OS X :: Macbook Shuts Down Suddenly

Mar 19, 2010

This started about 2 days ago, there was no apparent signs of such a thing going to happen.

My MacBook suddenly shuts down in the middle of my work. Shut down as in a sudden shut down, as if the battery was removed. There is no shutdown process, the whole screen just goes black. I've realized that this happens more recently when watching youtube videos, playing flash games etc.

Example : Computer dies in 10 minutes when watching videos/playing games. Computer dies in a few hours or NEVER when just typing, surfing.

It doesn't seem to be a battery problem. I've removed the battery and had my Macbook run on the Charger before, and it still died on me...

Battery Information:

Battery Installed:Yes
First low level warning:No
Full Charge Capacity (mAh):4390
Remaining Capacity (mAh):2128
Amperage (mA):-1720
Voltage (mV):11081
Cycle Count:495

Mac OSX 10.4.11

1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1.25GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
I run bootcamp, same problem on my other operating system

Hardware Overview:

Model Name:MacBook
Model Identifier:MacBook2,1
Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors:1
Total Number Of Cores:2
L2 Cache (per processor):2 MB
Memory:1.25 GB
Bus Speed:667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version:1.13f3
Serial Number:4H7110U8WGK
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:Enabled

View 5 Replies


ADVERTISEMENT

MacBook Pro :: Suddenly Shuts Down Itself, How To Stop That

Apr 6, 2012

It just suddenly shuts off and I need to turn it on again

Info:
MacBook Pro, Other OS

View 1 Replies View Related

Hardware :: Macbook Suddenly Shuts Off And Doesn't Power On Again

Mar 2, 2008

I've had my macbook for about 15 months. i noticed a while ago it had trouble turning off completely when running only on the battery. then a few weeks ago it shut itself off and wouldn't start up again. the power cord indicator was orange, but nothing worked. ordered a new battery, that didn't help. tried a different power cord - nada. i took it in to an apple repair shop and they said something about the internal power connector (i'm not a techy) and took 2 weeks to repair. i've had it back 3 weeks now and the same thing has happened. only this time there is no indicator light on any of the power adapters. and my partially charged batteries do not work on their own either.

any ideas? i don't want to keep fixing the same thing and every few weeks it keeps breaking again. i mean, what's the point in having the computer then, right??

View 1 Replies View Related

IMac PPC :: G4 Starts Up Then Suddenly Shuts Down?

Apr 23, 2012

I have an old g4 , the kind shaped like half a golf ball, which starts up and then quits at different places during the process. Sometimes with the gray screen and Apple logo, sometime later when the OS has fully installed,but fails quite rapidly after that. Then tries to reboot itself with varying degrees of failure.

Info:
mac g4, Mac OS X (10.4.9)

View 1 Replies View Related

Intel Mac :: Suddenly Shuts Down While Online?

May 20, 2012

My imac suddenly shuts down while on line. It has to be unpluged for a couple of hours before it will restart. Could it be the battery dying?

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

View 7 Replies View Related

PowerPC :: Dual 2.0 Powermac G5 Suddenly Shuts Down

Mar 1, 2007

I have a Dual 2.0 Powermac G5 that has been shutting down without notice. It first started doing this every couple of days. I'd have to let the computer sit for a few hours before it would run again. Now it does it more and more frequently and stays running ofr less and less time. As of now, it will only stay on for 15 minutes before suddenly shutting down.

View 1 Replies View Related

PowerPC :: IBook G4 Suddenly Shuts Down With No Warning

Nov 5, 2007

I was hoping you could get me started in the right direction. My wife has an iBook G4 which lately, while using a full battery, just turns off suddenly. There is no warning and it never does it when it's plugged in. The battery looks like it's almost fully charged - at least that's what the meter in the menu says, so I don't know what's going on.

Could you possibly give me some steps to go through to try and figure this out?

The first step she wants to try is to get a new Intel MacBook, but I'd like to try a couple of other things first!

View 10 Replies View Related

IMac :: Suddenly Shuts Down - Screen Warm

May 25, 2009

I received my new iMac on May 20. It is a 3.06 with an ATI card. I have not had much time to use it until this evening. I had been been setting up some bookmarks in Safari and then was working on a spreadsheet for about an hour when it suddenly shut down. The power strip in which it was plugged in still had it's light on. The iMac is the only item plugged into the strip. I then felt around the screen, the bottom section was cool but the top was rather warm.

