So at the end of the process I got an error message that said: “Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up.” I get that message when it tries to boot up with the external drive. It is still able to boot up with the internal drive.
SOLVED Kernel_task making laptop run very slow
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After the error trying to boot from external and booting normally from interal right after, I was given the option to report the instance to Apple for more details. This is what it said:
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff801ef7e99f): userspace watchdog timeout: no successful checkins from opendirectoryd since load
service returned not alive with context : is_alive_func returned unhealthy : opendirectoryd initialization not completed, current stage: opening /Local/Default node (code: 0x6
service: logd, total successful checkins since load (120 seconds ago): 13, last successful checkin: 0 seconds ago
service: opendirectoryd, no successful checkins since load (120 seconds ago)
Panicked task 0xffffff8b6396b3b0: 4 threads: pid 43: watchdogd
Backtrace (CPU 2), panicked thread: 0xffffff99c99b6000, Frame : Return Address
0xffffffb0577cb690 : 0xffffff801ba7af4d
0xffffffb0577cb6e0 : 0xffffff801bbddc06
0xffffffb0577cb720 : 0xffffff801bbccf73
0xffffffb0577cb770 : 0xffffff801ba1aa70
0xffffffb0577cb790 : 0xffffff801ba7b31d
0xffffffb0577cb8b0 : 0xffffff801ba7aad6
0xffffffb0577cb910 : 0xffffff801c3147f3
0xffffffb0577cba00 : 0xffffff801ef7e99f
0xffffffb0577cba10 : 0xffffff801ef7e5f2
0xffffffb0577cba30 : 0xffffff801ef7d971
0xffffffb0577cbb60 : 0xffffff801c282f2c
0xffffffb0577cbcc0 : 0xffffff801bb838c6
0xffffffb0577cbdd0 : 0xffffff801ba55a5b
0xffffffb0577cbe60 : 0xffffff801ba6c389
0xffffffb0577cbef0 : 0xffffff801bbafbda
0xffffffb0577cbfa0 : 0xffffff801ba1b256
Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[B17DE713-4E6F-334C-8414-BC2AF048195C]@0xffffff801ef7c000->0xffffff801ef7efff
Process name corresponding to current thread (0xffffff99c99b6000): watchdogd
Mac OS version:
21G816
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Fri Sep 15 16:17:23 PDT 2023; root:xnu-8020.240.18.703.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: E2CFB82A-F829-3647-9B0F-4C451F6E7B05
KernelCache slide: 0x000000001b800000
KernelCache base: 0xffffff801ba00000
Kernel slide: 0x000000001b810000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff801ba10000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff801b900000
System model name: MacBookAir7,2 (Mac-937CB26E2E02BB01)
System shutdown begun: NO
Panic diags file available: NO (0xe00002bc)
Hibernation exit count: 0
System uptime in nanoseconds: 149056360447
Last Sleep: absolute base_tsc base_nano
Uptime : 0x00000022b473b447
Sleep : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000
Wake : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000a0319a266 0x0000000000000000
Compressor Info: 0% of compressed pages limit (OK) and 0% of segments limit (OK) with 0 swapfiles and OK swap space
Zone info:
Zone map: 0xffffff80303a5000 - 0xffffffa0303a5000
. PGZ : 0xffffff80303a5000 - 0xffffff80313a6000
. VM : 0xffffff80313a6000 - 0xffffff84fde0c000
. RO : 0xffffff84fde0c000 - 0xffffff86976d8000
. GEN0 : 0xffffff86976d8000 - 0xffffff8b6413e000
. GEN1 : 0xffffff8b6413e000 - 0xffffff9030ba4000
. GEN2 : 0xffffff9030ba4000 - 0xffffff94fd60a000
