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NJRonbo

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This seems to be a common problem with 16" MBPs. For me, it happens several times a day. My MBP just freezes and reboots.

I have done a lot of research on this issue. Some say it's a known Logic Board issue that Apple is aware of with these models.

However, for me, none of this started until I upgraded to Big Sur. I am on the latest version (11.1)

Others have posted fixes for this problem which include unchecking POWER NAP and AUTO GRAPHICS SWITCHING in Settings -> Battery.

That has not fixed the issue.


I don't have Apple Care on this laptop which is now over a year old. I don't know if I can even get Apple involved with this. However, if it is a known hardware issue they should take care of me, right?

Anyone else still having Kernel Panic issues with their 16" MBP?
 
I have not had any kernel panics with my 16" MacBook Pro but I did have a number of performance issues so I went back to Catalina for now. It is much more stable on my MacBook Pro than Big Sur is.
 
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