The temperature in the air conditioned house is 71�F. Programs open at the time were Safari - which was on an idle screen as I had logged out of a site. Two sessions of Finder Entourage Excel - which I was actively using. Is this an over temp shutdown? I recall some people posting the temperature of their Macs. Are there any monitors on the iMac to see how hot it is running? There were no warnings that it was going to shut down.

View 12 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Pro Shuts Down On Its Own / Why Is This?

Dec 9, 2009

I'm considering buying a used MacBook Pro (early 2008) from a seller on eBay. The seller disclosed "Sometimes the machine shuts down after startup" but adds that he does not know why.

Does this sound like something anyone has encountered and if so, was it serious?

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: It Shuts Down At 10%

Apr 10, 2012

My computer started to shut itself down without warning at around 10% battery power when my battery was bad. I bought a new battery, which works fine, but the problem persists. The computer does never tell me that battery is low or anything; it simply shuts down at 10% without warning and I can't seem to be able to do anything about it.

Info:Mac Pro

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Shuts Down Right After Start Up?

Mar 15, 2012

my macbook shuts off after initial start up

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: It Randomly Shuts Down

Apr 3, 2012

My 13" Macbook Pro is forcing me to shutdown and restart my computer at random times. So far I've only noticed this when I'm on Safari.

Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Airport Shuts Down After 15 Min

Apr 11, 2012

when I am connected to MSN or watching a movie on internet my airport just stops and will not turn on unless I restart computer.

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Air :: Gets Extremely Hot And Shuts Down?

May 23, 2012

If  my macbook air gets extremely hot and shuts down means that i need to take it back to the apple store?

Info:
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

View 11 Replies View Related

MacBook Air :: It Shuts Off And Cannot Start

Jul 5, 2012

I have a late 2010 MacBook Air.Unfortunately, I'm in a country without an Apple store or any kind of official Apple support (no phone number to call).

2 days ago, I plugged in a little USB modem device (wireless is rare here) and my laptop shut down suddenly. It refused to restart at all until I did an SMC reset and then it was working fine (including with the USB modem plugged in).

However, the next day, the same shut-down occurred (when I plugged in the modem again) and now SMC reset is not doing anything. I've held down the start button for a very long time and there aren't any signs of life. The light on the charger shows that it is charging when I plug it in.

Info:MacBook Air (13-inch Late 2010)

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Shuts Off Unexpectedly

Jun 4, 2014

As of a few days ago my MacBook Pro has been acting oddly. When I shut the clamshell and reopen it again a few minutes (or hours) later it's hot and makes sounds as if it is working hard at something but the display will not turn on. I usually end up turning it off anf then on again via the power button. I have a wireless keyboard attached due to damage to the laptop's own keyboard, but use the laptop's power button (which still functions). I've reattached, and reset, the keyboard a few times in case that was the problem but had no luck. It doesn't hinder my usage of the computer once it's on again but it is strange.

Info:
MacBook Pro

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Shuts Down When Put On Sleep (OS X 10.8.6)

Jun 19, 2014

I have a Macbook pro (OS 10.8.6), when I put it to sleep by closing the lid or explicitly choosing sleep option,it goes to sleep, but when I open the lid, the machine shutsdown. I have to press the power button for around 30 seconds to start the machine. In the logs I could find--Shutdown due to error code --79 and sleep failure shutdown.

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Overheats And Shuts Down?

Aug 26, 2014

My Mac Book (NOT PRO) get hot and shuts down

Info:
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

View 8 Replies View Related

MacBook Air :: Tries To Start Up Then Shuts Off

Aug 27, 2014

Macbook air tries to start up then shuts off ....

Info:
iPhone 4

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Shuts Down Without Warning?

Dec 10, 2014

Ever since I updated to Yosimite - my MacBook Pro is shutting down many, many times a day w/o warning.  How can this be fixed?

Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.1.x)

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Shuts Down When Put It To Sleep?

Sep 10, 2014

My Macbook shuts down when I put it to sleep.

Info:
Mac OS X (10.6.8)

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Shuts Itself Off After Startup

Jun 28, 2014

2 or 3 months ago my charger broke, I havnt used my macbook pro since then, until recently when I got a new charger. Now my Mac wont start up.Or, it starts up then shuts itself down again.

View 3 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Display Shuts Off After Boot?

