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M1 Mac mini keep crashing and then restart.

I had the Pink Panic issues when setting up an M1 iMac, but now my system is stable. I'm fairly certain the issues had to do with some voodoo involving USB-C ports, external HDD's and adapters. I also have a friend who bricked her M1 MBP by using a wrong USC-C cable trying to run Migration Assistant. Am I correct in assuming such panics occur in the context of USB-C connectivity issues?
 
Sumo999 said:
I had the Pink Panic issues when setting up an M1 iMac, but now my system is stable. I'm fairly certain the issues had to do with some voodoo involving USB-C ports, external HDD's and adapters. I also have a friend who bricked her M1 MBP by using a wrong USC-C cable trying to run Migration Assistant. Am I correct in assuming such panics occur in the context of USB-C connectivity issues?
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Yeah my M1 Macbook Pro is plugged into...

USB C 1 > Caldigit Soho dock > 16-port USB 3.0 hub > multiple hard drives
USB C 2 > 4K monitor via DisplayPort

The 16-port USB hub and multiple hard drives is unique to my UK office.

Most of the year I'll be 'on the road' and will only plug one hard drive in at a time.

Maybe that'll be more stable?

Right now it's 'useable' and crashing once every couple of days.
 
Sumo999 said:
I had the Pink Panic issues when setting up an M1 iMac, but now my system is stable. I'm fairly certain the issues had to do with some voodoo involving USB-C ports, external HDD's and adapters. I also have a friend who bricked her M1 MBP by using a wrong USC-C cable trying to run Migration Assistant. Am I correct in assuming such panics occur in the context of USB-C connectivity issues?
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I dont think so. I'm using both USB-C ports without any problems but I need to get CalDigit hub for testing. Unfortunately, it's not available till mid August.
 
sunny5 said:
I got the first M1 Mac mini from last year and I start having a crash issue which still happening. It seems a few apps are causing the problem but even a native app is also causing the problem.

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I was lucky enough to capture the moment right before it crashes. I have several videos btw. It freezes for a few sec and then shows a pink screen to restart the computer. I kept contacting Apple about this issue and I even spoke with Apple engineer but they weren't able to figure out the problem. So far, Huion Tablet app or driver is the main issue to me and I see other people having a same issue but then some people dont have a same issue.

I'm using Big Sur 11.4 and yet it crashes quite often. Once per day I would say. I really cant say Intel apps on Apple Silicon Mac is the problem cause Huion Tablet app is a native app and it was the main problem. I removed all files of Huion including plist but still, it crashes a lot. I had to format M1 Mac mini several times but it never solve the problem. It's really risky to use M1 Mac mini to work with cause it crashes randomly no matter if I use a specific app or not. I tried many testings since November 2020 but why do I have to deal with this, not Apple?

At this point, even Apple does not know what's the issue. Am I the only one having this issue?
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I have exact same issue with Macbook Air M1 + DisplayPort 2.1 with Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Dock + Apple Cinema Display 24-inch. I sent the MacBook to Apple just a few days ago but found no hardware issue. Today I connected MacBook with CalDigit TS3 Plus and replicated the issue. Apple support I talked to just a few minutes ago suggested 2 things: 1. Buy a new display; 2. disconnect every time I wake up Macbook Air. I now connect the display with a USB-C connecter and see if I still have a problem.
 
Dr.T said:
I have exact same issue with Macbook Air M1 + DisplayPort 2.1 with Elgato Thunderbolt 3 Dock + Apple Cinema Display 24-inch. I sent the MacBook to Apple just a few days ago but found no hardware issue. Today I connected MacBook with CalDigit TS3 Plus and replicated the issue. Apple support I talked to just a few minutes ago suggested 2 things: 1. Buy a new display; 2. disconnect every time I wake up Macbook Air. I now connect the display with a USB-C connecter and see if I still have a problem.
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I love these technical support 'solutions'.
  • Buy a new $1,000 external monitor.
  • Unplug your external monitor every time you stop using it.
  • Go back to university and pursue a new career that doesn't require the use of an external monitor
  • Meditate and attempt to transcend existence on this mortal plane and cease your dependence on food, water, air, light, and the use of an external monitor.
 
