M4 MacMini kernel panics every few days

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M4 MacMini kernel panics every few days

Every 4-5 days I wake up to find my M4 Mac Mini (main development machine) has restarted. From the long report, I've extracted what I think is the key part --- anyone know why this crash is happening. It never used to happen, only since the last month or two

Thanks in advance

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Panicked thread: 0xfffffe2d36efa7b8, backtrace: 0xfffffe8823cdf6b0, tid: 363

lr: 0xfffffe0038b982e0 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdf740

lr: 0xfffffe0038cf861c fp: 0xfffffe8823cdf7b0

lr: 0xfffffe0038cf6a24 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdf870

lr: 0xfffffe0038b4dd18 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdf880

lr: 0xfffffe0038b97be4 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdfc70

lr: 0xfffffe003940ae94 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdfc90

lr: 0xfffffe003a48d068 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdfd50

lr: 0xfffffe0039c57a60 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdfe30

lr: 0xfffffe0039308960 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdfe80

lr: 0xfffffe0039304a1c fp: 0xfffffe8823cdfed0

lr: 0xfffffe00393055f8 fp: 0xfffffe8823cdff20

lr: 0xfffffe0038b4e7a8 fp: 0x0000000000000000

Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

com.apple.driver.AppleEmbeddedPCIE(1.0)[DC376290-C451-3480-81AA-AABD7BC88560]@0xfffffe0039c4e720->0xfffffe0039c62b67

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleARMPlatform(1.0.2)[8EA440EC-11DD-3D8A-9D13-21E22E62434B]@0xfffffe0039552d20->0xfffffe00395a76a3

dependency: com.apple.driver.IODARTFamily(1)[191DEF9C-CC61-3285-B56B-5DF364C43FD6]@0xfffffe003affe3f0->0xfffffe003b011ef3

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[6634906B-5C27-38EB-95F6-E03B6409AA17]@0xfffffe003b3a2350->0xfffffe003b3d21bf

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[28565B1F-7B9D-3BF5-BF9D-374568AE4C86]@0xfffffe003b3d64f0->0xfffffe003b3d92f3

com.apple.driver.AppleT6040PCIe(1.0)[1F76901D-DB8B-3BAD-8A28-75FF11C0F220]@0xfffffe003a487dd0->0xfffffe003a48f633

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleARMPlatform(1.0.2)[8EA440EC-11DD-3D8A-9D13-21E22E62434B]@0xfffffe0039552d20->0xfffffe00395a76a3

dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleEmbeddedPCIE(1)[DC376290-C451-3480-81AA-AABD7BC88560]@0xfffffe0039c4e720->0xfffffe0039c62b67

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[6634906B-5C27-38EB-95F6-E03B6409AA17]@0xfffffe003b3a2350->0xfffffe003b3d21bf

dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[28565B1F-7B9D-3BF5-BF9D-374568AE4C86]@0xfffffe003b3d64f0->0xfffffe003b3d92f3

Posted on Apr 27, 2025 04:26 AM

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Answer 1

den.thed

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Apr 27, 2025 08:51 AM in response to dhjdhj

dhjdhj wrote:

Surely the crash report must indicate EXACTLY what is crashing.

Sadly the hieroglyph's in the crash reports are not helpful.

EtreCheckPro is an excellent tool for finding and sorting out problems.

Download and run the free version of EtreCheckPro, from > https://etrecheck.com/en/index.html

Then post back here with your Report, as per > How to use the Add Text Feature When Post… - Apple Community

My system doesn't have a "sleep" mode. There's a "Prevent automatic sleeping when the display is off" but I have that disabled. It does go into screen saver mode if I"m away for a while but that's it.

That is a good plan so far except for having it go to the Screen Saver.

The Screen Saver is a resource hog that is stealing RAM and CPU time from your in process projects.

I would disable the Screen Saver and allow Display off via the timer or setup a Hot Corner to use before getting up to leaving.

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Answer 2

dhjdhj Author

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Apr 27, 2025 06:45 AM in response to Matti Haveri

Unfortunately, as a developer and along with the fact that it is typically 5 days (or sometimes longer) between crashes, disabling everything and waiting weeks to see if the problem goes away is not practical.

Surely the crash report must indicate EXACTLY what is crashing.

My system doesn't have a "sleep" mode. There's a "Prevent automatic sleeping when the display is off" but I have that disabled. It does go into screen saver mode if I"m away for a while but that's it.

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Answer 3

rkaufmann87

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Apr 27, 2025 10:55 AM in response to dhjdhj

+1 to please post an EtreCheck report of the system. KPs are very difficult to troubleshoot as they ca be caused by either software or hardware and in rare circumstances a combination of the two. The KP report you posted provides really no helpful diagnostic info which is why we are asking you to post an EtreCheck report.

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Answer 4

Apr 27, 2025 06:12 AM in response to dhjdhj

Either disable sleep, and also disconnect all peripherals except keyboard and mouse. Or do a clean install and then one-by-one start adding back apps and hope some of them is not the culprit.

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M4 MacMini kernel panics every few days

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