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Shouldn't KP's be in the panic log?
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Bill Kinkle
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Sep 4, 2006, 01:07 PM
 
I am another guy plagued with kernel panics all the time. I am on my 4th round of RAM from OWC and I also seem to have hardware issues with my front FW port on my Quad 2.5. I have been trying to save the reports and post them here for some of you brighter mac folks to interpret, however when I go to the panic log folder the last entry is from March. Not sure what to make of this or why they aren't recorded.
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Sep 4, 2006, 02:03 PM
 
Have you run the Apple Hardware Test?

Pull up Disk Utility and check the SMART status for your boot drive. What I'm thinking is this: sounds like you have swapped the RAM a lot without fixing the problem. So maybe it isn't the RAM this time.

If it were the hard drive going down, that can cause a KP and maybe prevent the panic log from being written out. The log is supposed to be saved in PRAM and written out on the next boot though.
     
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Sep 5, 2006, 09:48 AM
 
Why do people still seem to think OWC is a good source for RAM? Especially in the best Mac of all time, the Quad G5, it makes no sense to buy anything other than name brand RAM.

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Sep 5, 2006, 02:59 PM
 
The log is indeed saved in PRAM and then written back to the HD. Kernel panic logs are supposed to end up in /Library/Logs/panic.log according to What's a "kernel panic"? (Mac OS X) . Can't verify it for myself, because this machine has never panicked.
     
   
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