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My kernel panics (pink screen to reboots) have been happening for months. I've had fewer problems with the recent updates and since I limited my use of a firewire dongle. However, I still get them. I had my first with 11.5 (Safari, video playing before the crash, as usual). I'm limiting the system to three external drives (down from five earlier in the year); it crashes randomly once a week (down from once a day).
 
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I’m experiencing random daily restarts. Which is annoying for my wife who uses our M1 as a media server and doesn’t know how to turn on our Mac 😆.

But it’s been happening mostly when I am working with iPad or iPhone data transfers. It will hang up and have connection or transfer issues. I’ll walk away and then come back to a rebooted Mac mini. I stopped connecting iPads but it still is randomly doing daily reboot. Hoping it’s just a phase.
 
I received a new M1 mac-mini a couple of weeks ago. Set up from old iMac, attached hub, display, disks etc. All worked fine until a few days ago when I had first crash. Kernel panic etc. Happened every 15-40mins. After troubleshooting using all the tricks folk have posted on different sites, I found the culprit for me was a bus-powered Rugged LaCie, fire-wire connected drive linked to mac via apropriate dongles to Mac thunderbolt. In particular, it was while the encryption process of the drive was running. Disk was formatted APFS, flexible volumes. I'd used the drive fine, no problem, for a few days before the I started the encryption. I removed that drive and have since kept it well away from the Mac. All has run fine for the last few days. Monitor connected via HDMI, have OWC 4-port hub connected + LaCie d2 Pro + Anker USB-C hub + Logitech webcam. My problem was most definitely linked some how to that particular drive. What was causing it? That I cannot say for sure – I'm no systems analyst. But it was definitely the use of that drive and was coincidental with the encryption - I'd backed-up a pile of stuff unencrypted (using SuperDuper 3.5v3 beta) no problem. Encryption process started - crashes started. Disk removed, no problem. So for me wasn't monitor (I connect HDMI fine), nor the other stuff connected. It was that particular external disk. A confusion for me is that I used the same process on a D2 Quadra disk (same firework dongle set up, back up with SuperDuper, then encrypt) and worked fine. But that is a mains-powered drive, not bus-powered. As I say, I'm no expert so can't say with certainty why it was happening. Maybe some of this will help others, I'm not sure, but for me, isolating the problem to that drive and process helped me get my Mac back. Thanks for others who started this thread. Appreciate it.
 
PolarShadow said:
I received a new M1 mac-mini a couple of weeks ago. Set up from old iMac, attached hub, display, disks etc. All worked fine until a few days ago when I had first crash. Kernel panic etc. Happened every 15-40mins. After troubleshooting using all the tricks folk have posted on different sites, I found the culprit for me was a bus-powered Rugged LaCie, fire-wire connected drive linked to mac via apropriate dongles to Mac thunderbolt. In particular, it was while the encryption process of the drive was running. Disk was formatted APFS, flexible volumes. I'd used the drive fine, no problem, for a few days before the I started the encryption. I removed that drive and have since kept it well away from the Mac. All has run fine for the last few days. Monitor connected via HDMI, have OWC 4-port hub connected + LaCie d2 Pro + Anker USB-C hub + Logitech webcam. My problem was most definitely linked some how to that particular drive. What was causing it? That I cannot say for sure – I'm no systems analyst. But it was definitely the use of that drive and was coincidental with the encryption - I'd backed-up a pile of stuff unencrypted (using SuperDuper 3.5v3 beta) no problem. Encryption process started - crashes started. Disk removed, no problem. So for me wasn't monitor (I connect HDMI fine), nor the other stuff connected. It was that particular external disk. A confusion for me is that I used the same process on a D2 Quadra disk (same firework dongle set up, back up with SuperDuper, then encrypt) and worked fine. But that is a mains-powered drive, not bus-powered. As I say, I'm no expert so can't say with certainty why it was happening. Maybe some of this will help others, I'm not sure, but for me, isolating the problem to that drive and process helped me get my Mac back. Thanks for others who started this thread. Appreciate it.
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I replaced the logic board for 3 times but it still happened. I solved it by using a TB hub and it never happened since then.
 
