2010 MBP crashes

[hvgotcodes]

I have a 2010 MBP. I installed a crucial c300 earlier this year. I am running snow leopard.

Yesterday, I ran into a situation where all my programs stopped responding, one by one. I could still use the GUI, but nothing worked, and eventually I had to power cycle.

Same thing happened today.

How can I begin diagnosing if am experiencing a hardware failure?

 

[Macman45]

Verify The Disk(s)

I have a 2010 MBP. I installed a crucial c300 earlier this year. I am running snow leopard.

Yesterday, I ran into a situation where all my programs stopped responding, one by one. I could still use the GUI, but nothing worked, and eventually I had to power cycle.

Same thing happened today.

How can I begin diagnosing if am experiencing a hardware failure?

Using disk utility first. If you get no errors there, verify your permissions and repair if required. Sounds like bad RAM or a dying HDD to me

 

[hvgotcodes]

Using disk utility first. If you get no errors there, verify your permissions and repair if required. Sounds like bad RAM or a dying HDD to me

disk utility shows permissions issues, but then again it always shows permissions issues. I don't see any button to check for the health of the hardware.

would there be any kernel log messages to look for?

I made a genius bar appointment so they can run their diagnostics...are there any i could download/run in the meantime?

 

[Macman45]

Not Really

disk utility shows permissions issues, but then again it always shows permissions issues. I don't see any button to check for the health of the hardware.

would there be any kernel log messages to look for?

I made a genius bar appointment so they can run their diagnostics...are there any i could download/run in the meantime?

If you've made a genius appointment I'd leave it as is for now....I'm thinking HDD, which will be replaced....Are you still under Warranty?

 

[hvgotcodes]

If you've made a genius appointment I'd leave it as is for now....I'm thinking HDD, which will be replaced....Are you still under Warranty?

No my HDD is a crucial c300 which I installed myself. It should be under warranty. Is there a diagnostic I could run?