dsc106 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 So I didn't have this problem on Tiger, but now, when I download anything extended, after maybe... 20-30 minutes, I get a kernel panic where the screen turns gray and I am told to restart. I can download a song on iTunes fine, random stuff on the internet using firefox, etc. But if I try to download large torrents, or a large podcast off iTunes, it will go and then KP on me and I have to restart. I didn't have this problem in iTunes. What could be causing this? I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, with nforce4. It has nforce4 LAN + Marvell Yukon. As such, I installed both the Marvell LAN drivers and the nforce4 LAN drivers on Zeph's 10.5.2 AMD release... could this be part of the problem? Any help is greatly appreciated... thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 same problem here, a8n-sli, nforce 4 lan 10.5.2 zeph. anybody else with the same problem want to join the pity party / offer a solution? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-650910 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsc106 Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 And now with FireFox Beta 4, as soon as I even click "save as file" to download, it KPs on me. Also when transfering anything more than small stuff over the LAN. I heard somewhere this might be a LEOPARD issue, not limited to just Hackintosh? Can anyone offer some info herE? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-662296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjrroberts Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 i had exactly this problem, fine for normal browsing but as soon as a torrent picked up speed - kernel panic. Fixed by doing 2 things; 1 - updated to the new kernel here 2 - added a maxmem parameter to my boot.plist file (may only be relevant if you have 4gb of RAM) -Go to Terminal. Enter "sudo nano /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.Boot.plist" -Authenticate. Add the "maxmem=3072" in between the strings under Kernel Flags Reboot Give 1 or both a go Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-662308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 interesting. i only have 2gb of ram, so i dont know about solution 2. problem is, im already using 9.2 kernal from the zeph 10.5.2 install. has the kernal been updated since his install dvd was made? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-679948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkear5 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Have you tried running AHCI mode in your bios? That allows you to access all your memory. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-679966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuppMan Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Had the same annoying problem as you guys. I replaced the original forcedeth.kext with forcedeth-nockd.kext earlier today and now the system has been running solid under heavy torrent load and multitasking for several hours....unlike before. I pray it stays this way now. Btw. I am running leo4all but it KP/Frooze the same way as with Zepyroths 10.5.2 release before i replaced the forcedeth.kext so it should work on Zepyroths release as well. http://osx86.wikidot.com/utilities-resources Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-679986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Have you tried running AHCI mode in your bios? That allows you to access all your memory. AHCI? dont know what that is. and I basically tried to bypass the problem by buying a cheap lan card. it almost works. but then after so much lan activity it starts crashing apps, and giving a -10810 error when i try to launch them. @MuppMan i thought i already tried the forcedeth-nockd in 10.5.1 with no success. ill try again and see how it works for me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-686182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 no luck. switched back to using the onboard lan and the forcedeth-nockd.kext. did chown chmod, rm extensions.mkext, but still got 2 kp's. what do you mean by leo4all? is that some release version? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-687122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
taktu Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 hey i had the same problem: 4GB RAM, Gigabyte mobo w/o AHCI switch, kernel panic whenever using torrents for files larger than 2,5GB or so. I added the maxmem string and it worked. but i'm still a bit upset that 1gb of RAM is now useless. But thanks alot! you really helped me! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-955222 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGJulius Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 This happened to me too...but I think I found a solution First update to 10.5.5 then install the voodoo beta 2c kernel After that install eno's nForce driver mentioned here Worked perfectly for my system (nForce 4 mobo see specs), No KP's; freezes; or Mouse Timing Issues Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-955239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fayze Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 worked for me too. many thanks for the tip. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/90960-kernel-panic-when-dloading-anything-more-than-minor-stuff/#findComment-1013963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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