09 Macbook "kernel panic"....

[amissus]

I upgraded to a used Mid 09 13" Macbook from a early g5 Imac.
My Macbook has El Capitan(I bought it installed) and it has become unstable. I tried to go back to Mavericks, Yosemite but it won't let me.
I can't be on it more than 10 minutes before it shuts down and shows the multi languages which I hear means "kernel panic". Trolls beware! Yes I'm a newbie and atrocious speller.
I have reinstalled El Capitan and that did not change anything. I was told to got back to previous OS but but I'm not able. What can I do now? (Other that toss it)

 

[dogslobber]

What's the kernel panic say?

 

[CoastalOR]

I upgraded to a used Mid 09 13" Macbook from a early g5 Imac.
My Macbook has El Capitan(I bought it installed) and it has become unstable. I tried to go back to Mavericks, Yosemite but it won't let me.
I can't be on it more than 10 minutes before it shuts down and shows the multi languages which I hear means "kernel panic".
I have reinstalled El Capitan and that did not change anything. I was told to got back to previous OS but but I'm not able. What can I do now? (Other that toss it)

I'm not sure why you can not revert to a previous OS unless you do not have the needed resources. Here is an article on how to go back to a previous OS. It is the same process for reverting to Yosemite or Mavericks.

 

[amissus]

Thank you for the responses. I've Google this before asking on here so I've done a little leg work and tried to go backwards the normal way. I purchased My Macbook with a new hard drive, new ram and El Capitan installed. I removed the ram and reinstalled. I also reinstalled El Capitan.
My Old iMac ran Lion so I never owned the other OS/s in-between. This is the screen shot from My Apt store. I can't go backward by the normal means. Is there any way to buy Mavericks or Yosemite OS from Apple or and out side source on disk or usb? or down-grade some other way?
I've been working on this for a week and it's the first time working on something thats not plug and play. So my skill level is a 1or2 on a 1-10 scale.
Again Thanks

 

[NoBoMac]

Without information re: kernel panic, tough to tell.

Said that a new drive was put in: maybe drive cable is damaged. Many threads on the board regarding that.

 

[CoastalOR]

I can't go backward by the normal means. Is there any way to buy Mavericks or Yosemite OS from Apple or and out side source on disk or usb? or down-grade some other way?

Not from Apple. USB installers with Mavericks or Yosemite can be purchased on eBay or Amazon.

 

[amissus]

Thanks for all the help. Re-downloading El Capitan on a faster broadband connection did the trick.
It is running fine now no more Kernel Panic.
Again Thanks
Mr. Amissus