Intel Power Gadget (Mac) causes kernel panic

[TomMac]

I tried to use Intel Power Gadget on my iMac i7 7700K/4.2GHZ (OS 10.15.4) and when double clicking the icon or starting power log from terminal, the system immediately crashes and reboots.

Is there any solution for that?

[AlHill]

Sorry, Apple has requested all questions regarding their platform be directed to apple support.

Doc

[TomMac]

Hi, this sounds like an answer of a bot...

Anyway, it is not an Apple related question, it's a question related to Intel Software (Intel Power Gadget) and Intel Hardware (i7 7700k processor).

Apple does not support software made by intel.

[AlHill]

Nope, not a bot. And, I am only the messenger here. Apple has made this request, hardware or software.

Doc

[TomMac]

Apple does not have to request anything from anybody exept, perhaps, their own employees, so if you don't have a helpfull answer, it would be better to write nothing.

It's completely clear, that Apple Support will not and can not help in this question.

[AlHill]

Just trying to help you. If you do not want to contact apple for support with this kernal panic, the only other thing I can do is point you here:

https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-power-gadget

@PKons​ 

You have a wonderful day.

Doc

[Patrick_K_Intel]

Please post the kernel panic log and I will take a look.

[TomMac]

HI PKons,

thank you, here is the log:

panic(cpu 4 caller 0xffffff800124c32a): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f860aa0c7, type 13=general protection, registers:

CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007f8e60c240ee, CR3: 0x000000032eff1133, CR4: 0x00000000003626e0

RAX: 0xffffff7f860ab070, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000771, RDX: 0xffffff804acc0e10

RSP: 0xffffff9220523aa0, RBP: 0xffffff9220523aa0, RSI: 0x0000000000000771, RDI: 0xffffff804acc0e10

R8: 0x0000000000000015, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0xffffff804c1a19e4, R11: 0xffffff804acc0e0c

R12: 0x0000000000000009, R13: 0x00000000e00002e2, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0x0000000000000001

RFL: 0x0000000000010202, RIP: 0xffffff7f860aa0c7, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010

Fault CR2: 0x00007f8e60c240ee, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x4, PL: 0, VF: 0

Backtrace (CPU 4), Frame : Return Address

0xffffff8000f53220 : 0xffffff80011215cd 

0xffffff8000f53270 : 0xffffff800125a3c5 

0xffffff8000f532b0 : 0xffffff800124bf7e 

0xffffff8000f53300 : 0xffffff80010c7a40 

0xffffff8000f53320 : 0xffffff8001120c97 

0xffffff8000f53420 : 0xffffff8001121087 

0xffffff8000f53470 : 0xffffff80018c2c7c 

0xffffff8000f534e0 : 0xffffff800124c32a 

0xffffff8000f53660 : 0xffffff800124c028 

0xffffff8000f536b0 : 0xffffff80010c7a40 

0xffffff8000f536d0 : 0xffffff7f860aa0c7 

0xffffff9220523aa0 : 0xffffff7f860aac8f 

0xffffff9220523b10 : 0xffffff8001854f3e 

0xffffff9220523b60 : 0xffffff800185e163 

0xffffff9220523ca0 : 0xffffff8001209bb2 

0xffffff9220523db0 : 0xffffff8001127328 

0xffffff9220523e10 : 0xffffff80010fdcc5 

0xffffff9220523e70 : 0xffffff8001114aa2 

0xffffff9220523f00 : 0xffffff8001232605 

0xffffff9220523fa0 : 0xffffff80010c8226 

   Kernel Extensions in backtrace:

     com.intel.driver.EnergyDriver(3.6)[CF3549FA-B79E-34E2-BF25-6C5FEF5EF262]@0xffffff7f860a9000->0xffffff7f860aefff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: Intel Power Gadg

Mac OS version:

19E287

Kernel version:

Darwin Kernel Version 19.4.0: Wed Mar 4 22:28:40 PST 2020; root:xnu-6153.101.6~15/RELEASE_X86_64

