2011 Mac Mini Stuck At Start Up Screen Again

My new 2011 Mac mini has once froze at the start up page when I turned it on and it is doing it again I fixed it the first time with a back up but I don't want to do it every time it happens how can I get it to stop freezing???

With the little info you gave try:
First - just connect only your monitor, keyboard, & mouse/trackpad. Reboot to see if that fixed it.
Second - Best connections for a monitor to your mac mini 2011 would be HGMI or Thunderbolt (found in Apple monitors.
Third - I'd contact Apple Support by phone.

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Mac mini stuck at grey apple screen

I was in the process of streaming some music through itunes from a samba share when my mini locked up hard and I was forced to do a hard reboot, upon startup now the mini is always stuck at the grey apple screen.
I hear no startup sounds other then the disk firing up (no welcoming chime) and from what I've tried, the system seems unresponsive to startup options (ie. holding shift, command v etc.).
I tried the obvious and disconnected everything and tried to restart but had no luck. Has anyone else been able to revive a bricked (bricked from what?? ) mini?

Hi All, I am sharing the same problem.
I have a Intel Mini, last night woke it up and clicked on itunes, the arrow swithced to the pinwheel.
Clicked on itunes and it said the "application was not responding" tried to force quit and nothing happened except for the pin wheel, I was able to get the computer to restart, well that process froze up too.
I did a hard reboot and the gray screen came on with no dark grey apple. Shut it down from behind the mini, went on with other thing, came back turned it on from behind again, this time I got the grey apple and grey pin wheel but it didnt go any further.
I checked out this post, restarted the computer while holding down the "C" key with the leapord disk.
Went in to disk utility clicked repair disk, message said the disk couldnt be verified/repaired. I then went to the sartup menu and shut down.
Any idea someone could tell me what to do next?

Mac mini stuck at gray screen HELP!!!!!!!!!

Hi,
i have my mac mini stuck at a gray screen can you help me

Take each of these steps that you haven't already tried. Stop when the problem is resolved.
Step 1
The first step in dealing with a boot failure is to secure your data. If you want to preserve the contents of the startup drive, and you don't already have at least one current backup, you must try to back up now, before you do anything else. It may or may not be possible. If you don't care about the data that has changed since your last backup, you can skip this step.
There are several ways to back up a Mac that is unable to boot. You need an external hard drive to hold the backup data.
a. Boot into the Recovery partition, or from a local Time Machine backup volume (option key at startup.) When the OS X Utilities screen appears, launch Disk Utility and follow the instructions in this support article, under “Instructions for backing up to an external hard disk via Disk Utility.”
b. If you have access to a working Mac, and both it and the non-working Mac have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports, boot the non-working Mac in target disk mode. Use the working Mac to copy the data to another drive. This technique won't work with USB, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
c. If the internal drive of the non-working Mac is user-replaceable, remove it and mount it in an external enclosure or drive dock. Use another Mac to copy the data.
Step 2
Sometimes a boot failure can be resolved by resetting the NVRAM.
Step 3
If you use a wireless keyboard, trackpad, or mouse, replace or recharge the batteries. The battery level shown in the Bluetooth menu item may not be accurate.
Step 4
If there's a built-in optical drive, a disc may be stuck in it. Follow these instructions to eject it.
Step 5
Press and hold the power button until the power shuts off. Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed to boot, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Use a different keyboard and/or mouse, if those devices are wired. If you can boot now, one of the devices you disconnected, or a combination of them, is causing the problem. Finding out which one is a process of elimination.
If you've booted from an external storage device, make sure that your internal boot volume is selected in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
Step 6
Boot in safe mode. Note: If FileVault is enabled, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Post for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
When you boot in safe mode, it's normal to see a dark gray progress bar on a light gray background. If the progress bar gets stuck for more than a few minutes, or if the system shuts down automatically while the progress bar is displayed, your boot volume is corrupt and the drive is probably malfunctioning. In that case, go to Step 6.
If you can boot and log in now, empty the Trash, and then open the Finder Info window on your boot volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) Check that you have at least 9 GB of available space, as shown in the window. If you don't, copy as many files as necessary to another volume (not another folder on the same volume) and delete the originals. Deletion isn't complete until you empty the Trash again. Do this until the available space is more than 9 GB. Then reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)
If the boot process hangs again, the problem is likely caused by a third-party system modification that you installed. Post for further instructions.
Step 7
Launch Disk Utility in Recovery mode (see Step 1.) Select your startup volume, then run Repair Disk. If any problems are found, repeat until clear. If Disk Utility reports that the volume can't be repaired, the drive has malfunctioned and should be replaced. You might choose to tolerate one such malfunction in the life of the drive. In that case, erase the volume and restore from a backup. If the same thing ever happens again, replace the drive immediately.
This is one of the rare situations in which you should also run Repair Permissions, ignoring the false warnings it may produce. Look for the line "Permissions repair complete" at the end of the output. Then reboot as usual.
Step 8
Reinstall the OS. If your Mac was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you’ll need the Apple ID and password you used to upgrade.
Step 9
Repeat Step 6, but this time erase the boot volume in Disk Utility before installing. The system should automatically reboot into the Setup Assistant. Follow the prompts to transfer your data from a Time Machine or other backup.
Step 10
This step applies only to models that have a logic-board ("PRAM") battery: all Mac Pro's and some others (not current models.) Both desktop and portable Macs used to have such a battery. The logic-board battery, if there is one, is separate from the main battery of a portable. A dead logic-board battery can cause a boot failure. Typically the failure will be preceded by loss of the settings for the startup disk and system clock. See the user manual for replacement instructions. You may have to take the machine to a service provider to have the battery replaced.
Step 11
If you get this far, you're probably dealing with a hardware fault. Make a "Genius" appointment at an Apple Store, or go to another authorized service provider.

