2008 MacBook Restarts Frequently

[salnice]

Hi guys,

My 2008 MacBook restarts frequently. i have added a 120GB SSD and additional 2GB ram. I have ran ram tested and HDD both passed. Run a clean install of yosemite. Here are the bug details:

Anonymous UUID: 38B894E1-F42B-AA97-C529-F29516B525CB

Mon Feb 16 17:16:15 2015

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff800c61a46e): Kernel trap at 0xffffef800c619530, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef800c619530, CR3: 0x0000000006b4c000, CR4: 0x0000000000002660
RAX: 0xffffef800c619530, RBX: 0xffffff8017b34888, RCX: 0xffffff8017b34840, RDX: 0x0000000000000074
RSP: 0xffffff809f263fb8, RBP: 0x0000000000000000, RSI: 0xffffff8019891464, RDI: 0x0000000000000000
R8: 0x0000000000000074, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000001a93a909ef
R12: 0xffffff80171c9a30, R13: 0x0000001a93a900bb, R14: 0xffffff807882d000, R15: 0xffffff8017b34840
RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffef800c619530, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffef800c619530, Error code: 0x0000000000000010, Fault CPU: 0x1

Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff809f263c60 : 0xffffff800c52fe41
0xffffff809f263ce0 : 0xffffff800c61a46e
0xffffff809f263ea0 : 0xffffff800c636683
0xffffff809f263ec0 : 0xffffef800c619530

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: loginwindow

Mac OS version:
14C109

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide: 0x000000000c200000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800c400000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff800c300000
System model name: MacBook5,1 (Mac-F42D89A9)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 114146551927
last loaded kext at 12790150630: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7f8e3d7000, size 32768)
last unloaded kext at 96840896927: com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 (addr 0xffffff7f8ea8b000, size 8192)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 269.25
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.7d0
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.5.0
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.GeForceTesla 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.11
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 240.2
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.7.3
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBOHCI 656.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.0
com.apple.nvenet 2.0.22
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.8.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.2f6
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla 10.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 245.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.6.1
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 710.55
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.5
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.driver.NVSMU 2.2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 710.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 396
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
Model: MacBook5,1, BootROM MB51.007D.B03, 2 processors, Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.40f2
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, PCI, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147344631
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 2 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364A53463235363634485A2D3147344631
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: Crucial_CT120M500SSD1, 120.03 GB
Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS21N
USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus:

Any suggestions for fix would be helpful and appreciated.

-Mike

 

[chscag]

You're using the wrong memory modules in your MacBook which is very likely the reason it's going into kernel panic. You can not use faster memory designed for a faster bus in that machine without upsetting the timing. Here is what your machine is designed to use:

8.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots 2 - 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM

Yank out those modules and put the correct ones in and your panics should stop.

 

[lclev]

I assume that the Mac restarts at random? And the fans are running and it is not overheating? I know you said you did a hardware test but it still could be that as unfortunately they can be hard to track down if it is random. I suspect memory if it is hardware. I also assume you have your clean install of Yosemite up to date too - 10.10.2 ?

Things you can try - an SMC reset and a NVRAM reset.

NVRAM: How to Reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

SMC: Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support

Can't hurt and it may fix your issues. You have made major system changes and these will clear out any old stuff that could be causing issues.

Lisa

 

[lclev]

Missed that chscag! I suspected memory but did not look up the specs for that machine.

Lisa

 

[salnice]

You're using the wrong memory modules in your MacBook which is very likely the reason it's going into kernel panic. You can not use faster memory designed for a faster bus in that machine without upsetting the timing. Here is what your machine is designed to use:

8.0 GB (Actual) 4.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots 2 - 204-pin PC3-8500 (1066 MHz) DDR3 SO-DIMM

Yank out those modules and put the correct ones in and your panics should stop.

I thought it may have been the ram as it seemed to only occur after I upgraded. I will put back the original 2GB. Will have the current ram installed cause damage to my MB when it kernal panics?

 

[chscag]

No, the current modules you have in there won't cause damage but the constant kernel panics are very annoying as I'm sure you already know. Buy the correct memory for your MacBook. It's the aluminum model which can actually run the latest version of OS X Yosemite. Your MacBook can actually take 2 x 4 GB modules = 8 GB.