Hello there, I don’t know whats going on with my mac! my 14-inch M3 Pro MacBook (2024) has become almost unusable because of random kernel panics.
They happen while using programs, while idle and sometimes seconds after logging back in following another panic. I used “Erase All Content and Settings” twice and set it up as new, but nothing changed. Apple Diagnostics says the memory and logic board passed.
Panic history:
• Sept. 15 — Physical-aperture fault; syslogd
• Sept. 16 — PAC failure; launchd
• Sept. 16 — PAC failure; WindowServer
• Sept. 17 — Corrupt kernel list; kernel_task
• Sept. 17 — initproc/launchd exited
• Sept. 18 — Corrupted compressed page-table entry; Opera Helper
• Sept. 18 — vm_map_lock assertion; kernel_task
• Sept. 18 — Invalid VM-entry lock; PerfPowerServices
• Sept. 18 — Kernel data abort; ControlCenter
• Sept. 18 — Kernel data abort; kernel_task
• After reset — Corrupt kernel list; ReportCrash
• After reset — Kernel data abort; APFS/Wallpaper extension
• After reset — Invalid mutex; Apple GPU/AGX drivers
• After reset — PAC failure; AppleAVD video driver
• After reset — Ticket-spinlock timeout; AppleSystemPolicy
The AppleAVD panic happened 59 minutes 14 seconds after startup. Some panics happened almost immediately after login.
AI analysis says the different corruption, pointer, memory-locking and page-table failures across unrelated Apple components could indicate intermittent logic-board, SoC, unified-memory, memory-controller or power instability. A macOS/firmware bug is still possible because I reset the settings but have not performed a full MacOs reinstall.
Has anyone seen this before? Does this look like hardware problem?
I have a Genius Bar appointment on September 26.