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My 2011 mac mini screen is black and has an "out of range" message

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Reset the PRAM > Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
1. Shut down the computer.
2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
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6. Release the keys.

Mac mini won't start up. Grey screen with apple just freezes.

Mac mini won't start up. just get a grey screen with the apple and it freezes. Please help.

Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu at top of the screen. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair Disk, (not Repair Permissions). Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
(Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.)
If perchance you can't find your install Disc, at least try it from the Safe Boot part onward.
If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partitirion & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions.

My Mac Mini is not starting, but when it does it goes to the grey screen, but sits there making a clicking noise

My Mac Mini is not starting properly, when it does it goes to a gray screen, but sits there making a clicking noise

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Problems on 2011 Mac Mini....Help Needed Please!

Hi,
I have an entry level 2011 Mac Mini (base model but with 8gb ram installed), I bought it in early August.
It has just started being very unresponsive, crashing, locking up, multi-coloured timer, finder crashing.
I have a magic trackpad/wireless keyboard and the following peripherals connected.
A 2tb Samsung USB HDD Drive
A Sony BD Writer (USB)
An Arcam rDac (Digital to Analogue converter) USB also
I also have 2 x 2 TB WD NAS drives connected via a HP Procurve Gigabit Switch.
I use the Mac for iTunes (via Pure Music) with the Arcam rDac (connected in turn to my hi-fi)
I also have Plex installed and Make MKV and am ripping BD's to the Mac Mini's internal HDD and copying them over the Samsung/NAS. Every now and again I get error -50, error -8076, and error -36
That's it, I use nothing else on the Mac, not even Safari or email.
It is connected to a 60 inch Pioneer plasma via HDMI, I also have an iPad 1 which I use for the Remote app for itunes and also have Remoter VNC installed.
I have the Mac (and PS3 a Sky HD box) connected to an HDMI switch then on to the Plasma, the Mac has started being twitchy with regard to handshake, sometimes it is flawless, other times I get a snowy screen and it can take up to a minute or to connect. The other devices connected always work perfectly, and trying another cable or input into the switch makes no difference.
Everything valuable is backed up, shall I Shift+R and reinstall Lion, or is there something else I need to do?
Sorry for the all of the questions
Thanks
David

Sorry I should have said when moving files around I meant larger files.
USB sticks seem absolutely fine.
anything over say 5GB COULD be a problem.
Sometimes Finder (and the Mac) just locks up (can't move mouse pointer or anything) whilst in the process of moving of file. Sometimes I get an error code (8076, 30 & 50 spring to mid).
I've had this moving both the USB drive (2tb) and the NAS.

Mac Mini stuck on apple logo.

