MacBook keeps shutting it's self down after around 10 - 20 mins

Today my macbook seems to be dying on me, turned it on, connected it to the power cable like normal but then after 10- 20 minutes it shut its self off. i did the whole holding down the on/off button untill it flashes and does that horrible long beep but nothing seems to work. i checked my energy saver to see how long it would stay on for whilst left alone but that was still the same. it seems to shutdown when i'm not using the touchpad or typing, even if theres a program running.
pleeeease help me!!
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Hi, did you ever solve this problem?
My 1 year old -- ha! one month out of warranty -- iPhone 4 has been having a nearly identical problem over the past few days.
It started by dying completely so I had the battery replaced, thinking it was simply battery issue.
It then worked again for a moment but started doing exactly what you describe, going through a reset cycle (longer than 30 seconds but who's counting). And it felt quite warm.
Did hard reset, plugged into wall charger and MBP USB but the new battery wouldn't even get a full charge (a whopping 92% after nearly two days). It would even lose battery when plugged in if I opened an app. And all the while plugged in, if I left the phone on, it would cycle through these resets. So I turned it off to try to charge it.
Now suddenly, it's dead again. Totally black, and hard reset does nothing. Up until two days ago there was nothing wrong whatsoever with this phone! And I hadn't even installed a new app that could be the root of the issue. No idea whatsoever what caused this.
Any help would be much appreciated!!

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Every since downloading Mavericks I have been having problems with my MacBook Pro. The worst thing is that the computer randomly shuts down without warning. Today this has happended about a dozen or more times. Every time it generates a report that is sent to Apple. I have coppied the first few lines of the report and I have pasted it below, I can post up the full report if need be: if anyone can help that would be great!
Anonymous UUID: 4F286140-3E8B-EF8D-E423-43178335AC4F
Wed Feb 26 16:22:55 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f8d6befac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80aaa07000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8087dc2ea0 : 0xffffff800b222f69
0xffffff8087dc2f20 : 0xffffff7f8d6befac
0xffffff8087dc2ff0 : 0xffffff7f8bcba53d
0xffffff8087dc30b0 : 0xffffff7f8bd86d9e
0xffffff8087dc30f0 : 0xffffff7f8bd86dfc
0xffffff8087dc3160 : 0xffffff7f8c00b5be
0xffffff8087dc3290 : 0xffffff7f8bdaad41
0xffffff8087dc32b0 : 0xffffff7f8bcc108d
0xffffff8087dc3360 : 0xffffff7f8bcbebae
0xffffff8087dc3560 : 0xffffff7f8bcc04d7
0xffffff8087dc3630 : 0xffffff7f8cceb5bf
0xffffff8087dc3700 : 0xffffff7f8cd15993
0xffffff8087dc3780 : 0xffffff7f8ccfdcc0
0xffffff8087dc37e0 : 0xffffff7f8ccfe5ba
0xffffff8087dc3830 : 0xffffff7f8ccfe934
0xffffff8087dc38a0 : 0xffffff7f8ccff1a8
0xffffff8087dc38e0 : 0xffffff7f8cccc1ca
0xffffff8087dc3a60 : 0xffffff7f8ccfbb20
0xffffff8087dc3b20 : 0xffffff7f8cccacb9
0xffffff8087dc3b70 : 0xffffff800b6cc226
0xffffff8087dc3b90 : 0xffffff800b6cd821
0xffffff8087dc3bf0 : 0xffffff800b6cb28f
0xffffff8087dc3d40 : 0xffffff800b2b6008
0xffffff8087dc3e50 : 0xffffff800b226bb1
0xffffff8087dc3e80 : 0xffffff800b2139b5
0xffffff8087dc3ef0 : 0xffffff800b21e003
0xffffff8087dc3f70 : 0xffffff800b2c921d
0xffffff8087dc3fb0 : 0xffffff800b2f3e26
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.12)[A4934A66-0E30-36E9-984A-650481102449]@ 0xffffff7f8d6b1000->0xffffff7f8d6c3fff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.12)[661E3C87-5B97-3272-88FF-B9BA9B6E2 4ED]@0xffffff7f8d6a9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f8bb24000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8b8ba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8bc16000

