Mac Mini weird restart from sleep/screen sleep

Gary86 · Jan 14, 2013, 10:05 AM

Hello everyone,

I have a 2012 Mac Mini that I've only had for 3 weeks. I've installed Crucial 16GB RAM and everything has been perfect. Starting about 1 day ago I noticed it doing this weird restart from waking from sleep. Usually at night I either put the computer to sleep via the Apple menu or I just put the displays to sleep by dragging my mouse into the bottom right corner (hot corners). When I wake up, I come downstairs and press the mouse/keyboard to wake it up and it wakes right up.

As of last night when I do the same thing it shows the white screen with the Apple logo like it does when you restart or shutdown. It takes a 2-3 mins to start up and acts like it would after restarting (status bar populates, apps open,). Chrome open with a message saying it was shutdown properly and asks if I want to restore my tabs.

I took a look at the logs but to be honest I have not a clue what I'm looking at. Only thing that stood out was a line reading "Goodnight Gracie....."

I appreciate any help.

blueroom · Jan 14, 2013, 10:10 AM

Reset the PRAM and do a disk check.

Put the factory RAM back in and see if the problem goes away.

Gary86 · Jan 14, 2013, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blueroom

Reset the PRAM and do a disk check.

Put the factory RAM back in and see if the problem goes away.

I will try that when I get home. Thank you.

padapada · Jan 14, 2013, 12:06 PM

Got the same screen with progress bar. In my case it was a bad Apple SSD.

Patrick

Gary86 · Jan 14, 2013, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by padapada

Got the same screen with progress bar. In my case it was a bad Apple SSD.

Patrick

Thanks. I have a regular HD. I'm hoping it isn't something serious.

Gary86 · Jan 15, 2013, 02:40 PM

It was the Crucial RAM. Installed the factory 4GB and everything is fine. Crucial is sending me a new 16GB setup.

Jan 14, 2013, 10:05 AM	#1
Gary86 macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2012	Mac Mini weird restart from sleep/screen sleep Hello everyone, I have a 2012 Mac Mini that I've only had for 3 weeks. I've installed Crucial 16GB RAM and everything has been perfect. Starting about 1 day ago I noticed it doing this weird restart from waking from sleep. Usually at night I either put the computer to sleep via the Apple menu or I just put the displays to sleep by dragging my mouse into the bottom right corner (hot corners). When I wake up, I come downstairs and press the mouse/keyboard to wake it up and it wakes right up. As of last night when I do the same thing it shows the white screen with the Apple logo like it does when you restart or shutdown. It takes a 2-3 mins to start up and acts like it would after restarting (status bar populates, apps open,). Chrome open with a message saying it was shutdown properly and asks if I want to restore my tabs. I took a look at the logs but to be honest I have not a clue what I'm looking at. Only thing that stood out was a line reading "Goodnight Gracie....." I appreciate any help. Attached Thumbnails
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blueroom macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada	Reset the PRAM and do a disk check. Put the factory RAM back in and see if the problem goes away. __________________ My iOS devices are not jailbroken. Bill My Blog
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Jan 14, 2013, 12:06 PM	#4
padapada macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2010	Got the same screen with progress bar. In my case it was a bad Apple SSD. Patrick
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Jan 15, 2013, 02:40 PM	#6
Gary86 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2012	It was the Crucial RAM. Installed the factory 4GB and everything is fine. Crucial is sending me a new 16GB setup.
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