I have a black 2 ghz macbook with 2 gb ram and since last night it started completely shutting down without notice and without warning while trying to render the time line in final cut. I tried cutting the timeline into smaller parts and then rendering the selection to see if wouldnt ovelrload the comp and shut it down. This sort of worked but its extremely problematic because you still have to guess how much to try to render because if it does shut down all the rendered work is lost etc etc.
I just found out recently that macbooks have some heat limit that shuts them down. My comp read about 83 degrees Celsius which is around 181 degrees Fahrenheit . Could it be that that was the cause.
I am using istat menus to check the temperature. istat is set to check CPU A, Battery 0, Enclosure Bottom, Mem Bank A1, and the local Hard Drive.
I actually dont know what all that means bu i thought is should mention it just in case it was relevent.
if this is just a heating problem then how should i go about trying to fix it and if it isnt how can i tell and what should i do? and does or has this happened to any one else?
thanks ahead for any responses that come.
(and by the way of coarse iam out of warranty)
I just found out recently that macbooks have some heat limit that shuts them down. My comp read about 83 degrees Celsius which is around 181 degrees Fahrenheit . Could it be that that was the cause.
I am using istat menus to check the temperature. istat is set to check CPU A, Battery 0, Enclosure Bottom, Mem Bank A1, and the local Hard Drive.
I actually dont know what all that means bu i thought is should mention it just in case it was relevent.
if this is just a heating problem then how should i go about trying to fix it and if it isnt how can i tell and what should i do? and does or has this happened to any one else?
thanks ahead for any responses that come.
(and by the way of coarse iam out of warranty)
