Logic Board Mac Mid 2010 Issues and Questions.

Hi Everybody, this topic is somewhat old but I've been having Kernel Errors with my 2010 MacBook Pro, and they recently just started happening within the last 3-5 mos. Here lately they have been get worse. It will restart for no reason while I'm in the middle of anything. It will sometimes restart 4 times in a row. I figure it's the Logic Board. After looking around the community I noticed that I wasn't the only one with this issue. I also saw that at some point there was free replacement. I didn't know about this at the time because I wasn't having the issue. Is this still going on or is there some sort of discounted rate? I had apple care for 3 years but now it's gone of course and is wondering if there is anything I can do?
Here is a pictured of one of Kernel Errors I had from 2 mos ago.
Thank you for your help! any knowledge about this is appreciated!

Please don't post pics of logs. Better to post the log itself: Mac OS X- How to log a kernel panic.
OS X- About kernel panics
Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on resolving kernel panics.

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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f9b7adfac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 3 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00610220: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff812cf25000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff81018ab0b0 : 0xffffff8019422f69
0xffffff81018ab130 : 0xffffff7f9b7adfac
0xffffff81018ab200 : 0xffffff7f99eba53d
0xffffff81018ab2c0 : 0xffffff7f99f86d9e
0xffffff81018ab300 : 0xffffff7f9a1418e5
0xffffff81018ab330 : 0xffffff7f9a142695
0xffffff81018ab370 : 0xffffff7f99e9ab9a
0xffffff81018ab490 : 0xffffff7f99e9b5a4
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0xffffff81018abfb0 : 0xffffff80194f3e26
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f99aba000
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f99e16000
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f99aba000
com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.1.8)[67BAF872-A238-3787-AB74-22297A51FE8F]@0xffffff7f9a db4000->0xffffff7f9ae7efff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f99aba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[86BA68C6-18DD-30A1-ABF6-54597AD6C277]@0xff ffff7f99e59000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f99e16000
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f99e69000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
13A603
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:
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Kernel text base: 0xffffff8019400000
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com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor
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com.apple.filesystems.autofs
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com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC
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com.apple.driver.AGPM
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com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver
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com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver
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com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet
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com.apple.driver.AppleHDA
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.GeForceTesla
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com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient
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com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics
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com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU
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com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess
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8.1.8
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor
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com.apple.driver.AppleLPC
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU
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com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
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com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons
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com.apple.driver.AppleRTC
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com.apple.driver.AppleHPET
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com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS
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com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC
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com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
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com.apple.security.quarantine
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245.13
com.apple.kext.triggers
1.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl
3.4.12
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.iokit.IOSurface
91
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla
8.1.8
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla
8.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily
4.2.0f6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP
2.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily
2.5.2fc2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI
1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy
1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC
3.1.6d1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily
5.5.1d27
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport
4.2.0f6
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl
3.4.12
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert
1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport
2.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController
1.0.11d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily
2.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch
240.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver
650.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice
3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass
3.6.0
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.IOUSBUserClient
650.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily
4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family
600.34
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily
2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController
1.0.3b3
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient
1.0.1b4
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily
3.2
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.pthread
1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto
1.0
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.53 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, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434353153364D4D5238432D47372020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D5434353153364D4D5238432D47372020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD TS128C, 121.33 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus:

already did...they will only replace the logic board.
At least it work very well without connecting to the big monitor. But sadly i got this huge monitor with wireless mouse and keyboad sitting doing nothing now.
my only other choice is to see if i can find another logic board on ebay cheaper than apple.
Very fustrating...knowing that apple knew it was a problem they made and had a limited timeframe to replace the board at no cost. Now because warranty is done...Apple basically saying not our problem should have got apple care program.
I believe if the company make an error with certain hardware they are responsible regardless the warranty is on or dead.
I love apple products...but sadly the support is very dissapointing. Get extra warranty or have Apple Care program. If dont have it....not our problem even if the hardware was bad.

Failed Logic Board with April 2010 MacBook Pro?

I went to the Genius Bar today to ask about repeated Kernel Errors with my 2010 MacBook Pro. The person who helped me said that the logic board was failing because of the graphics card and that it would cost $310 to repair.
My Mac is an A1286 model with NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB Graphics.
Reading about Macs with NVIDIA graphics I immidately found that there were issues with the generation prior to my Mac, 2007-2008 Macs with NVIDIA 8600M GT.
So what I want to know is have any other Mac users had issues with their 2010 Macs and their graphics cards? My Mac has always run hot (too hot to actually use as a laptop because it turns my legs red!) and I figured it was just the nature of the machine. I now have one USB drive that is slowly failing (doesn't like my mouse). I haven't had any weird graphics issues, just the random restarts and a freeze now and then.