Dear community,
I have a late 2011 Mac Mini that suddenly gets stuck on the Apple logo on boot. It was working smoothly before.
Here's what I've tried:
Reset PRAM
Boot in safe mode
Boot in recovery mode
Boot in cmd-v
Boot in cmd-s
Boot from bootable USB backup
Boot from USB Mavericks installation
Boot in internet recovery
Cleaned the mac inside and out.
Checked the HDD connector cable
Replaced the RAM
No matter what, it freezes on the apple logo.
HELP please, i'm getting desperate, thank you.

Are yo booting into Internet recovery or the Recovery partition on the HD?
OS X Internet Recovery
Mac models introduced after public availability of OS X Lion include the ability to start up directly from an Internet-based version of the OS X Recovery system. OS X automatically uses this feature when the Recovery System on the hard disk isn't available (such as when your hard disk encounters an issue, or when your hard disk has been replaced or erased). OS X Internet Recovery lets you start your Mac directly from Apple's servers. Starting up from this system performs a quick test of your memory and hard drive to check for hardware issues.
OS X Internet Recovery presents a limited interface at first, with only the ability to select your preferred Wi-Fi network and, if needed, entering a passphrase. Next, OS X Internet Recovery downloads and starts from a Recovery System image. From there, you are offered the same utilities and options as a local Recovery System.
Of you are booting to internet recovery and you can't connect that would either indicate a problem with your wifi network of hardware (or maybe firmware) on the Mini.
Can you try booting to Internet recovery with an ethernet connection?

