Mac mini 2012 new OWC SSD install issue

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Mac mini 2012 new OWC SSD install issue

Hoping someone can makes sense of this report.

My macmini 2012 has been rock stable. 8 gig, Yosemite install.

Yesterday I installed an 120GB Electra 6G SSD as a second drive. Installed a fresh install of Yosemite. Everythign went without a hitch. System ran for 24 hours with non problems. Began installing my software and twice I came back to find the mini had rebooted under the original hard rive/system with a message that the computer had shutdown due to a hardware issue.

Checking Disk Utility the OWC SDD doesnt' even come up.

Rebooting it show shows up again, I can then select it as the start up drive and reboot with the SDD. Everything seems fine. Then a repeat several hours later.

This is the last report. Can someone translate? I don't know if I have a bad SDD, if it's a comptability/OS issue or if I possibly knocked something loose when reassembling. Thanks.

Anonymous UUID: 0324BA3D-2238-F9DA-88F3-7A5EABC15FB3

Fri Feb 13 16:20:59 2015

panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8020bc1694): "launchd died\nState at Last Exception:\n\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2782.10.72/bsd/kern/kern_exit.c:361

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff812aa73e50 : 0xffffff802072fe41

0xffffff812aa73ed0 : 0xffffff8020bc1694

0xffffff812aa73f40 : 0xffffff8020bc135c

0xffffff812aa73f50 : 0xffffff8020c4b386

0xffffff812aa73fb0 : 0xffffff8020836e86

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: launchd

Mac OS version:

14C109

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5

Kernel slide: 0x0000000020400000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8020600000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8020500000

System model name: Macmini5,1 (Mac-8ED6AF5B48C039E1)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 22566388287438

last loaded kext at 245743569286: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa2e7b000, size 69632)

last unloaded kext at 306686868561: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa2e7b000, size 61440)

loaded kexts:

at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch 4234

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 85.3

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.7d1

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f6

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.11

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 269.25

com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 10.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2

com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

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com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3

com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5

com.apple.driver.Oxford_Semi 3.5.1

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com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

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com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38

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com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9

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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 4.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.0.6

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com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 3.1.7

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com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

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Model: Macmini5,1, BootROM MM51.0077.B10, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.76f0

Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Built-In, 512 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446393333334700000000

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x857F, 0x483634353155363446393333334700000000

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.17)

Bluetooth: Version 4.1.7f4 12974, 3 service, 21 devices, 3 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Serial ATA Device: ST9500420AS, 500.11 GB

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfa100000 / 2

USB Device: hub_device, 0x04cc (Philips Semiconductors), 0x1521, 0xfa130000 / 4

USB Device: Hub in Apple Extended USB Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x1003, 0xfa136000 / 8

USB Device: Apple Extended USB Keyboard, apple_vendor_id, 0x020b, 0xfa136300 / 9

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub, 0x0a5c (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 3

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8281, 0xfa113000 / 5

USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2513, 0xfd100000 / 2

USB Device: PTZ-930, 0x056a (WACOM Co., Ltd.), 0x00b2, 0xfd130000 / 4

USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd110000 / 3

FireWire Device: OXFORD IDE Device 1, EZ QUEST, 800mbit_speed

Posted on Feb 13, 2015 4:33 PM

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Answer 1

den.thed

Level 10

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Feb 13, 2015 9:34 PM in response to Jolly Blackburn1

I'd check for a loose SATA cable...

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Answer 2

keg55

Level 6

11,755 points

Feb 14, 2015 6:17 AM in response to Jolly Blackburn1

Here are some possibilities and solutions.

SATA cable may not be compatible with the drive. Some 3rd party SATA cables won't work with some SSDs in a Mini.

Is the OWC SSD connected to a SATA cable from OWC or another 3rd party vendor? If it's from OWC, then something else may be wrong.

Have you tried swapping the drives in your Mini so that the OWC drive is connected to the Apple supplied SATA cable?

Are you using any 3rd party TRIM enablers with the SSD? If so turn it off. OWC drives use the SandForce controller and do not need TRIM enablers.

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Answer 3

DonH49

Level 6

16,716 points

Feb 14, 2015 2:39 PM in response to Jolly Blackburn1

your Mac mini is a 5,1 and that 6G/s SSD in the bottom data spot is not going to work. 2012 mac mini a 6,2 would. Just place a one terabyte hard drive or a 3 G/sec SSD in the bottom data spot.

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Answer 4

lllaass

Level 10

210,519 points

Feb 14, 2015 2:47 PM in response to DonH49

What is your basis that a 6 GB/sec SSD will not work in the lower bay of a 2011 Mini?

Smokerz wrote:

your Mac mini is a 5,1 and that 6G/s SSD in the bottom data spot is not going to work. 2012 mac mini a 6,2 would. Just place a one terabyte hard drive or a 3 G/sec SSD in the bottom data spot.

I have used a 6 GB/sec SSD in my Mac Mini 3.1 w/o problems. I only get a negotiated spped of 3 GB/sec though.

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Answer 5

Feb 14, 2015 4:19 PM in response to lllaass

thanks the replies. OWC sold me the kit, cable etc based on the Macmini's specs. I talked with support and the drive I installed should work with no issues.

They did have me reset the PRAM which did. They also told me I might need to install Yosemite 'several times before is sticks' - whatever that means. lol.

Anyway I zapped the PRAM. So far no mysterious restarts with the drive being unrecognized.

One thing I didn't mention though...

MacMini is in a backyard home office (about a 100 feet away with buried CAT6 cable connecting it to the network). I was using Screen Share from my MBP reinstall all my work software. Every crash occurred while using screenshare. I never had any crashes when I was actually sitting at the computer.

I don't know if that has anything to do with it - but I haven't used ScreenShare for any length of time to control the Mac mini since the pram zap. Figured I'll use the computer for a week or so and see how stable it is and then try using screenshare again and see if the behavior repeats itself.

Meanwhile I'll keep my fingers crossed.

I'm just suspect that it was a PRAM issue. But I'm a layman. 😉

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Answer 6

Feb 14, 2015 9:59 PM in response to Jolly Blackburn1

Be careful. You will void your warranty if you do anything other than replace the RAM yourself.

I had an authorized Apple Service center install an OWC 240 6G SSD in a new 2012 Mac Mini Server 2.3 i7Quad Core, 6,2. It's been nothing but trouble. Apple Store has done two reformats and reinstalls of Yosemite and every diagnostic in their arsenal. The Mini still stalls, restarts on it's own and generates kernel panics.

The Apple Store told me that if I'd installed the drive myself the warranty would be void and they couldn't help me.

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