Second Kernal Panic in 2 days: Snow Leopard 10.6.8-Macbook Pro

Hi,
I have just had my second kernal panic in 2 days. Both times I was just surfing the web using firefox with a few tabs open. The panics happened after a day or so of the Huawei dongle I use to connect to the internet falling into a glass of water (dried out completely before using again), so I am wondering (hoping) if that may be the cause.
I am using an early 2011 Macbook Pro. The only times I have had problems in the past was when trying to use Paragon to delete trash via HTFS external HDs, and ditched trying to use that particualr driver a long time ago.
Here is the log:
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 67150 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    6CA9C106-4B45-4871-A1BF-23FFC67DF281
Sat Sep 21 11:29:22 2013
Panic(CPU 0): NMIPI for spinlock acquisition timeout, spinlock: 0xffffff8018472700, spinlock owner: 0xffffff800c887c40, current_thread: 0xffffff800c887c40, spiRAX: 0xffffff80599bcd00, RBX: 0xffffff8012489500, RCX: 0xffffff800c887c40, RDX: 0x0000000000000000
RSP: 0xffffff805e683418, RBP: 0xffffff805e683440, RSI: 0xffffff80599bcd00, RDI: 0xffffff80599bcd00
R8: 0xffffff805e6834c0, R9: 0x0044b82fa09b5a53, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0xffffff7f80c87160
R12: 0xffffff800b96ef00, R13: 0xffffff80599bcd00, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000000286, RIP: 0xffffff800048d7e4, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff800010bf50 : 0xffffff80002d76f6
0xffffff800010bf80 : 0xffffff80002d0322
0xffffff800010bfd0 : 0xffffff80002e40d2
0xffffff805e683440 : 0xffffff800032cb6a
0xffffff805e683510 : 0xffffff8000360d6f
0xffffff805e683760 : 0xffffff8000367c04
0xffffff805e683820 : 0xffffff8000369628
0xffffff805e683980 : 0xffffff80003674a0
0xffffff805e683b90 : 0xffffff800035cab9
0xffffff805e683bf0 : 0xffffff800035e06d
0xffffff805e683d70 : 0xffffff800035e1ce
0xffffff805e683d90 : 0xffffff8000344370
0xffffff805e683dc0 : 0xffffff800032fc17
0xffffff805e683e80 : 0xffffff800032bbb7
0xffffff805e683eb0 : 0xffffff800032e5fd
0xffffff805e683f50 : 0xffffff800032e86b
0xffffff805e683fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:32:41 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64
System model name: MacBookPro8,1 (Mac-94245B3640C91C81)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 65010883799933
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleWWANSupport    2.0.4b0 (addr 0xffffff7f80969000, size 0x12288) - last unloaded 64366703659576
loaded kexts:
com.sophos.kext.sav    8.0.14
com.waves.driver.soundgrid    2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDCECMData    4.0.5 - last loaded 64304226680241
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDC    4.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor    1.9.3d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM    100.12.31
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC    1.57
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient    3.5.7
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver    1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl    1.0.26
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X    7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver    2.0.8f3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics    6.4.2
com.apple.driver.AudioIPCDriver    1.1.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA    2.0.8f3
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor    3.0.1d2
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet    3.0.8b2
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331    433.11.5
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin    4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC    1.5.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight    170.0.48
com.apple.kext.AppleSMCLMU    1.5.2d10
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB    6.4.2
com.apple.filesystems.autofs    2.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons    201.6
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController    303.8
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient    2.6.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard    201.6
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage    1.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI    4.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub    4.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM    1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC    1.0.4
com.apple.BootCache    31.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager    160.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort    2.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI    4.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC    1.3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET    1.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS    1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC    1.3.6
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC    1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient    142.6.0
com.apple.security.sandbox    1
com.apple.security.quarantine    0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall    2.1.14
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement    142.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCDCECMControl    4.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileReadCounterAction    17
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileTimestampAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileThreadInfoAction    14
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileRegisterStateAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileKEventAction    10
com.apple.driver.AppleProfileCallstackAction    20
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface    74.2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily    10.0.3
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib    2.0.8f3
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily    1.8.3fc2
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib    1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController    1.0.10d0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP    2.0.4
com.apple.iokit.AppleProfileFamily    41
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController    2.0.8f3
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily    2.0.8f3
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl    3.0.17
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl    3.0.17
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family    320.1
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily    1.10
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily    4.7.0a1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI    1.0.10d0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert    1.0.2
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport    2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC    3.1.0d5
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily    2.2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter    1.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily    1.5.9
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter    1.2.1
com.apple.driver.BroadcomUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.4.5f3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily    2.4.5f3
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice    2.6.9
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily    1.6
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily    1.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch    207.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver    4.2.5
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter    402.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub    4.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite    3.9.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI    1.3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily    1.7.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI    1.2.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily    2.6.9
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily    4.2.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient    4.2.4
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily    2.0.7
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily    4.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime    1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily    1.6.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily    1.1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet    6
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch    1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages    289
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily    1.6.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform    1.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily    2.6.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily    1.3.0
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f80c8717a): "Spinlock acquisition timed out: lock=0xffffff8018472700, lock owner thread=0xffffff800c887c40, current_thread: 0xffffff800c5a4750, lock owner active on CPU 0x0"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.15.3/osfmk/i386/locks_i386.c:374
Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff805e603610 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff805e603710 : 0xffffff7f80c8717a
0xffffff805e603740 : 0xffffff800032cb6a
0xffffff805e603810 : 0xffffff8000360d6f
0xffffff805e603a60 : 0xffffff8000367c04
0xffffff805e603b20 : 0xffffff8000369628
0xffffff805e603c80 : 0xffffff80004adbed
0xffffff805e603da0 : 0xffffff80004b33de
0xffffff805e603ea0 : 0xffffff80004b37ca
0xffffff805e603f40 : 0xffffff80004e8168
0xffffff805e603fa0 : 0xffffff80002e4874
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(1.10)@0xffffff7f80c78000->0xffffff7f80c91fff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: firefox
Model: MacBookPro8,1, BootROM MBP81.0047.B27, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.68f99
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 384 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 5.100.198.104.5)
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 12 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS545032B9A302, 298.09 GB
Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in), 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8509, 0xfa200000 / 3
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0246, 0xfa120000 / 5
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x821a, 0xfa113000 / 6
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

