2012 iMac - Sporadic Kernel Panics

[uptownnyc]

It's been rock solid since having this done. I'm convinced the internal power supply was failing, causing the sporadic shutdowns.

 

[scruz]

Thanks uptownnyc for your documentary work

Here I'm having sporadic reboots with Kernel Panic since last Spring.

I own a late 2012 iMAC 27 without fusion drive. I updated it with RAM and SSDs years of hardworking and running like clockwork, solid as a rock.

One year ago, after sporadics Shutdowns I found the solution by changing the power supply (I bought a LiteON one because Apple had two suppliers, this problem is documented). After he shutdown I had to wait several minutos even hours to switch on the computer.

As said, now I'm suffering sporadicks reboots since I updated to Catalina 10.15.7 even with the new power supply. Unfortunately this will be the last OSX update for our machines.

Still working your iMac?

I'm afraid that I will buy a new mac sooner than later

 

[uptownnyc]

Yeah, still working.
My internal SSD started showing it's age and I switched to using an external SSD as my boot disk a while back. I'm also on Catalina 10.15.7.

I'm waiting for the M2 refresh of the Mac Studio and I'll probably make the leap to a new machine then.