Hi all,
I have a mid-2008 MacBook pro which is now running Mountain Lion that I bought off eBay in 2010. I've never had any problems apart from the occasional freezing. It had been working fine all day, then I left my computer on and went away for no longer than 5 minutes, and when I came back my computer had shut down. I figured it must have run out of battery, but it was plugged in. When I started it up again, there was a loading bar on the startup screen, which I had never seen before. Once completed "loading", which took around 10 minutes, the computer shut itself down again. I started it up again and the same thing happened. I've tried starting it in safe mode and holding the power button to update the firmware in case there was a problem with that, but that didn't help anything either, it just kept shutting down after the bar had loaded. I read that force shutdowns can cause this problem, but I haven't needed to do that in months. I'm really confused as to why this is happening, especially because my computer was charging and turned on while I was away for that short amount of time and any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
- Lauren
I have a mid-2008 MacBook pro which is now running Mountain Lion that I bought off eBay in 2010. I've never had any problems apart from the occasional freezing. It had been working fine all day, then I left my computer on and went away for no longer than 5 minutes, and when I came back my computer had shut down. I figured it must have run out of battery, but it was plugged in. When I started it up again, there was a loading bar on the startup screen, which I had never seen before. Once completed "loading", which took around 10 minutes, the computer shut itself down again. I started it up again and the same thing happened. I've tried starting it in safe mode and holding the power button to update the firmware in case there was a problem with that, but that didn't help anything either, it just kept shutting down after the bar had loaded. I read that force shutdowns can cause this problem, but I haven't needed to do that in months. I'm really confused as to why this is happening, especially because my computer was charging and turned on while I was away for that short amount of time and any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
- Lauren
