I have a Macbook Air rev. A, that I just finished replacing the hinges, LVDS cable, and LCD. After being reassembled and having a fresh install of snow leopard installed on the HDD, I am now having kernel panic problems.
The computer boots up just fine, but then there are two cases where the kernel panic freezes up the computer. If in the Display settings, the option is checked for display to automatically set the brightness, the KP screen comes up if i shine a flashlight at the isight/ambient light sensor, or if the lights in the room are just bright to begin with. If this setting is unchecked then the KP does not come up. The second case, is that whether or not the Automatic brightness setting is checked, if I use the Brightness keys at the top of the keyboard, as soon as it is set to the full setting the KP screen comes up, and I am forced to reboot.
I have swapped out the isight/Ambient Light Sensor with one from another MB Air, but it did not change anything. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen to their Macbook? I am having a hard time figuring out what the **** is going on inside of this thing. I do not have a applecare warranty, so bringing it to them is not really an option. Could the Logic Board cause this type of event to happen? Does the Logic Board even have anything to do with the LCD Brightness setting or Ambient Light Sensor?
Thanks in advance for any insight
-brad
The computer boots up just fine, but then there are two cases where the kernel panic freezes up the computer. If in the Display settings, the option is checked for display to automatically set the brightness, the KP screen comes up if i shine a flashlight at the isight/ambient light sensor, or if the lights in the room are just bright to begin with. If this setting is unchecked then the KP does not come up. The second case, is that whether or not the Automatic brightness setting is checked, if I use the Brightness keys at the top of the keyboard, as soon as it is set to the full setting the KP screen comes up, and I am forced to reboot.
I have swapped out the isight/Ambient Light Sensor with one from another MB Air, but it did not change anything. Has anyone ever had anything like this happen to their Macbook? I am having a hard time figuring out what the **** is going on inside of this thing. I do not have a applecare warranty, so bringing it to them is not really an option. Could the Logic Board cause this type of event to happen? Does the Logic Board even have anything to do with the LCD Brightness setting or Ambient Light Sensor?
Thanks in advance for any insight
-brad