M1 Mac Book Mini Kernel Panic over night

I just changed from a MBP to a Mac Mini M1.

Straight away, before I've even starting installing software and transfering files and programs across, I started getting crashes (Kernel panics) when the Mac Mini was in sleep mode. 100% of the time overnight and sometimes during the day if it had gone to sleep.

I dug around online for similar issues and someone suggested the A1314 mac keyboard might be the problem. So I switched to an old windows USB keyboard to see if that helped. Zero crashes since I changed. I tried reverting back to the A1314 and crashes started again.

Crazy that an expensive Apple Keyboard causes the crashes, but a $10 windows one works OK.

So now I guess I have to go a spend more money on a new Mac keyboard as the key layout on a windows one is messing with my head

If I was cynical I might think that Apple doesn't want me using an old Mac keyboard with their new hardware. But Apple would never do something to force people to upgrade their hardware would they....;)

Try the following:

▷ Update macOS.

▷ Try Safe Mode.

▷ Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac.

If that does not help, then get expert service and support at the Genius Bar.

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