Mid-2012 Hardware Experts Needed
For the past year I’ve been dealing with an issue that has afflicted two separate, 15”, Mid-2012 MBP’s. Same behavior in both machines, however the newer-to-me machine experiences them less.
Reason for persisting: I’m a photographer and require a strong machine. While not the fastest available, the current 9,1 MBP I’m using has proven to be a workhorse (2.6Ghz i7, 16GB RAM, dual graphics cards - NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB + Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB, Samsung EVO 850 + Crucial CT 750MX for storage) and I’d like my next upgrade to be to the newest MBP once they fix the overheating issues.
Issue TLDR: Randomized kernel panics are occuring in both machines. In machine mentioned above, I thought there was something physically wrong the logic board as they would occur more while the laptop was actually on my lap / being moved around. Lately, I’ve been using the the machine in a stable environment and panics persist, though, less frequently of late.
Find detailed info about the issues here in Tracing Possible Causes of RAM Kernel Panics: 2 Machines, Same Problem.
So… I’m looking for those of you who consider yourselves experts on this generation of MBP. I’ve heard varying theories from bad RAM (I’ve swapped between 8 modules, same behavior), to a loose RAM module, to SSD issues (Disk Warrior run on both drives regularly), to this era of MBP having known, bad logic boards.
If you care to weigh in, please do so.
Thank you!
5 件のコメント
gpu issue maybe
daniel さんによる
What systems are you running on each machine? If High Sierra, did your problems start after moving to High Sierra? Are you keeping a Time Machine backup on both? When do the kernel panics kicking? What anti-virus are you running? Any problems with running your USB devices? Are they running hot? Outside of the SSD & RAM upgrades is there any repair history? This is my favorite MBP of all time and what I use myself. I always have one built up for sale along with the 13" 2012.
mayer さんによる
Running Sierra on both.
I keep a time machine backup as well as other backups via Chronosync on the main machine. The other machine hasn't been used since purchasing the 2.6GHz earlier this year.
No Antivirus.
Kernal panics are the definition of randomized. Sometimes when the machine is just sitting, other times when all processors are churning.
No USB problems.
No repair history that I know of. Was purchased second hand. Though, everything looks OEM under the hood.
Same here. Not wanting to give it up, hence the post.
Kyle Petrozza さんによる
I just found a Mid-2012 MBP for sale in my town with the same specs as my current MBP, though it has a glossy screen whereas my MBP has a matte. I'm wanting to keep the matte screen. I'm thinking of buying the glossy MBP and swapping screens and/or logic boards to keep the matte screen.
Thoughts on that idea?
Thanks!
Kyle Petrozza さんによる
Go for it! Depending on the logic board ou may end up having a faster system.
Dan さんによる