Macbook freezing...

My macbook started freezing and lagging a lot. It got to the point that everytime i tried to open something it would take 5 minutes or longer and just kept freezing.
I read about solutions online and it was recommended a few times to re-install Mac OS X install dvd. I did that and then reinstalled application dvd and now i cannot open itunes, ical, facetime or mail. I updated the software and they are still not opening.
Instead i get this little box that says: iPHOTO cannot be opened because of a problem.
Check with the developer to make sure iPhoto works with this version of Mac OS X. You may need to reinstall the application. Be sure to install any available updates for the application and Mac OS x.
PLEASE HELP

I believe I am having the same issue.
The freeze occurs after the computer has been idle for while. The screen saver activates after 5 minutes and the display enters sleep mode after 15 minutes. The freeze occurs after a many hours with Mail running (I have not run tests without Mail running)
When the freeze occurs, I can hear the fan running. The display wakes up with a touch of the trackpad and I can move the cursor, but the keyboard and mouse button appear to be unresponsive.
I was able to recreate the freeze with Mail and the Activity Monitor running. Activity Monitor indicated that the Mail application is taking up over 100% of the processor. The Mail program appears to be stuck attempting to check for new mail.
I have found that closing the lid of the computer to put the computer to sleep and then reopening the lid to wake it back up, resolves the freeze. Upon wake, the keystrokes and mouse actions performed during the freeze occur as if they were bufferd but the computer was too busy to process them.
Does this force sleep method resolve anyone else's freeze?
MacBook (Black) Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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Suddenly my Macbook freezes and in the center of the screen I get a black transparent box (quite big) with error message written in few languages. It simply asks me to hold down the power button for sometime to reboot the Macbook. I have found the Macbook freezes completely, no working keys, trackpad, etc all disabled. And after I push the power button the macbook shutsdown.
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What you are seeing is the message that results from what is known as a kernel panic: a serious error usually caused by some sort of hardware malfunction. The path to debug this is to make sure you unplug any external devices you have attached (if any) and see if the problem persists. If you still have the problem, it could mean a bad video card, logic board, RAM, RAM slot, etc. If you have RSD, then you already know you have a hardware problem, and this is just more evidence of it. Time to go to an Apple Certified Repair shop and have them look at it.
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It's exactly the 5th times that my new macbook freezes! I don't understand why! The screen remains like a screenshot, it's all blocked! And I can't do anything eccept force shoutdown by holding pressed the shutdown button!
I don't understand if it's an hardware or software problem. I copied the system.log of the last freeze, so I paste it here, hoping you'll help me
system.log:
Descrizione: Resoconto eventi sistema
Dimensione: 236 KB
Ultima modifica: 12/03/09 22:47
Posizione: /var/log/system.log
Contenuto recente: ...
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: hibernatewriteimage done(0)
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: sleep
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: Wake reason = EC LID0
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: System Wake
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: Previous Sleep Cause: 5
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: USB (OHCI):Port 6 on bus 0x4 has remote wakeup from some device
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'X3'.
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140
Mar 12 22:29:03 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: NVEthernet::mediaChanged - Link Down
Mar 12 22:29:07 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: Auth result for: 00:19:5b:f6:8b:c6 MAC AUTH succeeded
Mar 12 22:29:07 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Mar 12 22:29:11 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Mar 12 22:29:11 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'GB'.
Mar 12 22:29:11 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 40 48 56 64 104 112 120 128 136 36 44 52 60 100
Mar 12 22:29:11 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: smbiodreconnect: Reconnected to 192.168.0.2
Mar 12 22:29:16 macbook-di-giuseppe SoftwareUpdateCheck[1067]: Checking for updates
Mar 12 22:30:13 macbook-di-giuseppe com.apple.launchd[64] ([0x0-0x6f06f].SoftwareUpdateCheck[1067]): Exited with exit code: 102
Mar 12 22:31:04 macbook-di-giuseppe /usr/sbin/ocspd[1081]: starting
