AppleAHCIDiskQueueManager problems

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AppleAHCIDiskQueueManager problems

I had an SSD put into my 2015 iMac last year and now that has crashed. Unlike a crashed rotating disk, the computer still thinks the SSD is there, but it just can't read it. I've been running from an external disk while waiting for my new Mac Mini to come. My iMac runs fine but I'm periodically having reboots with the "AppleAHCIDiskQueueManager::setPowerState ... timed out after". Error. I've run diskutil from terminal and have completely unmounted the SSD. I've even ejected it after it was unmounted, but I'm still getting these errors.

Disk Utility app says my external boot disk has no errors.

What can I do to prevent this "AppleAHCIDiskQueueManager"

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

iMac 27″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Mar 12, 2023 1:18 PM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Mar 12, 2023 2:50 PM in response to danbaumbach

Do you maybe have Put Disks to sleep whenever possible, or maybe just sleeping it?

I think you're going to have to pull the bad drive.

Thanks to Jack-19…

It may be wise to run SMART Utility to check the drives' health.

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Answer 2

BDAqua

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Mar 12, 2023 10:21 PM in response to danbaumbach

Might try switching Powernap...

Turn Power Nap on or off on Mac - Apple Support

And no idea why the repeats, but bithers me...

sleep 1 (sleep prevented by runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, backupd)

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danbaumbach Author

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Mar 12, 2023 4:03 PM in response to BDAqua

If I wasn't getting a new computer I would pull the drive or replace it. Thank you for the tip about stopping the drives from shutting down when not in use. The restarts mainly come when the machine is idle, so that could be the problem. I turned putting hard drives to sleep off.

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danbaumbach Author

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Mar 12, 2023 5:01 PM in response to BDAqua

Alas, the computer still rebooted. It did reboot however while the computer was idle. I was away for barely 20 minutes. When I'm at the computer working for longer than 20 minutes, it usually doesn't restart. I was in a zoom meeting for an hour and a half with no problems, but if I go away for 20 minutes, it reboots.

So I think you're on to something. I'll try unmounting and ejecting the disk again and see if that helps.

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BDAqua

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Mar 12, 2023 5:40 PM in response to danbaumbach

Try this in Terminal...

pmset -g

I get...

System-wide power settings:

Currently in use:

standby 0

Sleep On Power Button 1

womp 1

halfdim 1

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

proximitywake 1

powernap 1

gpuswitch 2

networkoversleep 0

autorestart 1

standbydelayhigh 86400

sleep 0 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod, configd)

hibernatemode 3

disksleep 0

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 20

highstandbythreshold 50

standbydelaylow 0

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danbaumbach Author

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Mar 12, 2023 7:34 PM in response to BDAqua

System-wide power settings:

Currently in use:

Sleep On Power Button 1

autopoweroff 1

standbydelayhigh 86400

autopoweroffdelay 259200

proximitywake 1

standby 0

standbydelaylow 86400

ttyskeepawake 1

hibernatemode 0

powernap 1

gpuswitch 2

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

highstandbythreshold 50

displaysleep 10

womp 1

networkoversleep 0

sleep 1 (sleep prevented by runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, runningboardd, backupd)

halfdim 1

autorestart 0

disksleep 0

I have another question. Mail doesn't show highlighted messages. I have to highlight a message, totally quit mail and restart it. Very annoying.

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Answer 7

danbaumbach Author

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Mar 13, 2023 8:19 AM in response to BDAqua

I turned off Power Nap and I still got the reboot but it seemed to take a much longer idle time for the reboot. I was away from the computer for over an hour and when I got back it had just started a reboot. So I just unmounted the disk again and will see if that helps. I'm going to have breakfast now and will get back in about 20 minutes. We'll see.

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