Macbook Pro boots to blank gray screen and cursor

Hello,
I downloaded the "time machine update" and now my macbook pro will not boot, it stops at a gray screen and cursor.
I have tried safe boot, Disk Warrior, clearing NVPRAM or whatever.
Any ideas on anything else?
Question, how long does a time machine restore take?
Thanks

elipsis1 wrote:
I downloaded the "time machine update" and now my macbook pro will not boot, it stops at a gray screen and cursor.
I have tried safe boot, Disk Warrior, clearing NVPRAM or whatever.
Assuming the TimeMachine updte came from Apple correct?
Disconnect the TM drive and any other hardware to return the machine back to factory as possible.
Run through this fix list
Step by Step to fix your Mac

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    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533641465238432D47372020
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.100.98.75.18)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.0.1f4, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS723232L9SA62, 320.07 GB
    Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868
    USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0x04600000 / 3
    USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2
    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 5
    ** Second Log **
    Interval Since Last Panic Report:  1475 sec
    Panics Since Last Report:          2
    Anonymous UUID:                    E72F34E2-EBC9-4C62-ADAE-B66EE6704860
    Tue Jan 10 13:15:35 2012
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8092404f): NVRM[0/2:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000000: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd4000000 0xffffff8079e79000 0x00000000, D0, P-1/-1
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff807967b710 : 0xffffff8000220702
    0xffffff807967b790 : 0xffffff7f8092404f
    0xffffff807967b820 : 0xffffff7f80a1413c
    0xffffff807967b870 : 0xffffff7f80a0dd7d
    0xffffff807967b8d0 : 0xffffff7f808e6091
    0xffffff807967b920 : 0xffffff7f809284ac
    0xffffff807967b9b0 : 0xffffff7f80928623
    0xffffff807967bbe0 : 0xffffff7f808c6ce7
    0xffffff807967bc40 : 0xffffff7f808c72de
    0xffffff807967bca0 : 0xffffff7f808c7479
    0xffffff807967bcd0 : 0xffffff7f8088f773
    0xffffff807967bd40 : 0xffffff7f8088e7b8
    0xffffff807967bd80 : 0xffffff8000620b0a
    0xffffff807967bdd0 : 0xffffff80006541ce
    0xffffff807967be30 : 0xffffff80002a31e1
    0xffffff807967be80 : 0xffffff8000223006
    0xffffff807967beb0 : 0xffffff8000214829
    0xffffff807967bf10 : 0xffffff800021bb58
    0xffffff807967bf70 : 0xffffff80002ae8a0
    0xffffff807967bfb0 : 0xffffff80002d8383
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0 xffffff7f80879000->0xffffff7f808b0fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f8083f000
             com.apple.NVDAResman(7.1.2)[3B24E838-5E73-362B-97FA-239F5AEE7D81]@0xffffff7f808 c3000->0xffffff7f80b9cfff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.7)[6D54F06A-46B7-37FC-AF22-DE68DC18A1A3]@0xffff ff7f8083f000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.2)[6517D9A6-58F5-3CFC-B021-C882306150D5]@0xff ffff7f808b1000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.2)[55FF26D3-292D-3B4B-8AB7-1D25C8B4313B]@0 xffffff7f80879000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    11C74
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 11.2.0: Tue Aug  9 20:54:00 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1699.24.8~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 59275DFA-10C0-30B3-9E26-F7B5DFB1A432
    System model name: MacBookPro5,1 (Mac-F42D86C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 19032546941
    last loaded kext at 16501115458: com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0 (addr 0xffffff7f818d1000, size 45056)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs     3.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC     1.59
    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver     1.0.2d2
    com.apple.driver.AGPM     100.12.42
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     122
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver     2.1.3f7
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA     2.1.3f7
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC     1.5.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient     3.5.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl     1.0.26
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X     7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver     1.2.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU     2.0.1d2
    com.apple.GeForce     7.1.2
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin     4.7.5d4
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl     3.0.16
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight     170.1.9
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor     3.0.1d2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons     225.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver     225.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard     225.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController     312
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache     33
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient     3.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage     2.0.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub     4.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI     4.8.9
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331     512.20.18
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort     2.2.0
    com.apple.nvenet     2.0.17
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI     4.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI     4.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM     1.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC     1.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager     161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET     1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons     1.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS     1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC     1.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC     1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient     167.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall     3.2.30
    com.apple.security.quarantine     1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement     167.0.0
    com.apple.kext.triggers     1.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleAVBAudio     1.0.0d11
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver     2.1.3f7
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib     2.1.3f7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController     1.0.10d0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface     80.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager     4.0.1f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily     10.0.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily     1.0.0d22
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController     1.0.0d5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily     1.8.3fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib     1.3
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl     3.0.16
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP     2.2.4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController     2.1.3f7
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily     2.1.3f7
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily     4.7.5d4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI     1.0.10d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl     3.0.16
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert     1.0.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC     3.1.1d8
    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal     7.1.2
    com.apple.NVDAResman     7.1.2
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport     2.3.2
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily     2.3.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver     13
    com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController     4.0.1f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController     4.0.1f4
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily     4.0.1f4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch     227.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver     4.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub     4.5.3
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite     3.9.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice     3.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily     1.6
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily     1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily     1.7
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter     403
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI     2.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily     3.0.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient     4.5.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily     4.4.5
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family     411.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily     2.0.7
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily     2.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily     4.5.3
    com.apple.driver.NVSMU     2.2.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime     1.5.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily     1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily     1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox     165.3
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch     1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet     7
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages     331
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily     1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore     28.18
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform     1.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily     2.6.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily     1.4
    Model: MacBookPro5,1, BootROM MBP51.007E.B05, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.8 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.33f8
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533641465238432D47372020
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54313235533641465238432D47372020
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.100.98.75.18)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.0.1f4, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS723232L9SA62, 320.07 GB
    Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-868, 5.17 GB
    USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0x24400000 / 2
    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0x06100000 / 2
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8213, 0x06110000 / 5
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0x04600000 / 3
    USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0x04500000 / 2

    Run the Apple Hardware Test:
    How to run hardware diagnostics for an Intel Mac
    Boot from your original OS X Installer Disc One that came with your computer.  After the chime press and hold down the "D" key until the diagnostic screen appears.  Run the extended tests for a minimum of two or three hours.  If any error messages appear note them down as you will need to report them to the service tech when you take the computer in for repair.
    Some "common" error indicators:
    SNS - sensor error
    MEM - memory error
    HDD - hard disk drive error
    MOT - fan error
    Cannot guarantee that it will reveal anything. As for using the other GPU all I say is you can try switching to it in Energy Saver preferences.

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