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MacBook Pro Mid 2012 Running Catalina Keeps Crashing

Hi,


The system locks up and then it reboots giving me an error report. Crash reports are virtually identical only difference in the backtrace info is the seconds before crashing. Since SMC was mentioned I tried resetting that but it's still happening. I have modified the laptop by swapping the internal hard drive for an SSD drive. I haven't owned it long so don't know if it would work with a different OS version without crashing. Any help appreciated.



Posted on Oct 31, 2020 4:37 AM

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RobGoesNerding wrote:

Hi,

The system locks up and then it reboots giving me an error report. Crash reports ...

still happening. I have modified the laptop by swapping the internal hard drive for an SSD drive.



Did you replace the SATA cable at the same time? This is a known weak link especially when moving from HDD to SSD.


You can test this 'theory' by pulling the SSD and temporarily putting it into an external enclosure and test from there— this would bypass the internal SATA cable— and test the integrity of the SSD and the macOS you are currently running.


SATA replacement 13"MBP mid 2012

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/8211480/%20%2013%22%20MacBook%20Pro%20SATA



If the SATA cable proves to be functioning as expected you can try this trusted utility https://etrecheck.com

to get a good look at your System config. and reveal conflicts or issues


If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.


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Oct 31, 2020 5:01 AM in response to RobGoesNerding

RobGoesNerding wrote:

Hi,

The system locks up and then it reboots giving me an error report. Crash reports ...

still happening. I have modified the laptop by swapping the internal hard drive for an SSD drive.



Did you replace the SATA cable at the same time? This is a known weak link especially when moving from HDD to SSD.


You can test this 'theory' by pulling the SSD and temporarily putting it into an external enclosure and test from there— this would bypass the internal SATA cable— and test the integrity of the SSD and the macOS you are currently running.


SATA replacement 13"MBP mid 2012

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/8211480/%20%2013%22%20MacBook%20Pro%20SATA



If the SATA cable proves to be functioning as expected you can try this trusted utility https://etrecheck.com

to get a good look at your System config. and reveal conflicts or issues


If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.


MacBook Pro Mid 2012 Running Catalina Keeps Crashing

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