mirror issue was related to one new disk with lots of bad blocks (speed tools showed that up) so i have learnt my lesson on cheap non raid disks for raid..
am waiting on a couple of new ultrastar enterprise disks to tuen up so i can go back to the macpro and try to add a mirror again.
i am still stuck wih several new disks that i cannot format now in the macpro on leopard or on the g5 powermac with tiger.
ive tried softraid and that cant do it, speedtools pcformat util cant do it, disk utility crashes when i try to eras them and diskutil from termianl starts then doenst get anywhere and my pc sata card doesnt work so my last resort pc option still doesnt help me clear the partition map on these drives - ones that diskutility on leopard made for me - and drives which still cause kernel panics on the macpro if i put them in it..
here is what diskutil says on my g5:
/dev/disk0
#: type name size identifier
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *465.8 GB disk0
1: EFI 200.0 MB disk0s1
2: Apple_RAID 465.4 GB disk0s2
3: Apple_Boot 128.0 MB disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *233.8 GB disk1
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5 KB disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 233.6 GB disk1s3
/dev/disk2
#: type name size identifier
0: *465.4 GB disk2
/dev/disk3
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *931.5 GB disk3
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5 KB disk3s1
2: Apple_HFS backup1T 931.4 GB disk3s3
/dev/disk4
#: type name size identifier
0: Applepartitionscheme *931.5 GB disk4
1: Applepartitionmap 31.5 KB disk4s1
2: Apple_HFS tempi 931.4 GB disk4s3
disk0 is the one with the bad partition info.
it thinks it has a double raid as the console shows on startup:
(both store45 and cache it thinks are on this disk - cache was my old mirror of stripes set on other machine, store45 was new name for my mirror, so seems like it hadnt deleted the original raid partition info before making new info which now kernel panics)
Jul 18 18:48:05 localhost kernel[0]: AppleRAID::degradeSet - starting the set "STORE45" (B9C48619-6B2C-4547-A01E-4864754EA7E2).
Jul 18 18:48:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleRAID::degradeSet - starting the set "CACHE" (64F914A5-5556-4A44-AEE2-DC437868766B).
Jul 18 18:48:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleRAID::completeRAIDRequest - error 0xe00002c2 detected for set "STORE45" (C0E139A4-2A6D-49C6-8F77-202AF7F9285D), member 50207BE5-E487-410E-8E8E-C4C4DCD2687B, set byte offset = 999527018496.
Jul 18 18:48:35 localhost kernel[0]: AppleRAID::completeRAIDRequest - error 0xe00002c2 detected for set "CACHE" (64F914A5-5556-4A44-AEE2-DC437868766B), member C0E139A4-2A6D-49C6-8F77-202AF7F9285D, set byte offset = 999527018496.
so currently i have 2 new 500gb disks which cant be partitioned back to anything at all on either machine. looks like i will have to buy a new pc to reformat them..
any suggestions of how to clear the partition map info and get them back to freespace ??