Mac mini won't start up when LCD TV connected

Hi,
I seem to have a problem which at the first glance looks similar to a lot others being discussed here. Just I am not sure if it really is.
Having received my Mac mini a few days ago I am trying desperately to use an LCD TV as display. Once connected powering on the Mac mini gives me that white screen you all know with the grey Apple symbol and the progress circle. At that point the TV says it’s running in 1080i mode. All looks good. -- Until a few seconds later the screen will turn black and not display anything anymore. (Just as if it would not get a signal.)
The TV is a quite popular one over here I would think: Philips 32PF9830, HDTV, with DVI and HDMI input ports. 1280 x 720p and 1920 x 1080i are supported video modes which I would like to run.
TV specs would be here: http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/3/32pf983010/32pf9830_10_psseng.pdf
TV and Mac are connected via a DVI-D cable. I’m having SSH and VNC access to the Mac.
Now with VNC I only get a proper desktop screen when the TV is not connected. When the TV is connected all I am getting presented via VNC is that white boot screen and the nice grey Apple logo. So with TV connected it appears the Mac doesn’t really start the window manager.
Looking at the process list this seems to confirm. Without having the TV connected after powering on the Mac I do see a process running called loginwindow.
When the TV is connected I don’t see that one, but instead 2 processes called WaitingForLoginWindow. See below for the full process lists.
All my trials configuring a good screen resolution via VNC before connecting the TV did not give a different result. Whatever I configure to be used as resolution, I am getting the above.
Funny enough running the Apple Hardware Test from the install disk shows a perfect picture in 1080i mode and also specifies 1920 x 1080i as screen resolution used.
Would anyone have an idea what’s going wrong here … and how to fix? I would suspect that communication between the TV and the Mac is broken. Would I have any chance to further troubleshoot on that?
Is there a way to tell the Mac not to do any auto configuration or auto discovery on the DVI port?
Any other ideas?
Marc
Process lists (NFS and SSH servers are enabled intentionally.)
TV not connected (look for process id 52):
<pre>
ps -axw
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? 0:00.08 /sbin/launchd -v
23 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
27 ?? Ss 0:01.41 kextd
32 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
33 ?? Ss 0:00.38 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchdaemon
34 ?? Ss 0:00.20 /usr/sbin/netinfod -s local
35 ?? Ss 0:00.68 /usr/sbin/syslogd
37 ?? Ss 0:01.31 /usr/sbin/configd
38 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
39 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
40 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/memberd -x
41 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/securityd
42 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/notifyd
45 ?? Ss 0:00.29 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
47 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/distnoted
49 ?? Ss 0:00.94 /usr/sbin/update
52 ?? Ss 0:00.19 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow console
57 ?? Ss 0:00.13 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
59 ?? Ss 0:00.73 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphic s.framework/Resources/Wind
60 ?? S 0:00.34 /usr/sbin/blued
64 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
66 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /System/Library/CoreServices/mcxd.app/Contents/MacOS/mcxd -s
69 ?? S 0:00.02 /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/Resources/authorization host
70 ?? S 0:00.90 /System/Library/CoreServices/SecurityAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/SecurityAgent
76 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/crashreporterd
114 ?? Us 0:00.30 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mds
132 ?? Ss 0:00.10 ntpd -f /var/run/ntp.drift -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
146 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsiod -n 4
154 ?? Ss 0:00.00 rpc.statd
156 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/portmap
157 ?? Ss 0:00.01 rpc.lockd
160 ?? S 0:00.00 rpc.lockd
173 ?? Ss 0:00.00 mountd
176 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsd-master
177 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
179 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
180 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
181 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
182 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
183 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
184 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /Network -nsl -mnt /private/var/automount
188 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /automount/Servers -fstab -mnt /private/Network/Servers -m /automount/static -s
193 ?? SNs 0:00.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdimpo
234 ?? S 0:00.19 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
238 ?? S 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
277 ?? SNs 0:00.17 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdimpo
282 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/lookupd
239 p0 Ss 0:00.05 -bash
285 p0 R+ 0:00.00 ps -axw
</pre>
TV connected (look for PIDs 53 and 54 at end of the list):
<pre>
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? 0:00.05 /sbin/launchd
23 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
27 ?? Ss 0:01.35 kextd
32 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
33 ?? Ss 0:00.30 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchdaemon
34 ?? Ss 0:00.13 /usr/sbin/netinfod -s local
35 ?? Ss 0:00.71 /usr/sbin/syslogd
37 ?? Ss 0:00.49 /usr/sbin/configd
38 ?? Ss 0:00.07 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
39 ?? Ss 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
40 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/memberd -x
41 ?? Ss 0:00.14 /usr/sbin/securityd
42 ?? Ss 0:00.07 /usr/sbin/notifyd
44 ?? Ss 0:00.17 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
45 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/distnoted
50 ?? Ss 0:08.36 /usr/sbin/update
59 ?? Ss 4:43.49 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphic s.framework/Resources/Wind
60 ?? S 0:00.33 /usr/sbin/blued
61 ?? Ss 0:00.14 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
65 ?? Ss 0:00.07 /usr/sbin/lookupd
79 ?? Ss 0:00.88 ntpd -f /var/run/ntp.drift -p /var/run/ntpd.pid
93 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsiod -n 4
101 ?? Ss 0:00.00 rpc.statd
102 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/portmap
104 ?? Ss 0:00.01 rpc.lockd
109 ?? Ss 0:00.06 slpd -f /etc/slpsa.conf
110 ?? S 0:00.00 rpc.lockd
115 ?? Ss 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/crashreporterd
135 ?? Ss 0:00.05 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/ATSServer
158 ?? Ss 0:00.12 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mds
164 ?? Ss 0:00.00 mountd
167 ?? Ss 0:00.00 nfsd-master
168 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
169 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
170 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
172 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
173 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
174 ?? S 0:00.00 nfsd-server
175 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /Network -nsl -mnt /private/var/automount
179 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /usr/sbin/automount -f -m /automount/Servers -fstab -mnt /private/Network/Servers -m /automount/static -s
196 ?? S 0:00.20 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
200 ?? S 0:00.06 /usr/sbin/sshd -i
205 ?? SNs 0:00.14 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdimpo
201 p0 Ss 0:00.03 -bash
209 p0 R+ 0:00.00 ps -axw
2 ?? Ss+ 0:00.03 sh /etc/rc
53 ?? S+ 0:00.02 /usr/libexec/WaitingForLoginWindow
54 ?? S+ 0:00.04 /usr/libexec/WaitingForLoginWindow
</pre>
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)

A PRRAM reset did the trick.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
This Mac mini is a refurbished one, so probably had some old settings from being connected to something different before.
The TV now is recognized properly as 'Philips FTV'.
Marc

