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Specs: Macbook Pro 17-in, Mid 2010 2.53GHz i5 8GB 1067MHz DDR3 Intel HD 288MB OS X.8.5 (12F37) Summary: Picked up this 17-in… which I still have a soft spot for (so very sad to lose the series. been looking to mod a case with new hardware-hackintosh). This mac randomly and abruptly shorts out. No power-off, no kernel panic, nada. Just shorts out. Sometimes it reboots (likely due to a system setting to restart after power-out). In the past, I’ve had 3 issues I repeatedly encountered with models from this generation… loose cables shorting the MLB, a damaged HDD that only seems to be affect by “movement” that shorts the computer out, and a graphics chip issue that only seemed to be solved by replacement or reflow. Before I get cracking… this model passed all ASD tests, with 2 exceptions under the HDD test family. It is SMART verified, but fails SMART attributes testing. Any ideas about this failure and the shorting out?? As always… thanks in advance for everyone’s time. Cheers PS - I am admittedly not a console expert, but I am literate. Didn’t see anything out of the ordinary. Jason UPDATE!!!!!! Ha!! That’s some darn timing for you… Model just shorted out right after posting, and unlike before, a GPU kernel panic popped up in the console log. Looks like this is another GPU-related error. Re-flow/replacement time?? LOL panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f86629f1a): “GPU Panic: [] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xb2000000 0xffffff80f5a6b000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P0/4\n”@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.5/src/AppleMuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127 Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address 0xffffff8119363710 : 0xffffff800441d626 0xffffff8119363780 : 0xffffff7f86629f1a 0xffffff8119363850 : 0xffffff7f84b9cf1e 0xffffff8119363910 : 0xffffff7f84c7112d 0xffffff8119363950 : 0xffffff7f84c7118e 0xffffff81193639c0 : 0xffffff7f84f37ed0 0xffffff8119363af0 : 0xffffff7f84c99a75 0xffffff8119363b10 : 0xffffff7f84ba3d50 0xffffff8119363bc0 : 0xffffff7f84ba17d0 0xffffff8119363dc0 : 0xffffff7f84ba2845 0xffffff8119363ea0 : 0xffffff7f84b3e0a4 0xffffff8119363ef0 : 0xffffff7f865ed0df 0xffffff8119363f40 : 0xffffff7f865ec1e7 0xffffff8119363f60 : 0xffffff800443e25e 0xffffff8119363fb0 : 0xffffff80044b3137 Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f84b3b000->0xffffff7f84de0fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffffff7f84aa5000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xffffff7f84b27000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0xffffff7f84ae4000 com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.5)[49FEF732-D7A3-327B-A7AA-6AC5A6E3DCFF]@0xffffff7f8661c000->0xffffff7f8662efff dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[1D0BB11E-7D71-34CF-ACC3-57DF01CADA08]@0xffffff7f86617000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffffff7f84aa5000 dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.5)[4A2C8548-7EF1-38A9-8817-E8CB34B8DCA6]@0xffffff7f86603000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[A35915E8-C1B0-3C0F-81DF-5515BC9002FC]@0xffffff7f849e8000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xffffff7f84b27000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0xffffff7f84ae4000 com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1.2)[988EAF3A-3318-3787-8A5A-844830FA1522]@0xffffff7f84dec000->0xffffff7f850c0fff dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.2)[96AE69DE-8A37-39D0-B2D3-D8446A6AA670]@0xffffff7f84b3b000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffffff7f84aa5000 com.apple.driver.AGPM(100.12.87)[A7004F02-7D39-3398-8BD3-729DCC404E5F]@0xffffff7f865eb000->0xffffff7f865fafff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffffff7f84aa5000 dependency: com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily(5.3.0d51)[2C131EAF-F74C-39D1-A702-A499B39C293C]@0xffffff7f85556000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[6C8CFC18-75F0-3DEF-86C7-CEB2C1FD6BB1]@0xffffff7f84b27000 dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[990D1A42-DF16-3AB9-ABC1-6A88AC142244]@0xffffff7f84ae4000 BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task Mac OS version: 12E55 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May 1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36 Kernel slide: 0x0000000004200000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8004400000 System model name: MacBookPro6,1 (Mac-F22589C8) System uptime in nanoseconds: 365964494231 last loaded kext at 260696415356: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.8.1 (addr 0xffffff7f850e6000, size 65536) loaded kexts: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.8.1 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.1.4f2 com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0 com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.60 com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0 com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.12.87 com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver 1.0.2d2 com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 122 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 2.3.7fc4 com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 2.3.7fc4 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics 8.1.2 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 4.1.4f2 com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.1.4f2 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB 8.1.2 com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 2.0.3d0 com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 2.3.7fc4 com.apple.GeForce 8.1.2 com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.2.5 com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.4.5 com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.5.10 com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.1.11 com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.6.0 com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup 8.1.2 com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.0d1 com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0 com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.4.5 com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.3d1 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 237.1 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 237.1 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 237.1 com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 320.15 com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1 com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1 com.apple.BootCache 34 com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 3.5.5 com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.3.1 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 5.5.5 com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 3.6.1b4 com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 4.9.6 com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 2.5.2 com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 615.20.17 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 5.2.5 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 5.5.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.7 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.7 com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.5 com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.9 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.7 com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.6 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 196.0.0 com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 4.0.39 com.apple.security.quarantine 2.1 com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 196.0.0 com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 10.0.6 com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0 com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 2.3.7fc4 com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.8.9fc11 com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.6 com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport 4.1.4f2 com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal 8.1.2 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.5 com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.0.4 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.11d0 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0 com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.11d0 com.apple.NVDAResman 8.1.2 com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.3.0d51 com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 2.3.7fc4 com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 2.3.7fc4 com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 86.0.4 com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.1.4f2 com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.4.5 com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.3.7 com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.3.7 com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.4d2 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 237.3 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 5.2.5 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 5.5.5 com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 5.2.5 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 3.5.5 com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.7 com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.7.1 com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.7.1 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 2.5.1 com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.5.5 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 5.5.5 com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.2b1 com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.5 com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.3.1 com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 530.4 com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.0 com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 5.6.0 com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 1.7 com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.8.1 com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1 com.apple.security.sandbox 220.3 com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1 com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 7 com.apple.driver.DiskImages 345 com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 1.8 com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 28.21 com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.7 com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.7.3 com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4 com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0 System Profile: Model: MacBookPro6,1, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.53 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.57f17 Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334248312D4346382020 Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334248312D4346382020 AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17) Bluetooth: Version 4.1.4f2 12041, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1 Serial ATA Device: TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF, 500.11 GB Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898 USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2 USB Device: Samsung S1 Mini, 0x04e8 (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.), 0x2f04, 0xfa140000 / 5 USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 4 USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3 USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 7 USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2 USB Device: JumpDrive, 0x05dc (Lexar Media, Inc.), 0xa205, 0xfd130000 / 5 USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4 USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

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