Mac Black Grey Blue Screen Crash troubleshooting

Collection Procedure (kernel panic)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106228
looking for panic.log/Library/Logs

Kernel Panic FAQ
http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html

CrashLogger (application failure)
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2004/tn2123.html
user's home directory~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/.crash.log)/var/log/system.log

Hardware Test (PowerPC)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86287

Hardware Test (Intel)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303081

Example to identify kernel panic:
http://www.index-site.com/kernelpanic.html

Mac Toolkit - Troubleshooting

adium - Chat client for Mac
zterm - console and ssh/telnet program for Mac

Mac Troubleshooting Basics

1. Repair Disk permissions

2. Run all remaining mac provided SW/OS updates (none critical)

3. Onyx optimization
3.0 download and install --> http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582
3.1 "update" system optimization
3.2 execute daily, weekly & monthly maint. scripts
3.3 update LaunchServices database (requires hard boot)
3.4 clean user & system caches, logs & indexes
3.5 clear user preference files (will cause icons to auto align on desktop)

4. Diskwarrior disk optimization (requires boot from CD-Rom)

Stop7B Windows STOP Errors

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