johnklutsliveson Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I have a VAIO VGN-NW120J with Snow Leopard installed at 10.6.0 via Empire EFI then updated to 10.6.3 via software update. I've worked out most of the kinks but the one that is really getting me is that every time I open "About This Mac" my screen goes blue, sometimes I get Kernal panic and other times it reloads the dashboard okay. I have been searching this issue for 2 days now without sucess, help! My System: Sony VAIO VGN-NW120J Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.09 GHz 4GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM Intel GMA 4500MHD Graphics (Working @ 1366x768) Webcam (Not Working) Audio (Working via Voodoo kext) Keyboard / Touchpad (Working via Apple kext) Intel 5100 Wireless (Not Working, Installed Belkin PCI-e card) LAN (Not Working) System profiler sees everything that works correctly including CPU. Thoughts? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bujbot Posted April 13, 2010 Share Posted April 13, 2010 Hi John, Any luck with this problem? I have the same issue with my vaio CW and it's pretty frustrating. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/#findComment-1447608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushabh Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 disable any setting called 'quick boot' or 'fast boot' or any of the bios specific options and see Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/#findComment-1449630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
columbo Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 This happens to me too. I have a dual monitor setup (DVI & D-Sub out of Vid card) & the same happens to both screens. I think it will be a recently installed Kext ?? I use System Profiler in Utilities to get around this. Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5. Intel Q6600 @ 4.08GHz. 8GB DDR2 800Mhz. Gainward 9800 GT 1GB. 10.6.0 Retail GUID install, 10.6.3 Combo update. Empire EFI v8 boot. It would be nice to have this sorted. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/#findComment-1462339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
valv Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 This happens to me too. I have a dual monitor setup (DVI & D-Sub out of Vid card) & the same happens to both screens. I think it will be a recently installed Kext ?? I use System Profiler in Utilities to get around this. Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5. Intel Q6600 @ 4.08GHz. 8GB DDR2 800Mhz. Gainward 9800 GT 1GB. 10.6.0 Retail GUID install, 10.6.3 Combo update. Empire EFI v8 boot. It would be nice to have this sorted. same problem on old notebook (banias) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/#findComment-1462416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssaslam Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I have a VAIO VGN-NW120J with Snow Leopard installed at 10.6.0 via Empire EFI then updated to 10.6.3 via software update. I've worked out most of the kinks but the one that is really getting me is that every time I open "About This Mac" my screen goes blue, sometimes I get Kernal panic and other times it reloads the dashboard okay. I have been searching this issue for 2 days now without sucess, help! My System: Sony VAIO VGN-NW120J Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.09 GHz 4GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM Intel GMA 4500MHD Graphics (Working @ 1366x768) Webcam (Not Working) Audio (Working via Voodoo kext) Keyboard / Touchpad (Working via Apple kext) Intel 5100 Wireless (Not Working, Installed Belkin PCI-e card) LAN (Not Working) System profiler sees everything that works correctly including CPU. Thoughts? Can you please tell us how you got the graphics to work at 1366x768. I can get past 1024x768. Thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/#findComment-1579226 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaLd0n Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 Try it http://www.mediafire.com/?z2zym4fwwto Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/214449-about-this-mac-crashes-the-computer-1063/#findComment-1579721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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