A friend told me to come here because I am unable to get Parallels to run on my Macbook Pro. Here are the specs of my machine: 2.33 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 2GB ram, running 10.4.9. Has a 160 gb hard drive, of which about 70 gb are in use. Here's what happened: I installed parallels, and was able to create a new VM. Then, when I try to load my OS, the computer immediately freezes and I immediately get the dark grey screen that I guess is Apple's version of the Windows Bluescreen. It has a picture of the power button and tells me I must do a forced restart. This happens whenever I try to install the OS on the new VM. I'm trying to install Windows XP SP2, but I don't think that matters in this case, as it doesn't even let me get that far. So far I have tried... --repairing permissions using Disk Utility; --uninstalling and reinstalling parallels; --creating new/different VMs with different ram and space settings. My friend also told me where I could find the panic.log, and that I should post it here. So here it is. This shows the last two times I tried it -- with the seemingly same result. As I said, uninstalling and reinstalling the software isn't helping. Is there something I need to change in my settings? Any suggestions? I really want this software to work for me. Is my machine not the right specs for it? I assumed it would be since I just got it in December, and all of my other programs (creative suite, etc) seem to run wonderfully on it. Tue Mar 6 16:32:31 2007 panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A3135): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 6=invalid opcode), registers: CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x004d5040, CR3: 0x00eff000, CR4: 0x000026e0 EAX: 0x251bb588, EBX: 0x00000000, ECX: 0x0428e104, EDX: 0x00000000 CR2: 0x004d5040, EBP: 0x251bb5a8, ESI: 0x0428e104, EDI: 0x00000000 EFL: 0x00010006, EIP: 0x3b6c44cb, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x1ccc0010 Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack) 0x251bb368 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9afc 0x251bb38c 0x131de5 0x0) 0x251bb3a8 : 0x1a3135 (0x3cf7b0 0x0 0x6 0x3cef58) 0x251bb4b8 : 0x19a904 (0x251bb4d0 0x1ccc9000 0x251bb4e8 0x3bc8b4) 0x251bb5a8 : 0x3b6c18d4 (0x0 0x3cb8580 0x251bb5e8 0x3b6c2585) 0x251bb668 : 0x3b6c432b (0x3b6c4429 0x0 0x0 0x0) 0x251bb6b8 : 0x3b6c2742 (0x3b6c352f 0x0 0x251bb6f8 0x3b6c13a0) 0x251bb6d8 : 0x3b6c2830 (0x3923f70 0x251bb714 0x251bb708 0x40dfbb8) 0x251bb6f8 : 0x3b6c1413 (0x0 0x2 0x251bba80 0x251bbaa8) 0x251bb718 : 0x1ef245 (0xb000000 0x1 0x2000 0x40dfbb8) 0x251bb788 : 0x1e309a (0x251bb7b8 0x4426e70 0x251bb7e8 0x1cea1f) 0x251bb7e8 : 0x1dd660 (0x4426e70 0x1 0x251bbaa8 0x251bbaa8) 0x251bb838 : 0x1de5e3 (0x251bb954 0x251bb944 0x251bb854 0x1f6805) 0x251bb938 : 0x1ce895 (0x251bb954 0x1 0x0 0x2f8697) 0x251bbac8 : 0x3b78b717 (0x3b78e458 0x1 0x0 0x0) 0x251bbb08 : 0x3b78c6e8 (0x3b78e458 0x251bbb44 0x251bbb38 0x40dfbb8) 0x251bbb28 : 0x3b78b413 (0x3909e04 0xd000000 0x3909e04 0x251bbf48) Backtrace continues... Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies): com.parallels.kext.vmmain(2.2)@0x3b78a000 com.parallels.kext.hypervisor(2.2)@0x3b6c0000 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.2: Thu Sep 28 20:43:26 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.14.14.obj~1/RELEASE_I386 ********* Tue Mar 6 16:38:45 2007 panic(cpu 1 caller 0x001A3135): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 1, Type 6=invalid opcode), registers: CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x368fc000, CR3: 0x01858000, CR4: 0x000026e0 EAX: 0x25b03588, EBX: 0x00001000, ECX: 0x049ad104, EDX: 0x00000000 CR2: 0x368fc000, EBP: 0x25b035a8, ESI: 0x049ad104, EDI: 0x00000001 EFL: 0x00010006, EIP: 0x3df244cb, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x24670010 Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack) 0x25b03368 : 0x128d08 (0x3c9afc 0x25b0338c 0x131de5 0x0) 0x25b033a8 : 0x1a3135 (0x3cf7b0 0x1 0x6 0x3cef58) 0x25b034b8 : 0x19a904 (0x25b034d0 0x2467e000 0x25b034e8 0x3bc8b4) 0x25b035a8 : 0x3df218d4 (0x0 0x494eac0 0x25b035e8 0x3df22585) 0x25b03668 : 0x3df2432b (0x3df24429 0x0 0x0 0x0) 0x25b036b8 : 0x3df22742 (0x3df2352f 0x0 0x25b036f8 0x3df213a0) 0x25b036d8 : 0x3df22830 (0x4ac91e0 0x25b03714 0x25b03708 0x4b861f4) 0x25b036f8 : 0x3df21413 (0x0 0x2 0x25b03a80 0x25b03aa8) 0x25b03718 : 0x1ef245 (0xb000000 0x1 0x2000 0x4b861f4) 0x25b03788 : 0x1e309a (0x25b037b8 0x4fc0000 0x25b037e8 0x1cea1f) 0x25b037e8 : 0x1dd660 (0x4fc0000 0x1 0x25b03aa8 0x25b03aa8) 0x25b03838 : 0x1de5e3 (0x25b03954 0x25b03944 0x25b03854 0x1f6805) 0x25b03938 : 0x1ce895 (0x25b03954 0x1 0x0 0x2f8697) 0x25b03ac8 : 0x3dfeb717 (0x3dfee458 0x1 0x0 0x0) 0x25b03b08 : 0x3dfec6e8 (0x3dfee458 0x25b03b44 0x25b03b38 0x4b861f4) 0x25b03b28 : 0x3dfeb413 (0x4e1fb84 0xd000000 0x4e1fb84 0x25b03f48) Backtrace continues... Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies): com.parallels.kext.vmmain(2.2)@0x3dfea000 com.parallels.kext.hypervisor(2.2)@0x3df20000 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 8.8.2: Thu Sep 28 20:43:26 PDT 2006; root:xnu-792.14.14.obj~1/RELEASE_I386
Latest build is 3188 The latest build is 3188 (3/7/07). You can download it from here. [If you want to navigate there: Parallels main web page > Products (Menu) > Parallels Desktop for Mac > Download Trial (link on right side of page).]
It should. (Unless you're upgrading from a non-US localized version of Parallels. E.g., a US key won't activate the UK or German version, and vice versa.)
If you do have a non-US localized version, contact Parallels, they typically will accomodate you it seems.
Build 1848 came out before the Core 2 Duo chip, and therefore does not support the Core 2 duo chip. You just need to download the current version as mentioned above.
