Samsung 850 Pro 1TB in MacPro 2010 ..?

Hi,
I am thinking of placing a Samsung 850 Pro 1TB SSD in a MacPro 2010.
On it i will install 10.10.
It will replace my current mechanical system HD
A few questions:
- Is this possible at all and do i have to have special additional equipment to place it ?
- Is it true that it will run 3xsata and not 6x sata ?
- Can you recommend this ? in term of speed and TRIM and/or other issues ?
- Would PCIe based SSD be possible also in a MacPro ?
Hope 2 hear from you,
Rob.

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[url]http://imgur.com/a/5p05u[/url]
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I've attached as many relative screenshots as possible, to make it easier to quickly see what's going on.
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[b]Sequential Write:[/b] 520MB/s
[img]http://i.imgur.com/sY83PX0.png[/img]
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[u]Both SSD's are connected internally via SATA-III (6Gigabit Link + 6Gigabit Negotiated Link Speed)[/u].. Both in the hard-drive bay, as well as in the Optical Bay (confirmed in pictures)..
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/0jw9Z7l.png[/img]
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I've tried contacting Apple, who said that I'm pretty much on my own, in terms of support, since [i]they[/i] don't exactly get along with Samsung either.. and don't provide much of any support whatsoever, when it comes to third-party, hardware components that are not upgraded directly through Apple themselves.. (aka no support for user-end personal upgrades)
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/Q8GfnO7.png[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/jFFyKak.png[/img][im g]http://i.imgur.com/0eEflcN.png[/img][img]http://i.imgur.com/XL2pNLf.png[/img]
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/MfPEVZ5.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/ffZxYeN.png[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/VdUaOX8.png[/img]
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How do I format new Samsung 850 Pro SSD in my 2012 Mac Mini

So my 12 year old is frustrated by the slower speed of his mac mini, and with some of his birthday money and my expertise (which I hope to borrow from you and pass off as my own), I've purchased a Samsung 850 Pro SSD (256 GB) and am going to install it for him. We've already increased the memory.   I've also purchased the OWC data doubler and am planning to install the Samsung with the original Mac hard drive.
Having watched the install videos several times I feel fairly competent to do that, but my question is what to do then to access and make the most use of the SSD so everything (1) works and (2) runs as fast as possible?    For example, first, do I need to copy the OS to the SSD and delete from the Mac hard drive, and then somehow set up the SSD as the main drive?   And do I do this before I install the SSD or can I do it after?   Finally, what do I need to do to ensure that the computer uses the two drives optimally thereafter for maximum speed/performance. You can see my level of expertise from my questions.
Other than the memory and the SSD install, we're not planning any other modifications, and his use of the mini is pretty vanilla (games, videos, etc.).    Any step-by-step help for a relative novice in this area (me) would be much appreciated.
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1. Partition and format the SSD.
2. Install OS X on the SSD.
Install OS X Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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Reinstall OS X: Select Reinstall OS X and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
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Open Users & Groups preferences. Click on the lock icon and authenticate. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on your user account listing in the sidebar and select Advanced Options from the context menu. You will see a field labeled "Home dir:" At the right end you will see a Change button. Click on it. In the file dialog locate the Home folder now located on the HDD (HDD/Users/account_name/.) Select the folder, click on Open button. Restart the computer as directed. When the computer boots up it will now be using the Home folder located on the HDD.
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Hi, anyone know. can i install samsung 850 pro 1 tb solid state drive in my "macbook pro 2012 mid". any compatibility issues?

