OS quits and computer must be restarted
For the past 24 hours, my iMac (running OS 10.5.80 has been freezing up spontaneously and giving me a message that says it needs to be restarted. When it restarts it is USUALLY okay for a while before it does it again. Twice, however, upon restarting, it immediately gave me the message saying it needed to be restarted. Also, upon restarting I am given the opportunity to report a problem with the message being "OS X unexpectedly quit". Help. What do I do?
Here are the kernel report and system config at the time of the most recent kernel panic. I copied/pasted them straight out of the Problem Report for Apple. I cannot figure out what are the common denominators for these panics. Sometimes it occurs immediately upon start up, and other times it occurs after the computer has been in use for an hour or so. Last evening we watched 2 hours of Netflix without a problem, then shut off the computer. This morning, I turned it on and got an immediate panic report. I attempted to restart it while holding down the shift key, but THAT ended in a panic report.
I did add a LaCie external hard drive after the second kernel panic, because I was in a panic and did not want to lose everything on the iMac.
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
Text Of Kernel Panic Report
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 295 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 0AA83BC8-D9C5-42DB-8ECB-B9F586303499
Mon Nov 14 11:02:22 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001AB0FE): Kernel trap at 0x00230f75, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0xff5db3e8, CR3: 0x01c10000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x059c0a14, EBX: 0x05061310, ECX: 0x056f4e40, EDX: 0x04ced560
CR2: 0xff5db3e8, EBP: 0x35ee7978, ESI: 0x05061310, EDI: 0x35ee79cc
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x00230f75, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x2f4e0010
Error code: 0x00000002
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x35ee7768 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x35ee779c 0x13355c 0x0)
0x35ee77b8 : 0x1ab0fe (0x469a98 0x230f75 0xe 0x469248)
0x35ee7898 : 0x1a1713 (0x35ee78b0 0x4c54128 0x35ee7978 0x230f75)
0x35ee78a8 : 0x230f75 (0xe 0x48 0x10 0x540010)
0x35ee7978 : 0x231050 (0x4cf674c 0x5061310 0x35ee79cc 0x1417c7)
0x35ee79e8 : 0x21a6f3 (0x4d99004 0x4cf674c 0x35ee7a1c 0x14)
0x35ee7a48 : 0x218073 (0x4d99004 0x2 0x35ee7aac 0x4cf674c)
0x35ee7ac8 : 0x22af42 (0x4d99004 0x2 0x310a4000 0x5061310)
0x35ee7af8 : 0x245220 (0x4d99004 0x2 0x310a4000 0x5061310)
0x35ee7cb8 : 0x252491 (0x310a4000 0x0 0x0 0x4cf6748)
0x35ee7d58 : 0x3ac34a (0x5d38000 0x0 0x3109cb00 0x35ee7e34)
0x35ee7df8 : 0x3b209f (0x5d38000 0x35ee7e34 0x502b680 0x3109cb00)
0x35ee7ed8 : 0x3b2432 (0x502b680 0x0 0x5692f24 0x138)
0x35ee7f78 : 0x3e3a7f (0x4f4c794 0x5692ee0 0x5692f24 0x0)
0x35ee7fc8 : 0x1a1c0a (0x56791c0 0x0 0x1a40b5 0x49823c8)
No mapping exists for frame pointer
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xb0080138
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: mDNSResponder
Mac OS version:
9L31a
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: iMac8,1 (Mac-F226BEC8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 134764164157
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.0.2 - last loaded 119878889158
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.15
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 6.0.3
com.apple.kext.ATY_Hypoprion 5.4.8
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 1.6.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 3.4.0a17
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.1.9f10
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHIDMouse 1.2.4b3
com.apple.driver.iTunesPhoneDriver 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 1.0.9b4
com.apple.driver.StorageLynx 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.LSI_FW_500 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolSansPhysicalUnit 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.initioFWBridge 2.0.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.5.2
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.1.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 2.7.91
com.apple.driver.AirPortBrcm43xx 367.91.22
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.2.2
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 1.5.3
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 3.9.7
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 3.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.5.2
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.1.13b2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 3.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.0.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 3.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 3
com.apple.security.seatbelt 107.12
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 1.8.77
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 199
com.apple.BootCache 30.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 76.2.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 3.4.0a17
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 2.3.1d1
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.1.9f10
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.1.9f10
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDMouse 1.2.4b3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.4.6
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSerialBusProtocolTransport 1.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2 1.9.8
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 216.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 3.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 3.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.5.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6
System Configuration at time of Kernel Panic:
Model: iMac8,1, BootROM IM81.00C1.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66 GHz, 2 GB
Graphics: kHW_ATIr600M76Item, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, spdisplays_pcie_device, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8C), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.91.22)
Bluetooth: Version 2.1.9f10, 2 service, 0 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Built-in Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HDP725032GLA380, 298.09 GB
Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-875
USB Device: Built-in iSight, (null) mA
USB Device: Keyboard Hub, (null) mA
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, (null) mA
USB Device: Apple Keyboard, (null) mA
USB Device: IR Receiver, (null) mA
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub, (null) mA
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, (null) mA
FireWire Device: d2 quadra (button), LaCie, 800mbit_speed
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