Daily Panic Attacks on MacBook Pro M2 (2022)

I am also not convinced it isn't hardware related.

Nor am I. I have not seen that specific KP on an unmodified Mac that did not require replacing the logic board. In other words I disagree with the Apple store's assessment.

Also for whatever it's worth it's not related to RAM or the lack of it. Bring it back to Apple and tell them it's still not fixed.

Nope, that's a different problem.

But yes, it is likely to be a hardware problem.

Debugging steps:

Make certain you have applied all available software updates, because no one is willing to debug a problem that might have been seen and solved already.

Then you need to go through the 'regular' steps to eliminate added software as the cause of the problem:

• Run In Safe Mode, where no third-party add-ons are loaded

• create a new "clean" User account, and run with that to eliminate contamination in your regular User account

• run the diagnostic to check for GROSS issues. "no fault found" is not the same as "all is well".

If you are seeing kernel panics, post a panic report. Some panic-reasons suggest a Hardware issue. There is a procedure that can allow you to find those reports to post one. Ask for assistance if you need it.

The telephone support people are more likely to work with you. They will insist that you go through the motions to eliminate software issues. But when they get to the end of their list, you should insist on having your problem escalated to a specialist. Specialists are more likely to actually read your panic reports, and to agree this is a problem and DIRECT an Apple service provider to swap things (likely mainboard) for a new one.

if you take it to an Apple service provider first, they will likely run diagnostics, report no fault found, and return it to you unchanged. They are generally not trained to read panic reports.

You MUST have a Trusted backup before submitting your Mac for service. if the mainboard is swapped out, the boot drive will be swapped out as well, and you will not get your files back.

Grant Bennet-Alder is right. Different fault, completely unrelated to the other, but still a hardware fault and one that will require replacing its logic board. Again.

What is wrong with this machine???

There is not much more to a Mac other than its logic board. Obviously everything else (display, battery, keyboard, etc) is ok but for whatever reason you have had at least two separate and distinct defective "machines". The answer remains the same: contact Apple, reference their previous repairs and attempts to fix it, and as far as you're concerned nothing has changed. It's broken and you can't use it.

During that time you have been inconvenienced and effectively deprived of using a premium device you reasonably expected to be reliable. After n attempts to fix something (n = a number Apple does not publicly discuss) your concerns will be escalated and given the attention you deserve. I think a polite dose of righteous indignation is appropriate in this particular circumstance, but that's just my opinion. If replacing it with a completely different Mac is out of the question, perhaps you could talk them into a 16 GB version of the same logic board? Just a thought.

Follow Grant Bennet-Alder's recommendations and be sure to reference your previous repair (Apple will have a record of it).

<<. After n attempts to fix something (n = a number Apple does not publicly discuss) >>

in the US, that number n may determined by State Lemon Laws, originally created to cover very expensive automobiles that refuse to be fixed after a reasonable 'n' number of attempts for EXACTLY the same problem.

Good news. The display was not a bad guess on their part but as I wrote every Mac I personally encountered that had that particular KP required its logic board replaced.