At 10:06 AM -0700 4/4/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Apr 4, 2011, at 9:49 AM, william wrote:
My roommate blames the software as no symptoms appeared when i
first tried it out.
Which makes no sense because the problems you describe are hardware related.
What Bruce said, +
But i am coming to another conclusion. I shut it off in disgust and
rebooted cold just a bit ago. I am typing this on the machine in
question and all appears normal, just as it did when i first turned
it on. It seems to act normally for awhile, then the video problems
start, then the shutdowns.
This is clearly a sing of a fialing logic board or possibly a
failing cooling system.
Try increasing its air flow - point a fan at it. That can very
telling. Also install something like iStat Menus, that gives you a
temp display.
Check the system log for errors. Thermal problems usually get a
chance to throw a last-gasp message into the log before gakking the
system.
Could also be a shipping issue. Things get knocked around. When you
open it up to check the fans,vaccuum it out, re-seat cables and such.
... Please be sure to be properly grounded when you open it. You
don't want to make the situation worse by frying things with static.
- Dan.
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