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Hank_Scorpio_

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 9, 2018
5
1
Hi everyone,

TLDR; HALP! Can you tell what's going on from the log below?

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Here's what's been happening, and what I've tried:

I'm in need of some help finding out where the cause of my problem lies. I'm not even sure if it's hardware or software at this point.

Recently the macbook crashed and wouldn't book. The startup progress bar would fill up to 1/3 completion, but then it would restart (or shut down, I don't recall which).
I 'repaired' the disk and volume using Disk Utility in recovery mode. No improvement. (The disk's S.M.A.R.T. status is 'Verified')
I reinstalled the OS, which upgraded the macbook to High Sierra.
That worked for a while, but now it's crashing again. It will work for some indeterminate amount of time, sometimes for hours, then it'll crash.

At those times when it won't start up, the screen sometimes displays vertical pink stripes at the boot screen (I do get the apple logo, and progress bar. It just doesn't always complete).

I've thought it might be my gfx card overheating so I used gfxCardStatus to force it to use one gfx card mode or the other (Integrated vs Discrete). It appears to work better on Integrated mode, but it still crashes sometimes.

So... I'm kind of at a loss. Do I need a new hard drive, a new logic board, memory, or is this just a software issue and something must be replaced.
How do I diagnose this?

Anonymous UUID: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Mon Jul 9 17:28:45 2018

*** Panic Report ***
Panic(CPU 6, time 434241476583): NMIPI for unresponsive processor: TLB flush timeout, TLB state:0x0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff804054f650, RCX: 0xffffff802d60eb40, RDX: 0x0000000000000001
RSP: 0xffffff9160443e70, RBP: 0xffffff9160443ea0, RSI: 0xffffff9160443eb7, RDI: 0xffffff8040dd8000
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x206240d9a158c19b, R10: 0x0000000000000002, R11: 0xffffff7faf0fc654
R12: 0x00000000a600c100, R13: 0xffffff8137f98000, R14: 0xffffff9160443eb7, R15: 0xffffff8040dd8000
RFL: 0x0000000000000282, RIP: 0xffffff7faf191138, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Backtrace (CPU 6), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812f1e4f70 : 0xffffff802cf87314
0xffffff812f1e4fd0 : 0xffffff802ce1f336
0xffffff9160443ea0 : 0xffffff7faf0fc688
0xffffff9160443ed0 : 0xffffff802d4997f5
0xffffff9160443f30 : 0xffffff802d497f62
0xffffff9160443f70 : 0xffffff802d49759c
0xffffff9160443fa0 : 0xffffff802ce1e4f7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331(800.21.30)[887A930C-D69D-3A93-9821-6E559409407B]@0xffffff7faf0f5000->0xffffff7faf2dffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[1057F053-73DE-33E4-B5BE-09DA28715DB4]@0xffffff7fad734000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(1200.12.2)[D1B58BA6-31A0-3907-B83B-26A8E03CA258]@0xffffff7fae9ed000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.4)[5A99D802-B477-3D83-9F76-304605479B9F]@0xffffff7fad785000
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331(800.21.30)[887A930C-D69D-3A93-9821-6E559409407B]@0xffffff7faf0f5000->0xffffff7faf2dffff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[1057F053-73DE-33E4-B5BE-09DA28715DB4]@0xffffff7fad734000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family(1200.12.2)[D1B58BA6-31A0-3907-B83B-26A8E03CA258]@0xffffff7fae9ed000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily(3.4)[5A99D802-B477-3D83-9F76-304605479B9F]@0xffffff7fad785000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
17F77

