Periodically the computer screen darkens and requests shutdown
Periodically the computer screen darkens and requests shutdown
this problem inturrupts almost everything and it started happening ever since i installed snow leopard
i want to format the computer and reinstall regular leopard because of this problem
Basically what happens is:
•The System freezes and the screen darkens a few shades.
•A message appears requesting that i hold the power button to shut off and restart.
•When i restart a message appears that says, "You shut your computer down because of a problem"
and it requests i report it
so i reported it its happened at least once a day everyday since i installed leopard on the 28th
This is, what they call a "Kernel Panic" - a unrecoverable error encountered by the Operating System during operation.
I assume, that you did a Upgrade Installation from Leopard or Tiger. There is probably some incompatible KernelExtension or Application remaining, which causes the problem.
Can you open Console.app in Applications > Utilities. Inside Console, you go to Diagnostic Information > System Diagnostic Reports. Here's a list of all recent Application / Kernel Crashes. You are interested in the following files: "kernel_<date and time of the Crash>". Click on a few of these. You will find some Information about the crash inside. If you're lucky, there's something like this inside: "BSD process name corresponding to current thread: <APPLICATION NAME>". This can help identify the faulty App.
Also you might want to try starting in Safe Mode. If the Problem does not appear there, it's most certainly some Issue with old Software.
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