Kernel UUID: AB0AA7EE-3D03-3C21-91AD-5719D79D7AF6

Kernel slide:  0x0000000000e00000

Kernel text base: 0xffffff8001000000

__HIB text base: 0xffffff8000f00000

System model name: iMac18,3 (Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2)

System shutdown begun: NO

Panic diags file available: YES (0x0)

System uptime in nanoseconds: 167594403009

last loaded kext at 73852621614: com.intel.driver.EnergyDriver 3.6.0 (addr 0xffffff7f860a9000, size 24576)

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[Patrick_K_Intel · Accepted solution]

It appears you're using version 3.6.0, please try upgrading to the latest (3.7.0):

https://software.intel.com/sites/landingpage/powergadget/updates/IntelPowerGadgetMac/b7b1b3e1dffd9b20/Intel%20Power%20Gadget.dmg

[TomMac]

Oh ok, 3.7.0 is working, thank you very much and sorry, I don't know why I grabed an old version.

[dominicss]

3.7 still cause mac kernel panic, here is the log, could intel engineer take a look?

panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff80171649fe): watchdog timeout: no checkins from watchdogd in 305 seconds (150 totalcheckins since monitoring last enabled), shutdown in progress Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address 0xffffffa082863c00 : 0xffffff8013ebab4d 0xffffffa082863c50 : 0xffffff8013ffd7e3 0xffffffa082863c90 : 0xffffff8013fede1a 0xffffffa082863ce0 : 0xffffff8013e5fa2f 0xffffffa082863d00 : 0xffffff8013eba3ed 0xffffffa082863e20 : 0xffffff8013eba6d8 0xffffffa082863e90 : 0xffffff80146bf004 0xffffffa082863f00 : 0xffffff80171649fe 0xffffffa082863f20 : 0xffffff8017164304 0xffffffa082863f50 : 0xffffff80154a49dc 0xffffffa082863fa0 : 0xffffff8013e5f13e Kernel Extensions in backtrace: com.apple.driver.watchdog(1.0)[2C1307C5-FD71-3802-8D68-A67DB24BCB4A]@0xffffff8017163000->0xffffff8017164fff com.apple.driver.AppleSMC(3.1.9)[1E48B8EB-7BF3-3366-8520-2C4B31A7D3F8]@0xffffff8015495000->0xffffff80154adfff dependency: com.apple.driver.watchdog(1)[2C1307C5-FD71-3802-8D68-A67DB24BCB4A]@0xffffff8017163000->0xffffff8017164fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[B41AA072-8BB9-3493-9796-6FF849CDABB8]@0xffffff80162d8000->0xffffff80162d9fff dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[BF2C5E86-1E8F-3FD4-9874-7738178FA73B]@0xffffff801681f000->0xffffff8016846fff

Process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task Boot args: chunklist-security-epoch=0 -chunklist-no-rev2-dev

Mac OS version: 20D74

Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 20.3.0: Thu Jan 21 00:07:06 PST 2021; root:xnu-7195.81.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64 Kernel UUID: C86236B2-4976-3542-80CA-74A6B8B4BA03 KernelCache slide: 0x0000000013c00000 KernelCache base: 0xffffff8013e00000 Kernel slide: 0x0000000013c10000 Kernel text base: 0xffffff8013e10000 __HIB text base: 0xffffff8013d00000 System model name: MacBookPro16,2 (Mac-5F9802EFE386AA28) System shutdown begun: YES Hibernation exit count: 0

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1790829007297 Last Sleep: absolute base_tsc base_nano Uptime : 0x000001a0f5ba2212 Sleep : 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 Wake : 0x0000000000000000 0x000000074644f255 0x0000000000000000 last started kext at 9573706970: >!APlatformEnabler 2.7.0d0 (addr 0xffffff7fb427f000, size 8192) loaded kexts: com.intel.driver.EnergyDriver 3.7.0

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