I was using my MBP and everything froze.

[Bocheememon]

This is most unusual.

First-Specs of Computer.

2.16 MBP
2GB Ram
100GB 5400 rpm HD

OS X Tiger 10.4.7

I was downloading a trailer from ign.com, reading a translated script, had Mail open, and suddenly my mouse cursor disappears! Not only that, but I couldn't put the machine to sleep. I closed the computer to see if it would sleep without using the power button. It just stayed on in a frozen state!

I have my firewall on and all sharing options disabled.

Was my computer hacked into and frozen or was it just a fluke? Just reading a script online and downloading a trailer from a known site couldn't just freeze things?

When I did cold-boot my computer, I noticed the trailer finished downloading via Safari. I didn't see the message where it asks me to continue downloading the item. Perhaps Safari just crashed my computer?

 

[Zwhaler]

Yes, that is definately unusual. How long has it been since your Mac froze?

 

[ironic23]

I had my MBP (2.0ghz, 1.5gb apple ram and 256mb vram) freeze on me once yesterday too! It was so unusual as it's never hung before. I had to force it to shut down and when i restarted it, everything was ok (used disk utility to verify the disk, etc.). It was scary.

 

[Bocheememon]

Hmm.

--delete post-- Double post.

 

[Bocheememon]

Hmm.

I can't remember it freezing in this way before. It has locked up a few times, but that was because of running Rosetta PPC apps. They were minor crashes though.

ironic: You too? I wonder what triggers it?

 

[ironic23]

I can't remember it freezing. It hasn't happened in the past two months to the best of my knowledge.

ironic: You too? I wonder what triggers it?

No idea mate. I was just browsing the internet and my cursor didn't move when i touched the trackpad. Then i saw that the clock had stopped. It was scary.. I'm just lucky i wasn't doing anything important then...

 

[Bocheememon]

No idea mate. I was just browsing the internet and my cursor didn't move when i touched the trackpad. Then i saw that the clock had stopped. It was scary.. I'm just lucky i wasn't doing anything important then...

I spose this shall be a faded memory in the adventures of Crashing: The Reboot.

I'll keep an eye out if this happens again. My computer is being sent in to have the processor whine repaired. I hope that gets fixed! I'll mention this to them so they can keep a note of it.

 

[ironic23]

i would send mine in but the whine isnt bad to the extent that i cant bear with it. but i just might when i get home to where my imac is. let me know whether you get your things solved with the send-in. Thanks!