What causes Kernel Extension issues on Sequoia 15.1.1 MacOS?

I found an Australian technician @Staempunk on YouTube who shows how he repaired an exact same MB Pro with exactly the same symptoms. He went through all troubleshooting steps, to no avail, until he removed the device from its owner's iCloud and Apple ID. Obviously, he had his client's information and after a clean wiping of the HD and a fresh install of MacOS he was able to make it work 100%. I believe it was Sonoma which leads me to believe that I should not attempt to install an OS higher than what the MBP came with and resign myself to do without AI and the other bells and whistles of Sequoia.

Last night I had to revive the device again using Configurator and redo a fresh install of Sequoia. I was able to run diagnostics and all tests checked OK, to my surprise. This indicates hardware is NOT the issue. ??

The reports below were produced while running in SafeMode, again, with no audio or camera detected.

I also ran EtreCheckPro and it detected several kernel panic events, listed below, towards the end:

EtreCheckPro version: 6.8.7 (68068)

Report generated: 2024-12-16 10:36:40

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Diagnostics Information (past 60 days):

    2024-12-15 21:58:48 Kernel Panic (24 times)

        First occurrence: 2024-12-15 20:09:50

        Details:

            panic(cpu 1 caller 0xfffffff02a069fe0): macOS panic detected

            Panicked task 0xffffffde1fcaaca0: 0 pages, 230 threads: pid 0: kernel_

            task

    2024-12-15 21:14:24 lsd - Crash (2 times)

        Executable: /usr/libexec/lsd

    2024-12-15 20:39:30 bluetoothd - Crash

        Executable: /usr/sbin/bluetoothd

        Details: 

            *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSRangeException', reas

            on: '*** -[_NSInlineData subdataWithRange:]: range {2, 6} exceeds data

             length 4'

            abort() called

            terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

    2024-12-15 20:35:01 CalendarAgent - Memory

    2024-12-15 20:34:39 accountsd - Memory

        Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/Accounts.framework/Versions/A/Support/accountsd

    2024-12-15 20:29:32 WindowServer - Crash

        Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer

        Details: 

            StartTime:2024-12-15 17:18:27

            GPU:IG&AMD

            MetalDevice for accelerator(0x0): 0x7ff220f21548 (MTLDevice: 0x0)

            IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/PEG0@1/IOPP/GFX

            0@0/ATY,Palena@0/AMDFramebufferVIB

            Assertion failed: (x_list_nth(active_managed_displays, 0) == PKGDispla

            yGetSpaceData(pkg_display)), function session_data_handle_display_conf

            ig_change_block_invoke, file /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/S

            ources/SkyLight/SkyLight-312.103/SkyLight/Server/Packages/PKGSpace.c, 

            line 8717.

End of report

Based on the above I can only assume it's the OS which Apple did not test enough on older Intel based devices. I will try again this time installing Sonoma, to see whether the OS is the issue. I'll keep you posted.

Thank you for your feedback and interest on my post.

The complete report exceeds the 5,000 characters. I have saved the rest in case someone wishes to see it. I can assure you it only contains hardware info which does not show any signs of problems.

Thank you for your patience and interest

I tried installing Sonoma after wiping out the HD (cannot go back to an earlier OS) with disastrous results. The MBP is back at its ‘bricked’ state with the same symptoms: looping at boot, unable to enter recovery mode, and in most cases attempting to recover from Internet but failing to continue. Instead I got the dreaded Apple.support URL message.

Thank you. I’ll do that.

I did all of the above, to no avail. There’s nothing but the OS after a fresh install of Sequoia and the issues remain.

thanks.