With a slightly higher CPU load (during the game), there are repeated restarts, pink stripes appear on the black screen. I cannot interpret the reports (they are identical, see example below). The problem does not occur with the same load on Macbook Air 2015 (Football Manager 2020 game running via Epic Launcher and Chrome). Big Sur 11.1.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1
Hi all, lowering memory usage (from around 7GB closer to 6GB, of 8GB total) by closing safari tabs and some (e.g memory) resource hogging app's , e.g Spotify, resolves this issue for me. Apple needs a more elegant way of doing this, e.g low memory warning, unless this is actually a bug in macOS or M1 hardware.
BTW, I can now use an extra monitor memory again without KP's. Although not using an external monitor requires less Vram used (from main Ram) which may resolve the issue instead (but didn't for me, without closing app's).
Hi all, lowering memory usage (from around 7GB closer to 6GB, of 8GB total) by closing safari tabs and some (e.g memory) resource hogging app's , e.g Spotify, resolves this issue for me. Apple needs a more elegant way of doing this, e.g low memory warning, unless this is actually a bug in macOS or M1 hardware.
BTW, I can now use an extra monitor memory again without KP's. Although not using an external monitor requires less Vram used (from main Ram) which may resolve the issue instead (but didn't for me, without closing app's).
Update :
I took mine into the apple store to be looked at. There was a hardware fault. Apple have replaced my Mac.
I would recommend taking it into store.
hey I found the problem is related to Football Manager (FM 2020 and FM 2021, not touch version). I contacted support and got a reply:
ARM Macs won't be natively supported but games will potentially run using Apple's built-in emulation for Intel-based apps and games.
We’re following developments closely and are looking to have devices internally to test on, however we don’t currently release ARM specific versions of FM21 and it is not officially supported at this time.
What we would suggest for anyone wanting to try the game, is to download the free Demo available via both Epic and Steam and seeing how it runs, then making their own mind up on whether to purchase.
I can report some improvement. I remembered that I was always typing when the crash came. The only link between typing and the monitor was the fact that my bluetooth Apple key board is plugged in to my display. I have not had a crash in the two days since I unplugged the keyboard.
"it seems the Apple adapter and the Belkin cable did the trick."
For me using a different cable helped as well. I was using the cable shipped with my LG monitor with the Apple adapter. And had the crashes. Now a USB-C to Displayport cable and no issues. The screen is also more responsive.
I figured out a solution for this issue.
DO NOT CONNECT TO YOUR LG MONITOR USING THUNDERBOLT 3. Instead, use HDMI.
Since I started connecting with HDMI, I've never had this issue. It's been a month now.
I have also tried mine with an old 23 inch Apple cinema display, using an adapter from mini display port to USB C. Interestingly, it did not crash with that monitor. I decided I would restore the machine as an experiment, and discovered I could not engage restore mode. The error message, which was a circle with an exclamation point, suggested the possibility that the firmware had become corrupted. I have a properly functioning Mac here, and use the configurator utility to flash the firmware and wipe out the drive. From there I reinstalled everything. Yes, a pain, but I wanted to see what would happen. It’s only been a day, but no problems so far.
I found a solution to a similar problem with pink screens I detailed here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252113857?answerId=254736837022&login=true&page=2
I had my first M1 replaced but the issue continued with the new machine. I took it in to the Apple Store again and they guessed it was a problem with the connection to the external monitor. They gave me an Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter and a Belkin UltraHD High Speed 4K HDMI Cable and no more pink screens since then.
I had tried multiple external monitors and multiple adapters on both M1 machines beforehand, but it seems the Apple adapter and the Belkin cable did the trick.
Thank you for the suggestion! I swapped my LG monitor for a similar ASUS monitor and so far all good!!
I have this issue since using the external LG monitor (LG 27UL550-W 27 Inch UHD 4K) via the 2nd version Apple USB-C Thunderbolt Adapter to HDMI.
I did not have this issues before not using a monitor.
I am considering selling the AIR and the screen and getting an iMac 🙈.
One poster mentioned the issue stopped with switching to an ASUS monitor.
I did a similar test with a switch to the display port to usb C and panic appeared the same way, 2 times a day.
Now I'm free from panics for the 3rd day, having switched to version 1.15.2 of mac os.
What version do you have installed?
The only new information I have is that I’ve been using the laptop without an external monitor, and it has not occurred.
Our M1 Air had macOS Panics with spontaneous restarts every few hours. Removing all traces of Chrome/Google software and disabling Fast User Switching fixed our problem.
2 weeks I had my usbc cable (provided with the Dell monitor) replaced with the Apple Thunderbolt 3 cable, and no panic so far. . Will let you know if the issue occurs again.
Have you updated to 11.5.2? It seems the fix is also included in 11.5.2.
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Macbook Air M1 - kernel panic
