Apple figured it out
I have stood behind apple on this issue, and it sounds like they finally figured it out. I brought mine in for repair in early September, they replaced the logic board, ram, and heat sink, I got it back, and then a couple of weeks later had a few random shut downs (3-4 total over a week’s time – this shutdown was a bit different as it would shutdown 3-4 times in a row as I tried to restart it and then it would fine for days). I brought it in again last sunday to the apple store by my house. They assured me that Apple had now confirmed it was the the heat sink. and theat a new thinner version is being installed. There is also a small piece of insulation they are adding that would fix the problem. Once they opened mine up they actually found that the depot failed to reconnect my heat sink properly so that was why it was shutting down (the 2nd time) They decided to replace the heat sink anyway just to be safe. They also found that the depot put the plastic on around the keys wrong which was making it difficult for me to get discs in and out with ease. I hope I never have an issue with my MB again or I will demand a brand new one. I hope this issue is done for all of us. Go Apple!
October 21st, 2006 at 8:11 am
Not only did you go there twice, you had the patience to wait for a 2nd repair because they *didn’t put it back together properly*. What a nice guy!!
Failure to “reconnect” a heat sink. that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all week.
Also, the rubber insulators are easy to put in backwards, which is why the “technician” was able to slam the top cover on but the cds didn’t line up with the space in the casing.
http://i9.tinypic.com/48r441z.jpg
in my opinion, that wire was the issue. i had rss for 3 weeks straight then I did this op. on Sept. 28th, running 100% since.