Macbook Air M1 - kernel panic

I am having the same issues. I bought MacBook Air M1 a few months ago, connected to a LG monitor via a hub. Only used Safari, viewer, and Word. Mac crashed 3 times in 2 months since new with the pink screens. After the third time I serviced my Mac at the Apple store in the Netherlands. They told me it was a hardware fault, and installed a new Touch ID and Logic board.

Now, 6 weeks later, it crashed again. The crash log is similar to the ones posted here. I made photo's of everything and I am going back to the Apple store again. Looking at the messages in this thread here, I think the LG monitor (or monitors in general) could be the problem.

You just described my exact experience since December 2020. M1 Macbook Pro, exchanged for M1 Macbook Air, external monitor, issue persists, apple support completely unhelpful. About to return the second computer (Air) as well.

Adding my name to the list too. New MacBook Air 8GB, manufactured on March 2021.

Used on ultra wide LG through Displayport.

Was disconnected from external display, watching YouTube on safari. Speakers made strange noises, and some pink lines in the screen.

Same here m1 Macbook Air 8gb, always using external monitor with mirroring displays, straight usb-c to usb-c on LG Ultrawide monitor.

Didn't happen for the first few months. Has now happened twice in a few days. Maybe latest Big Sur updates have bugs.

Carson,

Thank you for posting the picture. That instant of pink color is very fleeting during the events I have experienced. You must’ve been quick with a screenshot or camera. Thanks for posting the picture. It looks like your computer is not attached to an external monitor in this picture. Was that the case? Almost everyone has described this problem as tied to using an external hub and/or monitor. Maybe it’s not just that.

thank you

Hi all, agree with foxiven, I replaced my screen and thought to have fixed the issue but didn’t.

Apple must take responsibility for these faulty item and explore further. When I contacted Apple support or attended the Genius Bar I was persuaded to think it was an external software issue but (after replacing the computer) the new laptop had another kernel panic attack...

Very disappointing.

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 have there same problem and same panic report text using an old Thunderbolt display with Apple TB --> C connector. Crashes twice per day. I did the recent OS update and the next morning my 6 month old Mac Book Air was in very bad shape. Many apps were freezing up and Finder was very slow. Two minutes to paste an image into a Word doc. I took it back and got a new one. It took 36 hours before this one crashed. I am avoiding the recent update for this computer in case someone finds that it exacerbates the M1 crash issue.

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.

In addition i bought a mac mini based on M1 and it works well (via HDMI) with the same monitor and never crush.

but macbook air is still crushing.

so what i can say: air is not suitable to work with external monitor

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.

I had it now a few more times. Nothing connected to the Macbook. But i noticed the cursor starts to stutter while using the trackpad before its going to crash. The stuttering can be solved by closing the lid and wait a few seconds. Maybe that also prevents it from crashing.

I don't think that all MacBook Airs are messed up to the same extent. The first one that I had would show a small "leak" of white light along the top of the screen. It was a few mm long in the area of the bluetooth and battery symbols. This replacement doesn't show that. Still no new crashes since pulling the cord on the keyboard.........

Had mostly the same kernel panic, when I started the sleep mode, with Big Sur 11.4.

The Support should tell me not using the sleep mode anymore, because Big Sur doesn't support it fully without kernel panics.

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xfffffe0011e3d798): "dart-dispext0 (0xfffffe2333948000): SMMU(SMMU) error: SID 0 PTE invalid exception on read with DVA 0x12800 (TTBR 0 SEG 0 PTE 0x4) ERROR_STATUS 0x80000004 TIME 0x1b6fc3ba3222 TTE 0 AXI_ID 0)"

Debugger message: panic

Memory ID: 0xff

OS release type: User

OS version: 20F71

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.5.0: Sat May 8 05:10:31 PDT 2021; root:xnu-7195.121.3~9/RELEASE_ARM64_T8101

Fileset Kernelcache UUID: FB10CC0AB8BAC020BC47A50D64476F11

Kernel UUID: 07259C53-9EF7-32FF-821D-8F28A5985DFA

iBoot version: iBoot-6723.120.36

Nice to see, that this bug is also still on the road without any fix.

Same with me - Running The Air M1 with an external DELL U2722DE Display, connected via USB-C. I use the Dell as a hub for the Mac Book Air, Ethernet and another mac Mini and a Windows Laptop are connected to the Dell, too (Display Port and HDMI). What a mess!