Hi Mende1,
thanks very much for the help; the problem only started after I upgraded to Mavericks and started immediately after that. I have seen that there are other problems with my GPU particularly the icons on my desktop decaying. My computer is a mid 2010 CPU, it backs up automatically to our AirPort
In any case here is the full error message:
Anonymous UUID: 4F286140-3E8B-EF8D-E423-43178335AC4F
Wed Feb 26 16:22:55 2014
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff7f8d6befac): "GPU Panic: [<None>] 5 3 7f 0 0 0 0 3 : NVRM[0/1:0:0]: Read Error 0x00000100: CFG 0xffffffff 0xffffffff 0xffffffff, BAR0 0xd2000000 0xffffff80aaa07000 0x0a5480a2, D0, P2/4\n"@/SourceCache/AppleGraphicsControl/AppleGraphicsControl-3.4.12/src/Apple MuxControl/kext/GPUPanic.cpp:127
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8087dc2ea0 : 0xffffff800b222f69
0xffffff8087dc2f20 : 0xffffff7f8d6befac
0xffffff8087dc2ff0 : 0xffffff7f8bcba53d
0xffffff8087dc30b0 : 0xffffff7f8bd86d9e
0xffffff8087dc30f0 : 0xffffff7f8bd86dfc
0xffffff8087dc3160 : 0xffffff7f8c00b5be
0xffffff8087dc3290 : 0xffffff7f8bdaad41
0xffffff8087dc32b0 : 0xffffff7f8bcc108d
0xffffff8087dc3360 : 0xffffff7f8bcbebae
0xffffff8087dc3560 : 0xffffff7f8bcc04d7
0xffffff8087dc3630 : 0xffffff7f8cceb5bf
0xffffff8087dc3700 : 0xffffff7f8cd15993
0xffffff8087dc3780 : 0xffffff7f8ccfdcc0
0xffffff8087dc37e0 : 0xffffff7f8ccfe5ba
0xffffff8087dc3830 : 0xffffff7f8ccfe934
0xffffff8087dc38a0 : 0xffffff7f8ccff1a8
0xffffff8087dc38e0 : 0xffffff7f8cccc1ca
0xffffff8087dc3a60 : 0xffffff7f8ccfbb20
0xffffff8087dc3b20 : 0xffffff7f8cccacb9
0xffffff8087dc3b70 : 0xffffff800b6cc226
0xffffff8087dc3b90 : 0xffffff800b6cd821
0xffffff8087dc3bf0 : 0xffffff800b6cb28f
0xffffff8087dc3d40 : 0xffffff800b2b6008
0xffffff8087dc3e50 : 0xffffff800b226bb1
0xffffff8087dc3e80 : 0xffffff800b2139b5
0xffffff8087dc3ef0 : 0xffffff800b21e003
0xffffff8087dc3f70 : 0xffffff800b2c921d
0xffffff8087dc3fb0 : 0xffffff800b2f3e26
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl(3.4.12)[A4934A66-0E30-36E9-984A-650481102449]@ 0xffffff7f8d6b1000->0xffffff7f8d6c3fff
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl(3.4.12)[661E3C87-5B97-3272-88FF-B9BA9B6E2 4ED]@0xffffff7f8d6a9000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.4)[045D5D6F-AD1E-36DB-A249-A346E2B48E54]@0xfffff f7f8bb24000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8b8ba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8bc16000
dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert(1.0.4)[E04639C5-D734-3AB3-A682-FE66694C66 53]@0xffffff7f8d6ac000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f8bc69000->0xffffff7f8bed8fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8b8ba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[86BA68C6-18DD-30A1-ABF6-54597AD6C277]@0xff ffff7f8bc59000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8bc16000
com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDANV50HalTesla(8.1.8)[3666E0FC-87C7-3329-BD8C-2F1ADE D100A4]@0xffffff7f8bee3000->0xffffff7f8c18ffff
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f8bc69000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8b8ba000
com.apple.GeForceTesla(8.1.8)[7DAF283F-6FD3-3783-B3CC-D23964F1B9B8]@0xffffff7f8 ccb9000->0xffffff7f8cd83fff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.8)[447B4896-16FF-3616-95A2-1C516B2A1498]@0xffffff 7f8b8ba000
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.6)[86BA68C6-18DD-30A1-ABF6-54597AD6C277]@0xff ffff7f8bc59000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.6)[38E388A5-92D6-3388-B799-F2498E582287]@0 xffffff7f8bc16000
dependency: com.apple.nvidia.classic.NVDAResmanTesla(8.1.8)[0A1B6F41-168D-307A-BABD-162F3B3 C2786]@0xffffff7f8bc69000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
Mac OS version:
13B42
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:     0x000000000b000000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff800b200000
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 5409208322931
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My MacBook keeps shutting down, then restarting, endlessly

