Some of the triggering events shared by the web community, include: a defective Graphic Processor Unit (GPU) in this case the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M or.The triggering event – whether its really caused by: Notwithstanding the cessation of the repair extension program, the really nagging issue at hand is the complexity in attempting to diagnose the source of the sudden restarts. Apple’s repair extension program covering this has officially ended:
To avoid this choosing to not relaunch applications by selecting “cancel” instead of “Ok” will restart your Mac in a more stable state.Īs mentioned. If there is an application that originally triggered the restart, it will trigger another restart if the choice is made to relaunch all the applications upon restart. Whether you “wait a few seconds” or press a key, the machine eventually restarts and prompts the user to relaunch all the applications that were running prior to the sudden restart. Seconds later the machine powers up from a restart and displays the latest incarnation of Apple’s kernel panic message: What usually occurs is users suffer a sudden restart. It seems Apple’s repair extension program covering this known defect has ended. We hate to be the harbinger of bad tidings but there have been sporadic reports littered all over the internet from owners of 15″ Macbook Pro Mid 2010 (6,2) experiencing intermittent restarts that result in what appears to be a kernel panic.