Level 1

42 points

iMac Pro restarting because of a problem?

iMac Pro intially booted as a Mac Pro backup, then reverted and reinstalled fresh High Sierra because of some compatibility issues, now getting forced restarts with this error code, thank you for any help!

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"crashReporterKey" : "c0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0dec0de0001",

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"macOSOtherString" : "\n** In Memory Panic Stackshot Succeeded ** Bytes Traced 607744 **\n",

"macOSRawStackshotData" : "AAEEACAAAAAAA\/

"binaryImages" : [["d342183b-0dc3-46b2-2ada-ba5bb3219178",18446743936270598144,"U"],["00000000-0 000-0000-0000-000000000000",0,"A"],["d34499bb-a808-3dbb-8766-9aa38ce89f35",64424 50944,"S"]],

"notes" : ["Source: \/dev\/rdisk1","28 unindexed user-stack frames from 17 pids: 26,27,28,29,30,31,36,37,38,39,41,42,44,46,47,51,58"]

}

Model: iMacPro1,1, BootROM , 10 processors, Intel Xeon W, 3 GHz, 128 GB, SMC

Graphics: Radeon Pro Vega 64, Radeon Pro Vega 64, PCIe, 16 GB

Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_A0, 32 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Micron, 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2

Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_B0, 32 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Micron, 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2

Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_C0, 32 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Micron, 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2

Memory Module: NODE 1/CPU1_DIMM_D0, 32 GB, DDR4, 2666 MHz, Micron, 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2 36ASF4G72PZ-2G6D2

AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x7BF), wl0: Nov
9 2017 09:46:34 version 9.100.30.0.32.1.18 FWID 01-57236d12

Bluetooth: Version 6.0.3f4, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports

Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0

Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1

PCI Card: pci1b4b,9220, AHCI Controller, Thunderbolt@184,0,0

PCI Card: Universal Audio Apollo Twin - SOLO, Other Multimedia, Thunderbolt@68,0,0

Serial ATA Device: LaCie
2big v2 THB USB3 Raid 0, 6 TB

Serial ATA Device: MARVELL VIRTUAL

USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus

USB Device: Card Reader

USB Device: Logitech Webcam C930e

USB Device: Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter

USB Device: Gaming Mouse G502

USB Device: AppleUSBVHCIBCE

USB Device: Headset

USB Device: iBridge ALS

USB Device: iBridge FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

USB Device: iBridge

Thunderbolt Bus: iMac Pro, Apple Inc., 25.4

Thunderbolt Device: Apollo Twin, Universal Audio, Inc., 3, 7.1

Thunderbolt Bus: iMac Pro, Apple Inc., 25.4

Thunderbolt Device: 2big TBT2 USB3, LaCie, 1, 22.1

iMac Pro (2017), iOS 11.2.2, Restart / Crashing

Posted on Jan 12, 2018 4:02 PM

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dfpsmith

Level 1

4 points

Posted on Jan 23, 2019 10:51 AM

I was getting kernel panics, mostly while using Premiere/After Effects, also my wifi would sometimes freak out.

Took to apple care, they replaced the logic board, didn't help. After chatting with Apple support technicians and giving them all kinds of logs from the computer, they said it was related to the software on the computer not being able to contact a server and freaking out, making it kernel panic and restart.

I have little snitch installed on my computer to monitor internet traffic, I uninstalled it and changed over to the open source software Lulu instead and it completely fixed my problem. The computer has not had a single kernel panic in over a week, it used to have a panic 2-3 times per day while doing video editing.

Other things that helped reduce panics before I got to this solution:

Disconnected a USB-C iMac Pro Hub

Turned off Filevault

Turned off power saving features

Hope that helps someone else.

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252 replies

Apr 21, 2018 10:05 AM in response to nickatnyte_

Add me to the list. The crashes happen constantly for me--pretty much every time the system sleeps, perhaps 8 times yesterday. I tried unplugging everything and reinstalling the os in place to no avail. Reading this list, it seems that no-one has successfully "cured" the issue.

It's discouraging that @Jorgen says they have the same issue with their 2nd iMac Pro and nothing installed! That implies that this is a fairly common problem. Anyone had luck getting through to a team at Apple that knows anything?

May 11, 2018 4:03 AM in response to nickatnyte_

Same exact problem. I was fine for the 1st month -- now anytime I walk away from the iMac Pro -- the darn thing crashes and restarts. Very frustrating. I have tried various things to troubleshoot -- but convinced it is. hardware issue. What should I do?

May 14, 2018 12:30 AM in response to Viktor Fougstedt1

I got really excited by your response as it's one of the first suggestions that seems to make sense.

Unfortunately though, I realized that I've already disabled the feature that puts the SSD to sleep, and it's not done the trick (I'm on my third iMac Pro 😟)

I have noticed though that it goes through phases of rebooting multiple times per day, to not doing it at all for days on end, maybe that's what you're in now?

Let us know how it works out your side though, and if this solves it, or if you have any other thoughts/suggestions - most of us are willing to try just about anything by now.

