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alexellwood

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Jun 8, 2019
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Hi all.
I recently bought an ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD 512GB for my MacBook Pro 12,1 (early 2015, i5). I'd recently bought with it a Sintech adapter to fit with it, the same one in this eBay listing. It worked for a while, but as I noticed it became a bit funny. More recent problems, it would freeze up and give me a kernel panic, as well as a panic when I put the laptop to sleep.
This is what the error is:
  1. Anonymous UUID: 035DAAEB-B32B-3660-EAB5-576B03617103

  2. Sun Jun 9 15:08:20 2019

  3. *** Panic Report ***
  4. panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff7f851bbc0c): nvme: "Fatal error occurred. CSTS=0xffffffff US[1]=0x0 US[0]=0x4 VID/DID=0x82011cc1
  5. . FW Revision=R0906I\n"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/IONVMeFamily/IONVMeFamily-387.260.15/IONVMeController.cpp:5334
  6. Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
  7. 0xffffff9137c13a10 : 0xffffff8001faea2d
  8. 0xffffff9137c13a60 : 0xffffff80020e9e95
  9. 0xffffff9137c13aa0 : 0xffffff80020db70a
  10. 0xffffff9137c13b10 : 0xffffff8001f5bb40
  11. 0xffffff9137c13b30 : 0xffffff8001fae447
  12. 0xffffff9137c13c50 : 0xffffff8001fae293
  13. 0xffffff9137c13cc0 : 0xffffff7f851bbc0c
  14. 0xffffff9137c13e20 : 0xffffff800265e877
  15. 0xffffff9137c13e90 : 0xffffff800265e799
  16. 0xffffff9137c13ec0 : 0xffffff8001fed9b5
  17. 0xffffff9137c13f40 : 0xffffff8001fed555
  18. 0xffffff9137c13fa0 : 0xffffff8001f5b0ce
  19. Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
  20. com.apple.iokit.IONVMeFamily(2.1)[FAFF8EA6-B8EF-314D-886A-DEAB39FF3EA9]@0xffffff7f851ae000->0xffffff7f851edfff
  21. dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity(1.0.5)[A367CF6B-B3EA-36FE-86E6-03B771CA8A69]@0xffffff7f82d88000
  22. dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[CC6A465F-5A24-304D-B9DF-8C27819CC214]@0xffffff7f82895000
  23. dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM(2.1)[C3C74D36-E06B-3753-A373-5BC9D486DD9C]@0xffffff7f82f5e000
  24. dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily(2.1)[D43332F2-2D40-3DF1-8F77-D633BCDAE660]@0xffffff7f82b7e000
  25. dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily(47)[5772C11C-ED28-322A-910F-874583B23101]@0xffffff7f834b3000

  26. BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

  27. Mac OS version:
  28. 18F132

  29. Kernel version:
  30. Darwin Kernel Version 18.6.0: Thu Apr 25 23:16:27 PDT 2019; root:xnu-4903.261.4~2/RELEASE_X86_64
  31. Kernel UUID: 7C8BB636-E593-3CE4-8528-9BD24A688851
  32. Kernel slide: 0x0000000001c00000
  33. Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001e00000
  34. __HIB text base: 0xffffff8001d00000
  35. System model name: MacBookPro12,1 (Mac-E43C1C25D4880AD6)

