Early 2015 MacBook Pro running 10.13.3 kernel panics frequently

crashhigh sierrakernel-panic

My early 2015 MBP keeps having kernel panics. I cannot seem to figure out what causes them from the error reports nor can I pin down a certain behavior that triggers them. Has anyone also experienced similar frequent panics? I have run the built in hardware diagnostics serval times as well as EtreCheck and nothing seems to be faulty…

Specs are:

  • MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
  • Processor 2.9 GHz Intel
  • Core i5 Memory 8GB 1867 MHz DDR3
  • Graphics Intel Iris Graphics 6100
    1536 MB

    Anonymous UUID: C1236BAD-D106-F37E-7163-1D56C62AB201

    Fri Jan 26 16:56:53 2018
    
    *** Panic Report ***
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff801036e339): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8010200a1c, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff805050600c, CR3: 0x00000001f40820fa, CR4: 0x00000000003627e0
    RAX: 0x0000000125c13000, RBX: 0x000000008febeba0, RCX: 0xffffff802e2ceed0, RDX: 0x0000000058469e02
    RSP: 0xfffffd000004c720, RBP: 0xffffff9143c13b30, RSI: 0x0000000000000008, RDI: 0xffffff8010a0af68
    R8:  0x0000000000000000, R9:  0x0000000000000016, R10: 0xffffff8010a0c118, R11: 0x00004a15a51f28ea
    R12: 0xffffff8010975d55, R13: 0xffffff8010c42580, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xfffffd000004c720
    RFL: 0x0000000000010046, RIP: 0xffffff8010200a1c, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
    Fault CR2: 0xffffff805050600c, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 2, VF: 5
    
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
    0xfffffd000004c1d0 : 0xffffff801024f606 
    0xfffffd000004c220 : 0xffffff801037c654 
    0xfffffd000004c260 : 0xffffff801036e149 
    0xfffffd000004c2e0 : 0xffffff8010201120 
    0xfffffd000004c300 : 0xffffff801024f03c 
    0xfffffd000004c430 : 0xffffff801024edbc 
    0xfffffd000004c490 : 0xffffff801036e339 
    0xfffffd000004c610 : 0xffffff8010201120 
    0xfffffd000004c630 : 0xffffff8010200a1c 
    0xffffff9143c13b30 : 0xffffff8010378dde 
    0xffffff9143c13b80 : 0xffffff8010378a7b 
    0xffffff9143c13c60 : 0xffffff801036889f 
    0xffffff9143c13ca0 : 0xffffff801027e801 
    0xffffff9143c13cd0 : 0xffffff801022e046 
    0xffffff9143c13d30 : 0xffffff801022dc93 
    0xffffff9143c13da0 : 0xffffff801022f6d1 
    0xffffff9143c13e10 : 0xffffff8010231d0d 
    0xffffff9143c13e60 : 0xffffff8010244b7b 
    0xffffff9143c13ef0 : 0xffffff801035857d 
    0xffffff9143c13fa0 : 0xffffff8010201926 
    
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Safari
    
    Mac OS version:
    17D47
    
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 17.4.0: Sun Dec 17 09:19:54 PST 2017; root:xnu-4570.41.2~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 18D901F1-4A03-3FF1-AE34-C26B2732F13C
    Kernel slide:     0x000000000fe00000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8010000000
    __HIB  text base: 0xffffff800ff00000
    System model name: MacBookPro12,1 (Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6)
    
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 81457567887808
    last loaded kext at 78500135352293: com.apple.driver.usb.cdc    5.0.0 (addr 0xffffff7f92671000, size 28672)
    last unloaded kext at 62308136600854: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice  1.2 (addr 0xffffff7f92565000, size 28672)
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    EOF
    Model: MacBookPro12,1, BootROM MBP121.0171.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.9 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.28f7
    Graphics: Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Intel Iris Graphics 6100, Built-In
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x4544464132333241324D412D4A442D460000
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x4544464132333241324D412D4A442D460000
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x133), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.37.5.1a3)
    Bluetooth: Version 6.0.2f2, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
    Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM0512G, 500.28 GB
    USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 27.1
    

Best Answer

I probably experience similar issues with my early 2015-MBP @16GB Ram. To me it appears possible, that my system never ran 100% stable, but I blamed a combination of USB-2xRJ45-Adaptor and VMWare Fusion - until the freezes of my system made it impossible to work. I ran the Apple-Diagnostic-Tool (d boot), stating the system is fine. However, memtest86 (usb Boot stick) eventually crashes at #13-Hammer-Test with cannot start CPU2. To me it appears to be an escalated hardware issue, probably existing since beginning

Would the two of you be so kind and report, how your issues “turned out” or what the final diagnosis on your systems was?

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