MacBook Pro - "Need To Restart" window

EuphLlama · EuphLlama #1 (**permalink**)

12-27-2007, 03:25 PM

So I'm working, converting some movies for my iPhone, playing iTunes, internet and Adium when the screen gets dark and a window pops up and says "You need to restart your computer..." in several languages. The screen was frozen and couldnt do anything. In all of my years working with Macs, I have never seen this! Has this happened to anyone else? Anyone know what this is or what caused this?

(not good quality, taken with iPhone)

After restarting:

louishen · louishen #2 (**permalink**)

12-27-2007, 03:29 PM

that screen is just a kernal panic, the basis of the operating system has flipped over

If you click report a message gets sent to apple so they can add it to their database and hopefully smooth the fault over in the next version or two

if you like researching that kind of stuff then see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_Panic

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #3 (**permalink**)

12-27-2007, 03:31 PM

Apple's Knowledge Base article, What's a "kernel panic"?

It happened to me with my old G4 iMac when one of the two RAM sticks went bad. A kernel panic indicates very often a hardware problem but it also can be software related.

EuphLlama · EuphLlama #4 (**permalink**)

12-27-2007, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by louishen

that screen is just a kernal panic, the basis of the operating system has flipped over

If you click report a message gets sent to apple so they can add it to their database and hopefully smooth the fault over in the next version or two

if you like researching that kind of stuff then see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_Panic

Ugh. Thanks!

EuphLlama #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 27, 2007 Location: Colleyville, Texas Posts: 254 Mac Specs: iMac - MacBook Pro - iPhone - Nano - Touch	12-27-2007, 03:25 PM So I'm working, converting some movies for my iPhone, playing iTunes, internet and Adium when the screen gets dark and a window pops up and says "You need to restart your computer..." in several languages. The screen was frozen and couldnt do anything. In all of my years working with Macs, I have never seen this! Has this happened to anyone else? Anyone know what this is or what caused this? (not good quality, taken with iPhone) After restarting: Computer & TV: MacBook Pro 15-inch, Intel 2.2. iMac 20-inch, Intel 2.4. AppleTV 40G iPod: Nano black 4G, Touch 8G Phone: iPhone 4G
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louishen #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,654 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	12-27-2007, 03:29 PM that screen is just a kernal panic, the basis of the operating system has flipped over If you click report a message gets sent to apple so they can add it to their database and hopefully smooth the fault over in the next version or two if you like researching that kind of stuff then see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel_Panic
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