Mar 12 22:31:23 macbook-di-giuseppe com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.backupd-wake[1061]): Exited with exit code: 1
Mar 12 22:43:01 macbook-di-giuseppe ntpd[14]: time reset -0.529290 s
Mar 12 22:46:28 localhost kernel[0]: npvhash=4095
Mar 12 22:46:18 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Volume is journaled. No checking performed.
Mar 12 22:46:18 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: fsck_hfs: Use the -f option to force checking.
Mar 12 22:46:20 localhost com.apple.launchctl.System[2]: launchctl: Please convert the following to launchd: /etc/mach_init.d/dashboardadvisoryd.plist
Mar 12 22:46:20 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.blued): Unknown key for boolean: EnableTransactions
Mar 12 22:46:20 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.cups.cupsd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Mar 12 22:46:20 localhost com.apple.launchd[1] (org.ntp.ntpd): Unknown key: SHAuthorizationRight
Mar 12 22:46:21 localhost kextd[10]: 416 cached, 0 uncached personalities to catalog
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: hi mem tramps at 0xffe00000
Mar 12 22:46:28 localhost DirectoryService[31]: Launched version 5.6 (v514.24)
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: PAE enabled
Mar 12 22:46:28 localhost fseventsd[26]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (112897 13 112963)
Mar 12 22:46:27 localhost bootlog[35]: BOOT_TIME: 1236894375 0
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: 64 bit mode enabled
Mar 12 22:46:28 localhost rpc.statd[17]: statd.notify - no notifications needed
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 9.6.0: Mon Nov 24 17:37:00 PST 2008; root:xnu-1228.9.59~1/RELEASE_I386
Mar 12 22:46:28 localhost DirectoryService[31]: Improper shutdown detected
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Mar 12 22:46:28 localhost fseventsd[26]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: B63C4D9D-15D7-4501-884E-E5B86D99B92A
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: vmpagebootstrap: 447666 free pages and 11086 wired pages
Mar 12 22:46:29 localhost kernel[0]: migtable_maxdispl = 79
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=0 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorApicId=1 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for TMSafetyNet
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Loading security extension com.apple.security.seatbelt
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpopolicyinit for mb
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Seatbelt MACF policy initialized
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt Policy (mb)
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: using 9175 buffer headers and 4096 cluster IO buffer headers
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x11 Vectors 64:87
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: System State [S0 S3 S4 S5] (S3)
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Extension "com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform" has immediate dependencies on both com.apple.kernel and com.apple.kpi components; use only one style.
Mar 12 22:46:30: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Security auditing service present
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: BSM auditing present
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: 17E051C8-7DB5-3F29-B40E-533FB5C596EF
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@B/AppleMCP79AHCI/PR T0@0/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageD river/TOSHIBA MK2553GSX Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Customer@2
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 14, minor 2
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: replay_journal: from: 20165120 to: 21916672 (joffset 0x10302000)
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: unknown-dev: journal replay done.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: HFS: Removed 4 orphaned unlinked files or directories
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: initialization complete
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Jettisoning kernel linker.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Resetting IOCatalogue.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 1
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 2
Mar 12 22:46:30: --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: NVDANV50HAL loaded and registered.
Mar 12 22:46:30 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Mar 12 22:46:32 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Mar 12 22:46:32 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Mar 12 22:46:34 localhost kernel[0]: BTCoexistence feature not supported!
Mar 12 22:46:34 localhost kernel[0]: wl0: Broadcom BCM432b 802.11 Wireless Controller
Mar 12 22:46:34 localhost kernel[0]: 5.10.38.27
Mar 12 22:46:34 localhost kernel[0]: [HCIController][configurePM] power parent ready after 1 tries
Mar 12 22:46:34 localhost kernel[0]: IGPU: family specific matching fails
