Kernel Panic after installing Mac OSX Lion

Question

I have a late 2009, 15" Macbook Pro that I've upgraded to mountain lion about three weeks ago and when I upgraded the first time I kept getting kernel panics like no tommorrow. I used my flash drive which had lion uploaded to it to "downgrade" to lion in case this happens. I also had mountain lion on the flash drive to so I did a clean install of mountain lion through my flash drive. After that, kernel panics still seem to appear. I got frustrated and called apple support, and lets say that after many hours of testing, installing, and configuring that they just told me to simply go to an apple store, which was a two hour drive from Pine Plains, NY to Danbury, CT only to have them reenstall mountain lion (again) through a network. When I finally got it back and tested it for an hour I thought things would be fine... But lo and behold, another kernel panic appeared. I've taken the liberty to track the programs that I've installed and used during the testing as well as the kernel panic that was reoccuring.
Macbook Pro "Panic" Run test
Software installed:
Adobe Shockwave Player
Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Reader
Software Used:
Safari - Surfed the web to test system stability.
watched a youtube video to test system stability.
Terminal - Changed, created and deleted test directories to test system stabilityiTunes - Downloaded a song and played it to test system stability. Cinch - Installed and ran cinch to test system stability. iPhoto - Installed and ran iPhoto to test system stability.Notes:
10 min - system appears to be stable, changed the energy saver setting from "Better Battery Life" to "Performance".
24min - installed software (see software installed) and used Safari, Terminal, and iTunes. System still appears to be stable.
34min - switched energy settings from "Performance" to "Better Battery Life", restarted the system. System still stable.
38min - secure deleted a file, system still stable.
46min - Shut down and powered up a computer.
1 hour - Installed and ran iPhoto, and Cinch.
9 hours - installed google chrome. Surfed the net (mostly youtube.com)
10 hours - first kernel panic, during surfing!
Kernel Panic Below:
Sun Aug 19 00:42:43 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801c8b7b95): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f9d356a88, type 6=invalid opcode, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x000000000778a000, CR3: 0x000000001f48c000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
RAX: 0xffffff81052d5000, RBX: 0xffffff80302d8004, RCX: 0x0000000000100040, RDX: 0xffffff80302d8374
RSP: 0xffffff8104e23b90, RBP: 0xffffff8104e23cf0, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0xffffff8030000804
R8:  0x0000000000000001, R9:  0xffffff8104e23b54, R10: 0xffffffffffffffff, R11: 0x00000000ffffffff
R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x000000000000502d, R15: 0xffffff80302dc004
RFL: 0x0000000000010002, RIP: 0xffffff7f9d356a88, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x000000000778a000, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x0
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8104e23830 : 0xffffff801c81d5f6
0xffffff8104e238a0 : 0xffffff801c8b7b95
0xffffff8104e23a70 : 0xffffff801c8ce4ad
0xffffff8104e23a90 : 0xffffff7f9d356a88
0xffffff8104e23cf0 : 0xffffff7f9d3780b8
0xffffff8104e23e10 : 0xffffff7f9d09175d
0xffffff8104e23e40 : 0xffffff7f9cf7b9e6
0xffffff8104e23ef0 : 0xffffff801cc47078
0xffffff8104e23f30 : 0xffffff801cc45b8a
0xffffff8104e23f80 : 0xffffff801cc45cb9
0xffffff8104e23fb0 : 0xffffff801c8b2677
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0)[6A699209-FB98-316B-A3C0-DCA82AA8C86B]@0xffffff7f9cf0a 000->0xffffff7f9d20cfff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8C9E06A4-13D0-33F5-A377-9E36F0ECC229]@0xffffff 7f9ce6f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.4)[E37F420A-B5CD-38ED-9441-5247583B6ACE]@0xff ffff7f9cef6000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.4)[5D671681-D21B-3CCA-9810-B15E648C1B27]@0 xffffff7f9ceb3000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.0)[9CD95A4A-FD94-349E-A4B6-FC3B74E197F5]@0xffffff7f9 d21a000->0xffffff7f9d53cfff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.0.0)[6A699209-FB98-316B-A3C0-DCA82AA8C86B]@0xffffff7f9cf 0a000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7)[8C9E06A4-13D0-33F5-A377-9E36F0ECC229]@0xffffff 7f9ce6f000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
12A269
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.0.0: Sun Jun 24 23:00:16 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.7.9~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 8D5F8EF3-9D12-384B-8070-EF2A49C45D24
Kernel slide:     0x000000001c600000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801c800000
System model name: MacBookPro5,3 (Mac-F22587C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 18573602043659
last loaded kext at 1644310813972: com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8 (addr 0xffffff7f9ea1f000, size 229376)
last unloaded kext at 747282899652: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver          235.4 (addr 0xffffff7f9e4ae000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.smbfs          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.69
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.2d0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.0.33
com.apple.GeForce          8.0.0
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.2d6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          235.4
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          34
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          235.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.0
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          600.15.20
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.4.0
com.apple.nvenet          2.0.19
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine          2
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc9
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.0.9f8
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.0f2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.0f2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.2.0d16
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.10d0
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.0.0
com.apple.NVDAResman          8.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.4
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.3d11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          235.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          500.15
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
com.apple.driver.NVSMU          2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          220
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          344
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.18
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
I'll try to figure out how to read this as soon as possible, but until then I need your help to solve this problem.

Answer 1

That panic was not caused by third-party software.
If the panic is recurrent, the possibilities are (1) a damaged OS X installation; (2) a hardware fault, which could be internal or in a wired peripheral device; and (3) an obscure bug in OS X.
You can rule out the first possibility by reinstalling the OS. Probably there will be no change. In that case, make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested. You may have to leave it there for several days. There isn't much point in doing this unless you can reproduce the panic, or unless it happens often enough that it's likely to be repeated at the store. Otherwise you may be told that nothing is wrong.
Print the first page of the panic report and bring it with you.
Back up all data on the internal drive(s) before you hand over your computer to anyone. If privacy is a concern, erase the data partition(s) with the option to write zeros* (do this only if you know how to restore, and you have at leasttwo independent backups.) Don’t erase the recovery partition, if present.
*An SSD doesn't need to be zeroed.