Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:31:01 -0600 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Since 12/29/2021 afternoon PST, MacBook Pro (MBP) froze hard twice minutes after waking up. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.systems,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.portables References: <862dnbBBQ7dgKlL8nZ2dnUU7-N2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <0001HW.27812F10053EFD7C7000066BE38F@news.supernews.com> User-Agent: tin/2.4.5-20201224 ("Glen Albyn") (Linux/5.10.19-200.fc33.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:31:02 -0600 Lines: 47 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-ZtgmXEbKlJKtTJNbN7TnrQhTju15S6WQne1rXMkmmDlmdH16EA/EPKEdfF5uBbtqRscozejErkTrBZ3!UVnYNfsjsDKlUMz0aAobPFRkNGWWpC3ERAf3YR+YaqzroFPSYxxqk5YAb6ud+X5FVQZf9thFGb6J!jezegZ0PUcabhCDIwknrGJbjoOkjjV8g X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3927 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:138511 comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc:2250 comp.sys.mac.misc:8782 comp.sys.mac.portables:1490 In comp.sys.mac.portables Ant wrote: > In comp.sys.mac.system Ant wrote: > ... > > Since it's still a slow weekend, I decided to try resetting MBP's NVRAM > > first. So I told its macOS Big Sur v11.6.2 to shut down MBP, but it got > > stuck during its shutdown for like a minute with admin account's desktop > > background (no icons and menu) for about a minute. Mouse cursor was still > > movable. And then, it finally shut down. Weird lag. I booted it up, logged in, and then retried its shutdown. No long lags (only a second). > > Anyways, I continued on to reset VRAM from > > https://www.macworld.com/article/224955/how-to-reset-a-macs-nvram-pram-and-smc.html's > > instructions, I did: > > "Intel Macs > > To reset your NVRAM, you use exactly the same procedure you once used to reset PRAM. > > 1. Shut down your Mac. > > 2. Press the power button, and as soon as you power up the laptop, hold down Command-Option-P-R. > > 3. Keep holding down those keys for about 20 seconds. Then let go and allow your Mac to continue starting normally..." > > Step #3 took a while to start up again after pressing all keys down for > > about 20 seconds. I thought I messed up since my four fingers hands, > > without thumbs, had a hard time pressing all. And then, about ten seconds later, MBP booted by itself. I hope that's normal. > > Also, does "nvram ???-c" trick not work? It shows: > > % nvram -c > > nvram: Error clearing firmware variable fmm-computer-name: (iokit/common) not permitted > > nvram: Error clearing firmware variable fmm-mobileme-token-FMM: (iokit/common) not permitted > > nvram: Error clearing firmware variable fmm-mobileme-token-FMM-BridgeHasAccount: (iokit/common) not permitted > > I even tried with sudo. > ... > FYI. No new incidents so far. I hope it stays that way! :) MBP was doing well until this morning, and then it wouldn't wake up this morning after sleeping since late last night. And then, it powered on by itself when I clicked on its trackpad. After logging in, it restored previous sessions from the crash. :( -- GG & go LA Rams! Dang tiredness, winds, sickness, bodies, works, times, colony, nest, life, etc. :( Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )