Mavericks 10.9.4 complete system freeze on any webpage with Flash

Been running 10.9.4 without problems on this rMBP 15" 2.3GHz, 16GB RAM. Today it started freezing when I tried to load a flash video from comedy central. Complete system freeze, cursor stuck, no feedback, hard restart required. I thought it might be Silverlight at first so I disallowed it in Safari and it seemed to be ok, but after loading another video the system froze again.
It now occurs for all browsers I try, Safari, Firefox, Chrome. I have now *uninstalled Adobe Flash* via Adobe's uninstaller, and disabled extensions in Safari. When I go to youtube.com the system freezes completely again.
I have run Disk Utility and at first it reported that repairs were needed. I tried a Command-R restart but the computer would boot up eventually into a black screen and then I'd hear "To continue in English, press return" but then nothing would happen. I restarted and tried to go into Safe Mode but it didn't work, read that I needed to disable FileVault for that approach. I could still boot normally (and still can), so I disabled FileVault and have tried booting into Safe Mode. It still doesn't work though--sometimes when I restart it just doesn't go into Safe Mode, and sometimes it goes to a black screen. However, now when I run Disk Utility's Repair Disk, it reports no problems.
I don't know what to do from here except back up to Time Machine and restore from backup.

Thanks for your suggestion Eric. I tried that and it gave me the recovery volume option. But when I selected it, after a few seconds the screen went black and stayed there until a voice said "To continue in English, press return". I'm guessing that it is in recovery mode correctly but there is a problem with the graphics card which leads to the screen shutting down. I don't know what else I could try except taking this in to an apple bar, but holla if you have any ideas!

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Strange complete system freeze with no log messages

After the latest pacman -Syu, I've been having problems with hard freezes which leave no error messages on any of the log files in /var/log.
I have checked /var/log/everything.log, errors.log, Xorg.0.log, dmesg.log, kernel.log, and messages.log, but none of them indicate any problems.
In the three occasions when the system has frozen, it has occurred when I press the "enter" key (twice while browsing the web, and once in gnome-terminal), but pressing the "enter" key does not always freeze the system. In particular, it has not been a problem when logging in via GDM.
OK, the system crashed twice again after pressing enter while typing this post. Now, I'm resorting to copying and pasting new lines.
As I've already said, log files show no errors or any messages which indicate this sort of problem. The screen simply freezes, there is no hard-drive activity, there is no response to keyboard or mouse inputs, I cannot switch to other tty screens. Unfortunately, my keyboard doesn't have lights for numlock, etc., so I cannot do the keyboard lights trick to check for kernel panic.
This all happened just after the most recent package upgrade, so I'll post which packages were upgraded here:
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[2009-12-11 10:47] starting full system upgrade
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libmcCain wrote:
What do you mean? If you don't use GDM, you don't put it at all!
Anyway, I removed GDM from rc.conf and startx from console. So far so good, no hard freeze in one week.
Edit: Sojek you also have hard system freeze yet you don't use GDM? Does your hard freeze occurs when you hit enter?
you can also start gdm from the inittab.
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#id:3:initdefault:
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id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
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rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
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I have had my MBP since the beginning of the year, about a month I started experiencing problems and took it into the Apple store where they replaced the Harddrive and Logic Board. It was fine for a while, but since instaling CS5 and upgrading to Snow Leopard my Mac appears to be dying a slow death. It has got to the point where it is completely un-usable, after a restart with no applications running, simply browsing the finder I have constant beach balls as the finder tries to load the contents of a small folder. And when actually trying to do some work, with two or three apps open...the Mac freezes for up to 30 secs before every task, no matter how simple.
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G5 won't run AHT....systems freezes. Any Thoughts ?

