MacBookPro spontaneous restarts?

[ccc]

I've been using my MacBookPro (1.83ghz) for 3 days, and today it began acting funky. It has spontaneously restarted about 10 times today. It restarted itself about 4 times in 10 minutes just now. Twice it has restarted as soon as the previous restart completed, before any programs have been launched, and with no peripherals plugged in. Other times it has spontaneously restarted with only Safari open, and with Illustrator CS open.

Any ideas about what might be happening? Anyone had this issue?
Could this be related to software? Or the 1 gig RAM module I installed?

 

[upperblue79]

If the ram is messed up it more than likely would not start without some warning. Try running software update. Also go into disk utility and repair permissions. If you got applecare, run the tech tools disk and make sure all your hardware is good.

 

[mmmcheese]

I've been using my MacBookPro (1.83ghz) for 3 days, and today it began acting funky. It has spontaneously restarted about 10 times today. It restarted itself about 4 times in 10 minutes just now. Twice it has restarted as soon as the previous restart completed, before any programs have been launched, and with no peripherals plugged in. Other times it has spontaneously restarted with only Safari open, and with Illustrator CS open.

Any ideas about what might be happening? Anyone had this issue?
Could this be related to software? Or the 1 gig RAM module I installed?

First thing to try...remove the stick of RAM you put in there. If it stops restarting, then it's the RAM.

Second, try re-installing OSX...

Third, if all else has failed, it may be heat or something else....call Apple.

Those are the only things I can think of, but that's the order I would do them in.

 

[sam10685]

i would strap a stick of dynamite to it, light it and then sit back and watch the show. (then go buy a new Macbook Pro with more RAM already in it.)

 

[zendog]

Have the same problem with same machine. less severe.

I've been using my MacBookPro (1.83ghz) for 3 days, and today it began acting funky. It has spontaneously restarted about 10 times today. It restarted itself about 4 times in 10 minutes just now. Twice it has restarted as soon as the previous restart completed, before any programs have been launched, and with no peripherals plugged in. Other times it has spontaneously restarted with only Safari open, and with Illustrator CS open.

Any ideas about what might be happening? Anyone had this issue?
Could this be related to software? Or the 1 gig RAM module I installed?

my mbp is doing the same thing. sometimes evidently without any applications open. has 2 gig, 1 of which I got from a friend. was overheating because fans failed and apple store replaced them.

 

[gusanitoverde]

The solution could rather be easy.

Check in the System Profiler.

Check in the "Power" section.
Check how many cycles your battery has gone through.
If it is close of pass 300 cycles, your primary suspect is the battery.

I had the same thing happening to me. Battery replaced=Happy camper.

 

[Dr.Pants]

Not trying to be rude, but I'm just saying.

ALso, the one thing I haven't seen suggested yet is zapping PRAM. It may not solve the problem, but it is easier to do then popping open the case; its something to do before anything. Then work software-side. Then work hardware-side.

 

[Yairp]

He just wants to play... take it out to the park, throw a ball a few times, he'll get tired soon enough and you'll have a quiet night.