Macbook Pro 15 inch early 2013 Kernel panic

My Macbook Pro 15 inch early 2013, dual graphics, is subject to sudden black screen syndrome, usually when executing a task.

This is a screenshot of the Kernel panic report.

Any ideas?


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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Dec 31, 2023 8:01 AM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2023 8:35 AM

that is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) panic.


On Mac with dual graphics, this tends to indicate a failure in the Discrete graphics chip. It is not always fatal but can get more frequent and become really annoying.


Dual Graphics is ALWAYS used when an external display is attached, and is used by google Chrome because it is so arrogant it demands ONLY highest graphics available.


if you can live without google Chrome and external displays, do an SMC reset and live happily ever after.


if you edit Videos daily, you will need a new computer very soon.


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Dec 31, 2023 8:35 AM in response to PGB23

that is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) panic.


On Mac with dual graphics, this tends to indicate a failure in the Discrete graphics chip. It is not always fatal but can get more frequent and become really annoying.


Dual Graphics is ALWAYS used when an external display is attached, and is used by google Chrome because it is so arrogant it demands ONLY highest graphics available.


if you can live without google Chrome and external displays, do an SMC reset and live happily ever after.


if you edit Videos daily, you will need a new computer very soon.


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Macbook Pro 15 inch early 2013 Kernel panic

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