I upgraded RAM to 16gb in my i7 mid 2011 mac mini and it shuts down at night

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I upgraded RAM to 16gb in my i7 mid 2011 mac mini and it shuts down at night

I have a mid 2011 mac mini i7. Below are the specs on memory, hardware, and solid state. I also have Yosemite installed - everything is current. version 10.10.2

I've had 8gb installed since I bought it. And I just purchased 2 sticks of Crucial RAM 8gbx2.

Everything is fine but when I go to bed and wake in the morning, the system will not wake-up. I have fresh batteries in the keyboard and mouse. The system mini is warm on top - not cold or hot. So it does not seem asleep. I have pressed the button on the mac mini once and thought it was alseep...nothing happens. I just can't get it back up after it seems asleep at night.

The only way I can get the system going again is pulling the power plug. This has happened each night since installing the RAM. Oh, I also have held the power button down for 5 seconds trying to do a hard reset. Nothing

I was really excited to get the system up and running with 16gb but hate trouble. I am not a tech expert....

I have not changed any settings. And if it was asleep, why isn't it waking?

Does anyone have any ideas here?

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: Mac mini

Model Identifier: Macmini5,2

Processor Name: Intel Core i7

Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 2

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 4 MB

Memory: 16 GB

Boot ROM Version: MM51.0077.B10

SMC Version (system): 1.75f0

Serial Number (system): C0*******JD3

Hardware UUID: *******

Memory Slots:

ECC: Disabled

Upgradeable Memory: Yes

BANK 0/DIMM0:

Size: 8 GB

Type: DDR3

Speed: 1600 MHz

Status: OK

Manufacturer: 0x859B

Part Number: 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136

Serial Number: 0x*****EF6

BANK 1/DIMM0:

Size: 8 GB

Type: DDR3

Speed: 1600 MHz

Status: OK

Manufacturer: 0x859B

Part Number: 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136

Serial Number: 0x*****F0B

ntel 6 Series Chipset:

Vendor: Intel

Product: 6 Series Chipset

Link Speed: 6 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit

Physical Interconnect: SATA

Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported

APPLE SSD TS256C:

Capacity: 251 GB (251,000,193,024 bytes)

Model: APPLE SSD TS256C

Revision: CJAA0202

Serial Number: 41CA40VIK6LK

Native Command Queuing: No

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

Medium Type: Solid State

TRIM Support: Yes

Bay Name: Lower

Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

Volumes:

EFI:

Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)

BSD Name: disk0s1

Content: EFI

Volume UUID: BDC1974F-6B8C-3DAE-9DB2-3AA3C17BF506

Macintosh HD:

Capacity: 250.14 GB (250,140,434,432 bytes)

Available: 86.32 GB (86,323,249,152 bytes)

Writable: Yes

File System: Journaled HFS+

BSD Name: disk0s2

Mount Point: /

Content: Apple_HFS

Volume UUID: A165C2B8-7E7F-3F83-835B-53C6D2695F1B

Recovery HD:

Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)

BSD Name: disk0s3

Content: Apple_Boot

Volume UUID: 80D578DD-6F7D-318B-8FCD-B6E653BB72F5

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3), null

Posted on Feb 15, 2015 9:46 AM

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Answer 1

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lllaass

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Feb 15, 2015 10:09 AM in response to Kevin McC

Does Crucial say your new memory will work in your model Mac? Macs are picky about memory.

Reinstall the old memory and see if yo have the same problem.

Run Apple Hardware test

Using Apple Hardware Test - Apple Support

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Kevin McC Author

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Feb 15, 2015 10:12 AM in response to lllaass

yes, of course, i entered my mac mini mid 2011 model at Crucial site and purchased the pair. I will attempt the test.

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Kevin McC Author

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Feb 15, 2015 11:53 AM in response to lllaass

the tests came back ok.....so i wonder if it is software related. but it seems the issue is after the sleep?? the system won't wake?