PS Extended CS6 causing kernel panics

I've been getting one or two a week. Haven't figured out yet what triggers it, but it only happens in CS6. I did recently reinstall the entire OS, so that's clean. Here's the latest panic info the reboot generates to send to Apple. Doesn't mean anything to me, other than the panic notation near the top of the info tells you what it thinks happened.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 141469 sec
Anonymous UUID:                    44199F46-5B6B-42C5-9E13-29CB09291223
Mon Sep 24 14:40:11 2012
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80002094e7): "thread_invoke: preemption_level -1, possible cause: unlocking an unlocked mutex or spinlock"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.15.3/osfmk/kern/sched_prim.c:1471
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8149e83d70 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff8149e83e70 : 0xffffff80002094e7
0xffffff8149e83ef0 : 0xffffff8000209acb
0xffffff8149e83f60 : 0xffffff800053b02d
0xffffff8149e83fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527
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: MacPro5,1 (Mac-F221BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 26760035257178
unloaded kexts:
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loaded kexts:
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com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.6.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          6
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.6.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.3.0
Model: MacPro5,1, BootROM MP51.007F.B03, 6 processors, 6-Core Intel Xeon, 3.33 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.39f11
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770, ATI Radeon HD 5770, PCIe, 1024 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8E), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.42.4)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: pci104c,823f, sppci_ieee1394openhci, Slot-3@6,0,0
PCI Card: pci1033,35, sppci_usbopenhost, Slot-3@8,0,0
PCI Card: pci1033,e0, USB Enhanced Host Controller, Slot-3@8,0,1
PCI Card: pci1033,35, sppci_usbopenhost, Slot-4@11,0,0
PCI Card: pci1033,35, sppci_usbopenhost, Slot-4@11,0,1
PCI Card: pci1033,e0, USB Enhanced Host Controller, Slot-4@11,0,2
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 5770, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH61N
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD1001FALS-41Y6A1, 931.51 GB
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDS722020ALA330, 1.82 TB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD3200AAKS-00VYA0, 298.09 GB
USB Device: Hub, 0x0409 (NEC Corporation), 0x005a, 0xfd300000 / 2
USB Device: EIZO USB HID Monitor, 0x056d (Eizo), 0x0002, 0xfd330000 / 3
USB Device: USB 2.0 Hub [MTT], 0x1a40 (TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC.), 0x0101, 0x40400000 / 2
USB Device: HASP4 USB 1.33, 0x0529 (Aladdin Knowledge Systems), 0x0001, 0x00200000 / 3
USB Device: SII Smart Label Printer 200, 0x0619 (Seiko Instruments Inc.), 0x0104, 0x00100000 / 2
USB Device: HASP4 USB 1.33, 0x0529 (Aladdin Knowledge Systems), 0x0001, 0xff100000 / 2
USB Device: HASP HL 3.25, 0x0529 (Aladdin Knowledge Systems), 0x0001, 0xfe200000 / 2
USB Device: Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, 0x045e (Microsoft Corporation), 0x00db, 0x1a200000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x5a100000 / 2
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8215, 0x5a110000 / 3
USB Device: USB Receiver, 0x046d (Logitech Inc.), 0xc52f, 0x1d100000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
FireWire Device: unknown_device, 0xD016, Up to 200 Mb/sec

Only OS bugs, driver bugs, or hardware problems can cause kernel panics.
Yes, that is normally the case. I brought this up here because while working in PS is the only time this happens. I know it doesn't make sense, but there it is.
Not sure why the crash report stated 10.8.0. It's incorrect on two counts. For one, I'm working in Snow Leopard, 10.6.8. I do have Mountain Lion installed on a separate drive for testing, but that already is at 10.8.2. Regardless, it's not the OS I was even in, so I don't know why it reported 10.8.0 as the kernel.
Anyway, I noticed (after posting this of course) that there was a 13.0.1 update for PS CS6. I applied that and we'll see how it goes from there as the update is noted as fixing a number of crashing problems.

Airport causing kernel panics and kp in safe boot.

Last week I got my first kernel panic in years. It happened while I was asleep and checking an extrenal drive for bad blocks with TechTool. It turns out that the drive indeed had bad blocks and found that the cpu was shut down when I awoke. I started up the computer and it wasn't able to stay on for more than 10 min max before the next kernel panic. I checked here for more advice on kernel panics and started to try to narrow the number of culprits. Everything was unplugged and still kp. Instaled a new drive with a week older system from Time Machine and still kp. Reset NVRAM and replaced pyhsical RAM and still kp. Removed the Airport Extreme card and still kp. Booted into Safe Mode after all of the previously mentioned and still kp. I'm now going to take the drive and swap it into another body that I have to see if the root is actually on the drive on the physical hardware of the cpu.
I was interested in this thread and read all of the links that jpl posted. Airport causing Kernel Panic (?) Jason then replied that it had been solved due to a "permissions problem" I wish he gave more info on what exactly he did to resolve the problem as it's been almost a week now without any work being done for me.