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 17.6.0: Tue May 8 15:22:16 PDT 2018; root:xnu-4570.61.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: CC1699EE-71B5-3AF1-AAA3-6DBD16222B92
Kernel slide: 0x000000002cc00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff802ce00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff802cd00000
System model name: MacBookPro8,3 (Mac-942459F5819B171B)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 434242520573
last loaded kext at 228798811834: com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70 (addr 0xffffff7faf4ae000, size 32768)
loaded kexts:
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com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 131
com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl 3.18.52
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 281.52
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com.apple.AGDCPluginDisplayMetrics 3.18.52
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.5
com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver 281.52
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.kext.AMDLegacyFramebuffer 1.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 281.52
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 6.0.6f2
com.apple.kext.AMDRadeonX3000 1.6.6
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 10.0.4
com.apple.driver.AGDCBacklightControl 3.18.52
com.apple.driver.eficheck 1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.kext.AMD6000Controller 1.6.6
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.12.6
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFIVRDriver 4.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 211
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 3.1.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl 3.18.52
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
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com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.5.5
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 3.0.4d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU 6.0.6f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 254
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons 254
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 254
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 353
com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck 546.50.1
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
com.apple.AppleSystemPolicy 1.0
com.apple.BootCache 40
com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext 407.50.6
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 404.30.2
com.apple.filesystems.apfs 748.51.0
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.21.30
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.9
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.3.1
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4360 1240.19.1a3
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 329.50.2
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 220.50.1
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 183
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 220.50.1
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
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com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 526
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 680.2
com.apple.plugin.IOgPTPPlugin 680.15
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com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 211.12
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com.apple.driver.AppleSSE 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0
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com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 281.52
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 206.5
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com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 6.0.6f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch 261
com.apple.driver.usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.2
com.apple.driver.usb.cdc 5.0.0
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com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHub 1.2
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage 546.50.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.8
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.8
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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 5.5.4
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.1.3
com.apple.driver.AppleXsanScheme 3
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI 267.50.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 4.7.2
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com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBEHCI 1.2
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.2
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleEffaceableStorage 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTDM 439.60.2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 140.50.3
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com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 404.30.2
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.KernelRelayHost 1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.2
com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBCommon 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSEPManager 1.0.1
com.apple.driver.IOSlaveProcessor 1
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 480.60.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOTimeSyncFamily 680.15
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
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com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
Panic(CPU 7, time 434241476428): NMIPI for unresponsive processor: TLB flush timeout, TLB state:0x0
RAX: 0xffffff802cd6d5e0, RBX: 0xffffff802d612f40, RCX: 0x0000600000000000, RDX: 0xffffff804af0a260
RSP: 0xffffff915fefbb10, RBP: 0xffffff915fefbb20, RSI: 0xffffff802d64f850, RDI: 0xfffffd000006d8f0
R8: 0xffff9fffffffffff, R9: 0xffffff802d6e09b8, R10: 0xffffff802d6bfd1b, R11: 0x0000000000000007
R12: 0xffffff804b900b40, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0xffffff8047e58a10, R15: 0xffffff804b900b40
RFL: 0x0000000000000046, RIP: 0xffffff802cf859fe, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Backtrace (CPU 7), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812f1f4f70 : 0xffffff802cf87314
0xffffff812f1f4fd0 : 0xffffff802ce1f336
0xffffff915fefbb20 : 0xffffff802cf8334b
0xffffff915fefbb60 : 0xffffff802ce8861a
0xffffff915fefbbe0 : 0xffffff802ce875df
0xffffff915fefbc30 : 0xffffff802ce7d0b1
0xffffff915fefbc70 : 0xffffff802ceea89c
0xffffff915fefbd70 : 0xffffff802ceee85a
0xffffff915fefbf10 : 0xffffff802cf880a2
0xffffff915fefbfa0 : 0xffffff802ce1f092