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Dear all,
Some days ago I had a random Xorg crash while I was reading my emails. It happend just once, I though it was nothing. A few minutes ago, monitor went black, sound stopped, num lock light freezed (pressing the button didnt turned it off), alt+printscr+{b,o} did nothing.
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00:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 4)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5)
00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40)
00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42)
00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40)
00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40)
00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:15.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:15.1 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
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00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
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00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control
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01:00.1 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series]
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Using a vacuum cleaner around a computer is extremely bad advice. Vacuum cleaners build up static on them as part of their normal use. If you happen to make contact with a part of your computer and the vacuum that will discharge the static. Any static discharge has the potential to fry your computer components - they are very fragile chips when it comes to electricity. Do not use a vacuum on your computer. Compressed air cans are what you should be using however the entire line of thought that it may be dust build up causing a poor connection is suspect itself. You can make sure that the components inside your computer are well seated in their slots if you wish to explore that possibility. The suggestion of switching to the open-source driver is most likely to provide quality feedback. Be sure to read:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ati
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Complete system crashes, without any notice!

Hello,
I just bought a brand new Macbook Pro 13" about one week ago, with the basic hardware (2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM).
It worked perfectly during a few days, and then it started to crash on a regular basis.
When I say "crash", it's the screen that becomes "grey" (both the computer and the screen are still on, but the whole machine is frozen with a "grey screen"). Everytime it happens, it's without any notice, just like that while just browsing the web or at least without using any particular software.
When I called the Apple help center, they told me to get the machine back to the store. Therefore I used time machine to backup everything, I went to the store where they gave me a brand new machine without asking any question, and then I restored all my time machine backup on to my new computer.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
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Firefox constantly freezing due to issues with Flash. Please help.

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hello, maybe it's an issue with the protected mode in the flash plugin - you could try if [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/flash-113-crashes#w_solution-2-downgrade-to-flash-10-3 downgrading to flash 10.3] (which is still supported) or [http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1018071#TemporaryWorkaround disabling protected mode] makes a difference.

Yosemite: Input freezes when loading webpage with video (flash?)

Just updated to Yosemite, and its impressive. But im having a severe issue where input (mouse and keyboard) freezes for at least 5 seconds whenever I load a webpage in Safari with a video on it. Not sure if its just flash or any video. This did not happen before upgrade.
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Try uninstalling Adobe Flash Player, and determine if the web page containing the video you are using really requires it. Most don't.
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T400 downgraded from Vista to XP resulting in system freeze after 10 min activity

Hi,
I just purchased a T400 and have gone through the process of (re)grading the OS from Vista Business to XP. From the moment the setup dialogue for XP started (machine name, date, users etc), the whole systems freezes after working the machine for around 10-15 min. First, I suspected it to be a mouse freeze, but I get no reponse from neither the keyboard nor mouse (not sure if it is a complete system freeze or to do with mouse/keyboard drivers). Even the clock in the bottom right corner stops running.
To get the system going I need to force the system to reboot using the power on/off button.
The XP restore disc I used came from Lenovo with the computer, and I have followed the instructions by point. Do any of you recognize this problem? And more importantly, know how to deal with it
Message Edited by Missmostly on 10-16-2008 06:28 AM
Message Edited by Missmostly on 10-16-2008 08:56 AM

Hi,
I posted a message on the forum 5 days ago, and got no replies. I agree the problem description might be a bit vague, so here we go again:
I recently purchased a T400 (model 2765, 21g) with the XP downgrade option (the MS Windows XP Conversion Kit containing 2 CD's: Lenovo's Rescue & Recovery plate + XP product recovery plate with SP2). During the installation of XP (the end part where you set up your user) the computer freezes (no response from keyboard). I power the machine off and on again, and the installation continues as it were. I finish the installation and the computer is set. After additional 10 min the computer freezes again in the same style.
I imagine it to be a powermanagement disagreement between MS system and Lenovos powermanagement system, and set every parameter to be always ON and full performance ( I am running on AC). This time the freeze doesn't happen for an hour. I then begin to reinstall the powermanagement drivers and the general drivers for this particular model running XP (from Lenovos drivers Matrix), and now I am looking at two hour before each freeze. That is if I don't plug in any external hard drives (then the system can crash within 15 min or an hour), and we turn a blind eye to the occational freeze after 10 min on the first boot of the day .
At some point I suspected there to be a conflict with the existing SATA drivers that I also have reinstalled for the occation. Still the system is NOT stable.
And the frustrating thing is that I have no clue why. The sympthom is always the same, complete screen freeze ( I do not know if the system is active behind (no hard drive running)), that can only be cured with a forced boot.
If any of you reconize this, please assist me to a solution. I have by now installed all programs to my liking including all MS updates (SP3 etc), and hope there is a way to get to the core without a complete reinstall (or worse, return to the realm of Vista)