My March 2010 15" Macbook Pro's logic board just failed. Here's my report:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 65706 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          2
Anonymous UUID:                    96DA4C1B-E58E-BA70-430C-5C6D56164857
Thu Sep 26 11:13:09 2013
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff7f91cc6f1a): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8100dba000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.5/src/AppleM uxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8100acaef0 : 0xffffff800fa1d636
0xffffff8100acaf60 : 0xffffff7f91cc6f1a
0xffffff8100acb030 : 0xffffff7f9017026c
0xffffff8100acb0f0 : 0xffffff7f902431f6
0xffffff8100acb130 : 0xffffff7f90243254
0xffffff8100acb1a0 : 0xffffff7f90508278
0xffffff8100acb2d0 : 0xffffff7f9026bad1
0xffffff8100acb2f0 : 0xffffff7f9017703f
0xffffff8100acb3a0 : 0xffffff7f90174ad6
0xffffff8100acb5a0 : 0xffffff7f901763ff
0xffffff8100acb670 : 0xffffff7f9119e93e
0xffffff8100acb730 : 0xffffff7f911ca028
0xffffff8100acb7b0 : 0xffffff7f911b1460
0xffffff8100acb810 : 0xffffff7f911b1d41
0xffffff8100acb860 : 0xffffff7f911b21f3
0xffffff8100acb8d0 : 0xffffff7f911b2a53
0xffffff8100acb910 : 0xffffff7f9117dedf
0xffffff8100acba90 : 0xffffff7f911aef8f
0xffffff8100acbb50 : 0xffffff7f9117c978
0xffffff8100acbba0 : 0xffffff800fe6f789
0xffffff8100acbbc0 : 0xffffff800fe70d30
0xffffff8100acbc20 : 0xffffff800fe6e74f
0xffffff8100acbd70 : 0xffffff800fa98c21
0xffffff8100acbe80 : 0xffffff800fa20b4d
0xffffff8100acbeb0 : 0xffffff800fa10448
0xffffff8100acbf00 : 0xffffff800fa1961b
0xffffff8100acbf70 : 0xffffff800faa6546
0xffffff8100acbfb0 : 0xffffff800facf473
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.5)[49FEF732-D7A3-327B-A7AA-6AC5A6E3DCFF]@0 xffffff7f91cb9000->0xffffff7f91ccbfff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[B5B1F368-132E-3509-9ED5-93270E3ABB DD]@0xffffff7f91cb4000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f90075000
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.5)[4A2C8548-7EF1-38A9-8817-E8CB34B8DC A6]@0xffffff7f91ca0000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[A35915E8-C1B0-3C0F-81DF-5515BC9002FC]@0xfffff f7f8fff3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xff ffff7f900fb000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f900b8000
         com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f901 0f000->0xffffff7f903b1fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f90075000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xff ffff7f900fb000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f900b8000
         com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1.6)[3455BCFE-565A-3FE5-9F0B-855BCB6CC9B3]@0xffffff7 f903bd000->0xffffff7f90690fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f901 0f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f90075000
         com.apple.GeForce(8.1.6)[0E3D8776-A5B7-3D82-9BFD-9188170B358D]@0xffffff7f9116a0 00->0xffffff7f91237fff
            dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.6)[EA4F9902-5AAE-3F1D-A846-3796221C8C91]@0xffffff7f901 0f000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[F16E015E-1ABE-3C40-AC71-BC54F4BE442E]@0xff ffff7f900fb000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[2FAEA49C-EA4C-39C6-9203-FC022277A43C]@0xffffff 7f90075000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[9928306E-3508-3DBC-80A4-D8F1D87650D7]@0 xffffff7f900b8000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
12F37
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 12.5.0: Mon Jul 29 16:33:49 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.48.11~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: B1B58405-A2B2-3C44-B25D-495053D52AB5
Kernel slide:     0x000000000f800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800fa00000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1084583425698
last loaded kext at 197855743959: com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard    170.2.4 (addr 0xffffff7f91a9e000, size 24576)
last unloaded kext at 258175905069: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI    621.4.0 (addr 0xffffff7f909a9000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch    75.19
com.apple.filesystems.ntfs    3.10
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    4.1.7f2
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.60
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.13.12
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.4.7fc2
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.4.7fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet    1.0.0d1
com.apple.GeForce    8.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics    8.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.12
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.1.7f2
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU    2.0.3d0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB    8.1.6
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.4.5
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.3d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.11d1
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl    3.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.1.11
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    237.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader    3.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    320.15
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    237.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless    1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache    34
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    3.5.6
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    2.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.9.9
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    623.4.4
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331    615.20.17
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    3.6.2b4
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    621.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    214.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    4.0.39
com.apple.security.quarantine    2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    214.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard    170.2.4
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard    170.2.4
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver    4.1.7f2
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver    237.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.6
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.4.7fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.9.2fc7
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.12
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    86.0.4
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal    8.1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    4.1.7f2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.2.5
com.apple.NVDAResman    8.1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport    4.1.7f2
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy    1.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    5.4.1d11
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.4.7fc2
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.4.7fc2
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.5d4
com.apple.kext.triggers    1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.4
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.3.7
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.11d1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.3.7
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice    3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass    3.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    237.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    623.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    621.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    621.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    2.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    3.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.5.1
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    530.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    630.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController    1.0.2b1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    3.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    630.4.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.8.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox    220.3
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    7
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    345
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore    28.21
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto    1.0
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, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533641465238432D47372020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533641465238432D47372020
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)
Bluetooth: Version 4.1.7f2 12718, 3 service, 21 devices, 3 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_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 4
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 3
USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

IMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) - CPU and Optical drive fans rev up to 4000 rpm

Hello,
I just want to share my experience with my rather new Imac
I bought this Imac last April and I had the fans roaring after 2 weeks of light usage. I followed instructions like resetting the SMC, unplugging the imac and restarted.
However, I started installing other software like Paragon NTFS, VLC, Firefox and also Istat nano. This happened on a more regular basis and istat nano was showing up fairly normal temperatures - an average of 50° C and I had the CPU fan at 3800 and the Optical drive fan at 4200 rpms. According to apple support, at this temperature fans should be running at factory level or a bit more. Even when I stop all activity, the fans keep up and does not stop even after a couple of hours of inactivity on the imac. Apple support recommended that I reinstall macos on a new partition and run tests and during the tests, the only software I installed was istat nano and still got the fans going with the same result - required a shutdown to bring fans at normal levels and yet average temperatures were around 50 - 55 °C.
Eventually got apple to replace heat sensors - this did not help - still got the same unwanted result, fans reving up to 4000 rpm and not stopping and all that without going above 60°C. I was at the stage to demand a complete replacement but decided to give it another couple of weeks testing.
Last test, a complete reinstall of the OS and this time, without any other software apart from standard software delivered with the mac. Ran a few things like importing over 10,000 pictures with iphoto and some other stuff to increase activity - overall CPU usage was at 5% idle for a good few hours and could not reproduce the problem (istat nano was not installed, so I could not monitor temperature). I started installing Paragon NTFS for mac and ran the same scenarios and still no fans going crazy - putting my hands over the top of the imac, can feel a slight breeze...).
Installed other software such as VLC and Firefox 5.0 but still no istat nano and same high activity, import high volumes in iphoto and also did an empty secure thrash to increase load. CPU usage was to 95 again and still fans are behaving properly.
One thing that comes to my mind with istat nano is that, when the fans get going, the ambient value change to -140 - I do not want to rush into any conclusion but is it possible that there is some interference between istat nano and those new sensors that have come in with Imac mid 2010 (from reading mac forums, Apple has added a new ambient sensor..). Because all the time I have been reinstalling the OS, I have always installed istat nano to monitor temperature and fan speed and I always got this issue. But since yesterday, I have installed clean OS, tested, added some 3rd party software but still no istat nano and I canot reproduce the issue. I have been using the same scenario during all this testing - very high import with iphoto, viewing a film, empty secure thrash, enough to use up to 95% CPU.
Has anyone experienced this? I hope this is the cause of my problem because this mac is making my life easier at home compared to previous PC and also, I want to know that my hardware is not at fault...
I will keep you posted if I get the issue again - could be tempted to install istat nano and run the tests to see if the fans will rev up after this but not sure I want to go through another 4 days of just doing this...
regards
Philip

Hey nycbigapple2,
I'd run through the recommended troubleshooting steps for when your iMac runs slowly here:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Take care,
Delgadoh

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