Comments on: Final Fix: Heat Sink

By: MacBook Sudden Shutdown - Page 6 - MacNN Forums

MacBook Sudden Shutdown - Page 6 - MacNN Forums — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:00:15 +0000

[...] Well, it just keeps getting better; besides the fact that it has it’s own website named after it, it seems that no matter what anybody proposes or suggests as the "final solution" for RSS, there is someone, somewhere who says: "No, I did that and it still occurs." Macbook Random Shutdown » Blog Archive : Final Fix: Heat Sink » Final Fix: Heat Sink [...]

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:30:49 +0000

I also have RSS back. I’m thinking the problem is not with the heatsink but with the logic board. Think about it, if it was a short in the wires of the heat sink why does holding the reboot for like 20 seconds and waiting for the beep make any difference. Thats the only way I can get it to boot when its playing up.

By: Brian G

Brian G — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:47:22 +0000

My just started doing the random shutdown a few days ago. To prevent it I do this. When you start to hear the fans rev up, put the computer to sleep, then wake it (after the light flased and the fans stop) and all good until the next rev up. I know, I know. It’s not a fix but at least I can keep working. Oh, while I have it powered by a/c I use the “better energy savings” setting. All this until I can bring myself to turn it in for repair. I can’t recommend apple anymore – what am I to do? Vista?

By: cornmeal

cornmeal — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 22:31:38 +0000

I’m in a small boat it seems…I had my heatsink replaced last month now got mine back after the logic board was replaced and I still have RSS apple told me it must be my ram so upon getting it back I tracked a friend down who has a macbook and I stole his ram only to 50 minutes later find out it still has RSS… now after demanding a new unit I was promised by 3 diffrent Tech 1 being a t2 product expert* and now after calling back and talking to the floor manager for the macbook pro’s I was told that I was informed incorectly and that I was not able to get a replacment and that I need to call back and talk to my previous agent for more* help…… so now I’m waiting for a callback from Apple…………………

By: heifetz

heifetz — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:59:54 +0000

I wouldn’t cheer yet, as my MacBook had the same shutdown problem and the heatsink was replaced at an autorised Apple service shop a few days ago, just as Apple had instructed. Well, today the shutdowns started again. I took my MB back to the service today and the guys there were dumbfounded, replacing the heatsink should have solved the problem. Oh well, they promised to look at it again. I hope it was just a defective spare part..