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Backup and Sync
Panic(CPU 2, time 434241476388): NMIPI for unresponsive processor: TLB flush timeout, TLB state:0x0
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff8044f97940, RCX: 0x0000000000000ab2, RDX: 0x00000000deadbeef
RSP: 0xffffff812f123ce0, RBP: 0xffffff812f123d10, RSI: 0x0000000000001520, RDI: 0xffffff80feeee000
R8: 0x0000000000000002, R9: 0x0000000000000120, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0xffffff8032f896e0
R12: 0x00000001000005eb, R13: 0xffffff802d46ff70, R14: 0x0000000000000ab2, R15: 0xffffff80fe79b000
RFL: 0x0000000000000286, RIP: 0xffffff7fb032d0df, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff812f135f70 : 0xffffff802cf87314
0xffffff812f135fd0 : 0xffffff802ce1f336
0xffffff812f123d10 : 0xffffff7fb032ce62
0xffffff812f123d30 : 0xffffff7fb0276504
0xffffff812f123d50 : 0xffffff7fb0276411
0xffffff812f123d70 : 0xffffff7fb0260237
0xffffff812f123db0 : 0xffffff7fb02516ed
0xffffff812f123df0 : 0xffffff7fb023c0b0
0xffffff812f123e30 : 0xffffff7fb023ad04
0xffffff812f123e60 : 0xffffff802d470042
0xffffff812f123ea0 : 0xffffff802d497d5e
0xffffff812f123ee0 : 0xffffff802d46f0e0
0xffffff812f123f60 : 0xffffff802d478eb7
0xffffff812f123fa0 : 0xffffff802ce1e4f7
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(378.18.1)[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-



EOF

System Profile:
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 22.1
Boot Volume File System Type: hfs
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334448302D4348392020
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x80CE, 0x4D34373142353237334448302D4348392020
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
Serial ATA Device: Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, 500.11 GB
Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
Model: MacBookPro8,3, BootROM MBP81.0050.B00, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.2 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.70f6
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6750M, AMD Radeon HD 6750M, PCIe
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xD6), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.102.30)
Bluetooth: Version 6.0.6f2, 3 services, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
 

kohlson

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Apr 23, 2010
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Looks like you have Horndis v6 installed, and the latest is v9. Can you start in safe mode and remove that kext and see if that helps?

Also, what kind of Mac are you talking about?
 

Hank_Scorpio_

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 9, 2018
5
1
Looks like you have Horndis v6 installed, and the latest is v9. Can you start in safe mode and remove that kext and see if that helps?

Also, what kind of Mac are you talking about?

It's an early 2011 Macbook Pro, 2.3GHz, 17"

Ok, I don't know what a kext is, but I can find out. Will report back once that's done. Thanks for the tip!
Thankfully my laptop is working... for now, so I can do that.

@kohlson
From what I'm reading, Horndis is used for USB tethering. I have 3 questions:
1) Is there any reason to install Horndis 9 if I don't care about USB tethering?
2) Have you encountered this issue before, where an outdated version of Horndis can cause OSX to crash?
3) Could that cause a crash even if I have no USB devices plugged in?

Anyway, I've deleted the Horndis kext, but now that I know what it's for I'm feeling doubtful that it could be causing the crashes.
[doublepost=1531201355][/doublepost]Oh! I think I found what the problem is.

After I wrote my last message I turned gfxCardStatus off to let this Horndis thing play out. It crashed almost instantly when switching to Discreet graphics mode.
Apparently, High Sierra (and to a lesser extent, Sierra) does not play well with the Radeon gfx card inside the 2011 MacBook Pros.
The workaround is to disable it entirely (fine by me, I don't really need intensive graphics processing these days):
https://gist.github.com/cdleon/ae1542279598fe80f527400cc354a956
 
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treekram

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Nov 9, 2015
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Your model MBP is one affected by "Radeongate" but your kernel panic report isn't like what others with this GPU problem typically looks like. That may be because it looks like there's something missing and/or a combination of two kernel panics? - I'm not sure. There's a couple of processes mentioned in your log - one is the (Google?) "Backup and Sync" which would depend on the Horndis kernel extension if your were tethering and that made me think, like the other poster, that it was the Horndis kernel extension or the Backup and Sync.

The part of the kernel panic that seems missing is right after

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(378.18.1)[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-

This is obviously truncated because the "[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-" would be closed by a right bracket.

If you open the Console app (in the /Applications/Utilities folder), select "System Reports and in the second column, look for a line(s) that starts with "Kernel_" and ends with ".panic". If you find the corresponding report that is what you posted above and it has more text than what you have, or if there is another kernel panic report, post it and we can see if it resembles with the typical GPU kernel panic report looks like.
 