Hello,
Posting from my phone. :(
Have reviewed all related questions but nothing sends to help this situation.
For no apparent reason, my Mac shuts down and attempts to restart. This happens whether any programs are running or not, and regardless of whether I am even touching the computer. It has happened when I have been working, or in the other room. When it attempts to restart and fails, I have to hold down the power button, wait, then turn it ok again. The restarts were only every few days but frequency had increased now to every few minutes!
What can I do, and what could be the problem? I am out of warranty.
Context is relevant: two months ago my old battery died, and the fan was ticking loudly and always on. Brought her to the Apple geniuses at the local store. They were to take my laptop for an hour to replace the fan and battery. When I came back in an hour, my hard drive, which I had installed myself a year ago but had had no problems till then, had inexplicably failed. They could not restart. I went home to pick up my backup drive. They restored my computer there in the store, and put in a new hard drive, gratis, along with the new fan, which I paid for. Something about their anxious behavior and how long all this took suggested something else went wrong, but I could not ascertain what, exactly.
When I got home, everything seemed ok till my computer randomly shut down and restarted twice. This picked up in frequency over the past two months, and you know the rest of the story, except this:
When I opened up my Mac, under the battery, my warranty sticker had been partially peeled off presumably by a Genius, and was sticking up. This was a month ago. Yesterday I took out the hard drive and held a flashlight to the inside. There were little bits of glue-balls rolling around, which I picked out, and a random orange wire sticking up. One of the little rubber tracks that support the drive is missing, but this has been the case for a year, with no problem. The glue-balls and the wire, however, were new additions.
I am a student trying to graduate, pending on whether I can finish typing my final papers....
HELP?!
Thank you!

Try Apple Hardware Test - you need your original system installation DVD. Insert the DVD, and reboot while holding the D key.
If it is randomly rebooting due to a hardware fault, AHT might not even run. With all the detritus inside your MacBook that you describe, anything is possible.
Using Apple Hardware Test

Macbook keeps shutting down randomly

I've had my Macbook for about 9 months with no problems but it has suddenly started to shut down randomly. I have looked at lots of support advice on this site but nothing has worked. I have the latest firmware and battery update patches. Following advice on this forum, I thought it was down to recently installed widgets that might me using too much CPU so I binned them to no avail. It also isn't the temperature, when it last died that was at 49c, so well below danger level! From what I can ascertain, it isn't kernal panic either, and no panic logs have been stored. I haven't had any error messages. I have looked at the console and system logs, but they don't mean much to me.
Here's what happens:
Completely randomly, regardless of what applications I have open or with no external decives attached, my mac switches off, or almost. The start up "ching" sounds, then the screen flickers on and off while the light at the front does the same, it also makes the start-up sound a few times as if it's trying to restart. It doesn't close down completely but won't come back up again. When it first started doing this, I could force it to shut down then reboot it, but just now the only way I could get it to do this was to remove all power: take out the battery and remove the power-in cable then replace the cable and reboot. It still does this with the battery removed completely, so it's not the battery causing this. I've also tried holding down the on/off button until it makes that long tone sound just to see if it would start up before removing all power, but it didn't!
Help! I've tried everything I can think of and the apple store is closed in the UK!

Ummm, nope. All due respects, this problem cropped up suddenly, at about the same time, for multiple users, on different laptop types. Probability of all this happening at once due to simultaneous hardware failures is much lower than if it was caused by say a software update not playing well with something (a piece of 3rd party software, etc). I'm having the same exact problem, I have put a new battery in, same thing happens.
This is similar to 3 or so years ago when widgets were first introduced, laptop battey lifes dropped to about 1/3 and the machines heated up. General consensus was it must be hardware, well no it was software, and a software fix took care of it. I'm hoping someone figures this out soon...
Thanks

Macbook turns on to gray startup screen but will not load and shuts down after about 45sec -1 min

Hi There,
My Macbook pro has been experiencing some craziness the last couple of days.
Yesterday it was sort of slow and I was experiencing the rainbow spinning wheel between all applications.
The battery was very low so I charged it and attempted to turn it on today.
Now, when I turn it on I am experiencing the gray startup screen with the spinning geat and what sounds like
the CD drive going ( I believe I have a disk in there). After less than 45 sec to 1 minute the machine just shuts off.
I have tried the safety start and a few other startup methods, but always the same result.
Any ideas or should I go strait to Apple hospital?
Thanks-

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