Macbook Pro mid 2012 Rebooting

My macbook has been restarting on it's own for a while now multiple times a day. The SSD and RAM has been upgraded. I've done tests on hard drive and ram and I don't believe they are the problem. I've wiped and reinstalled the OS (running Catalina) I have tried resetting the PRAM and SMC. I believe it started after I got the battery replaced around a year ago but the battery test also said it was fine. I'm going to try a new a battery regardless. I have this "problem report from MAC OS" after it restarted today and will post below. I'm not super techy so any help is greatly appreciated.



Posted on Feb 18, 2024 10:39 AM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2024 6:07 PM

A couple of the crash reports are from Spotlight.


Try running Disk Utility First Aid on the hidden Container. Within Disk Utility you may need to click "View" and select "Show All Devices" before the hidden Container appears on the left pane of Disk Utility. Even if First Aid says everything is "Ok", click "Show Details" and scroll back through the report to see if any unfixed errors are listed. If there are unfixed errors, then run First Aid again to see if they can be fixed....if not, then you will need to run First Aid while booted into Recovery Mode, otherwise you will need to erase the whole physical SSD followed by reinstalling macOS & restoring from a backup.


Please post the complete DriveDx text report here so I can examine the health of the SSD.


You can disconnect the battery to see if that makes any difference. This laptop should run fine without the battery....at least for testing purposes.


I don't see any of the usual software culprits, however, I am not a macOS software expert and you are running some software that I am not familiar so maybe another more knowledgeable contributor can chime in here regarding the third party software listed. Make sure the third party software is completely up to date.


Also, disconnect all external devices in case one of them is causing a problem.


You should also enable TRIM on the SSD. You can do this by launching the Terminal app and issuing the following command:

sudo  trimforce  enable


You will be prompted for your admin password. Nothing will appear on screen as you type the password, so press the "Return" key to submit the password.


Try running Memtest86 again, but this time change Memtest86's CPU options to "Sequential" and "Round Robin" since I've had these options cause a computer to fail the test or even have it freeze the system. Keep in mind that sometimes it may take a lot of time & test runs before bad memory may show up.


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Feb 21, 2024 6:07 PM in response to silvernnn

A couple of the crash reports are from Spotlight.


Try running Disk Utility First Aid on the hidden Container. Within Disk Utility you may need to click "View" and select "Show All Devices" before the hidden Container appears on the left pane of Disk Utility. Even if First Aid says everything is "Ok", click "Show Details" and scroll back through the report to see if any unfixed errors are listed. If there are unfixed errors, then run First Aid again to see if they can be fixed....if not, then you will need to run First Aid while booted into Recovery Mode, otherwise you will need to erase the whole physical SSD followed by reinstalling macOS & restoring from a backup.


Please post the complete DriveDx text report here so I can examine the health of the SSD.


You can disconnect the battery to see if that makes any difference. This laptop should run fine without the battery....at least for testing purposes.


I don't see any of the usual software culprits, however, I am not a macOS software expert and you are running some software that I am not familiar so maybe another more knowledgeable contributor can chime in here regarding the third party software listed. Make sure the third party software is completely up to date.


Also, disconnect all external devices in case one of them is causing a problem.


You should also enable TRIM on the SSD. You can do this by launching the Terminal app and issuing the following command:

sudo  trimforce  enable


You will be prompted for your admin password. Nothing will appear on screen as you type the password, so press the "Return" key to submit the password.


Try running Memtest86 again, but this time change Memtest86's CPU options to "Sequential" and "Round Robin" since I've had these options cause a computer to fail the test or even have it freeze the system. Keep in mind that sometimes it may take a lot of time & test runs before bad memory may show up.


Feb 19, 2024 6:26 PM in response to HWTech

Thank you for the reply.



Unfortunatley no diagnostic reports had fitting file names and there is no items in my retired folder. My macbook doesn't often give me the "Problem Report" after restart which i submitted earlier. It usually just restarts, sometimes booting back to the exact screen I had before restart, and sometimes fully rebooting to the log in screen.


I ran the Memtest86 a few days ago. This seems to work if you copy and paste it in your URL

file:///Volumes/NO%20NAME/EFI/BOOT/MemTest86-Report-20240216-203125.html


I pressed on the center of bottom case and it did not trigger anything, I don't think this is the issue.


Again, I apprecitate the help!


Feb 18, 2024 5:37 PM in response to silvernnn

It appears you have a MBPro 15" (mid-2012) model.


Run the third party app EtreCheck and post the report here so we can examine it for clues.


Please post several more Kernel Panic logs if they are available so we can see if there is any pattern to them. Kernel Panic logs can be found in "/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports" with file names beginning with "kernel" and/or ending in ".panic". If there are none in this folder, then check the "Retired" subfolder as well.


Run DriveDx (free trial period) and post the complete DriveDx text report here using the "Additional Text" icon which looks like a piece of paper on the forum editing toolbar.


You can run a longer more thorough memory test by creating & using a bootable Memtest86 USB stick.


With this model laptop sometimes the memory slot nearest the Bottom Case will go bad due to cracked solder joints. In that case pressing on the center of the Bottom Case can trigger a system freeze or graphical glitches due to it triggering a memory failure. Sometimes depending on the severity, just moving the laptop could trigger the condition.


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Macbook Pro mid 2012 Rebooting

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