Oct 3, 2010

Just as the title says I have a Macbook 2,1 (2.16 c2d) and after booting into osx the display shuts off. I can use the notebook as a desktop with an external monitor. Any ideas as to how i can fix this?

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Shuts Down Instead Of Sleep When Out Of Battery

Sep 20, 2007

Is it strange that my MacBook now just shuts down when it runs out of battery instead of just going into sleep mode? It's about two weeks old now. It used to go into sleep mode, but now it just shuts down once the battery is down. Also, I had the most wonderful experience with Apple. My first macbook (three weeks ago) had a small chip on the screen. When I finally noticed it, I thought it was a large piece of dust so it wasn't too terrible. I tried to exchange it at the local store where I purchased it, but it had already been four days and I had cut out the UPC for the printer and ipod rebate the day before and sent it out. So they recommended that I go see a mac genius and see if I can get the screen replaced because I could no longer exchange it or return it (risk losing my rebates).

So, a bit upset that I was too prompt about getting the rebates in, I scheduled an appointment with a genius. When I spoke to him, he just went to the back and got the manager. The manager said instead fixing the screen, he'd liked to give me a new macbook and instant reimbursement for the ipod and printer! (the rebates I sent in will be rejected since the mac has been returned). The new macbook I noticed has a much louder superdrive seems to be working hard every time the computer wakes up and when I open it, but that definitely beats a chip on the screen. But now it doesn't go to sleep after the battery gets low, but instead shuts off.

View 24 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Won't Work With Unplugged / Shuts Off

Feb 16, 2010

My Macbook shuts off immediately when unplugged and will not start up unless it's plugged in. This just started last night...I was using it while it was charging and then unplugged it when it got to 100%, and it immediately shut off. Prior to this, it seemed to be charging and running fine. It also runs fine plugged in.

I did some searching and tried some of the suggestions I found...shutting down, taking the battery out, holding down the power button for 5 secs, and replacing the battery...making sure the connectors were clean, downloading battery update, etc. Nothing helped. I also read an article about how the lithium polymer batteries will just quit suddenly like that instead of running down gradually. So I'm hoping all I need is to buy a new battery. But my question is this: Since the system profiler shows the battery health is "good," does this indicate something else is the problem? Or will it still show it's good after it completely dies?

Here are the stats according to System Profiler:
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh):3955
Fully charged:Yes
Charging:No
Full charge capacity (mAh):3956
Health Information:

I am just now learning about these things, so apparently 1047 cycles is a good life for the battery. I just want to know that this is the only problem so I can order a battery and be done with it. Wish I could run it over to the Apple store and have them check it, but it's an hour and a half away, so if I do that, it'll have to be later in the week or next week. Naturally, I don't want to be patient and wait.

View 1 Replies View Related

Software :: MacBook Shuts Down During Boot Up?

Aug 18, 2009

Upon hitting the power button, it got as far as the Apple logo screen (with chime), and then promptly powered itself down. 6+ subsequent tries have resulted in the same result; it never makes it past the boot sequence. We've tried resetting the PRAM and starting in safe mode, but we get the same result. It's also been plugged into the A/C adapter (and we've tried multiple outlets) so it doesn't appear to be a battery issue.

View 7 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: Brand New Shuts Down For No Reason?

Mar 26, 2012

My two week old Mac Pro shut downs for no pparent reason. Using the wireless, not plug in to an outlet but battery fully charged. Both times happen within 15hrs. apart.

Info:
MacBook Pro, iOS 5

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: 13'' Mid 2010 Shuts Down Randomly?

Mar 26, 2012

I have my macbook pro with 2.66GHZ, 320GB, 4GB RAM..It  runs properly however it shuts down randomly. Sometimes after one hour other times after just a few minutes. Am wondering what the problem could be. I have done all teh PRAM resets. Thought it was the fan but the fan runs normally.

Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

View 2 Replies View Related

MacBook :: Shuts Down On 60% Battery Percentage?

May 5, 2012

My MacBook shuts down on random percentages when used on battery power. I can only use it for FIVE minutes before it shuts down. And as I said, it shuts down before the battery runs down to 0%.

Info:
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

View 1 Replies View Related

MacBook Pro :: 15" Shuts Down Unexpectedly?

May 16, 2012

Recently, my MBP has been shutting down unexpectedly and then the front light will flash 3 times. 

The MBP is running Mac OS X, version 10.6.8, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

View 1 Replies View Related







Copyrights 2005-15 www.BigResource.com, All rights reserved