cheesetoast Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hi guys, i can use a little help with troubleshooting my kernel panics, i used to get these about once a week, now i'm getting 1-2 per day. Machine spec: -Mac os x 10.6.8 -Gigabyte ep45-ds3r motherboard -q9400 cpu -mushkin 5-4-4-12 ddr2 800 2gb x4 (8gb total) -geforce 260oc and also tried a radeon 5850 card -500gb seagate 7200.11 hd with updated firmware -corsair 750w power supply (recently replaced under warranty, died) -LG sata dvd writer -top and rear 12cm exhaust fans -side and front 12cm intake fans -temperatures are good, machine doesn't overheat. -tried stock cpu speed settings and overclocked, doesn't make a difference, i have a giant cpu cooler and temp's never go over 50 degrees, even overclocked to 3.2ghz. Memory is not overclocked, I keep it to 800mhz. -cartri bios based on gigabyte f10, again doesn't make a difference in stability. I ran memtest + overnight and it did 7 passes with no errors. also tested the hard drive, no errors. I built this machine myself and have built over 200 machines, i recently removed the motherboard to inspect it for any discolouration or damage, everything was %100. arctic silver thermal compound is good, no issue there. got the MCH set to 1.3v, dram set to 1.9v and cpu set to 1.32v in the bios extensions in extras folder: AppleACPIPlatform.kext fakesmc.kext HDAEnabler.kext IOPCIFamily.kext LegacyHDA.kext NullCPUPowerManagement.kext SleepEnabler.kext Contents of boot.plist: (i have to have it in 32bit mode for my kensington mouseworks extension to work) <dict> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string>arch=i386 -x32 pmVersion=23 -v</string> <key>SystemID> <string>391B3EF0-7222-3A94-AE4F-9728C6F90BE9</string> <key>Rescan</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Graphics Mode</key> <string>1920x1200x32</string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>1</string> <key>SMBIOSdefaults</key> <string>No</string> <key>EHCIacquire</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>UHCIreset</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>USBBusFix</key> <string>Yes</string> </dict> </plist> Here's screenshots of the last 3 kernel panics, i hope someone can make sense of this, these panics happened while just having a few programs open while chatting and surfing, i've had it crash in games like WOW or starcraft II before too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMMAYOSX Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Looks like random memory corruption. You don't mention what version of the /Extra extensions you are using. If nothing else, ensure you are using the latest SleepEnabler. The one here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=261196 will do, if you are not already using it. Your system looks pretty basic, and should be well supported. Also look at your plist again. It seems to be formatted incorrectly close to SystemID. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1708223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesetoast Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 what's wrong in my boot.plist? can you post an example? i haven't edited it for a long time. sleep enable was a most recent one downloaded when i did the 10.6.8 update last week. I'll replace it with the one from that link. Looks like random memory corruption. You don't mention what version of the /Extra extensions you are using. If nothing else, ensure you are using the latest SleepEnabler. The one here http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=261196 will do, if you are not already using it. Your system looks pretty basic, and should be well supported. Also look at your plist again. It seems to be formatted incorrectly close to SystemID. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1708286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMMAYOSX Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Your post shows <key>SystemID> <string>391B3EF0-7222-3A94-AE4F-9728C6F90BE9</string> It should be <key>SystemID</key> <string>391B3EF0-7222-3A94-AE4F-9728C6F90BE9</string> Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1708858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesetoast Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 It should be <key>SystemID</key> <string>391B3EF0-7222-3A94-AE4F-9728C6F90BE9</string> Oh, fixed that just now, thanks. 2 more crashes today. uninstalled parallels right now, we'll see if that makes a difference it has a hypervisor extension that iv'e seen in the panics sometimes. Only other thing that is running all of the time is the magicjack application for my magicjack internet phone, but i haven't had any panics while using the phone. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1708888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIMMAYOSX Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 Just out of pure curiosity, if you specify cpus=1 in chameleon, do you still get the issues? (I know this will hurt considering you have a quad-core) Also, you have forced your system to 32-bit, but also have 8GB of RAM. Just as a simple test, could you reduce this to 4GB? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1708951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SvenCop Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 The BSD process associated is always WindowServer. And I'm seeing GeForce.kext/NVDAResman.kext/X3100.kext often. And in every kernel panic I see IOPCIFamily and IOUSBFamily. OP, try repairing disk permissions and verifying your hard drive in Disk Utility if you haven't already. I think this might have to do with corruption of the actual OS/harddisk or random memory corruption like said by TIMMAYOSX. Also you mentioned that the amount you've been getting has increased. This strongly suggests there is something wrong with your hardrive or memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1709031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesetoast Posted July 5, 2011 Author Share Posted July 5, 2011 The BSD process associated is always WindowServer. And I'm seeing GeForce.kext/NVDAResman.kext/X3100.kext often. And in every kernel panic I see IOPCIFamily and IOUSBFamily. OP, try repairing disk permissions and verifying your hard drive in Disk Utility if you haven't already. I think this might have to do with corruption of the actual OS/harddisk or random memory corruption like said by TIMMAYOSX. Also you mentioned that the amount you've been getting has increased. This strongly suggests there is something wrong with your hardrive or memory. left it running last night without parallels installed, paniced overnight. i'll take the 32 flag out and report back later today. As i said in my original post i tested the ram and hard drive and they pass without any problems. I have repaired permissions and checked with disk utility too. Just rechecked, no issues with disk utility I saw the geforce one there, which is why i tried changing to this radeon 5850 card instead (i work in a computer shop so i have access to items to swap), didn't make a difference. I will bring home a set of new kingston ddr2 800 ram to swap tonight. thanks for the help guy's, i appreciate it, i'll report back later today. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1709096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesetoast Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 update: removed the arch=32 from the boot.plist, rebooted, kernel panic, thought it was nullcpupowermanagement not being 64 bit, redownloaded, no change. While googling i came across this page: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/lofiversi...hp/t196557.html Wher he mentions kernel panics with thermal control settings. I check my bios, all of thermal stuff was on. turned it all off, machine boots. rebooted to the bios and turned on only EIST and thermal monitor TM2 as suggested. machine boots ok. gonna try it like this, 32 bit mode, same ram/hardware and report back. hopefully this'll do it. this is my current bios settings: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1709487 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesetoast Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 Success! had to go back and disable the last 2 cpu thermal items, but machine stays up all night without crashing! So far so good! --------------- edit: still panicing all of the thermal items are now disabled. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1709825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesetoast Posted July 12, 2011 Author Share Posted July 12, 2011 no panics in 2 days, i've been running my magicjack on my macbook instead. Looks like the problem is magicjack. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/261435-random-kernel-panics-on-my-hackintosh/#findComment-1713236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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