Macbook under a year old keeps freezing and often won't wake up from sleep

So in the past week or so my 2012 Macbook has been having a lot of hiccups. I started noticing it wouldn't wake up from sleep and I'd have to just power it down. Then one day I was listening to streaming music and it started skipping and the screen froze and I had to power it down.  I updated all my software, ran disk utility and scrapped a bunch of huge files yeterday, but today the screen froze twice and I had to power it down. I bought my machine back in July, I'm really bummed and hoping it's nothing serious this early on. Anyone have further trouble-shooting suggestions?

j9fleri wrote:
So in the past week or so my 2012 Macbook has been having a lot of hiccups. I started noticing it wouldn't wake up from sleep and I'd have to just power it down.
Check out the following KB Articles & do the necessary:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411 Apple Portables: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379 Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
Then one day I was listening to streaming music and it started skipping and the screen froze and I had to power it down.  I updated all my software, ran disk utility
Ran what from DU?
and scrapped a bunch of huge files yeterday, but today the screen froze twice and I had to power it down.  How large is you HD and how much space do you have left?
You have  your standard 1 year warranty unless you also purchased AppleCare which gives you an additional 2 years of coverage plus FREE phone support.
Strongly suggest that you take FULL advantage of the above before it runs out.  Let Apple deal w/the problems.

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