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Hank_Scorpio_

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 9, 2018
5
1
Your model MBP is one affected by "Radeongate" but your kernel panic report isn't like what others with this GPU problem typically looks like. That may be because it looks like there's something missing and/or a combination of two kernel panics? - I'm not sure. There's a couple of processes mentioned in your log - one is the (Google?) "Backup and Sync" which would depend on the Horndis kernel extension if your were tethering and that made me think, like the other poster, that it was the Horndis kernel extension or the Backup and Sync.

The part of the kernel panic that seems missing is right after

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(378.18.1)[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-

This is obviously truncated because the "[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-" would be closed by a right bracket.

If you open the Console app (in the /Applications/Utilities folder), select "System Reports and in the second column, look for a line(s) that starts with "Kernel_" and ends with ".panic". If you find the corresponding report that is what you posted above and it has more text than what you have, or if there is another kernel panic report, post it and we can see if it resembles with the typical GPU kernel panic report looks like.

I'm not sure what else I can do about Horndis. I removed it, as per kohlson's suggestion, and I'm just going to leave it like that since I don't care much about tethering at the moment.

As for the log, it's strange that it's truncated like that. I'm not sure why that is, but that's the full log I have. I copied and pasted all that text at the same time, including the parts below the truncated piece.
For now I think it makes sense to work with the assumption that this indeed a "Radeongate" issue. Thank you for that, it gives me a keyword to do some more research.


Great research in there! Looks like someone came up with a solution to fix the brightness buttons and the sleep/closed lid functionality.
Phew, I'm only slightly surprised that Apple hasn't fixed this issue yet. They've demonstrated time and time again that they don't care much about older models or the users of those models.
 

Hank_Scorpio_

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Original poster
Jul 9, 2018
5
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The part of the kernel panic that seems missing is right after

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(378.18.1)[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-

This is obviously truncated because the "[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-" would be closed by a right bracket.

If you open the Console app (in the /Applications/Utilities folder), select "System Reports and in the second column, look for a line(s) that starts with "Kernel_" and ends with ".panic". If you find the corresponding report that is what you posted above and it has more text than what you have, or if there is another kernel panic report, post it and we can see if it resembles with the typical GPU kernel panic report looks like.

I double-checked in Console, and the report is the same as I posted above, including the truncated part.
Maybe it crashed before completing the report?
 

treekram

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A 17" 2011 MacBook Pro...?

... RadeonGate.

Yeah - I think we've realized it's a prime suspect.

I double-checked in Console, and the report is the same as I posted above, including the truncated part.
Maybe it crashed before completing the report?

The kernel panic log may be saved to NVRAM and may be truncated if it's too large. That's not something that I've see on kernel panic logs posted here but it could happen. But something may have happened where it didn't properly write what was in the NVRAM to the disk and that's why it kind of looks like 2 kernel panics. In your case it's unfortunate it truncated because that one last line was looking more like the Retina 2012 MBP GPU kernel panic (Nvidia) than the typical "Radeongate" kernel panic. This is a minor issue compared to the (probable) GPU issues you're having. In this case, resetting the NVRAM may help with the kernel panic log issue if you haven't done so already. You might also want to try a SMC reset. It's not likely to solve anything but it won't hurt (you lose the saved NVRAM settings - read the link).

https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204063
https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht201295
 
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Hank_Scorpio_

macrumors newbie
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Jul 9, 2018
5
1
I performed the nvram hacks above, and it worked as expected! No more crashing :)
My macbook was still getting pretty hot though, so I went the extra step and did this hardware modification:
https://realmacmods.com/macbook-2011-radeon-gpu-disable/

Holy crap those resistors are tiny. I'm so lucky to have excellent eyesight. I know many of my friends would not be able to do this.

Risky! But it worked! Now, as far as OSX is concerned, there is no dGPU in this thing and it's running much cooler.
Success!

Thanks for the diagnostics help everyone. You rock!
:D
 
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