May 17, 2018 8:37 AM in response to Viktor Fougstedt1

Don't mean to be a wet blanket, but I've ALWAYS had my power settings this way, and still was experiencing the 210 Bug. I still don't know yet exactly what the problem is. Perhaps it is systemic and there's a software/hardware defect still lose. Sure hope I don't have to replace my iMac Pro, again!

John

Ocean City, NJ

High Sierra v10.13.4 (17E199) on a new (late 2017) iMac Pro, 3.2 HGz Intel Xeon W, 1Tb SSD (APFS)

May 17, 2018 8:48 AM in response to newmediagroup

I likewise have not had the put hard disks to sleep box checked and still have the random restarts with the same error.

I use Final Cut Pro a great deal with this unit -- and it seems to occur less frequently when I have that program shut down. It also never happens when I manually put the iMac Pro to sleep.

What is maddening to me is the lack of feedback from Apple. Obviously many people are experiencing this issue. I have sent it in several times, and don't have the time in my work day to sit on the phone with support. Each of us invested big money into not just these units -- but to whole homes and offices chalk full of Apple products. A simple "We see the problem and we are working on a solution" would do a lot to assuage my disappointment - which is turning to anger.

$7,000 computers should not randomly crash and restart. Fix it.

lienffur

Level 1

4 points

May 17, 2018 10:28 AM in response to Sean O'Bryan

I’m willing to be that if all of us that are experiencing this issue start openly posting about it on Twitter, Facebook etc, copying Apple in on messages, things might start moving.

Something along the lines of ‘Don’t spend your money on one of these, all the time they have crashing issues which Apple won’t acknowledge ...’

May 20, 2018 11:55 AM in response to newmediagroup

Alas, nothing has worked for me.

I do notice that there are days, even about a week or more, where nothing happens and I think/hope all has been corrected, but nothing.

Would love to hear if you experience any more problems, or if indeed they're gone for good, please keep in touch.

May 27, 2018 6:36 AM in response to newmediagroup

Thanks for the reply! Let me add the result of some new tests.

After having compressed the old DV-Pal movies to prores successfully, I then tried to recompress these proresfiles to H264.

And yes, there he went again. Not as fast as when I tried the DV-Pal to H264 route, but nevertheless. The machine couldn't finish the task...

In my case I have all the latest installs and updates. It is not related to peripherals (adaptors, screens, disks). My system is pretty basic. FCPX, Compressor, Adobe PS, Resolve Studio

I don't have a builtnumber next to my OS version

May 27, 2018 6:39 AM in response to HappyPappy

Yeah, but look, if it were an apple production issue, pretty much everybody who ever bought an iMac Pro would be complaining (as these machines are not being used to do wordprocessing).

So, is it software related or is the production quality of the iMac Pro's not consistent?

May 27, 2018 8:42 AM in response to newmediagroup

Indeed, I do, newmediagroup.

HappyPappy, if your iMac Pro restarts with only the OS installed, in what kind of situation does that happen? using safari? Leaving the machine running until it happens? Word Processing? In my case it only happens when I use Compressor. And it also happened once while using resolve (but then never again)

May 27, 2018 9:10 AM in response to newmediagroup

Well John,

The good news is (if I can call it good news) that for now I can do something really specific and get a restart 100 procent of that time. So it's consistent, for now... I will discuss this with apple care and demonstrate it. The guy did say that if it is user related (which it is not) or content related (which in my case it seems to be) then there is very little he can do. However, if Compressor is able to handle these troubled movs on an inferior Mac, then t would mean there's nothing wrong with the files and the SHOULD investigate.

I will try to compress the files on a 2015 iMac and see what happens. I bet they will compress just fine.

PS, I did the Diagnostic thing. Everything's cool

May 27, 2018 9:21 AM in response to INvisibleART

INvisibleART,

Interesting. Hang in there.

I was to the point of doing a "tear-down" to replug the memory cards, etc. However, the teardown process is destructive and would clearly invalidate my AppleCare contract. The display is "glued" to the backbox using special double-sided tape. Interesting though: iMac Pro Teardown - YouTube

Please keep us updated.

John

May 28, 2018 12:01 AM in response to HappyPappy

Wow, that's a very frustrating experience! I never but my Mac to sleep, it's just the display that turns off after a while. Let me see if I can reproduce the problem on my system. I'll leave it on and uncheck "prevent the computer from falling asleep..."

May 28, 2018 12:48 AM in response to INvisibleART

Well, for now I haven't been able to reproduce this on the fly, but I left my computer on last night and this morning it had definitely rebooted. It was doing nothing at all, I had just left it on. That's not supposed to happen, right?

Also, if my display turns off to save power, after a short while my external hard drive (G-Speed Shuttle TB3) recycles, and again, and again with short breaks in between.

May 28, 2018 7:50 AM in response to INvisibleART

inVISIBLEart 😮

. . . thank you so very much for getting this escalated to engineering! 🙂

You have succeeded to getting Apple's attention on this issue and now the world is watching to see how tech support responds.

I've got (a few) some Mac Pros, iMac Pros, etc. so I'm VERY interested in seeing how Apple responds to these issues which can no longer go ignored.

We thank you.

All the best,

John

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