jwmann Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Hi there, I have recently been getting a weird issue. I have absolutely no idea what causes it; It seems to almost be random. My system will completely lock-up. No messages, or errors. Literally everything stops and I can't do anything (mouse/display/keyboard, everything is suspended) I checked to see the last thing before BOOT_TIME inside the console and nothing stood out. How would you recommend I try and troubleshoot this? I've been running this Hackintosh for about a year now and the last time I had something similar was due to old firmware on a Crucial M4 SSD, however I've made sure they're all up-to-date Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
eep357 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 any overclock? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1890863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onixs Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Run diskwarrior... you have to have a another osx where you should run it though, and check that HD. Please take note that the bootloader will get overwritten and you'l not be able to boot that HD. Be sure to have a startup CD or USB with chameleon so you can boot the HD and install chameleon again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1890872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwmann Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 any overclock? Nope, nothing but the standard that's in the BIOS. Run diskwarrior... you have to have a another osx where you should run it though, and check that HD. Please take note that the bootloader will get overwritten and you'l not be able to boot that HD. Be sure to have a startup CD or USB with chameleon so you can boot the HD and install chameleon again. I think I have a bootable version of Diskwarrior; I'll try that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1890940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyolc8 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Try using nullcpupowermanagement, I had this problem back in the SL days, and that fixed it. If lock-ups dissappear with nullcpupowermanagement, then you need proper cpu power management for your system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1890971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I'm having the same issue (10.8.2) and tried the NullCPUPowermanagement.kext tip. It didn't work. (I'm already using a prepatched AICPM kext from osx86 that matches my system) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1891188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFIRE Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 this can be bad SMBIOS, and DSDT Problem, for me if I don`t use a DSDT, my system boot and any problem, but tree minutes later this completely lock-up too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1891195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordadmiral Drake Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Well, as for smbios.plist, this is mine: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>SMbiosdate</key> <string>10/14/11</string> <key>SMbiosvendor</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMbiosversion</key> <string>MBP81.88Z.0047.B24.1110141131</string> <key>SMboardproduct</key> <string>Mac-94245A3940C91C80</string> <key>SMfamily</key> <string>MacBook Pro</string> <key>SMmanufacturer</key> <string>Apple Inc.</string> <key>SMproductname</key> <string>MacBookPro8,3</string> <key>SMserial</key> <string>C02J7432DF8X</string> <key>SMsystemversion</key> <string>1.0</string> </dict> </plist> My DSDT has been patched by myself using DSDT Editor and its list of premade patches + Dual Link LVDS patch and HDEF patch for my codec Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/286540-strange-system-lock-up-how-to-troubleshoot/#findComment-1891197 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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