Mar 12 22:46:35: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Mar 12 22:46:35 localhost kernel[0]: Matching service count = 0
Mar 12 22:46:36 localhost configd[33]: Error: No interface name for AirPort_Brcm43xx
Mar 12 22:46:36 localhost configd[33]: Error: ioPublishedDriverCallback() failed to initDeviceFromService()
Mar 12 22:46:36 localhost mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-176.3 (Sep 30 2008 16:59:38)[21]: starting
Mar 12 22:46:38 macbook-di-giuseppe configd[33]: setting hostname to "macbook-di-giuseppe.local"
Mar 12 22:46:38 macbook-di-giuseppe blued[79]: Apple Bluetooth daemon started.
Mar 12 22:46:38 macbook-di-giuseppe /usr/sbin/ocspd[80]: starting
Mar 12 22:46:43 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: Sound assertion "0 == mMikeyPeripheralInterruptSource" failed in "/SourceCache/AppleHDA/AppleHDA-162.1.37/AppleMikeyDriver/AppleMikeyACPI.cpp" at line 289 goto Exit
Mar 12 22:46:43 macbook-di-giuseppe /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow[22]: Login Window Application Started -- Threaded auth
Mar 12 22:46:43 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: NVEthernet: Ethernet address 00:23:df:a5:49:b0
Mar 12 22:46:43 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm43xx: Ethernet address 00:23:6c:94:ce:d7
Mar 12 22:46:45 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: NVEthernet::mediaChanged - Link Down
Mar 12 22:46:45 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1
Mar 12 22:46:46 macbook-di-giuseppe ntpdate[78]: can't find host time.euro.apple.com
Mar 12 22:46:46 macbook-di-giuseppe ntpdate[78]: no servers can be used, exiting
Mar 12 22:46:46 macbook-di-giuseppe org.ntp.ntpd[14]: Error : nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Mar 12 22:46:47 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: Auth result for: 00:19:5b:f6:8b:c6 No Ack
Mar 12 22:46:47 macbook-di-giuseppe airportd[93]: Error: Apple80211Associate() failed -6
Mar 12 22:46:47 macbook-di-giuseppe airportd[93]: Could not find any preferred networks; trying broadcast requests..
Mar 12 22:46:51 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: WLCE_COUNTRY_CODECHANGED
Mar 12 22:46:51 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'GB'.
Mar 12 22:46:51 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140 40 48 56 64 104 112 120 128 136 36 44 52 60 100
Mar 12 22:46:51 macbook-di-giuseppe loginwindow[22]: Login Window Started Security Agent
Mar 12 22:46:52 macbook-di-giuseppe SecurityAgent[107]: NSExceptionHandler has recorded the following exception:\nNSRangeException -- * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (0) beyond bounds (0)\nStack trace: 0x3719a 0x951f1e3b 0x96281eeb 0x96281f2a 0x95cb17ff 0x95c2f188 0x70f59 0x71798 0x5ac01 0x6f216 0x62daa 0x640f9 0x65b7e 0x63931 0x6245f 0x67dc2 0x77c9f 0xd648 0x12c40 0x129f3 0xd18a 0x95c6e733 0x961e4455 0x962088e8 0x96208cd8 0x91d152c0 0x91d150d9 0x91d14f4d 0x93906d7d 0x93906630 0x938ff66b 0x10fc7 0x202a 0x1
Mar 12 22:46:52 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: Auth result for: 00:19:5b:f6:8b:c6 MAC AUTH succeeded
Mar 12 22:46:52 macbook-di-giuseppe kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Mar 12 22:46:56 macbook-di-giuseppe authorizationhost[106]: MechanismInvoke 0x126510 retainCount 2
Mar 12 22:46:56 macbook-di-giuseppe SecurityAgent[107]: MechanismInvoke 0x1016a0 retainCount 1
Mar 12 22:46:56 macbook-di-giuseppe SecurityAgent[107]: NSSecureTextFieldCell detected a field editor ((null)) that is not a NSTextView subclass designed to work with the cell. Ignoring...
Mar 12 22:46:56 macbook-di-giuseppe SecurityAgent[107]: NSExceptionHandler has recorded the following exception:\nNSRangeException -- * -[NSCFArray objectAtIndex:]: index (0) beyond bounds (0)\nStack trace: 0x3719a 0x951f1e3b 0x96281eeb 0x96281f2a 0x95cb17ff 0x95c2f188 0x70f59 0x71798 0x5ac01 0x6f216 0x62daa 0x66126 0x67e3f 0x77c9f 0xd648 0x12c40 0x129f3 0xd18a 0x95c6e733 0x961e4455 0x962088e8 0x96208cd8 0x91d152c0 0x91d150d9 0x91d14f4d 0x93906d7d 0x93906630 0x938ff66b 0x10fc7 0x202a 0x1
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Mar 12 22:46:57 macbook-di-giuseppe loginwindow[22]: Login Window - Returned from Security Agent
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Mar 12 22:46:59 macbook-di-giuseppe loginwindow[22]: Unable to resolve startup item: status = -35, theURL == NULL = 1
Mar 12 22:47:00 macbook-di-giuseppe kextd[10]: writing kernel link data to /var/run/mach.sym
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Check the startup disk in case it needs repairing > Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.5) < your profile
If that is correct, when you can, you need to update to v10.6.8
Updates are available from your Apple menu > Software Update...
Not enough RAM can cause the operating system to freeze also. You may want to consider increasing memory. To see how much memory you have installed click your Apple menu icon then click About This Mac. That will prompt the System Profiler. See Memory under Hardware on the left.

