MacBook Pro :: Sudden Shutdown Without Warning - General System Error
Apr 23, 2010
I've had my MBP since Oct of 2007. About 2 weeks ago it would not turn on so I had the logic board replaced. After I got it back it would randomly shut down, the only solution I could do is take out the battery and work at the lower clockspeed but it still shut down without warning, just less frequently. I thought it might be the power cord or the battery so I got those replaced but it is still happening. The first day I had the battery (yesterday) it worked fine, no random shutdowns, I calibrated the battery per apple instructions and today it worked great (during charge up and plugged in at full charge) for about 5 hours, then it shut down, I turned it back on and it shut down shortly after, I reset the SMC by taking out the battery and holding down the power button and putting it back in and it shut down again.
Then I tried to run the hardware test and it shut down again so now I am posting this out of frustration. I also reset the pram and it shut down again. Now it won't stay on for more than getting through the login screen. I don't have applecare but they replaced the logic board for no cost (which I don't fully understand), I'd rather not take it back but I will if you guys have no ideas. I looked up (with difficulty) the previous shutdown code: -2 (http://www.macwizard.com/errors.html) and it said it was a "General System Error (VBL Mgr, Queue) -2 vTypErr invalid queue element" but I have no idea what that means.
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Here is a copy-and-paste of the console log:
Code:
9/05/08 16:25:42 kernel System Wake
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It used to be that shutdown was "instantaneous" (2, 3 seconds or so). So when all of a sudden my shutdown time became 20 seconds I got interested. Why the wait? Questions: What is your shutdown time? According to the system.log from yesterday's shutdown (other shutdowns are similar):
Quote:
Apr 9 22:57:38 Fiona shutdown[431]: halt by ...:
Apr 9 22:57:38 Fiona shutdown[431]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1207774658 599340
Apr 9 22:57:38 Fiona com.apple.loginwindow[36]: Shutdown NOW!
Apr 9 22:57:38 Fiona com.apple.loginwindow[36]: System shutdown time has arrived^G^G
Apr 9 22:57:46 Fiona mds[35]: (Error) Import: importer:0x87dc00 Importer start failed for 501 (kr:268435459 (ipc/send) invalid destination port)
Apr 9 22:57:46 Fiona mds[35]: (Fatal) Server: Assertion failure in -[MDSServiceUtil machPortForBootstrapName:targetClassName:andUid:usingRosetta:] (/SourceCache/Spotlight/Spotlight-398.8/server/MDSWorkerProcess/MDSServiceUtil.m:98) -- Mach error 1105: unknown error code
Apr 9 22:57:46 Fiona com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.metadata.mds[35]): Exited abnormally: Illegal instruction
Apr 9 22:57:58 Fiona com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemStarter[31]): Exit timeout elapsed (20 seconds). Killing.
Apr 9 22:57:58 Fiona com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.SystemStarter[31]): Exited: Killed
Interesting, Illegal instructions, Unknown error code. Why is Spotlight always working at the moment of shutdown? What is happening in the unshown 10 seconds?
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