Macbook Random Shutdown

After 10 months of purchase of MacBook it stopped starting up. Appel service replaced the logic board after keeping it for a week with them. After this replacement I have been facing one or the other problems with this peice of crap!

List of problems I have been getting:

• MacBook automatically starts up when it’s shutdown and AC adapter is disconnected at random intervals. I can no longer take it with me when I travel as it automatically turns up and become extremely hot in the bag. Apple service center had kept macbook for 2 weeks in back to back services and still problem persists. OSX has been re-installed from scratch and that too did not help
• A power dialogue keeps popping up saying “Are you sure you want to Restart, sleep, cancel, shutdown?” even when I do not press the power button or any key sequence
• Battery icon intermittently shows “x” on it unless it’s removed and re-inserted after some time.
• It now runs very hot comparitively than it used to before I gave it for service.

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It’s been over a month and I’m still up and running perfectly after sending my week 21 black macbook in for repair. Apple put in a new heatsink and logic board. Here’s what I have done so far and it has made my experience with my machine as good as it should have been when I first bought it:

1. Download all the updates as soon as you get your machine back from repairs (yes, that includes 10.4.8 and the FMC firmware update).

2. Go to the following link and download the FanControl 1.1 software to have full control over your fan speed (I recommend speeding up your fans between 500 and 1,000rpm). Now you can actually use your macbook on your lap!!! Note: this gui installs in your system preferences menu:

http://www.lobotomo.com/products/FanControl/index.html

If you would like in-depth instructions on what exactly Apple is currently doing to fix this problem, please see the following link:

http://flickr.com/photos/99055354@N00/

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Cheers!
Matthew

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