Hi everyone, I have a base model 2017 27” 5K iMac, with an SSD and 40 GB of RAM (most of which I added). I’m having an issue lately where every day or two, for the last two or three weeks, while my iMac is sleeping, it has a kernel panic and restarts itself, taking me back to the startup login screen. When I log in, I receive the same error message: “the computer restarted because of a problem.” I’ve tried resetting the PRAM, the SMC, and I’ve tried reinstalling MacOS. I ran the Mac hardware diagnostic test and it didn’t show any problems. Nothing seems to have helped. I’ve also tried to boot into safe mode, however when I do that, my login screen flashes in and out to a black screen, preventing me from logging in. I’ve done some research online and it seems I could have a failing GPU? I’m thinking of calling it quits and getting a new Mac Mini, although I love my iMac and it still otherwise serves me very well. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Should I try a clean reinstall? I’m on Mac OS Ventura. Thanks in advance!
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2017 27” 5K iMac kernel panic problem
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What's connected to it?
Kernel panics are usually something related to hardware (could be an external device).
I'd also suspect the 3rd-party RAM.
TAKE OUT the 3rd party RAM and replace it with the factory RAM.
Go like that for 2-3 days.
Do the crashes disappear?
Kernel panics are usually something related to hardware (could be an external device).
I'd also suspect the 3rd-party RAM.
TAKE OUT the 3rd party RAM and replace it with the factory RAM.
Go like that for 2-3 days.
Do the crashes disappear?