Unable to Install Windows 8 on 2011 Mac Mini

I'm having problems installing Windows 8 on my 2011 Mac Mini.
Obviously I've gone through the BootCamp Assistant, partitioned my drive and then rebooted and started the Windows 8 install process. I can go through the initial bits Region, entering my product key but when I go to choose the partition where I want to install Windows 8 there is a yellow triangle with the 'Windows cannot be installed to this volume' message when the BOOTCAMP partition is highlighted. When I click more info I get the following pop up messages:
'Windows cannot be installed to this disk - The selected disk has an MBR Partition table. On EFI systems Windows can only be installed to GPT disks.
Windows cannot be installed to this disk - This computers hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure that the disks controller is enabled in the computers BIOS system.
Any Ideas as to why I cannot proceed with the install or why Windows 8 is not accepting the prepared partition.
The installed HDD is a Toshiba MK5065GSXF Revision GV108B (Apple original)
Regards
John

Sounds like you have another device connected which is using GPT/GUID partition and that is stopping you.
For some it means removing or disconnecting a drive or external device.
This has existed since Vista days.
Don't connect USB device until afterwards when you need the drivers, or format the drivers disk not just FAT or exFAT but as Windows partition (in DU under Partitions: Options where you can select GUID or Windows).

I upgraded RAM to 16gb in my i7 mid 2011 mac mini and it shuts down at night

I have a mid 2011 mac mini i7. Below are the specs on memory, hardware, and solid state. I also have Yosemite installed - everything is current. version 10.10.2
I've had 8gb installed since I bought it. And I just purchased 2 sticks of Crucial RAM 8gbx2.
Everything is fine but when I go to bed and wake in the morning, the system will not wake-up. I have fresh batteries in the keyboard and mouse. The system mini is warm on top - not cold or hot. So it does not seem asleep. I have pressed the button on the mac mini once and thought it was alseep...nothing happens. I just can't get it back up after it seems asleep at night.
The only way I can get the system going again is pulling the power plug. This has happened each night since installing the RAM. Oh, I also have held the power button down for 5 seconds trying to do a hard reset. Nothing
I was really excited to get the system up and running with 16gb but hate trouble. I am not a tech expert....
I have not changed any settings. And if it was asleep, why isn't it waking?
Does anyone have any ideas here?
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 16 GB
Boot ROM Version: MM51.0077.B10
SMC Version (system): 1.75f0
Serial Number (system): C0*******JD3
Hardware UUID: *******
Memory Slots:
ECC: Disabled
Upgradeable Memory: Yes
BANK 0/DIMM0:
Size: 8 GB
Type: DDR3
Speed: 1600 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x859B
Part Number: 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136
Serial Number: 0x*****EF6
BANK 1/DIMM0:
Size: 8 GB
Type: DDR3
Speed: 1600 MHz
Status: OK
Manufacturer: 0x859B
Part Number: 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136
Serial Number: 0x*****F0B
ntel 6 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 6 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 6 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Physical Interconnect: SATA
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported
APPLE SSD TS256C:
Capacity: 251 GB (251,000,193,024 bytes)
Model: APPLE SSD TS256C
Revision: CJAA0202
Serial Number:         41CA40VIK6LK
Native Command Queuing: No
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Medium Type: Solid State
TRIM Support: Yes
Bay Name: Lower
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
Volume UUID: BDC1974F-6B8C-3DAE-9DB2-3AA3C17BF506
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 250.14 GB (250,140,434,432 bytes)
Available: 86.32 GB (86,323,249,152 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: A165C2B8-7E7F-3F83-835B-53C6D2695F1B
Recovery HD:
Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s3
Content: Apple_Boot
Volume UUID: 80D578DD-6F7D-318B-8FCD-B6E653BB72F5
<Edited By Host>

