Random Shutdowns on my MacBook
Peril of perils, sorrow of sorrows, I’ve been afflicted with one of the ailments of using Rev A hardware. As
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Above is the first sentance of what was a great post - really. I’m writing it on a PC, however, via the web interface to my blog and apparently had some problems between my completing the post and it being published.
At any rate, the point is that I’ve had to send in my MacBook because it has been just shutting down at random times since Friday. By shutting down I mean all of a sudden it powers off instantly, right in the middle of whatever I was doing. By random times I mean anywhere from 1 minute after startup to 4 hours, but it has averaged about 20 minutes over the course of the past 4 days, and probably 30 different shutdowns.
There is some discussion on the Apple discussion forums about other people having this issue, and it’s apparently some hardware / logic board / thermal sensor type of issue. Most people have reported that after having Apple replace the logic board, the problem has gone away.
So, I’m without my Mac for 5-10 business days. Ouch.
I’ll keep you all updated on the progress.
I totally hear you on being without your MacBook. For me, it took starting a site about the Macbook Random Shutdown shortly after our MacBook had all these problems.
It turned out ours was only a Heatsink replacement and not a full logic board replacement - thankfully. There are some good stories posted on the site I started recently about all the hoopla folks are having to go through - thought you might find it useful….
Macbook Random Shutdown
http://www.macbookrandomshutdown.com/
Cheers!
-Matthew