Pink screen and reboot

[Mac_3693]

Hey guys, currently having a crisis. I’ve had my 2020 M1 MacBook Pro for almost 4 years and it’s been working perfectly until today. I suddenly got a pink screen and then it restarted. This happens constantly. It works for about 10 seconds, freezes and then restarts. Spoke to Apple and they told me to go into recovery mode, factory restart my Mac and then reinstall macOS. Did all that and the issue is still persisting

Gonna go to the Apple Store to try figure it out but any idea as to what’s wrong?

 

[BrianBaughn]

No real idea. I guess if you have an external monitor you can connect it and see what happens.

 

[MikeTaku]

Hey guys, currently having a crisis. I’ve had my 2020 M1 MacBook Pro for almost 4 years and it’s been working perfectly until today. I suddenly got a pink screen and then it restarted. This happens constantly. It works for about 10 seconds, freezes and then restarts. Spoke to Apple and they told me to go into recovery mode, factory restart my Mac and then reinstall macOS. Did all that and the issue is still persisting

Gonna go to the Apple Store to try figure it out but any idea as to what’s wrong?

Hey Mac, hope you are doing well, I'm sorry about your MacBook issue! The pink screen and restarts could point to hardware problems like the GPU, RAM, or logic board. Since the macOS reinstall didn’t fix it, I’d suggest asking Apple to run diagnostics. You can also try Safe Mode or an external monitor to narrow it down further.
Thanks,
Mike Taku.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Is it stable in Recovry boot? Must be, if you accomplished a reinstall.

In Recovery, Add a volume (using Disk Utility) and do an install to that new volume. Does it boot okay there? If yes, it’s almost definitely a software issue. If the same, then you definitely have a repair in your future.

 

[Ben J.]

Any error message after the reboot?
We have a long thread on the error "SOCD report detected: (AP watchdog expired)" after a hard crash and restart. Here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ed-ap-watchdog-expired-m1macbook-air.2377079/

 

[Bigwaff]

Gonna go to the Apple Store to try figure it out but any idea as to what’s wrong?

The first thing Apple Genius will do is run diagnostics. You can do that yourself, as well.

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

Apple Diagnostics, formerly known as Apple Hardware Test, can check your Mac for hardware issues.

support.apple.com