MacBook freezing problem

My MacBook freezes constantly, to the point that I can't do anything at all with it. I took it to a comp repair place that i suspect didn't know what they were doing, who suggested that I reinstall the disc that came with my comp that I don't have anymore. He then suggested that upgrading to snow leopard might help. I bought snow leopard at best buy, but my comp freezes before I can install it. I have to write this from my iPhone because my comp is an expensive brick at this point. Is there anything I'm missing??
P.S. My Mac is using OS X version 10.5.8 if that helps

I am wary of getting anything when I'm not sure whether I will have a chance to even try it
If you have either of the TechTool programs, they can do similar testing.
The alternative would be to take the system to either an Apple store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider and have them run the hardware test. You can find the closet one to you at http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/service/ .

2009 MacBook freezes

I bought my McBook in Nov. 2009 and part-exchanged my old Toshiba laptop for an extra 2GB of memory.
Best deal in town, IMHO, but the problem is that my Mac has had a tendency to freeze, completely out of the blue.
Sometimes it will be no start-up and very often when viewing Video, either streamed, on CD or from iTunes downloads.
Is the RAM faulty?
Thanks in advance for all expert opinions. I read some posts on the subject, from 2009, but I wondered whether more may be known now about this fault.
Toni
Bristol, UK

Many thanks for taking the time to respond to my query, Richard, next time my MacBook freezes I will be sure to try the Force Quit keystroke sequence you suggest.
Very best regards.
Toni

Macbook freezes randomly on Playback in Garageband

After the last Garageband update, my Macbook freezes (Mouse cursor still movable, graphics frozen, keyboard not working, sound still playing) on playback. The project has a quicktime movie (soundtrack project) in it. I already tried different compression modes (JPEG, H-264) for the movie, but that didn't help.
The project worked just fine before the last update. Since then I also updated to the latest perian version. But should that stop the whole computer?
The only way to quit ist forced shutdown.
Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for your reply. But all the things mentioned there didn't describe my problem (complete system hang).
I just reverted back to Garageband before the last Update with Time Machine: and it seems to work! I hope Apple fixes whatever is wrong there. Maybe I should have used the downloadable update instead of "Software Update"?!
Glad that it's working again, as I need to finish a project...

MacBook freezes after shutting the screen closed down

Since some time ago, my MacBook freezes when I close the screen down for substantial time like a few hours or maybe even an hour, so that I have to kill the MB by pressing the power button for a few seconds. I did this almost everyday for maybe a few weeks now. Perhaps this is the after effects of a fall and there is no cheap cure for it?

Many here have reported no wake from sleep or failure to sleep, running 10.6.3 and other versions, on MacBooks and MBPro's, using Parallels and VMware. Some say deactivating the Sudden Motion Sensor and shutting down Parallels and VMware ,before sleeping, helped.
DALE

Macbook freezing after waking from sleep

My 4 GB RAM macbook freezes for 30 seconds after I wake it from sleep mode. Sometimes it is unresponsive and sometimes the beachball comes up. I have 200 gigs of free space and no login items. The bluetooth wake is also turned off. What is the problem?

I have noticed similar behaviour. I think it depends on the network activity being carried out when I closed the lid, and maybe it has to wait for something to time out. I don't really know, I'm just guessing.
I have noticed that when it happens, I have to close the lid and watch the light on the front. This will be solidly lit. When it starts "breathing" I can open my MacBook again and it will work ok.
Bob

Macbook freezes post snow leopard when attempting to use minidisplay- hdmi

Previously, the setup worked without a hitch.
Have a mini display port to hdmi adapter, then run the hdmi into lcd tv.
Under 10.5, always found the tv right away and moved into either dual monitor or mirror mode.
Now under 10.6, as soon as I connect the hdmi cord to the tv, the macbook freezes. Thought maybe I could power down, connect cord, then power up -- but that did not work either. As soon as I clicked my account name to log in everything freezes.

Hi Robert,
Unfortunately I can't say that I had the exact same problem, but it's pretty similar. Apple doesn't make a MiniDisplay Port to HDMI adapter so whatever you're using it's 3rd party. I too purchased an adapter like this (from NewEgg.com) and my 10.5.7 machine did the exact same thing with the first adapter, the second adapter and 10.5.8 had it properly working but the colors were horrible.
Regrettably it wasn't until I went to a MiniDisplay Port to DVI and then DVI to HDMI that I had consistent success in both Leopard and Snow Leopard.
Where did you get the adapter? It'd seem odd that the adapter just suddenly went bad but it might be worth trying a different one or a secondary option. In one particular case, my nearby Apple Retail Store let me try my MacBook Pro over MiniDisplay Port to DVI to HDMI on their big TV to see if it worked.

MacBook freezing - 13" 2GB 2x2.4Ghz

hi all
1.4 years old (ish) MacBook freezes when using iTunes, VLC, firefox and quite a few others. I get the spinning ball and i can only switch apps a few times before the thing totally freezes - the mouse pointer moves, but nothing else works.
I had this problem and thought it might be the OS, so did erase & install. Repairing the internal HD from disk utility (in the installer) checked out fine. Software update on new install to 10.5.6, but it still happens, with only a minimum of apps installed.
I think it's the HD, but why did it check out OK in Disk Utility?
thanks in advance..
owen

RAM can and does fail, it's possible that is what is occurring. You can take a look at Activity Monitor to see how the RAM is being used and how much is free. You can also run Apple Hardware Test and see if that detects any errors. You can locate AHT at: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
If you find any errors then if you're under warranty still or have AppleCare (highly recommended) the problem would be covered.
Another thought I had is 2 GB is almost nothing these days and you would see a nice performance increase if you upgraded it to 4 or 8 GB. By replacing the RAM that would almost certainly eliminate failing RAM. To upgrade to 4 GB is only about $52 and 8 GB is about $118.

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