Thank you for your help.
I did both resets you offer in the link above and then I went to bed last night.
In the morning, when I hit the keyboard, it paused and came to light....and said there was a problem and it automatically reset and re-booted from a blank screen (not main screen). This was the screen after the reboot. The full error info is listed below the image.
Anonymous UUID:       A8BF7A0B-8CBE-1965-232C-ECB1E6FB72EF
Mon Feb 16 09:40:46 2015
*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8025c1a46e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8026138ebb, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000890, CR3: 0x0000000008f59010, CR4: 0x00000000000626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000004, RBX: 0x0000000000000000, RCX: 0x0000000000000000, RDX: 0xffffff80441dc000
RSP: 0xffffff82105a3df0, RBP: 0xffffff82105a3e20, RSI: 0xffffff804581aa50, RDI: 0xffffff82105a3f30
R8: 0x0000000000000032, R9: 0x0000000000000001, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x000003571b6dfe80
R12: 0x0000000000000001, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000001, R15: 0xffffff804581aa50
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff8026138ebb, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
Fault CR2: 0x0000000000000890, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x2
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff82105a3aa0 : 0xffffff8025b2fe41
0xffffff82105a3b20 : 0xffffff8025c1a46e
0xffffff82105a3ce0 : 0xffffff8025c36683
0xffffff82105a3d00 : 0xffffff8026138ebb
0xffffff82105a3e20 : 0xffffff8025d6595f
0xffffff82105a3e60 : 0xffffff8025fedcb9
0xffffff82105a3f70 : 0xffffff8025fdba9e
0xffffff82105a3fb0 : 0xffffff8025c14dd7
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: syslogd
Mac OS version:
14C109
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 14.1.0: Mon Dec 22 23:10:38 PST 2014; root:xnu-2782.10.72~2/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: DCF5C2D5-16AE-37F5-B2BE-ED127048DFF5
Kernel slide:     0x0000000025800000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8025a00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8025900000
System model name: Macmini5,2 (Mac-4BC72D62AD45599E)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 3672658333040
last loaded kext at 246104407160: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa8dea000, size 69632)
last unloaded kext at 306370508014: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs 1.10 (addr 0xffffff7fa8dea000, size 61440)
loaded kexts:
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch 85.3
com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC 1.70
com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor 1.9.5d0
com.apple.driver.AGPM 100.15.5
com.apple.driver.ApplePlatformEnabler 2.1.7d1
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleOSXWatchdog 1
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver 124
com.apple.driver.AppleHDA 269.25
com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver 269.25
com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleLPC 1.7.3
com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHWAccess 1
com.apple.driver.AppleHV 1
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltIP 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient 3.6.1
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl 1.2.11
com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer 1.3.0
com.apple.AMDRadeonX3000 1.3.0
com.apple.kext.AMD6000Controller 1.3.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD3000Graphics 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelSNBGraphicsFB 10.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleIRController 327.5
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache 35
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter 404
com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI 5.5.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage 2.7.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC 1.6.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub 705.4.2
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet 10.1.3
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331 800.20.24
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI 705.4.14
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort 3.1.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET 1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS 2.1
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC 3.1
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC 1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient 218.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall 161
com.apple.security.quarantine 3
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet 8
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement 218.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleMultitouchDriver 262.33.1
com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothHIDKeyboard 176.2
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleHIDKeyboard 176.2
com.apple.kext.triggers 1.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily 11
com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib 269.25
com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib 1.15
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy 1.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI 1.0.12d1
com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily 269.25
com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily 203.3
com.apple.vecLib.kext 1.2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSurface 97
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily 4.3.2f6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController 1.0.13d1
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2 156.6
com.apple.kext.AMDSupport 1.3.0
com.apple.AppleGraphicsDeviceControl 3.8.6
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport 2.4.1
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily 2.4.1
com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily 5.8.1d38
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient 705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP 2.2.6
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC 3.1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily 3.7.3
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub 705.4.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver 705.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite 705.4.9
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter 4.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter 4.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily 4.0.6
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.0.2
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI 3.1.7
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily 4.2.1
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily 4.5.6
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController 1.0.3b3
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family 710.55
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily 3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily 710.4.14
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily 2.7.5
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM 2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily 2.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily 1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox 300.0
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch 1.0.0d1
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore 2
com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
com.apple.driver.AppleCredentialManager 1.0
com.apple.driver.DiskImages 396
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily 2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily 31
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore 28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform 3.1
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily 2.9
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily 1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto 1.0
com.apple.kec.Libm 1
com.apple.kec.pthread 1
Model: Macmini5,2, BootROM MM51.0077.B10, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.7 GHz, 16 GB, SMC 1.75f0
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6630M, AMD Radeon HD 6630M, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x859B, 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x859B, 0x43543130323436344246313630422E433136
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xE4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.24)
Bluetooth: Version 4.3.2f6 15235, 3 services, 27 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD TS256C, 251 GB
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Bus: Mac mini, Apple Inc., 22.2

