Nov 23
I thought they had this issue fixed in the new models. I guess not, my Macbook pro (15″ 2.33Ghz) shutsdown if it gets too hot (even watching a video podcast via iTunes is enough to do it). I’m going to take it in in a few days to see if they know what’s up. I would think that the wire insulation melting thing would have been fixed, so I don’t know what it is.
EDIT: My shutdowns are NOT heat related!! They are completely random with nothing that consistently triggers them. Once, my macbook pro had trouble turning back on for about 15 minutes. I tried resetting the SMC and no effect. Only leaving it (it kept retrying to turn on automatically) for 15min let it turn on at one its attempts. It’s now in for repair.
Hi there!
I’m just new here – saying hello!
Just had a rough day with my Mac Pro 8 core 2.8 Ghz (Early 2008 Model). It started shutting down suddenly without warning. I called apple support and they got me to boot it in safe mode (hold Shift down and turn on power) after unplugging everything but the Monitor, Keyboard mouse, and PowerCord. This still caused it to switched off after 2-3 seconds. Any way they suspect it could be a hardware issue and not software. My mac’s just over 1 year old, but I have Apple Extended Protection. will keep u posted.
Josef Horhay
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