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1twojay

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Oct 12, 2011
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I have a 2012 Mac mini that suddenly stopped booting. It will go into a continuous loop of trying to reboot and show the following kernel panic screen. I've heard it could be either a RAM issue or motherboard failure.

If anyone can help out it would be appreciated.

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Fishrrman

macrumors Penryn
Feb 20, 2009
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Is the RAM factory-original?
Or did you change it at some point?
IF so, do you still have the original RAM?
Have you tried re-installing it?

Do you have a second EXTERNAL drive that is "bootable to the finder"?
Do you have another Mac on which you could MAKE one?
 

treekram

macrumors 68000
Nov 9, 2015
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Honolulu HI
What OS version (High Sierra, Sierra, etc.) are you running? Do you have a fusion drive or an encrypted disk? Is the disk HFS+ or APFS?

If you have a fusion drive, it could be the problem discussed in the following link:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7114384

The first error message you're seeing would point to a disk issue. If you have a bootable external disk and try to boot from it and you get the same message, then that would point more to a RAM or other hardware issue. Has anything changed recently on the computer?
 
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