Most likely, one of these is the culprit.
com.sophos.kext.sav 8.0.14
com.waves.driver.soundgrid 2.0.0
Boot into safe mode (restart holding down SHIFT key). If no KP, then disable these, reenable one at time to determine which. If KP, then most likely hardware related. Run the Apple Hardware Test suite, extended tests at least twice, followed by Rember. See
OS X About kernel panics,
Technical Note TN2063: Understanding and Debugging Kernel Panics,
Mac OS X Kernel Panic FAQ,
Resolving Kernel Panics,
How to troubleshoot a kernel panic, and
Tutorial: Avoiding and eliminating Kernel panics for more details.

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I'm guessing it's the "old" gray disc, which is usually hardware specific to your exact model. I'd keep it if I were you, you may want to install it.

I am trying to do a clean install of Snow Leopard on an Intel Macbook Pro. (Need to partition for Boot Camp) I have done it in the past so I know it works but whenever I select the install disk as the boot device it gets stuck on the Apple logo/pinwheel.

Prety much what the question says. HELP!

stephenfromlynchburg wrote:
No the mac had come with Leopard. Then I bought the snow leopard DVD and did a clean install of snow leopard.
If you just stuck the disk into the Leopard Mac and run the upgrader, you didn't do a "fresh install" you basically upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 leaving all the programs and files intact.
The white Snow Leopard disk was the right one for that machine as it had Leopard (10.5) on it previously.
So you already have Snow Leopard installed, if you want to erase the entire drive (along with all your programs, files and OS X) and want to install Snow Leopard again, you hold the c or option/alt key down and boot the machine off the disk. Then use Disk Utiltiy to erase the entire drive, then quit and install Snow Leopard.
How to erase and install Snow Leopard 10.6
Once Snow Leopard is installed you log in and use Apple Menu > Software Update until clear to get to 10.6.8 and fix security issues.
Now I can't get it to do the install again.
To install Windows into BootCamp, you read and run the BootCamp Assistant located in the Applications > Utiltiies folder
It's important to change the drive format from FAT32 to NTFS before installing Windows using the Windows disk.
Windows is rather complicated to install, if you boot to a blinking line with "press any key to continue" you need to press and hold the power button down and reboot holding the Option/Alt key down to get back into OS X.
https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
If your Windows programs are not going to be as CPU/GPU demanding, you may rather prefer to use a virtual machine instead
Windows in BootCamp or Virtual Machine?

Running Lion and Snow Leopard on the same MacBook Pro

So here's the thing .....apparently Lion won't run Photoshop and Illustrator CS2 (which I'm quite happy with and not about to shell out silly amounts of money to Adobe for even CS3) and apparently there may be (and I stress may be) problems with Word 2008 (likewise money to Microsoft for Word 2011).
I think, and probably won't know till I've installed it, that I'd like to try Lion on my Macbook Pro but keep Snow Leopard as a separate OS to run Photoshop, Illustrator and if necessary Word until I can afford to pay Adobe (& possibly Microsoft though I can't really see what improvements they can make to Word 2008) the large amounts of money they seem to think they deserve for an upgrade.
Does anybody out there know if it is possible to run both Lion and Snow Leopard on the same machine and if it is how do I do it?
Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Likely a corrupted cache file
Read the
Deeper cache cleaning/resetting
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3046

TS1963 DMS Launch error after migration from snow leopard iMac to new Macbook Pro?

I just purchased a Macbook Pro. I used Migration assistant to transfer my files from my '06 iMac, which was running snow leopard to the Macbook and at start up now get a DMS Launch error every time... any suggestions??
The error message says check with the developer to make sure DMS Launch works on this version of OS X. You may need to reinstall the application.
I have installed all updates as it suggests, to no avail. I keep getting the error message and report pop up box each time at start up and the only way to be rid of it, is to click ok to send the report - there is no option to stop the report from coming up.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to stop the error message appearing and resolve the issue?
Thanks
Chelle

Click Command+shift+G
Type in the following, one by one- Then delete the **** out of them.
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.update.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.dms.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.update.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.dms.agent.plist
/Library/Application\ Support/DivX/
HOME/Library/Preferences/com.divx.*
Also search anything "DIVX" while in library. Delete the **** out of that too.

Second Kernal Panic in 2 days: Snow Leopard 10.6.8-Macbook Pro

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