richardsim7 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Running a Core i7 920 Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Retail Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Hackintosh. I'm getting Kernel panics and the culprits appear to be RAW image files and Flash video. When viewing a flash video, whether it be fullscreen or normal I get a kernel panic, I've tried updating to the latest beta to no avail. And when attempting to open a RAW image file in photoshop I get a kernel panic as well. Opening RAW in Aperture wasn't so bad, it worked for a while but randomly it gave me kernel panics. However now whenever I try to open Aperture it instantly causes a KP. Anybody got any ideas why? Solutions?? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Share Posted January 14, 2010 Nobody? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1385368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital_dreamer Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 It seems graphics related. Do you have CI/QE enabled? Transparent menu bar, dashboard widget ripples, etc. Do you just have a EFI string for your GPU? Anything else? MAJ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1387011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 Yeah QE/CI enabled, an EFI string in com.apple.boot.plist, yup Any ideas on a fix? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1387014 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 17, 2010 Author Share Posted January 17, 2010 Do you think swapping out my current graphics card for an native ATi card will do the trick? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1387148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Anyone? I don't want to go spending £150 if it won't fix the problem Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1390820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Well it would appear I have solved it. It was neither GPU Audio or NTFS. It was the CPU. Turns out a 4ghz overclock was functional enough to appear stable, but really it wasn't. This also explains the occasional freeze I got whenever installing OS X. I turned it down to 3.6ghz and I can watch YouTube for hours and edit RAW images happily without a fuss Just a warning for those who overclock I suppose Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1392276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatwagon Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 i have the same issue, but no over clocking here.. dangit. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1392470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardsim7 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Which one? YouTube videos? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/207066-kernel-panics-need-help/#findComment-1392597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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