. GEN3 : 0xffffff94fd60a000 - 0xffffff99ca071000
. DATA : 0xffffff99ca071000 - 0xffffffa0303a5000
Metadata: 0xffffffb0345f5000 - 0xffffffb0545f5000
Bitmaps : 0xffffffb0545f5000 - 0xffffffb0575f5000
last started kext at 4598753485: >usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.2 (addr 0xffffff801ec23000, size 40960)
loaded kexts:
>!UCardReader 533.120.2
|SCSITaskUserClient 456.140.3
>!AFileSystemDriver 3.0.1
@filesystems.tmpfs 1
@filesystems.lifs 1
@filesystems.hfs.kext 583.100.10
@BootCache 40
@!AFSCompression.!AFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
@!AFSCompression.!AFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
>!ATopCaseHIDEventDriver 5450.8
@filesystems.apfs 1934.141.2
>AirPort.BrcmNIC 1400.1.1
>!AAHCIPort 351.100.4
@private.KextAudit 1.0
>!ASmartBatteryManager 161.0.0
>!ARTC 2.0.1
>!AACPIButtons 6.1
>!AHPET 1.8
>!ASMBIOS 2.1
>!AACPIEC 6.1
>!AAPIC 1.7
@!ASystemPolicy 2.0.0
@nke.applicationfirewall 402
|IOKitRegistryCompatibility 1
|EndpointSecurity 1
@Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
@kec.!AEncryptedArchive 1
>usb.IOUSBHostHIDDevice 1.2
>usb.!UHub 1.2
>usb.cdc 5.0.0
>usb.networking 5.0.0
>usb.!UHostCompositeDevice 1.2
>!ABSDKextStarter 3
>!AThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 4.1.1
|IOSurface 302.15
>!AThunderboltDPInAdapter 8.5.1
>!AThunderboltDPAdapter!F 8.5.1
@filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1
>!AMultitouchDriver 5460.1
>!AInputDeviceSupport 5460.1
>!AHS!BDriver 5450.8
>IO!BHIDDriver 9.0.0
>!AHIDKeyboard 228.2
>!AHSSPIHIDDriver 63
>!AXsanScheme 3
|IOAHCIBlock!S 333.140.2
>!AThunderboltNHI 7.2.81
|IOThunderbolt!F 9.3.3
|IO80211!FLegacy 1200.12.2b1
|IOSkywalk!F 1.0
>mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8
>corecapture 1.0.4
|IOAHCI!F 297
>!AHSSPISupport 63
>usb.!UHostPacketFilter 1.0
|IOUSB!F 900.4.2
>!A!ILpssSpi!C 3.0.60
>!A!ILpssI2C 3.0.60
>!A!ILpssGspi 3.0.60
>!A!ILpssDmac 3.0.60
>usb.!UXHCIPCI 1.2
>usb.!UXHCI 1.2
>!AEFINVRAM 2.1
>!AEFIRuntime 2.1
|IOSMBus!F 1.1
|IOHID!F 2.0.0
|IOTimeSync!F 1040.3
|IONetworking!F 3.4
>DiskImages 493.0.0
|IO!B!F 9.0.0
|IOReport!F 47
$quarantine 4
$sandbox 300.0
@kext.!AMatch 1.0.0d1
|CoreAnalytics!F 1
>!ASSE 1.0
>!AKeyStore 2
>!UTDM 533.120.2
|IOUSBMass!SDriver 210.120.3
|IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 456.140.3
|IO!S!F 2.1
|IOSCSIArchitectureModel!F 456.140.3
>!AMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
$!AImage4 4.2.0
@kext.CoreTrust 1
>!AFDEKeyStore 28.30
>!AEffaceable!S 1.0
>!ACredentialManager 1.0
>KernelRelayHost 1
|IOUSBHost!F 1.2
>!UHostMergeProperties 1.2
>usb.!UCommon 1.0
>!ABusPower!C 1.0
>!ASEPManager 1.0.1
>IOSlaveProcessor 1
>!AACPIPlatform 6.1
>!ASMC 3.1.9
|IOPCI!F 2.9
|IOACPI!F 1.4
>watchdog 1
@kec.pthread 1
@kec.Libm 1
@kec.corecrypto 12.0
Does that give any indication why it won't boot from the external drive? Is there another way to check if my internal drive is the problem? Thanks
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That is the system report after a kernel panic. In general, kernel task indicates overheating of the system and kernel task will limit CPU activity in order to protect the Mac. If you were given the option to report this to Apple, you should. You can use Feedback Assistant to do so, and it will collect all this information to include with your feedback, along with some description from you on the circumstances.