Same issue with an M1 MBAir, running 11.5.1. Intermittent, but often (I think) when not connected to anything, so it doesn't seem to be a port/cable issue as many have discussed. (Although I do sometimes have an external drive connected, and—rarely—an external monitor.)

(My pink screen—I've been called it magenta, mostly to entertain myself ;-) is rarely a solid block of color, more often pink scan lines on lower or lower-right third of screen.)

I've been through it several times with AppleCare; they run remote HW check, say "no prob," and recommend clean system install, which I haven't done yet. Is that likely to help? Do I have other options?
 
gpfriend said:
Same issue with an M1 MBAir, running 11.5.1. Intermittent, but often (I think) when not connected to anything, so it doesn't seem to be a port/cable issue as many have discussed. (Although I do sometimes have an external drive connected, and—rarely—an external monitor.)

(My pink screen—I've been called it magenta, mostly to entertain myself ;-) is rarely a solid block of color, more often pink scan lines on lower or lower-right third of screen.)

I've been through it several times with AppleCare; they run remote HW check, say "no prob," and recommend clean system install, which I haven't done yet. Is that likely to help? Do I have other options?
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I’ve been getting that on my Late 2015 iMac. I wonder if Big Sur is the issue With some third party software? Different CPU I know.
 
It my suspicion that detail older dongles made for Intel Mac we done very cheaply Online to work with Intel chips! I suggest only use modern equipment self powered Docks and stay way from bus power drive on an M1!
 
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My setup just started doing this the other night. but strangely it hasn't done this at all in the time I've had it/used this setup:

M1 MacBook Pro
Caldigit TS3 dock
External display
Two Rugged LaCie hard drives (one newer than the other)
Mouse + keyboard

At first I thought the dock was getting overheated, so I've moved it to see if that would help, but I haven't had a chance to see if that is the fix now that it's cooled down completely.
 
KaravanKmdr said:
My setup just started doing this the other night. but strangely it hasn't done this at all in the time I've had it/used this setup:

M1 MacBook Pro
Caldigit TS3 dock
External display
Two Rugged LaCie hard drives (one newer than the other)
Mouse + keyboard

At first I thought the dock was getting overheated, so I've moved it to see if that would help, but I haven't had a chance to see if that is the fix now that it's cooled down completely.
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As I said above, my issue a few weeks ago was while using Rugged LaCie drive, bus powered via firewire and whilst the disk was encrypting. Not sure if the intensive encryption process was the issue, but it was coincidental. Did you start an encryption process recently on your LaCie drives? Since I removed the bus-powered drive, not a single crash. I've been using a USB-C powered LaCie drive and TB LaCie drive as TimeMachine backups since. No problems.
 
PolarShadow said:
As I said above, my issue a few weeks ago was while using Rugged LaCie drive, bus powered via firewire and whilst the disk was encrypting. Not sure if the intensive encryption process was the issue, but it was coincidental. Did you start an encryption process recently on your LaCie drives? Since I removed the bus-powered drive, not a single crash. I've been using a USB-C powered LaCie drive and TB LaCie drive as TimeMachine backups since. No problems.
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I def have encryption disabled, however I think I may have been editing a lite GarageBand project from off the drive itself (which I know not to do, but this time I got my windows mixed up—and my "lite," I'm talking adjusting the volume levels of two mp3 tracks). I'll be at my work station working on a few other things this weekend, so I will update if I run into any other pink panics.
 
My Mac mini with USB-C just crashed with a pink screen today. It didnt crash for a long time but it proves that Apple really need to optimize their macOS.
 
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sunny5 said:
My Mac mini with USB-C just crashed with a pink screen today. It didnt crash for a long time but it proves that Apple really need to optimize their macOS.
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Were you using a usb powered external drive? (ie not a mains powered drive)
 
I purchased the M1 Mac Mini since it came out and it never crashed. Just 2 weeks ago, I purchased a CalDigit Element Hub, and I had 3 crashes this last week.
 
I have a new M1 iMac 1699.00 version with 4 USB/TB ports. I purchased a SaTechi Hub that mounts front facing for easy connections. Instant Kernel Panic Crash When I plugin a Crucial USB-C 4TB SSD drive and try to copy files from it.
If I plug the Crucial SSD directly to the port on the back of the iMac, no crash happens.
 
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