  36. System uptime in nanoseconds: 5584325783465
  37. last loaded kext at 3420352486682: com.apple.driver.AppleUSBAudio 315.6 (addr 0xffffff7f85705000, size 413696)
  38. last unloaded kext at 3693373783698: com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostCompositeDevice 1.2 (addr 0xffffff7f856ec000, size 28672)
  39. loaded kexts:
  40. com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfuse 3.9.0
  41. com.apple.filesystems.smbfs 3.3.2
  42. com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
  43. com.apple.fileutil 20.036.15
  44. com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
  45. com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.5
  46. com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 282.54
  47. com.apple.driver.AGPM 110.25.10
  48. com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
  49. com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.7.0d0
  50. com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsDevicePolicy 3.40.16
  51. com.apple.AGDCPluginDisplayMetrics 3.40.16
  52. com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
  53. com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
  54. com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 6.0.12f1
  55. com.apple.driver.pmtelemetry 1
  56. com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
  57. com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU 212
  58. com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 3.1.2
  59. com.apple.driver.eficheck 1
  60. com.apple.driver.AppleCameraInterface 6.8.0
  61. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelBDWGraphics 12.0.9
  62. com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
  63. com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetooth20703USBTransport 6.0.12f1
  64. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0
  65. com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 3.1
  66. com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight 170.12.11
  67. com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.5.9
  68. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelBDWGraphicsFramebuffer 12.0.9
  69. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader 456.260.3
  70. com.apple.driver.AppleVirtIO 2.1.3
  71. com.apple.filesystems.hfs.kext 407.200.4
  72. com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
  73. com.apple.BootCache 40
  74. com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
  75. com.apple.AppleSystemPolicy 1.0
  76. com.apple.driver.AppleTopCaseHIDEventDriver 138.3
  77. com.apple.filesystems.apfs 945.260.7
  78. com.apple.driver.AirPort.BrcmNIC 1400.1.1
  79. com.apple.private.KextAudit 1.0
  80. com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
  81. com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
  82. com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 6.1
  83. com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
  84. com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
  85. com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 6.1
  86. com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
  87. com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 201
  88. com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
  89. com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
  90. com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 282.54
  91. com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 528
  92. com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl 3.40.16
  93. com.apple.iokit.IOAVBFamily 740.1
  94. com.apple.plugin.IOgPTPPlugin 740.2
  95. com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.1.0
  96. com.apple.iokit.IOSkywalkFamily 1
  97. com.apple.driver.AppleSSE 1.0
  98. com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 6.0.12f1
  99. com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 6.0.12f1
  100. com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerTransport 6.0.12f1
  101. com.apple.AppleGPUWrangler 3.40.16
  102. com.apple.iokit.IOSlowAdaptiveClockingFamily 1.0.0
  103. com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 282.54
  104. com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 282.54
  105. com.apple.driver.X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
  106. com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 6.0.0d8
  107. com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert 1.1.0
  108. com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 530.51
  109. com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.18d1
  110. com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.40.16
  111. com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 404.9
  112. com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 530.66
  113. com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 255.5.4
  114. com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 206.5
  115. com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
  116. com.apple.driver.usb.networking 5.0.0
  117. com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
  118. com.apple.filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1
  119. com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 5.6.4
  120. com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 5.6.4
  121. com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.1.4
  122. com.apple.driver.AppleActuatorDriver 2450.1
  123. com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 208
  124. com.apple.driver.AppleHSBluetoothDriver 138.3
  125. com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 6.0.12f1
  126. com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 6.0.12f1
  127. com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 2450.1
  128. com.apple.driver.AppleInputDeviceSupport 2440.2
  129. com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPIHIDDriver 55.1
  130. com.apple.iokit.IONVMeFamily 2.1.0
  131. com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 4.7.6
  132. com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 6.8.4
  133. com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 1200.12.2
  134. com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8
  135. com.apple.driver.corecapture 1.0.4
  136. com.apple.driver.AppleHSSPISupport 55.1
  137. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssSpiController 3.0.60
  138. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssGspi 3.0.60
  139. com.apple.driver.AppleIntelLpssDmac 3.0.60
  140. com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCIPCI 1.2
  141. com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBXHCI 1.2
  142. com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBHostPacketFilter 1.0
  143. com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 900.4.2
  144. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHostMergeProperties 1.2
  145. com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.1
  146. com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.1
  147. com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
  148. com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
  149. com.apple.security.quarantine 3
  150. com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
  151. com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
  152. com.apple.driver.DiskImages 493.0.0
  153. com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
  154. com.apple.driver.AppleEffaceableStorage 1.0
  155. com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
  156. com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTDM 456.260.3
  157. com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
  158. com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageDriver 145.200.2
  159. com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 408.250.3
  160. com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 408.250.3
  161. com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.1
  162. com.apple.kext.CoreTrust 1
  163. com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
  164. com.apple.driver.KernelRelayHost 1
  165. com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHostFamily 1.2
  166. com.apple.driver.usb.AppleUSBCommon 1.0
  167. com.apple.driver.AppleBusPowerController 1.0
  168. com.apple.driver.AppleSEPManager 1.0.1
  169. com.apple.driver.IOSlaveProcessor 1
  170. com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 47
  171. com.apple.iokit.IOTimeSyncFamily 740.2
  172. com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.4
  173. com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 6.1
  174. com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
  175. com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
  176. com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
  177. com.apple.kec.pthread 1
  178. com.apple.kec.Libm 1
  179. com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0

