Geek_of_HeathMount Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Guys I have an annoying problem that I would like a little help with. I have a Mac Book Pro running all the latest OSX. However, since last night (10 - Aug) it has been freezing for no valid reason. The first thing i notice is that the menu bar stops responding followed by not being able to launch any new apps, after which the menu bar disappears. Once its has got to this point it will then not shut down cleanly. TIA Ian
Haptic Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 a mac crashing or freezing nah I cannot believe it lol:eek:
ascott2 Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Take a look here, I'm guessing it's new? http://www.edugeek.net/forums/mac/39843-i-didnt-think-apple-had-problems-lol.html
SC-UK Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Have you just applied the 10.5.8 update by any chance? I have a new MBP and although it isn't freezing like yours, it's behaving rather strangely after the update. Especially airport but this is a known issue.
Theblacksheep Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Wheres the resident mac fanatic when you need him?
GrumbleDook Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Mattx might be on holiday you know! /me runs!
mac_shinobi Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Mattx might be on holiday you know! /me runs! lol best bet is to call a local apple store and arrange to take it with you to see someone at the genius bar and see if someone can sort it out for you
FN-GM Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 lol best bet is to call a local apple store and arrange to take it with you to see someone at the genius bar and see if someone can sort it out for you Its pretty pointless if its a known issue they haven't fixed.
mac_shinobi Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) Its pretty pointless if its a known issue they haven't fixed. No but if you take it in store and they can't resolve it there they can maybe make some phone calls and figure out a fix using some terminal commands or tweaking something ? Wondering if its just a heat issue with it only being the 7200RPM hdd ? Edited August 12, 2009 by mac_shinobi
mac_shinobi Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) My goodness, so they do go wrong . . . . . . That's what apple care is for and anything can go wrong with any computers at the end of the day hardware will only last for so long hence MTBF ( mean time between failure ) and also how much you use it and how much you put it through its paces ie if you only open a word document up and type for an hour versus doing video encoding etc Edited August 12, 2009 by mac_shinobi
john Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 Yay see I told you all they go wrong No-one believes me that they are not bomb proof, mine has decided to eat its hard drive so now I need a new one, its running but says nope cannot re-shuffle the partitions for bootcamp etc
Batman Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 Yay see I told you all they go wrong No-one believes me that they are not bomb proof, mine has decided to eat its hard drive so now I need a new one, its running but says nope cannot re-shuffle the partitions for bootcamp etc If you can get the hard drive out, zero fill it in a PC and put it back... you might find that fixes it;) 1
john Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 If you can get the hard drive out, zero fill it in a PC and put it back... you might find that fixes it;) Aye it will come out I had it out last night to look at it, found it was a SATA one and found my tray of spares was bare of SATA Laptop HDDs Ordered a new one today for it as I CBA setting Windows 7 up on it to then find in a months time it dies or something. But cheers for the tip
mac_shinobi Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 Aye it will come out I had it out last night to look at it, found it was a SATA one and found my tray of spares was bare of SATA Laptop HDDs Ordered a new one today for it as I CBA setting Windows 7 up on it to then find in a months time it dies or something. But cheers for the tip or you could use your OS X disc and boot using that by pressing and holding the C key and then opening up disk utility from the utility menu and wipe it that way 1
maniac Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 That's what apple care is for and anything can go wrong with any computers at the end of the day hardware will only last for so long hence MTBF ( mean time between failure ) and also how much you use it and how much you put it through its paces ie if you only open a word document up and type for an hour versus doing video encoding etc I know, it was only a tongue in cheek comment. Because they are famed for their reliability, and it's very rare to get faults like freezing on them, the opportunity for a poorly executed sarcastic comment was just too good to miss.
john Posted August 12, 2009 Posted August 12, 2009 or you could use your OS X disc and boot using that by pressing and holding the C key and then opening up disk utility from the utility menu and wipe it that way still reports the error, its foobard I'd suspect, never mind needed a bigger one for Windows 7 so its another new paperweight for me
mac_shinobi Posted August 13, 2009 Posted August 13, 2009 Does that do a zero fill? Yep it sure can 1. Insert os x installation disc 1 2. Reboot and hold down the C key to boot from cd / Dvd 3. Once you get to first screen go to utility menu and click on / select disk utility 4. Select / click on relevant memory device / hard drive / memory stick ( not sure if this works for re-writeable cd or DVD media?) 5. Click on security options button and either select the zero out data option or one of the other options and click ok and then click on go / set it on it's merry way and wait until done 1
Geek_of_HeathMount Posted August 13, 2009 Author Posted August 13, 2009 Thanks guys, i think i have enough to go on
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