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Answer 4

lllaass

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Feb 15, 2015 12:50 PM in response to Kevin McC

OS X: When your Mac doesn't sleep or wake - Apple Support

2012 Mac Mini blank screen on wake from sleep in Mavericks

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Kevin McC Author

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Feb 16, 2015 10:17 AM in response to lllaass

Thank you for your help.

I did both resets you offer in the link above and then I went to bed last night.

In the morning, when I hit the keyboard, it paused and came to light....and said there was a problem and it automatically reset and re-booted from a blank screen (not main screen). This was the screen after the reboot. The full error info is listed below the image.

Anonymous UUID: A8BF7A0B-8CBE-1965-232C-ECB1E6FB72EF

Mon Feb 16 09:40:46 2015

*** Panic Report ***

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8025c1a46e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8026138ebb, type 14=page fault, registers:

CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000890, CR3: 0x0000000008f59010, CR4: 0x00000000000626e0

RAX: 0x0000000000000004, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff80441dc000

RSP: 0xffffff82105a3df0, RBP: 0xffffff82105a3e20, RSI: 0xffffff804581aa50, RDI: 0xffffff82105a3f30

R8: 0x0000000000000032, R9: 0x0000000000000001, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x000003571b6dfe80

R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xffffff804581aa50

RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff8026138ebb, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000

Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000890, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2

Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff82105a3aa0 : 0xffffff8025b2fe41

0xffffff82105a3b20 : 0xffffff8025c1a46e

0xffffff82105a3ce0 : 0xffffff8025c36683

0xffffff82105a3d00 : 0xffffff8026138ebb

0xffffff82105a3e20 : 0xffffff8025d6595f

0xffffff82105a3e60 : 0xffffff8025fedcb9

0xffffff82105a3f70 : 0xffffff8025fdba9e

0xffffff82105a3fb0 : 0xffffff8025c14dd7

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: syslogd

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: 0x0000000025800000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8025a00000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8025900000

System model name: Macmini5,2 (Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 3672658333040

last loaded kext at 246104407160: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa8dea000, size 69632)

last unloaded kext at 306370508014: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa8dea000, size 61440)

loaded kexts:

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 85.3

com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70

com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0

com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5

com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.7d1

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f6

com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1

com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124

com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25

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com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3

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com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1

com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2

com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1

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com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5

com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1

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com.apple.BootCache 35

com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404

com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2

com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.7.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.6.5

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.2

com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.1.3

com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14

com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.0

com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1

com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1

com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0

com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161

com.apple.security.quarantine 3

com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8

com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 262.33.1

com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 176.2

com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.3.2f6

com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 176.2

com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11

com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25

com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1

com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25

com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25

com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 203.3

com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0

com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97

com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.2f6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1

com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 156.6

com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.3.0

com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.8.6

com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1

com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1

com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6

com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9

com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.3

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0

com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0

com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.0.6

com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 4.0.6

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com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0

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com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2

com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5

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Model: Macmini5,2, BootROM MM51.0077.B10, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.7 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.75f0

Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, AMD Radeon HD 6630M, PCIe, 256 MB

Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x859B, 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136

Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x859B, 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)

Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD TS256C, 251 GB

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub

USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller

USB Device: Hub

USB Device: IR Receiver

Thunderbolt Bus: Mac mini, Apple Inc., 22.2

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Answer 6

K Shaffer

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Feb 16, 2015 1:37 PM in response to Kevin McC

Here's some light reading...

•Technical Note TN2063: Understanding & Debugging Kernel Panics:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/technotes/tn2063/_index.html

•General kernel panic information:

http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html

There may be some other cause of the issue, usually RAM is among first place.

Sometimes incompatible software or other hardware may also be in the running.

If a NVRAM or SMC reset doesn't help, a full diagnostic at an Apple authorized

service provider may help discover the problem. If you go there, be sure the

unit has the original as-shipped RAM installed. And say you were looking into

an upgrade with (show other RAM) these. An Apple Store genius may help.

Hopefully it won't come to that.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

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