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Mac Mini (2020) keeps restarting

zamboknee

zamboknee

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Been having issues with my mac mini restarting. Seems that every 3rd day or so when I go to the computer it says 'your computer restarted....'
Here's what I've been able to record as far as the report.

◦ SOCD report detected: (iBoot panic)


pastebin of full report on separae restart here
 
Do you have anything connected to the ports of your system?

  1. Panicked task 0xfffffe166b65c2b8: 2639 pages, 48 threads: pid 407: coreaudiod
 
HDFan said:
Do you have anything connected to the ports of your system?

  1. Panicked task 0xfffffe166b65c2b8: 2639 pages, 48 threads: pid 407: coreaudiod
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Yes. Related to 'coreaudiod' : Universal audio Apollo Twin audio interface (thunderbolt) and Presonus Revelator io24 (usb)
 
"Yes. Related to 'coreaudiod' : Universal audio Apollo Twin audio interface (thunderbolt) and Presonus Revelator io24 (usb)"

Then I would suspect one (or both) of these as "the culprit" initiating a restart.

My suggestion:
DISCONNECT them when not in use.
Or... power them off if possible (on/off switch, pull out power brick, etc.)

Or... try disconnecting ONE of them for a few days and see if the problem disappears.
If it remains, try disconnecting the other one...
 
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Sounds very much like this Macrumors thread.
I had it with my M1 Mini, but not more often than every other month or less. Tons of theories around, but since I've not had it after switching to a M2 Mini in february, and since it seems to affect only M1 macs, my guess is that it is something faulty deep in the SoC design (related to graphics handling) of the M1. In my experience, it does not cause any damage, it's just annoying.
 
Ben J. said:
Sounds very much like this Macrumors thread.
I had it with my M1 Mini, but not more often than every other month or less. Tons of theories around, but since I've not had it after switching to a M2 Mini in february, and since it seems to affect only M1 macs, my guess is that it is something faulty deep in the SoC design (related to graphics handling) of the M1. In my experience, it does not cause any damage, it's just annoying.
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Yeah, wouldn't surprise me. This is actually a replacement for the original M1 Mini I purchased as that one would NEVER stop indexing.
I'm going to try what @Fishrrman suggested, at least with the Presonus Revelator io24 as I've been hearing that their firmware has been giving mac owners some issues. Will ungplug it for a week and report back here.
 
zamboknee said:
I'm going to try what @Fishrrman suggested, at least with the Presonus Revelator io24 as I've been hearing that their firmware has been giving mac owners some issues.
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It is "just" a USB mic, which should not cause problems in itself. You may well need to fully uninstall the software that came with it.

I notice your list of kexts includes com.uaudio.driver.UAD2System. I suggest you get that removed. I assume that came with the Universal audio Apollo Twin which I would be prioritising when attempting to diagnose your problem.

My recommendation would be to get rid of all external audio devices along with fully uninstalling their software. Get back to a state with no additions and which doesn't have your reboot symptoms. Then add stuff back one at a time.

I don't know any more about external audio devices than I suspect does @Fishrrman. But we both know that audio software is notoriously tricky.

I guess I should ask: Do you have the latest software for your devices and which is supported for Apple Silicon Macs?
 
Ben J. said:
Sounds very much like this Macrumors thread.
I had it with my M1 Mini, but not more often than every other month or less. Tons of theories around, but since I've not had it after switching to a M2 Mini in february, and since it seems to affect only M1 macs, my guess is that it is something faulty deep in the SoC design (related to graphics handling) of the M1. In my experience, it does not cause any damage, it's just annoying.
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If it were a design fault why isn’t mine having any problem?

In my experience random reboots are caused by one of four things:
- third party software incompatibility,
- third party hardware incompatibility,
- OS got messed up somehow, in which case a full reinstall solves it,
- hardware malfunction (bad RAM, bad SSD, etc…).
 
Hey Fishrrman. I re-read your suggestions in #4.
Nothing there about 'RAM removal' but I did unplug and go through any software updates, etc.
Was doing fine for quite a while and then all of the sudden...happens again.
I'll unplug the Presonus device as I'm suspecting it's the culprit.
 
Oops -- yes, you're right!
I must have been thinking about something else.

Do the audio (external) devices have their own power supplies?
If so, you might try powering them off when not needed.

Another suggestion:
Do the "spontaneous reboots" happen when you're away from the Mac (such as "at night")?
If so, I'd just power down the Mac at night, and reboot in the morning.
 
I unplugged the PreSonus Revelator io24 (audio interface) for about a week+ and the restarts kept happening.
Finally opened a case with Apple. They had me update my 13.6 macOS to 13.6.1.
That seemed to work (PreSonus unplugged, btw) for the first 16 hours or so. Then I plugged the PreSonus back in and within a couple hours the computer restarted again.
I updated Apple on this development and am waiting to hear back but I'm REALLY getting confident that the issue is with the PreSonus audio interface.
Especially considering that one of the 'kernel panics' reported by Etrecheck shows 'coreaudio.'
 
Is the interface connecting directly, or through a hub?
Have you tried a different USBc connecting cable?
 
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