MP 6,1 Frequent NVMe kernel panics

[zioaxiom]

Hi guys,

I'm having kernel panics basically after few minutes I turn on my Mac. It reboots and, then, works as usual.
I've replaced both the SSD and the RAM over one year ago, without any issues until a couple of weeks ago.

Unfortunately, I'm unable to understand what is causing these crashes. The crash report is very similar to others I've seen on similar threads:

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f8c61b231): nvme: "Fatal error occurred. CSTS=0xffffffff US[1]=0x0 US[0]=0x15 VID=0x144d DID=0xa808
. FW Revision=1B2QEXP7\n"@/AppleInternal/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/IONVMeFamily/IONVMeFamily-470.100.17/IONVMeController.cpp:5320
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffffa77eea39e0 : 0xffffff800891868d
0xffffffa77eea3a30 : 0xffffff8008a52ab5
0xffffffa77eea3a70 : 0xffffff8008a4463e
0xffffffa77eea3ac0 : 0xffffff80088bea40
0xffffffa77eea3ae0 : 0xffffff8008917d57
0xffffffa77eea3be0 : 0xffffff8008918147
0xffffffa77eea3c30 : 0xffffff80090bf2bc
0xffffffa77eea3ca0 : 0xffffff7f8c61b231
0xffffffa77eea3cc0 : 0xffffff7f8c606362
0xffffffa77eea3e20 : 0xffffff800902fb29
0xffffffa77eea3e90 : 0xffffff800902fa49
0xffffffa77eea3ec0 : 0xffffff800895a645
0xffffffa77eea3f40 : 0xffffff800895a171
0xffffffa77eea3fa0 : 0xffffff80088be13e
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.iokit.IONVMeFamily(2.1)[2D554F70-092B-3B6B-B2AD-5C09EDB5B4F8]@0xffffff7f8c5f8000->0xffffff7f8c63afff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity(1.0.5)[4159DFFE-7746-3327-9752-C161DC295828]@0xffffff7f89f44000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[2F37AE58-E6B9-3B18-9092-3B80D34C334B]@0xffffff7f892ee000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM(2.1)[10E46031-889C-3FB7-8B4B-0DECAB5AE325]@0xffffff7f8a071000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(2.1)[CB3CB8CA-881A-37F3-A96B-8063CAF0476D]@0xffffff7f89ab7000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[72B53B80-5713-30C1-BAD8-9D55FD718DA2]@0xffffff7f89533000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

I'm using a Samsung 970 PRO with a SupaGeek adapter (https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07Q45BJCN/) and OWC 64GB DDR3 memories. I'm running Catalina 10.15.7

DriveDX looks fine, except for a warning on a temp sensor that looks strange to me (see attachment).

Since this is a production machine, I would like to know if there's a way to isolate what's causing the issue avoiding to wipe the machine.

Thanks,
Luca

 

[zioaxiom]

anybody?

 

[ugk4life]

anybody?

Well that makes two of us now. Getting identical crash reports every time (IONVMeFamily). Running Catalina 10.15.7 as well. Very difficult to pinpoint the root of the issue since it can happen within the first 10 seconds of booting up or 7 hours later... no rhyme or reason. I have noticed the crashes becoming more frequent, however.

When you mentioned "production" machine, what exactly do you mean by that? Because I use this laptop primarily for music production running Logic Pro X and Ableton here and there with a hefty collection of plugins (reason why I'm still on Catalina, although prob fine to update by now).

Please let me know if you've had any luck with this. Not too much floating around on the web about this specific kernel panic. Hate to say it but it's sounding more and more like a failed drive, but that's a complete guess. I'd be interested to hear how you operate you MacBook as well. See specs and abbrev. crash report below.

 

[rpmurray]

Well that makes two of us now. Getting identical crash report every time (IONVMeFamily).

Are you getting the same temp sensor error? I'm wondering if this may be the OS thinking the NVMe is overheating or can't make sense of the reading so just panics.

 

[zioaxiom]

When you mentioned "production" machine, what exactly do you mean by that? Because I run this laptop primarily for music production on Logic Pro X and Ableton here and there with a hefty collection of plugins (reason why I'm still on Catalina, although prob fine to update by now).

I'm a plugin developer And that machine is my main development Mac. Anyways, it looks that the issue has now disappeared. I noticed that my firmare was still 137.0.0.0.0, so I tried replacing my Samsung SSD with the original Apple's, update to Catalina up to the latest security update. The firmware got updated to 429.60.3.0.0 and these crashes disappeared. Just today, I had a single kernel panic with a new error (userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from com.apple.WindowServer).

 

[Diablo360]

Could the adapter have gone bad?

 

[ugk4life]

Could the adapter have gone bad?

I don't have an adapter. Haven't opened up this MacBook yet. Although this situation I'm in has me considering replacing the SSD to M.2 NVMe. I honestly didn't even know about this until surfing through forums trying to find a solution. Does anybody have any suggestions on the SSD or adapter I should get???