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You are running Mac OS X 10.6.8, so you are already running the most recent Mac OS X version for your computer.
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Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 41E4AC8D-ACC5-63EB-3C09-C7CB6356257A
Fri Apr 26 09:47:10 2013
panic(cpu 3 caller 0xffffff7f918237f2): NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff8102287000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P3/4
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0xffffff8101e52d00 : 0xffffff801101d626
0xffffff8101e52d70 : 0xffffff7f918237f2
0xffffff8101e52e30 : 0xffffff7f919203b9
0xffffff8101e52e90 : 0xffffff7f9192042e
0xffffff8101e52f00 : 0xffffff7f91c46c82
0xffffff8101e53030 : 0xffffff7f91946fe8
0xffffff8101e53070 : 0xffffff7f9182b567
0xffffff8101e53120 : 0xffffff7f9182905a
0xffffff8101e53320 : 0xffffff7f9182a983
0xffffff8101e533f0 : 0xffffff7f9282d491
0xffffff8101e53570 : 0xffffff7f9282a687
0xffffff8101e535f0 : 0xffffff7f9282b4a6
0xffffff8101e53680 : 0xffffff7f9282ba65
0xffffff8101e537c0 : 0xffffff7f9282c53e
0xffffff8101e538e0 : 0xffffff7f9285f168
0xffffff8101e53920 : 0xffffff7f9285ff05
0xffffff8101e53940 : 0xffffff7f92859c59
0xffffff8101e53ab0 : 0xffffff7f9285a52d
0xffffff8101e53af0 : 0xffffff7f92855de6
0xffffff8101e53b20 : 0xffffff7f9284fe85
0xffffff8101e53b50 : 0xffffff7f92837f24
0xffffff8101e53ba0 : 0xffffff8011465ab3
0xffffff8101e53bc0 : 0xffffff801146668d
0xffffff8101e53c20 : 0xffffff801146408f
0xffffff8101e53d70 : 0xffffff80110984a1
0xffffff8101e53e80 : 0xffffff8011020aed
0xffffff8101e53eb0 : 0xffffff8011010448
0xffffff8101e53f00 : 0xffffff801101961b
0xffffff8101e53f70 : 0xffffff80110a5dd6
0xffffff8101e53fb0 : 0xffffff80110cdd43
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com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1)[A26D2A3D-C06F-3A0F-BCFF-901A98C93C3D]@0xffffff7f917c6 000->0xffffff7f91ad3fff
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com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1)[5F021999-8B18-3BD5-9B98-90617E638A63]@0xffffff7f9 1ae1000->0xffffff7f91e02fff
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f916a3000
com.apple.GeForce(8.1)[A15BB65E-3501-340F-87CB-2FD2BAD33E35]@0xffffff7f927fc000 ->0xffffff7f928c8fff
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dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[38C214C0-83C8-3594-8A4C-DC6AC3FEC163]@0xff ffff7f917b2000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f916a3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[74E3E50F-E50A-3073-8C96-06F854292A91]@0 xffffff7f9176f000
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Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
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If you're having frequent kernel panics with your 15" mid-2010, or intermittent screen problems, the problem is, more than likely, the faulty NVIDIA GPU found in a number of those machines.
Here's just a sample of a kernel panic log that points to the faulty NVIDIA card:
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.GeForce(6.4.0)@0x82ac4000->0x82b7afff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(6.4.0)@0x83c05000->0x84019fff
dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000
com.apple.NVDAResman(6.4.0)@0x834a0000->0x8378dfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.6.5)@0x7a802000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.2.1)@0x82fd3000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.2.1)@0x8301b000
Here's the "official" Apple take on the issue - but the very real kernel panics need not be preceded by 'Intermittent black screen or loss of video'... in fact, you might not experience any video problems at all. Although video problems can certainly be a portent of things to come…
So what can you do? Print out a copy of your kernel panic and a copy of the Knowledge Base article and take them, along with your machine, to your local Apple Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider. They should be more than willing to install a new logic board at no cost. I have no idea why this faulty GPU is making the headline here on the MacBook Pro forum so often now - could it be because Mountain Lion is just bringing the issue to a head more readily? I don't know - I only know that we're seeing more and more of these kernel panics of late.
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How do I remove Snow Leopard and reinstall Panther?
How do I remove Snow Leopard 10.6.2 from my G5 and reinstall Panther 10.3? My G5 only came with 10.3 CD and I can't start up from that. I would like to eventually get to 10.5 Leopard but don't have a CD/DVD of that either. Is there somewhere I can do
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Hello all, I have a 15" macbook pro that I purchased over the summer. I've noticed that my volume doesn't go nearly as high as my friend's macbook pro, and he has an 13" model that is older than mine. Is there any way I can increase my maximum output
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Records in table TABW (productiv)
Hello, in our productiv system there are some records which we consider to be trash and we want to delete it (transaction type not visible to customizing). We can do it in the development system in SE16 but the system is not creating a transport orde
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Error discarding checkout when 'Use my Local Draft folder' is checked
We are getting the error 'The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT 0x80070002)' when discarding checkouts in our production 2010 environment. Steps to repro are: upload a file to a document library (OOB Shared Documents is f
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Loading error after migration of flow from 3.5 to BI 7.0
Error message from the source system Diagnosis An error occurred in the source system. System Response Caller 09 contains an error message.