Safari causes system freeze during page load

Description:
I've been trying to figure this one out for a while now (about 2 weeks), without any luck. I've tried reading a couple of threads describing similar problems, but it looks like I've got something else going on here seeing as it affect the entire system. I appreciate any suggestion!
When a window in Safari is open and you're loading a page, it sometimes (almost always) causes a system freeze. Any action performed on any input device within OSX while a page is loading gets delayed by 5-20 seconds. Anything from right-clicking, to opening a new tab in Safari, to navigating to a new folder in Finder.... literally anything. The actual loading of the page is also affected by this. So when I click a link, the page becomes white and the system stalls. After X seconds, the system resumes and the page is displayed fully loaded. Once the page is loaded, everything is back to normal. I can just leave the Safari-window open without anything happening. It's just during the loading of a page.
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When it doesn't cause a system-wide freeze, it will still take forever for any page to load. Which isn't a problem in any other browser and I've never had any speed issues in general on any device.
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I should also note that I've made no changes to the system for many weeks now, other than installing whatever updates might have been available on the App Store.
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- empty cache
- delete cookies
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- system restart
- complete OSX-recovery
- activity monitor (CPU, HDD and RAM always within normal values during all of this)
- checked HDD (successfull)
- checked internet-connection (got 50Mbit/s connection, no speed issues, checked on multiple devices)
- tried other browsers (Chrome (OSX) and IE (Win 7, Parallels) both run smoothly)
- turned off IPv6 in terminal (based on a suggestion here at the forums)
- disabled iCloud-sync
- disabled Dropbox
- probably a couple of other things i can't remember right now

So... I finally fixed it.
In addition to the things I mentioned I tried, I also checked if it could be malware-related. It wasnt. I then checked if it was just affecting my user-account or OSX globally. I created a new account and Safari ran perfectly. I therefore assumed it had to be something in my library-folder.
I deleted just about any mention of Safari in the Library-folder (the visible one) and just to be absolutely sure, I deleted the Contents-folder inside Safari.app in the Applications-folder. I then downloaded and installed Safari 7.0.3. Everything runs smooth now.

Wine / Cedega system freezes

I am curious if it is a software bug or my computer, but
- Cedega freezes whenever I try to install an application
- wine freezes whenever I run an application
My system is up to date with current, extra. I have to admit my system suffers several sata / scsi related hardware bugs dealing with cd and dvd access, and it seems that both, cedega and wine, touch the cd/dvd devices during startup of apps and then freeze.
Could be my crippled machine, or wine. What's your experience with wine today?

If I launch GrooveShark, my entire system will freeze. Sometimes it lats an hour before the freeze, others happens immediately.
The mouse stops working, CTl-ALT-DEL produces no result...complete system freeze that requires a forced shutdown.

