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chaseardoin7

macrumors regular
Original poster
My macbook just keeps shutting down while i'm in the middle of doing just regular tasks such and writting a document or browsing online. i have all updates, what else could be the problem?

PLEASE help!

-chase 🙁
 
Looks like you are a victim of the infamous "random shutdown" issue. Probably a logic board problem, take it to Apple. Is your MacBook a Core Duo or a Core 2 Duo?
 
i had this problem just now. lemme describe my 'random shutdown'. everything freezes, and a box comes out in the middle, with a shutdown button in the background. "you need to restart your computuer. hold down the power button for several seocnds....." is this what u call the random shutdown syndrome, cuz it had not technically shut down yet.
i have a c2dmacbook. came with 10.4.8. now 10.4.9
 
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