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I only deal with:
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I have just completed a major upgrade on my MBP and am now having issues installing the operating system on my new Samsung 850 Pro SSD.
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OS X 10.8.5, also a recent upgrade, was running 10.7.5 for years
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Plan A; Clone the HDD to the SSD via Disk Utility. I got an error telling me to do this via the recovery disk (obviously) which I did, this resulted in an error stating that the disk didn't have enough space. Not sure how much it needs but the HDD states it is only using 56GB to go into 256GB.
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Plan C; Tried restoring SSD from a disk image of HDD from an external drive. Same error as plan A.
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I want to purchase a 250 gb samsung ssd drive for my w530. My specs:
Lenovo Thinkpad W530
I7 3520M @ 2.90 GHz (2 Cores 4 Threads)
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Nvidia Quadro Q1000M
I am a mechanical engineer at work, and use this computer for learning new things on my free time. I will be using it to study solidworks simulation, catia, and maybe inventor or creo. I wil use it to understand principles of features and technologies, not for heavy duty freaquent calculations, or constant work with large assemblies. This computer would be too slow for these tasks anyhow.
I would appreciate your advice between these two discs: Samsung 850 Pro and 840 Evo.
Pro has a few GB more space, which actually makes no difference. The considered field is the other performance parameters: on certain tasks 850 Pro is a little, and in other tasks - much faster, according to benchmarks, e.g.:
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However, the EVO is kind of designed to account for this, which is why it is only 250 GB. The extra 6 GB is still in the disk, but it is set aside so that you can't fill it up. The rest of the EVOs follow this, too - 512 reduced to 500, 1024 reduced to 1000 - to protect the user from completely destroying its R/W speeds.
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Consider the following setup for use with Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 as well as After Effects CC 2014 (I would mostly be rendering/exporting to .mp4 or h.264 using AVCHD source media):
Motherboard: MSI X99S Gaming 7
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro
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RAM: 32 GB
SSDs:
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That's not much of a problem to me in comparison to the real work. However, to be more specific, take my logic here and explain where I'm either wrong or right.
The 850 Pro is fast and effective at locating, reading, and writing data.
However, the 840 EVO is the SSD running Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 (where the program itself is installed).
Here we go; is the following correct or just a wrong assumption:
Since the 840 EVO runs Adobe Premiere, it can only be sending the data to the processor/gpu/etc as fast as the 840 EVO can do; thus, the fact that the 850 Pro can run faster will have little to NO benefit because the instructions that the application/program itself (Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014) is sending to the parts that do all of the rendering/exporting/work is restricted by the speed of the 840 EVO. Am I correct here?
Basically, to avoid as much confusion as possible:
Due to the fact that the program that sends all of the instructions (as in, telling the CPU to render this and export that, etc) to the CPU/GPU/etc is SLOWER than the 850 Pro, from which all of the data (media, previews, etc) is accessed, then the speed benefits of the 850 pro over the 840 EVO will NOT be utilized and therefore wasted.
This is just my assumption. Where am I wrong here, or is this correct? To use the true benefits of the 850 Pro, should the SSD that the applications are installed on also be an 850 Pro?

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How much it will cost.? who is the reliable retailer in Singapore.?
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I checked on the Samsung website and the 840 Pro is OSX compatible and should work in your MBP.
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Stefan,
So to set the scene, my MacPro is situated about 4-5 meters from my sitting position. Therefore I have 7mtr monitor cables and some USB devices in front of me..... anyway you get the picture Im sure.
What was causing it were two generic USB extender cables (they have a box with circuitry on the end that boosts the signal for longer USB runs). They were giving me problems with the devices I tried to use (unreliable) so I simply stopped using them with USB devices a while back but never unplugged them from the Mac. I did however add another brand extender cable and used it without issue for many years. When I put the new mac in I simply reconnected everything not giving it any thought.
So anyway, I have removed the two culprits from the mac left the better extender cable (plus other USB devices) there and its all fixed. For the record I did add them back on just to be sure and it is definitely them.
I must admit I still cant figure out why one of those cables would slow a boot option page counter by 30 times, a power drain issue maybe?????

Restart issues with MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)

MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
Processor = 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory = 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics = Intel HD Graphics 288 MB
Hey folks, I bought this computer from a friend and the Mac seems to restart when I start iMessenger and have other applications running. Any guidance is appreciated. Below is the report.
Sun Mar 8 07:41:12 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7fa0dbbf63): "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 0xffffff81398a5000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.8.6/src/AppleM uxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812749ae50 : 0xffffff801e12fe41
0xffffff812749aed0 : 0xffffff7fa0dbbf63
0xffffff812749afb0 : 0xffffff7f9ecc2b9f
0xffffff812749b070 : 0xffffff7f9ed8c18e
0xffffff812749b0b0 : 0xffffff7f9ed8c1fe
0xffffff812749b120 : 0xffffff7f9f00b056
0xffffff812749b250 : 0xffffff7f9edaf82d
0xffffff812749b270 : 0xffffff7f9ecc95f1
0xffffff812749b320 : 0xffffff7f9ecc70fc
0xffffff812749b520 : 0xffffff7f9ecc9225
0xffffff812749b610 : 0xffffff7fa0394925
0xffffff812749b670 : 0xffffff7fa03915ef
0xffffff812749b6f0 : 0xffffff7fa037b95a
0xffffff812749b720 : 0xffffff7fa033727c
0xffffff812749b740 : 0xffffff7fa0347cfb
0xffffff812749b770 : 0xffffff7fa0347b9a
0xffffff812749b7c0 : 0xffffff7fa0347a51
0xffffff812749b810 : 0xffffff7fa034651b
0xffffff812749b830 : 0xffffff7fa0342ecf
0xffffff812749b860 : 0xffffff7fa0376a30
0xffffff812749b8a0 : 0xffffff7fa03420f5
0xffffff812749ba20 : 0xffffff7fa03733c1
0xffffff812749bae0 : 0xffffff7fa0340c15
0xffffff812749bb30 : 0xffffff801e6ffb16
0xffffff812749bb60 : 0xffffff801e70122b
0xffffff812749bbc0 : 0xffffff801e6fe9c3
0xffffff812749bd00 : 0xffffff801e1e4a87
0xffffff812749be10 : 0xffffff801e133f8c
0xffffff812749be40 : 0xffffff801e118a93
0xffffff812749be90 : 0xffffff801e1293bd
0xffffff812749bf10 : 0xffffff801e2059fa
0xffffff812749bfb0 : 0xffffff801e236ea6
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.8.6)[BE610379-FAEA-3E8F-B6AF-F92B70B3C5CD]@0 xffffff7fa0dad000->0xffffff7fa0dc0fff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.8.6)[76B001B1-30F1-3D72-B264-85D77B254C 2F]@0xffffff7fa0da5000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[70E2B65E-A91A-3522-A1A0-79FD63EABB4C]@0xfffff f7f9eba9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f9e924000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f9ec1b000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.1.0)[42706EB3-1447-3931-A668-FBAC58AAAA 7A]@0xffffff7fa0da8000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA28 EE2B]@0xffffff7f9ec72000->0xffffff7f9eedbfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f9e924000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xff ffff7f9ec62000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f9ec1b000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(10.0)[7FE40648-F15F-3E18-91E2-FDDDF4C DA355]@0xffffff7f9eee6000->0xffffff7f9f18ffff
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f9ec72000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f9e924000
com.apple.GeForceTesla(10.0)[3EA67900-B4A9-30BB-964D-0904DA5421CC]@0xffffff7fa0 32e000->0xffffff7fa03fbfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[56AD16B5-4F29-3F74-93E7-D492B3966DE2]@0xffffff 7f9e924000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.4.1)[E5A48E71-70F5-3B01-81D3-C2B037BBE80A]@0xff ffff7f9ec62000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.4.1)[619F6C9F-0461-3BA1-A75F-53BB0F87ACD3]@0 xffffff7f9ec1b000
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(10.0.0)[796AE430-39FB-3255-8161-D52AFA 28EE2B]@0xffffff7f9ec72000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
14C109
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide: 0x000000001de00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801e000000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff801df00000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 426588710130
last loaded kext at 9423558021: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7fa061d000, size 32768)
last unloaded kext at 152720116117: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          656.4.1 (addr 0xffffff7f9f526000, size 65536)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC           1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor   1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM        100.15.5
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager            4.3.2f6
com.apple.filesystems.autofs            3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog        1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver     124
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver           269.25
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.GeForceTesla       10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics    10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport           4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB            10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU     2.0.7d0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet       1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X      7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess   1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV    1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC   1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl            3.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.2.11
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor           3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons        240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader     3.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController            327.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless      1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache            35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient            3.7.3
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage           2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331           800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub      705.4.2
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet   10.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI      5.5.2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort     3.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI     705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET           1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager      161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons           3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS       2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC        3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC            1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall   161
com.apple.security.quarantine        3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet     8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement        218.0.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl     3.8.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily         11
com.apple.kext.triggers         1.0
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          269.25
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib      1.15
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI   1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport            4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController        269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily           269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily         203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext           1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient     705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP           2.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface     97
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.2f6
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla         10.0.0
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla           10.0.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl     3.8.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert     1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.13d1
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport      2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice       3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass     3.7.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch       245.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver     705.4.0
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage          471.10.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub       705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite        705.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice        3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily   3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family       710.55
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily           3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily            710.4.14
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily            2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime            2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily       1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore     2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity            1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager           1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages           396
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily      2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily       31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform         3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto     1.0
com.apple.kec.Libm   1
com.apple.kec.pthread          1
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, 0x029E, 0x434D5341344758334D314131303636433720
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5341344758334D314131303636433720
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
USB Device: Built-in iSight
Thunderbolt Bus:

You have the misfortune of having purchased a model identifier 6.2 MBP that has a history of GPU problems. There was a recall on these models but that has expired.
You may have the logic board replaced at your expense.
Or you may download this software:
https://gfx.io/
It will allow you to disable the discrete GPU which should stop the kernel panics. You will be able to run the MBP on just the integrated GPU but at the expense of graphics performance.
Ciao.

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