K8N Neo2 Platinum System Freeze

Here's my issue: A complete system freeze that happens after ten minutes or 2 hours (or anywhere in between). There is no pattern (except that it seems more likely to happen under more intensive apps).
My motherboard and processor have both been RMAd once. The AMD rep confirmed that my processor appeared to be unstable under high stress (uhh, never heard of this before). He said that it was a very unusual problem, and they promptly sent me a new one. I tried the new processor with the same mobo and had the same problem. I then RMAd the mobo. The MSI reps sent me a new motherboard but never said exactly what was wrong with my old one. Now, I'm still having problems (I just put the computer together this evening).
I've heard the same stuff in other threads about memory timings and 12V rail issues. I guess I could try to RMA my four sticks of RAM and power supply, but I somehow doubt that will fix things.
Note also that I have built a system almost identical to mine for my brother, and he has no system freezes. The differences are that he has only two sticks of the Crucial RAM, is using AUTO voltage, has 1T/2T set to AUTO (always loads as 2T), and has a PC Power and Cooling power supply. Aside from that, the systems are identical. I have tried his RAM settings and still experience freezing.
I've been running now for almost 20 minutes with a record of almost 1 continuous hour tonight.
I've never had a freeze like this before - no errors, nothing in the event logs, video stays on screen, fans are running, but everything else stops cold. Very strange.
I am really beginning to regret using this platform. I heard all the hype and decided to go for the AMD/MSI combo eventhough I've always used INTEL/ASUS or INTEL/SUPERMICRO before. I guarantee you that I wouldn't be having these issues with either of those combos. I really need to have a stable system for my primary workstation. I guess my mood can be best described as upset with a little confused and angry thrown in.
Any help is appreciated.

I completely removed my PSU from my system (disconnected everything) and benched it as per Antec's explicit directions. Here's what I found:
3.3 Volt Rail (32A): I have 3.36V
5 Volt Rail (40A): I have 5.11V
12 Volt Rail (30A): I have 12.01V
These findings, of course, have not ruled out the power supply being at fault, and I still intend to send off my additional RAM to my brother for testing tomorrow.
The reason why I haven't sent it off yet is that I was kind enough to play along with MSI tech support and try BIOS 1.36 (1.3B6) which is date-stamped earlier than my 1.3 final release. The 1.36 version did nothing for my stability problems, and I am going to attempt 1.37 tonight (I understand that that is supposed to be a more recent version).
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Originally posted by Paul Foster
We are merely trying to help you yet you won't even try what we suggest to resolve your problem.
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Originally posted by Paul Foster
Furthermore, I really don't care if it's the mobo that is at fault or not.
Quotations are sometimes more revealing when they placed are back-to-back
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Originally posted by GrumpySmurf
assume that EVERY COMPONENT is bad and that it was assembled incorrectly
...such as memtest...
Grumpy, I've RMA'd both my motherboard and processor. I've tried memtest (it ran perfectly), and I've rebuilt this system at least three times in the course of all of this mess. Thanks for the feedback. Hopefully we'll get to the bottom of this nasty little bug soon!
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Originally posted by Paul Foster
In case you haven't figured it out by now we have absolutely no say one way or the other whether or not you can convince your vendor to RMA the board.
Been there, done that. I RMA'd it a couple weeks ago. The trouble is, the board has the same problems.
I would really like to thank Novablade for his support in this. It's good to have a little sympathy from somebody who has the same board and the same problem.

System freeze with latest kernel

with amule running and playing a game complete system freezing and have to reboot, anyone else having same with latest kernel in repo?

Not quite, but amule crashes and exits on me as soon as I try to retrieve server lists:
A fatal error has occurred and aMule has crashed.
Please assist us in fixing this problem by posting the backtrace below in our
'aMule Crashes' forum and include as much information as possible regarding the
circumstances of this crash. The forum is located here:
http://forum.amule.org/board.php?boardid=67
If possible, please try to generate a real backtrace of this crash:
http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/Backtraces
----------------------------=| BACKTRACE FOLLOWS: |=----------------------------
Current version is: aMule 2.1.3 using wxGTK2 v2.8.0 (Unicoded)
Running on: Linux 2.6.24-ARCH i686
[2] ?? in amule [0x807620b]
[3] wxFatalSignalHandler in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0xb7a1a646]
[4] ?? in [0xb7f28420]
[5] ?? in [0x8a218f0]
[6] wxThreadInternal::PthreadStart(wxThread*) in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0xb7a149fa]
[7] wxPthreadStart in /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so.0[0xb7a14a3d]
[8] ?? in /lib/libpthread.so.0 [0xb7ef5162]
[9] clone in /lib/libc.so.6[0xb779426e]
Aborted
Seems Ubuntu has the same bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/gutsy … bug/136697

Mavericks 10.9.4 complete system freeze on any webpage with Flash

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