Major Crash Problems while gaming WoW

Hello Apple/Users,
I have this major problem while playing WoW on my MacBook Retina; I keep crashing! It is not like a regular crash when it shuts down, and you would get an error pop-up. No, it completely freezes, making me unavailable to do anything. The only thing I can do, is holding the Power button shutting down the computer manually. I have had this problem both while playing WoW and Minecraft.
Note: I am playing on Molten-Wows private server 4.0.6.
Specs:
MacBook Retina Display 15"
2,3GHz Intel Core i7
NVIDIA GeForce GT650M (the graphic card used while playing)
8GB RAM 1600 MHz DDR3
OSX 10.8.2
Things I have tried:
Deleting Cache, Logs, Erors folder in WoW
Deleting .plist files from Blizzard
Setting graphics down (actually they have been down at the whole time)
Installed gfxCardStatus to check if I really used the NVIDIA graphics card
Posting a thread on www.molten-wow.com, and www.wow-europe.com
Thank you in advance, I really hope someone can fix this problem for me.
PS - If you need any other information, please let me know, and if I posted this the wrong place, please tell me where to post it otherwise. I would be grateful.

Hi,
For me it sounds like an overheating or RAM issue. If the notebook is overheating it often freezes or the display goes black.
First of all you should clean the notebook using compressed air spray. You can get it very cheap from a computer store and its easy to use. Compressed sir spray can blow out the dust from the cooling ventilators.
Check it out!
The new display driver you can get form the Toshiba European driver download page as Eldorado suggested. But therefore you must search in Archive because Satellite M60 is an older notebook:
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com => Support & Downloads => Download Drivers
Last but not least I would try to check the RAM using Memtest86. This is a diagnostic tool for the RAM to find errors. Google can help you to find it (its freeware).
Greets

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NightHawk wrote:
Wow, not a single response from anyone at Toshiba?
I just had another blue screen of death while playing WoW about 20 minutes before I posted this reply. This didn't show any specific error, it just said "A process or thread crucial to system operation has unexpectedly exited or been terminated". I also had a video crash, I don't the file name with me but some error where my computer locked up for a few seconds, then the screen went black and then recovered and gave me a message saying a video file stopped working but has recovered. I think the video card and ram in this machine were bad right out of the box.
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If you read the terms of service, there is no official Toshiba presence here. I'd suggest that you call Toshiba Tech Support and see what, if anything, they suggest. Be prepared to use the recovery process to wipe the drive and put it back to 'out-of-the-box', as that is likely the first thing they will want you to do to eliminate a software issue.
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