I've also noticed this very strange behavior that might shed some light onto the issue. When I open System Prefs and close the window there is a strange colored pattern that will always flash after the window has been closed. I tried to post it to my me page but for somereason it wouldn't play for me so there's that and the YouTube version too.
https://www.me.com/gallery/#100008/Prefs%20Screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrTt88YdBo
In addition when the computer has started up and the system loads. Checking Activity Monitor shows that there are 50 or more threads active for the the kernel_task. Inspecting this doesn't seem to show any useful information.
Finally here are a few of the recent crashes I hope that someone might be able to shed some light on this extremely frustrating problem for me.
Tue Oct 25 18:54:16 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x000AE584): "Uncorrectable machine check: pc = 00000000000A388C, msr = 0000000000141000, dsisr = 42000000, dar = 0000000000272008\n" " AsyncSrc = 0000000000000000, CoreFIR = 0000000000000000\n" "     L2FIR = 0000000000000000, BusFir = 0000000080000000\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1228/osfmk/ppc/trap.c:975
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
      Backtrace:
         0x0009AD18 0x0009B6BC 0x00029DC4 0x000AE584 0x000AE804 0x000B22F8
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x2fc12c80)
      PC=0x000A388C; MSR=0x00141000; DAR=0x00272008; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x000A37C8; R1=0x2E947B40; XCP=0x00000008 (0x200 - Machine check)
      Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x000A09C8 0x0009E2EC 0x0006B3C0 0x0006C728 0x0003BE1C
         0x0029361C 0x0029364C 0x0030924C 0x000B24C8 0x00000000
   Exception state (sv=0x249dba00)
      PC=0x9195435C; MSR=0x0000F030; DAR=0x00272000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x00001FA8; R1=0xBFFFFB00; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: PubSubAgent
Mac OS version:
9A581
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:37:58 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_PPC
Tue Oct 25 19:09:54 2011
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000FFFFFFFF PC=0x0000000000040DE4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
   Exception state (sv=0x3c19ca00)
      PC=0x00040DE4; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0xFFFFFFFF; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00040D94; R1=0x33B63D50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x0293EA14 0x0004147C 0x0001EB60 0x00025960 0x000B264C 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x3c19ca00)
      previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
   Exception state (sv=0x3297b500)
      PC=0x919419D8; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x0073C000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x91948900; R1=0xF00807A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Mac OS version:
9A581
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:37:58 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): copyin/out has no recovery point
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
      Backtrace:
         0x0009AD18 0x0009B6BC 0x00029DC4 0x000AEB88 0x000B22F8
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x3c19ca00)
      PC=0x00040DE4; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0xFFFFFFFF; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00040D94; R1=0x33B63D50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x0293EA14 0x0004147C 0x0001EB60 0x00025960 0x000B264C 0x00000000
   Exception state (sv=0x3297b500)
      PC=0x919419D8; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x0073C000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x91948900; R1=0xF00807A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Wed Oct 26 15:31:02 2011
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x00000000FFFFFFFF PC=0x0000000000040DE4
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
   Exception state (sv=0x3c19ca00)
      PC=0x00040DE4; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0xFFFFFFFF; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00040D94; R1=0x33B63D50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x0293EA14 0x0004147C 0x0001EB60 0x00025960 0x000B264C 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x3c19ca00)
      previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
   Exception state (sv=0x3297b500)
      PC=0x919419D8; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x0073C000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x91948900; R1=0xF00807A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Mac OS version:
9A581
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:37:58 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): copyin/out has no recovery point
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
      Backtrace:
         0x0009AD18 0x0009B6BC 0x00029DC4 0x000AEB88 0x000B22F8
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x3c19ca00)
      PC=0x00040DE4; MSR=0x00001030; DAR=0xFFFFFFFF; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00040D94; R1=0x33B63D50; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x0293EA14 0x0004147C 0x0001EB60 0x00025960 0x000B264C 0x00000000
   Exception state (sv=0x3297b500)
      PC=0x919419D8; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0x0073C000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x91948900; R1=0xF00807A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mdworker
