For about 2 Weeks now i have been getting the BeachBall of Death every couple of minuets, for a couple of minuets each.
It seems to be random programs that freeze. as in it might be Firefox, Then Itunes, then VMWare, even System Profiler AND Force Quit Applications!!!
(Running 10.6.1 by the way)
Long story short, If it was running it would freeze and produce a BBOD.
I read that some people were having issues with Adobe Flash Player. so i used the tool provided by Adobe to completely remove it from the system No good, i still got BBOD.
So i figured what the hell, I've got the restore disks, its a pain but i figured, "hey format, install clean"
Nope.
I'm still getting BBOD of a fresh install of 10.6.0, I have updated to 10.6.1. still no good.
While simply writing this Post out, firefox has hung around 6 times
Its got to the point where my system is pretty much unusable..
Does anyone have any ideas? at this point i would be considering a hardware fault Should i contact Apple? its a 6 month old Unibody Macbook Pro 15"
I have tried the Downgrade tool from Firmware 1.7 to 1.6. but the tool does not run.
Thanks,
Peter.
It seems to be random programs that freeze. as in it might be Firefox, Then Itunes, then VMWare, even System Profiler AND Force Quit Applications!!!
(Running 10.6.1 by the way)
Long story short, If it was running it would freeze and produce a BBOD.
I read that some people were having issues with Adobe Flash Player. so i used the tool provided by Adobe to completely remove it from the system No good, i still got BBOD.
So i figured what the hell, I've got the restore disks, its a pain but i figured, "hey format, install clean"
Nope.
I'm still getting BBOD of a fresh install of 10.6.0, I have updated to 10.6.1. still no good.
While simply writing this Post out, firefox has hung around 6 times
Its got to the point where my system is pretty much unusable..
Does anyone have any ideas? at this point i would be considering a hardware fault Should i contact Apple? its a 6 month old Unibody Macbook Pro 15"
I have tried the Downgrade tool from Firmware 1.7 to 1.6. but the tool does not run.
Thanks,
Peter.
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Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.41f2
Serial Number (system): W89112C571A
Hardware UUID: 63111576-FA6B-5933-8544-0AF63FC4C158
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Code:
Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02:
Capacity: 320.07 GB (320,072,933,376 bytes)
Model: Hitachi HTS543232L9SA02
Revision: FB4AC50F
Serial Number: 081219FB1403LPJLWETF
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 5400
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
