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I have a mid-2007 iMac. It's been getting kernel panics and locking up. I noticed it does this immediately when needing to use accelerated graphics motions, such as running Launchpad, using a translucent dock, etc.

When I run in Safe Mode, the system seems to run alright, as accelerated graphics is off (as I understand it anyway).

I have a picture of a kernel panic (couldn't copy-paste, had frozen by then) if this helps.

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I'm planning to open the machine (I have replaced the HD twice) and apply some new thermal glue to the GPU as I think it is overheating. Does anyone have advice on either the process of applying thermal glue here, or on what's going on?

I have tried:

  • Resetting power management
  • Resetting NVRAM / PRAM
  • Running Safe Mode and rebooting to normal
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Try this ( http://blog.krzysztof-turek.com/apple-imac-8-1-freeze-problem-solution-en/ ) I had the same issues ; display frozen but pointer moving but no kernel panic on a mid 2007 imac 2.0 ghz and running osx 10.8 Mountain Lion. the kext swap worked for me . Good Luck

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  • Welcome to Ask Different! We generally try and avoid link-only answers, since they become invalid if the link ever dies. If you could edit your post to describe the solution listed in the article, that'd be great. Thanks!
    – user24601
    Commented Jul 5, 2015 at 23:20
  • Thank you. This problem simply went away, so I don't have a need to try this answer any more. I still occasionally get the odd graphic glitch such as a pixel in a wrong color, so I do believe the graphics card is the source.
    – wxs
    Commented Jul 8, 2015 at 15:50

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