2011 Mac Mini, 10.8.3, SSD - System CPU at constant 10%, frequent 0.5 sec cursor freezes

Hi. I have a Mid-2011 Mac Mini with 8GB of RAM. I have an SSD installed in it as the primary drive, along with another internal 2TB drive and an external USB 2TB drive for media. This machine is mostly used as a media server and player. It's been running Mountain Lion since I bought it (refurb) last year. I upgraded to 10.8.3 as soon as that came out, and was running for a while without any problems. This evening, though, I started to notice some problems.
The main issue is that the CPU (well, one core) seems to be constantly under load. Under Activity Monitor I'm watching the system load (but not user load) hover between about 8% and 12%, all of the time. But looking at the program list, I don't see anything taking up more than about 2% of CPU, and that is taken up by Activity Monitor itself.
The annoying way that this manifests itself in the UI is that if I'm just randomly moving the cursor around in a circle, I can watch it periodically hang and freeze for about half of a second every 3-4 seconds or so. Meanwhile, everything else on the system also seems to freeze up for about half a second at the same time, which makes watching Netflix extremely irritating. (With Netflix the sound plays as normal, but the video freezes briefly every few seconds - I verified this in both Firefox and Chrome so I doubt it's a browser thing.)
I've already tried some troubleshooting steps myself. (None of this has worked yet.)
I saw a lot of messages in console about "mdworker deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd", which googling around for led me to this page; per the instructions there I booted into safe mode, waited a bit and rebooted, and now I don't see those messages any more. (I didn't mess with the sandbox.sb file, about which, really? Apple implemented this in Scheme or something?) Just to be on the safe side, though, I disabled Spotlight indexing with sudo mdutil -a -i off.
I opened Disk Util and ran a verify on all three disks, no errors. I found one or two permissions that needed repairing on the startup SSD and repaired them. The problem persisted. I also cleared out my caches with Maintenance while I was at it.
As a side note, even when I rebooted in safe mode, I was still seeing the same behavior (periodic half-second mouse freezes, system CPU averaging a constant 10% or so in Activity Monitor).
I also spent some time reading this other thread which looked like it had some very useful advice (unlike that poster, though, my Spotlight processes aren't crashing). So I went ahead and followed Linc Davis's first set of instructions in that thread. Here's what I've got for steps 1 and 2.
1. Activity monitor
Highest-CPU process is Activity Monitor at about 1-2% CPU
CPU: User 1%, system ~10%, idle ~90%
System memory: Page outs 0, swap used 0 bytes
Disk activity: Reads in/sec 0, Writes out/sec 0 (these infrequently spike up to about 40 or 50 max)
2. System log
I put up a gist for this here. It's my last 50 messages or so, probably some are coming from the most recent reboot. I can see the "IOHIDSystem cursor update overdue. Resending" messages which I presume are linked to my cursor freezes, but nothing else looks obviously suspicious to me. The stuff about "menucracker" is down to MenuMeters; I uninstalled it and rebooted at one point just to check, but it didn't seem to make a difference so I reinstalled it.
As far as kexts go, the only one I had that wasn't Apple was SoundFlower. I actually need that one, I use it to stream files from Plex, but I went ahead and uninstalled it anyways, and it didn't make a difference. My launchd lists start up sickbeard, sabnzbd, and plex, but I've manually quit all of those and the problem persists, so I highly douby any of them are to blame.
Any advice greatly appreciated. Is there a better way that I can see what exactly is causing the high system CPU load, like can I list processes by number of kernel calls or something? I did try top and ps but I didn't see anything obviously different from Activity Monitor in their output.

Nope, I don't have a "/Users/charon/Library/Mobile Documents" directory, let alone anything underneath it. Is that like an iCloud thing or something? I tend to avoid the Apple-supplied services when I can (I don't use iTunes either unless I can help it).
As an update, as of about two days later this problem seems to have solved itself. Possibly sleeping and waking did something to it (though that seems unlikely given how many times I rebooted), or else there was just some long-*** kernel process that finally worked itself out. But my system CPU is back down to normal and the cursor freezes are gone.
??? it is a mystery! ???

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