04-15-2019
Resetting the SMC did not work.
Activity monitor still shows CPU at 2000% for the kernel_task.
I will test to see if the problem is the SSD, next.
I tried running First Aid on the SSD but the high CPU at around 2000% makes this very slow, and the system just hangs.
The restore process did not indicate the SSD was bad, and I've tried every Apple support suggestion.
Hmmmm. This is a mystery that needs to be solved.
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