Yes, that is a common failure mode.  Check the Console logs for reports of 
"disk i/o error" around the times of the hangs.

On Oct 22, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Daniel Israel wrote:

> Since I sent this, things were running fine, but suddenly yesterday it locked 
> up again.  And then did it about 6 times in a row after forced rebloot.  That 
> seems to be the pattern....  Once it happens, it happens several times in a 
> row, then not for a while.
> 
> Is it possible that it might have to do with overheating?
> 
> 
> On Oct 12, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Daniel Israel wrote:
> 
>> I did run the Verify in Disk Utility which reported no errors
>> 
>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Macs R We wrote:
>> 
>>> If you want reliable info, call the SSD manufacturer.
>>> 
>>> Have you run a tool like DiskWarrior over your file system first?
>>> 
>>> On Oct 12, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Daniel Israel wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> 
>>>> I've got a mid-2010 Macbook Pro (MacbookPro6,1) 17 inch with 512G SSD.
>>>> 
>>>> Been working like a champ for almost 2 years.  A couple weeks ago, Apple 
>>>> pushed the 10.7.5 update.  Since then, not so great. Intermittently, an 
>>>> application will freeze with the spinning cursor.  Going to other apps 
>>>> will cause them to freeze, and if I go to the system menu (like to Force 
>>>> Quit or Rebloot) everything freezes and I'm forced to physically shut it 
>>>> down and boot back up.  I haven't found a way around it.  It's not 
>>>> predictable.  It's happened with Dreamweaver, Eclipse, Photoshop, and 
>>>> recently with Mail.  Some net searching has found a few people with same 
>>>> issues.  I did find where someone suggested it was an SSD issue and I 
>>>> should upgrade firmware.  A net search hasn't brought me to any 
>>>> instructions HOW to do this.  (As an aside, I notice that google is 
>>>> becoming more and more useless over time)
>>>> 
>>>> Any help on somewhere I can get instructions on checking and/or upgrading 
>>>> the firmware for my SSD?  (Or failing that, downgrading back to 10.7.4?)
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> -D. Israel
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> http://www.customcodebydan.com
>>>> AIM: JudoDanIzz
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>> 
>> -D. Israel
>> [email protected]
>> http://www.customcodebydan.com
>> AIM: JudoDanIzz
>> 
>> 
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> -D. Israel
> [email protected]
> http://www.customcodebydan.com
> AIM: JudoDanIzz
> 
> 
> 

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