I have a mid-2010 Macbook Pro 15 inch i7. All was well until about September of 2011 when OSX Lion started crashing due to "Windows Server" almost ten times a day.I brought it to the genius bar and they said there were no hardware problems and to try downgrading to snow leopard and back to Lion on a clean install. This was performed, same problem. I then permanently downgraded to Snow Leopard and I experience it less often, only a couple times a day. In the SL error report it list kernal-task as the culprit.
The only common thing about the two error reports was mention of a Nvidia driver or hardware multiple times. If I isolate to just having the computer run on the integrated intel graphics I run fine. This obviously limits my Macbook's performance so it is a major inconvenience. I just don't get how my Nvidia card could fail, and I realize that would require replacing the entire logic board for $$$$.
Any advice?
The only common thing about the two error reports was mention of a Nvidia driver or hardware multiple times. If I isolate to just having the computer run on the integrated intel graphics I run fine. This obviously limits my Macbook's performance so it is a major inconvenience. I just don't get how my Nvidia card could fail, and I realize that would require replacing the entire logic board for $$$$.
Any advice?