I don’t have the reference resources I had when I was an AppleCare service provider, but maybe Apple will be nice enough to reply to your feedback. But this points to a hardware problem especially if it happens a lot, especially with the slowdowns you are experiencing. My immediate move, if I were in your situation, is to reinstall the system. That is the reason why, when you get a hold of the system installer, you should keep a copy for this very purpose. You should look into what version of macOS your system will allow. You can check and download the installer using Terminal.
Ok thanks I submitted feedback to Apple. The kernel panic only occurs when I try and boot up using the Monterey I installed on my external usb drive. So I’m stuck at the moment, unable to run macOS from my external drive to see if the problem persists independently of my internal drive. Is it possible the software isn’t compatible with my usb drive, resulting in the kernel panic? It’s a Sandisk ultra flair usb 3.0 64GB flash drive.
Now it seems like my options are to either buy a different external drive to try and install/run macOS on and return it after, or buy a new internal drive and it’ll either fix it or I return it. You mentioned that running macOS on an external drive would be the easiest way to check if the problem is with the internal drive, but is there another way that wouldn’t require me buying something?
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Try booting into Recovery (power up and immediately hold down command-R, and assuming you are connected to the internet). Your internal drive does not have to be functional, nor do you have to have an external drive connected. If fact, you can erase/reformat your internal drive with Disk Utility via Recovery. So try booting into Recovery. (It doesn’t need to be “internet” Recovery, command-option-R; a simple command-R should work.) You only opt for internet recovery when simple recovery does not work, and the former takes so much longer to connect.
If you successfully connected to Recovery, I recommend first formatting your internal drive by opening Disk Utility. Afterwards, you will be given the option to install macOS. It will pick the latest version that your Mac will run. I’m also assuming that you have a Time Machine (or other form of) backup to migrate into your new installation. If you don’t care about your previus data, and you have your iCloud account name and password, you can set up the new system just as you would with a brand new setup.
Keep in mind that Recovery does not need your internal drive, so unless there are other hardware or firmware issues with the Mac, you should be able to proceed.
I’m not sure why you’re suggesting I do that again, I already have done that to see if anything was better (unfortunately it wasn’t) after erasing the internal drive and installing a fresh Monterey with a new user.
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This thread has been very long and I don’t remember making that suggestion. Anyway, if you are not able to erase your drive and reinstall the system from within Recovery, then it’s very likely that the problem is hardware related.
I suggest calling Apple to locate an AASP near you. They should have testing facilities to diagnose the problem… hopefully. I’ve never had a positive result from any of their third-party providers and I always end up going to an Apple Store instead, and during those times, I have had to walk them through the problems to convince them that there were indeed hardware problems.
I understand, thanks for your patience. My previous post was not clear, I was able to use recovery and erase my internal drive, install the latest os, and set up as a new user. And I was still experiencing the same problems with that fresh setup.
I have exactly the same issue with my 2015 MacBook Pro, running Monterey. All of a sudden it decides to run very, very slowly. Have opened it up, fans are clean. Have run diagnostics, no faults reported. Have tried reinstalling, no difference, all the time Kernel_task is running at 200%+ and crippling the laptop. Takes for ever to just login and do anything.
If you do get a solution please do post here.
If you do get a solution please do post here.
Do you have or know anyone with an external ssd that you could install Monterey on, and boot up with it to see if the problem is still there? That’s the one troubleshooting part I haven’t been able to try.
I ended up leaving mine at an apple store for them to run tests on it. The Genius Bar guy suspects the logic board will need to be replaced, at a cost of $625, which I won’t be moving forward with if that’s the case. Still waiting to hear from them.
I’ll have a dig around, not sure if I have a spare external SSD. Will report back.
If it’s a hardware fault, then like you, I would say it will be uneconomic to repair.
My Genius Bar came to the conclusion that the logic board needs to be replaced. Unfortunate news, will be ending this thread now.