August 28, 2006
Testing for the random MacBook shutdown
Posted Aug. 28, ’06, 6:33 AM PT by Derik DeLong
Category | Troubleshooting
Dan won’t be able to confirm this anymore because his MacBook is fixed, but the Apple Files claims to have a way to test for sudden MacBook shutdowns. It basically consists of revving your MacBook’s two cores into high gear to get them hot and the fan blowing, then waiting to see what happens.
It’s an interesting way to check for the problem, but it’s unlikely to convince anyone (least of all Apple). It might be good for those that haven’t had the issue and want to see if they can force it, but is it worth putting your machine through all that strain? Well, I guess if you expect it to show up later.
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when i was at the apple store i was trying to demo it to a genius and it didn't happen. even with running all the iLife apps and running two instances of 'yes > /dev/null'. i had to show my uptime history with 'last' to show i was getting about 3 RSD's per day.
Hi. It´s not an heat-issue, at least not in my case. Random shutdowns happens when you least expect them to, and more often when you wake the Macbook from sleep. I´ve kept watching the temps regularly, but they never appear too hot when it shuts down (between 50-65 celsius with the latest SMC-update), as I´ve been surfing the net or just writing in pages. Contacted Apple-support today, but all they asked me for was to check with the original RAM (updated to 2GB from Kingston). What to do??