Kernel Panic broke my iMac

My iMac (late 2012, 27", MacOS X 10.13.3) does not startup properly after a kernel panic. In verbose mode the startup process hangs at one of these lines:


OConsoleUsers: gIOScreenLockState 3, hs 0, bs 0, now 0, sm 0x0


Sound assertion in AppleHDAEngine at line 9502


Setting BTCoex Config: enable_2G:1, profile_2g:0, enable_5G:1, profile_5G:0


The first line is the one where it hangs most. Sometimes the second and third come up right after the gIOScreenLock message.


I can start in single user mode and check and access the hard disk. It does not report any issues. After a few seconds at the root prompt, this is shown: pci pause: SDXC


This message is also shown once when the normal startup procedure is running.


When I try to start from the TimeMachine backup the computer hangs at:


fInterfaceSnapshots is missing


This line is repeated seven times.


The fsck command does not find any problems with the hard drive.


The above mentioned issue also occurs when I start from the recovery partition, from Internet boot, from a full TimeMachine backup, and from an emergency Mac OS X on a USB-stick, which I know that it works.


The only things that work is to start the Apple Hardware test (press D or ALT-D at startup) and Windows 10 in safe modus from the Bootcamp partition. Normal boot of Windows shows the first loading screen with the Windows logo and the circle animation for a short while and then goes completely black (the background light of the screen is turned off). I can hear the HD working, though but nothing is on the screen.


The Apple Hardware test does not report any issues.


I moved all the .kext from /Volumes/MacintoshHD/Library/Extensions into a temporary folder and restarted. The Mac rebuilt the kext cache but it did not help.


I reseted the SMC and the NVRAM with no avail.


I can't boot into Open Firmware with COMMAND+ALT+O+F. Why not?


I started with SHIFT held down. The computer hangs anyway.


I put a live Linux on an USB-stick and started from there. It does not fully boot up.


Is it a hardware problem? I don't have an Apple Genius Bar in reach.


What else can I do? I would wipe the computer and reinstall it from the TimeMachine backup but I can't boot from the backup or any other external source.


Steffen

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), 32 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 680MX

Posted on Feb 11, 2018 8:52 AM

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Mar 13, 2018 2:40 PM in response to chrisrebok

Sorry, I forgot to report here. Yes, it was the graphics card. The exact problem could not be discovered by the technician. Although the graphics card can be replaced separately in this iMac model, there is no single graphic chip out there. Therefore, the whole logic board had to be replaced. It was quite expensive but still cheaper than a new computer.

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