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User profile for user: karthickmallya
karthickmallya Author
User level: Level 1
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SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)

Hello.

I recently bought a Mac Mini M2 with 16 GB RAM. I encountered an issue this morning where my Mac Mini unexpectedly rebooted, displaying the message “SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)”. I’ve been unable to find a solution or identify the cause so far

Any suggestions?

I should mention that I have a USB hub connected, which has my wired mouse and a Bluetooth receiver for my keyboard plugged into it. I’m uncertain if this could be contributing to the problem.


TIA

Mac mini (M2, 2023)

Posted on Jan 22, 2024 7:52 AM

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User profile for user: lanstrad1
lanstrad1
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Jan 22, 2024 7:56 AM in response to karthickmallya

Never had this, but searching the topic led me to this:


“SOCD report detected: (Ap watchdog expired) refers to an error code that follows your Mac's unnormal shutdown and restart. This error code may be caused by a poor connection between the external drive and your Mac, a tiny error disk, incompatibility of Mac hardware and software, and the motherboard hardware failure.”

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SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)

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