Wed Oct 26 22:17:42 2011
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000000000010 PC=0x0000000000082EF8
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
   Exception state (sv=0x2514ea00)
      PC=0x00082EF8; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000010; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00082ECC; R1=0x24F6BB60; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x000848C0 0x00077BD0 0x0007823C 0x0007920C 0x0006B718
         0x0006C728 0x00296378 0x0030924C 0x000B24C8 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x2514ea00)
      previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
   Exception state (sv=0x2509d500)
      PC=0x9194AF64; MSR=0x0000D930; DAR=0xE1000000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9194CC90; R1=0xBFFFE9A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
9A581
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:37:58 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
      Backtrace:
         0x0009AD18 0x0009B6BC 0x00029DC4 0x000AEA90 0x000B22F8
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x2514ea00)
      PC=0x00082EF8; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000010; DSISR=0x40000000; LR=0x00082ECC; R1=0x24F6BB60; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x00000000 0x000848C0 0x00077BD0 0x0007823C 0x0007920C 0x0006B718
         0x0006C728 0x00296378 0x0030924C 0x000B24C8 0x00000000
   Exception state (sv=0x2509d500)
      PC=0x9194AF64; MSR=0x0000D930; DAR=0xE1000000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9194CC90; R1=0xBFFFE9A0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Thu Oct 27 11:28:35 2011
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x300 - Data access DAR=0x0000000000000004 PC=0x00000000000848E0
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
   Exception state (sv=0x248ff500)
      PC=0x000848E0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000004; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x000848AC; R1=0x30063BB0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x000848C0 0x00077BD0 0x0007823C 0x0007920C 0x0006B718 0x0006C728
         0x00296378 0x0030924C 0x000B24C8 0x00000000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x248ff500)
      previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
   Exception state (sv=0x248fd280)
      PC=0x9194AF64; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0xE1000000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9194CC90; R1=0xBFFFE7F0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Mac OS version:
9A581
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.0.0: Tue Oct 9 21:37:58 PDT 2007; root:xnu-1228~1/RELEASE_PPC
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xFFFF0003): 0x300 - Data access
Latest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
      Backtrace:
         0x0009AD18 0x0009B6BC 0x00029DC4 0x000AEA90 0x000B22F8
Proceeding back via exception chain:
   Exception state (sv=0x248ff500)
      PC=0x000848E0; MSR=0x00009030; DAR=0x00000004; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x000848AC; R1=0x30063BB0; XCP=0x0000000C (0x300 - Data access)
      Backtrace:
0x000848C0 0x00077BD0 0x0007823C 0x0007920C 0x0006B718 0x0006C728
         0x00296378 0x0030924C 0x000B24C8 0x00000000
   Exception state (sv=0x248fd280)
      PC=0x9194AF64; MSR=0x0000D030; DAR=0xE1000000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x9194CC90; R1=0xBFFFE7F0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd
Thanks in advance,
Max

My vision is pretty poor, still cant see it, but...
At this point I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15667/applejack
After installing, reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 6 of it's things.
At least it'll eliminate some questions if it doesn't fix it.
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Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
Trash old Log files.
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I've got an rt3062 chipset wireless card and it's been causing kernel panics ever since the upgrade to linux-3.0.
I was using the driver and firmware supplied by ralink and compiling it as the rt3562sta driver and it used to work great but it doesnt seem to support anything higher than kernel 2.6.39.
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Subsystem: Ralink corp. Device 3062
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Memory at fbdf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
Kernel driver in use: rt2860
Kernel modules: rt3562sta, rt2800pci
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2. chip 2 alone runs fine in slot 1 and 2, passes all memory tests in slot 2.
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When the kernel panics started back in January, an AppleCare advanced advisor said he had the same problem and he had to remove one module to stop the kernel panics. Running on 1GB doesn't work for me because I tend to max out the memory and programs like Mail, Safari, Photoshop, etc. become unreponsive all together.
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Can you boot to the install cd? I'd try running the disk utility from the install disk and verify/repair permissions and verify the disk as well. (repair disk if verification fails)
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