  180. EOF
  181. Model: MacBookPro12,1, BootROM 184.0.0.0.0, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 2.7 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 2.28f7
  182. Graphics: kHW_IntelIris6100Item, Intel Iris Graphics 6100, spdisplays_builtin
  183. Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x483943434E4E4E424C54414C41522D4E5544
  184. Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1867 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x483943434E4E4E424C54414C41522D4E5544
  185. AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x133), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (7.77.61.2 AirPortDriverBrcmNIC-1305.8)
  186. Bluetooth: Version 6.0.12f1, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
  187. Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
  188. USB Device: USB 3.0 Bus
  189. USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
  190. USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
  191. Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Pro, Apple Inc., 27.1
Can someone help me out? Have I done something wrong? (other than install a non-Apple hard drive, that is) Mind you, I've primarily used Windows PCs so I don't know the technical stuff. I already reset the SMC.
 
Is your adapter a new revision? The early version of the green adapter needs to have kapton tape applied to prevent the adapter pins from contacting the metal shield over the SSD port.

The early revisions of the short black adapter had an issue with the wiring of the pins.
 
Is your adapter a new revision? The early version of the green adapter needs to have kapton tape applied to prevent the adapter pins from contacting the metal shield over the SSD port.

The early revisions of the short black adapter had an issue with the wiring of the pins.
I have a newer one. Maybe it's the same with this one too?
You mean electrical tape or something?
 
I think it's most likely hardware related, but you also have a kernel extension for FUSE for macOS. If your problems coincided with a macOS update or a FUSE install/update, you might want to check that out.
 
Kapton tape is plastic tape that is used for high temperature environments.

If possible, perform another fresh install of the os and install a minimal number of programs.
 
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I think it's most likely hardware related, but you also have a kernel extension for FUSE for macOS. If your problems coincided with a macOS update or a FUSE install/update, you might want to check that out.
I'm fairly sure there's no problems with FUSE as it worked fine even on my APPLE SSD.

Kapton tape is plastic tape that is used for high-temperature environments.

If possible, perform another fresh install of the os and install a minimal number of programs.

I've already tried that. I get the same errors. Should I try a different adapter or something?
 
I'm fairly sure there's no problems with FUSE as it worked fine even on my APPLE SSD.



I've already tried that. I get the same errors. Should I try a different adapter or something?
Do you get errors if you only install 10.14.5 without fuse?

The drive and adapter and know to work well with the 2015 MacBook.

Is 184.0.0.0 the latest bootrom for your MacBook?

Have you tried removing and reinstalling the drive and adapter?
 
Do you get errors if you only install 10.14.5 without fuse?
Yes. I once accidentally left setup running and it went to sleep, and it gave me the same kernel panic.

Is 184.0.0.0 the latest bootrom for your MacBook?

I don't know how to check that or update that. I've primarily used Windows PCs.

Have you tried removing and reinstalling the drive and adapter?

I can try that, but I'm sceptical it'll work.
 
Yes. I once accidentally left setup running and it went to sleep, and it gave me the same kernel panic.



I don't know how to check that or update that. I've primarily used Windows PCs.



I can try that, but I'm sceptical it'll work.
Installing the latest os will automatically update the bootrom.

Were you installing from a USB key or using internet recovery?
 
Should I try a different adapter, like the longer one on the Sintech website?
Electrically, there is no difference between the long and short adapter. Some people with a long adapter encountered an issue so they cut down the adapter so it was not so long in order to install the retention screw so neither the drive or adapter were bent after tightening.
 
Electrically, there is no difference between the long and short adapter. Some people with a long adapter encountered an issue so they cut down the adapter so it was not so long in order to install the retention screw so neither the drive or adapter were bent after tightening.
Ah okay.
That is weird. Is there something I could change in macOS that could prevent this?
I've already tried a couple of commands in Terminal but seems like it hasn't really changed much.
 
Didn't do this with the original SSD. I don't know how to download High Sierra.
You would need to search for a place where you can download the High Sierra ISO or DMG file. To create a USB installer, you would need access to another Mac or install your old drive to create a High Sierra installer.

When do the panics occur?
 
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