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Yet Another *Panic Attack* using OSX 10.6.8
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1611398" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I'm surprised no one has mentioned the possibility of a bad hard drive.</p><p></p><p>In terms of hardware failure, the most likely component to fail on an older machine are the parts that are mechanical in nature (i.e. hard drives and fans). A hard drive with bad sectors that affect OS files will definitely cause a Kernel Panic. If you run Disk Utility and the KPs suddenly go way, it's a pretty good indicator that your hard drive is slowly failing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1611398, member: 24098"] I'm surprised no one has mentioned the possibility of a bad hard drive. In terms of hardware failure, the most likely component to fail on an older machine are the parts that are mechanical in nature (i.e. hard drives and fans). A hard drive with bad sectors that affect OS files will definitely cause a Kernel Panic. If you run Disk Utility and the KPs suddenly go way, it's a pretty good indicator that your hard drive is slowly failing. [/QUOTE]
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