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Late 2013 Macbook Pro + High Sierra = Frequent Reboots + Kernel Panics

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netmanbo

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Apr 15, 2013
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Hi,

After I installed High Sierra (fresh install) on my Macbook Pro (Late 2013, Retina, 15-inch, i7 2,6 GHz, dGPU Nvidia GeForce GT 750M 2 GB and iGPU Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB) I started to experience frequent and random reboots and kernel panic. When I say 'frequent' it means that I get them even 10 times a day.
I've read on some other website (while googling for my issue) that the problem can be the firmware that has been installed together with High Sierra that is not totally compatible with the dGPU. I tried also to install the latest Nvidia webdrivers but so far nothing changed.

I'd like to know if I'm the only one in this forum that experienced this issue and in case how the other people here have solved (if they managed) it.

I thought about installing gfxcardstatus (in order to test if with the integrated GPU I could solve my issue) but I've read that it's not compatible with High Sierra.

Thanks in advance to all those people who will contribute to this thread with their experiences and/or solutions.
 
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conedogers

macrumors newbie
Dec 17, 2017
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you're not the only one. I have the same problem. Seems to happen the most with graphic intensive apps. (games, adobe products, etc...)

Interestingly, the crashing stops when I plug in a thunderbolt capable monitor. If I use an HDMI connected monitor, the crashing continues.
 
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netmanbo

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Apr 15, 2013
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MrAverigeUser said:
take a look at the following thread, especially the postings of the (at this moment) last postings...

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...10-12-4-mbp-randomly-shuts-off.2039446/page-4
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Thank you for all your answers guys. I've tried to move out of the /System/Library/Extensions folder the file AppleThunderboltNHI.kext as suggested in the last post of the thread advised by MrAverigeUser, but unfortunately the reboots/crashes keep happening.

Is there any other permanent fix that won't load the CPU 100% (as other users advised to do in this thread with a Python script: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...10-12-4-mbp-randomly-shuts-off.2039446/page-4 ) ?

Thanks!
 
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netmanbo

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Apr 15, 2013
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MrAverigeUser said:
Maybe you should go back to Sierra until High Sierra has become a stable OS?
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I am really thinking about it. Actually I'm also thinking about going back to El Capitan without upgrading anymore as it was a much faster and smoother release, even also compared to Sierra.
 
MrFacu

MrFacu

macrumors newbie
Feb 8, 2018
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I’m having the same exact issue running MBP Lare 2013 on high sierra. I tried installing the nvidia webdrives and gfxcardstatus with no success. Was anyone able to find a fix? Did anyone try downgrading to sierra or El Capitan?
 
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ILikeFish

macrumors newbie
Jul 26, 2010
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MrFacu said:
I’m having the same exact issue running MBP Lare 2013 on high sierra. I tried installing the nvidia webdrives and gfxcardstatus with no success. Was anyone able to find a fix? Did anyone try downgrading to sierra or El Capitan?
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On 10.13.2, deleting AppleThunderboltNHI.kext worked for me.

Since the 10.13.3 "upgrade" though... the problem returns with a vengance. Reboots randomly every 2-30 minutes!

Late 2013 retina MBP here too.
 
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