i am quite savy when it comes to macs but this issue has me stumped. it will not restart OSX, but when you restart it shuts down instead and installs updates properly. it will boot from a CD or DVD but shuts down about 3 minutes later. tried whipping the HDD but i couldnt do it do so with OSX snow leopard disk, so i took the HDD out and used my USB to SATA adapter and formatted it with disk utility on an iMac, put the HDD back it and install snow leopard back onto it [on the macbook] had a successful install and OSX works properly, but it still shuts down 3 minutes later when trying to boot from disk, i.e. OSX disk or win7 disk.
also when i had win7 installed before i wiped the HDD it would start up properly and be fully functional for 2 minutes then shut down out of the blue, couldnt get more than 2 minutes on it after win7 booted up.
on another related note rite after i shut it down or after it shuts itself down it wont start back up again, but it will after i take the battery out disconnect the charger and let it sit for 2 minutes without power [figured this out with trial and error and reseting the PRAM not working], then itll start up OSX just fine, but still the 3 minute error with start up disks.
i upgraded the HDD to a 7200rpm higher capacity drive a shortly after i bought it, replaced most of the casing besides the keyboard with black macbook casing [MUCH more durable than white], upgraded with G-Skill ram a few months ago for gaming on windows [ram isnt the problem], then took it apart again to replace the LCD [which was shipped broken and had to put the original LCD back in, i also fixed my disk drive at this point because it was seated a few millimeters up making disks hard to insert] which is when i started having this problem and the LCD wouldnt auto shut off [not a big problem i just press command+option+enter to put to sleep before i close the lid]
i really want windows 7 back so i can play fallout 3, new vegas, bad company 2, and borderlands again. its surprising how well the graphics card can handle with these intensely graphical games, i could play on medium-high settings most of the time [after ram upgrade] with the 9400m graphics card. i do have a desktop with a GTX 460 in it, but i really need the portability of my macbook since i constantly have to move from room to room.
any help is appreciated!
also when i had win7 installed before i wiped the HDD it would start up properly and be fully functional for 2 minutes then shut down out of the blue, couldnt get more than 2 minutes on it after win7 booted up.
on another related note rite after i shut it down or after it shuts itself down it wont start back up again, but it will after i take the battery out disconnect the charger and let it sit for 2 minutes without power [figured this out with trial and error and reseting the PRAM not working], then itll start up OSX just fine, but still the 3 minute error with start up disks.
i upgraded the HDD to a 7200rpm higher capacity drive a shortly after i bought it, replaced most of the casing besides the keyboard with black macbook casing [MUCH more durable than white], upgraded with G-Skill ram a few months ago for gaming on windows [ram isnt the problem], then took it apart again to replace the LCD [which was shipped broken and had to put the original LCD back in, i also fixed my disk drive at this point because it was seated a few millimeters up making disks hard to insert] which is when i started having this problem and the LCD wouldnt auto shut off [not a big problem i just press command+option+enter to put to sleep before i close the lid]
i really want windows 7 back so i can play fallout 3, new vegas, bad company 2, and borderlands again. its surprising how well the graphics card can handle with these intensely graphical games, i could play on medium-high settings most of the time [after ram upgrade] with the 9400m graphics card. i do have a desktop with a GTX 460 in it, but i really need the portability of my macbook since i constantly have to move from room to room.
any help is appreciated!