Macbook air starts-shutdowns continuously

hello,
i have a macbook air 2010 model that keeps showing the "are you sure you want to shut down " msg every 4-5 seconds...this happened in the beginning, now it seems to been stuck in a continuous loop of restarting....even trying to start from the recovery hd doesnt help...any ideas?

Since this MBA has a history of looping, best approach now might be to visit the Apple genius bar and have them check it out and find out what is really going wrong. If it is out of warranty, do you have Apple Care? Testing is usually free, repair/replacement not unless it is covered by warranty or AC.

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nocr wrote:
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