Macbook locks up, shaking helps.
I have an interesting problem. On my 1 year, 8 day old Macbook, I am getting periodic unresponsive lockups. Mouse/Keyboard stop responding, UI's stop updating and I get a spinny beachball. When it becomes active again, any keys that were hit are then processes as they should. Everything I type is kept and/or the power button responds. Here's the kicker, if I whack the side of laptop, it start going again pretty much instantly and without fail. It seems like the sudden motion sensor is working in reverse somehow.
SMART Status on the HD says verified, Took the RAM out and put it back in. RAM reports status of OK. Temperature is low. All updates have been applied. Nothing (at all) showing up console logs when it happens. Happens when Laptop is plugged in or running on battery. Even happens during the log-in screen after boot. Happened a few times a few days ago, and the frustratingly consistently for about an hour today. It seems to have stopped now.
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz
I think I may have figured out what was happening with my macbook: Misfired Firmware update.
I noticed my firmware version was .00 and it should have been .02, but it wasn't telling me in the software update that I needed a new version. I did the manual firmware update: Shut down, hold down power until there is a long BONNNNNNNNGGGGG. I got the firmware status bar and the firmware successfully applied. It then tried to start up for about 30 minutes, I got frustrated and restarted it and now it seems to be working. I don't know how it would have happened, I didn't notice anything weird immediately after my last set of updates were applied.
I don't know for certain it IS fixed, however in the small amount of time I had to **** with it since, it was behaving a lot better. I'll post any news.
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3. running iwork apps (sometimes)
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If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. In most cases, a few dozen lines are more than enough.
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