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Would this mean a little problem or a bigger one? An insurance job or a tweak?
There's probably no way to tell, until you have a tech inspect it. And even then, they could easily miss an intermittent problem. Sounds to me like a broken trace, rubbing parts/wires/broken connectors. Definitely a hardware problem. Software is not damaged by physical damage. Hardware is rarely damaged by virtual damage.
Take it to a reputable tech who can run it as long as it takes to malfunction (hours, days, startup, shutdown, restart, etc.). If you wait long enough, it will probably die and take most of your data with it.
I don't have apple care, but I have all risks on my home insurance, and sad to say that they replaced the laptop twice already a few years ago.
I did back up my data, and i will have to send it in for inspection - I hope this time though they can fix it.
Thanks for all your comments
I am getting more kernel panics Interval Since Last Panic Report: 0 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: C4CA4610-32C4-4E37-9791-27473E9B1E28
Thu Nov 5 23:21:23 2009
panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001AB0FE): Kernel trap at 0x0025f10b, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0xdf440587, CR3: 0x00fff000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x05ce3198, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x029a9db0
CR2: 0xdf440587, EBP: 0xdf440587, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x1cbdef00
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x0025f10b, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x20bbf898 : 0x12b4c6 (0x45f91c 0x20bbf8cc 0x13355c 0x0)
0x20bbf8e8 : 0x1ab0fe (0x469a98 0x25f10b 0xe 0x469248)
0x20bbf9c8 : 0x1a1713 (0x20bbf9e0 0x0 0xdf440587 0x25f10b)
0x20bbf9d8 : 0x25f10b (0xe 0x48 0x10 0x10)
Unaligned frame
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0xdf440587
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
9L30
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.8.0: Wed Jul 15 16:55:01 PDT 2009; root:xnu-1228.15.4~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro2,2 (Mac-F42187C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 797852488123
unloaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport 2.4.0 - last unloaded 88824049538
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothBNEPDriver 2.1.8f2 - last loaded 23768850346
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.InternalModemSupport 2.4.0
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com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 2.7.5
com.apple.kext.ATY_Wormy 5.4.8
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com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 6.0.3
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 1.7.7
com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 2.8.15
com.apple.ATIRadeonX1000 5.4.8
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Atheros 320.16.2
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 1.7.1a2
com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor 2.1.1d2
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com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 113
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 3.4.0a17
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.3.1
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com.apple.driver.CSRUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.1.8f2
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 3.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTrackpad 1.7.4f1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver 1.7.4f1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard 1.7.4f1
com.apple.driver.CSRHIDTransitionDriver 2.1.8f2
com.apple.driver.USBCameraFirmwareLoader 1.0.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient 2.1.1
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 2.7.91
com.apple.iokit.IOATAPIProtocolTransport 1.5.3
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com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 3.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 1.2.2
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 3.9.7
com.apple.iokit.AppleYukon2 3.1.13b2
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 1.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA 2.0.1
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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI 3.3.5
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver 1.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 1.2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 158.10.5
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 1.2.3
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPCI 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 1.4
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 1.2.5
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.4
com.apple.security.seatbelt 107.12
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 1.6.77
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 76.2.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 199
com.apple.BootCache 30.4
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 9.4
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 1.7.1a2
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 216.1
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 1.7.1a2
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 1.6.9fc5
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 3.4.0a17
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 2.3.1d1
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 1.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBBluetoothHCIController 2.1.8f2
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 2.1.8f2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 3.4.6
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 3.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily 1.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 2.1.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 3.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 1.5.0
com.apple.iokit.IOATAFamily 2.0.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 3.4.9
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 1.6.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
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com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 1.5.5
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 1.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.6