Macbookpro i7 2011 restarts when it gets hot after playing games?

Question

Everytime i try play Starcraft 2, my macbook will display a grey restart message after a few games and i end up getting an error after i restart my laptop. i just got my laptop 2 weeks ago and is finding this incredibly anoyying. does it always restart everytime the laptop gets too hot??

Answer 1

You bought a new machine that has a new operating system 10.7 and the third party program is tailored for the previous OS X version of 10.6
Try to find out if there is a update for 10.7 for your third party programs.
Right now all you can do is apply Software Update under the Apple menu for OS X and wait for updates, contact the developer when they expect a update.
If your experiencing shutdowns with other high CPU/GPU programs, it could be something wrong with the machine itself.
Perform a HardWare Test you may have a dead sensor or fan.
Install iStat and monitor your machine for unusal behaivor, post your results here for comparison with others.
Hail Mary list
1: SMC reset
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
2: PRAM reset
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/26871.html
3: HardWare Test
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509
4: Re-apply Firmware via CD (only works if it failed to install)
A failed firmware install the computer boots to a grey screen with a progress bar that stops
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2213
Consult this page here to get the correct firmware for your machine
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237
5: If you boot to a grey screen, flashing folder, spinning gear etc
(flashing folder fix: try hold option while booting, select your boot drive, then set as Startup in System Preferences)
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
6: If you have "you need to restart"  kernel panic
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS3742
Boot the computer holding the Shift Key down for "Safe mode" this disables third party kernel extension files (.kext) that load upon boot. Look in your system/library/extensions folder for names of kexts files that correspond to any of your third party software and/or simply check for updates for all your software. If none, consult the developer which kext files to remove out of the folder.
If you have perhaps bad RAM, test using Rember extended overnight.
Clean your OSX install disk's bottom with a bit of rubbing alcohol on a very soft cloth and polish.
If you need another OS X Snow Leopard grey disk without possible imperfections, call Apple with your Serial number (under the Apple Menu>About this Mac> more info)
Firewire Target Disk Mode can get your files off the machine if it works and you have another Mac.
https://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661
For more trouble shooting and backup, restore and performance read here, including correctly formatting a external drive, and making a data rescue drive to boot the computer from and grab your files off the machine, reinstalling OS X in various ways etc. Pondini's TimeMachine page etc.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201