MBA won't start up properly

I was wondering if anyone else has had problems with their MBA starting up? I turned my on the other night and it goes through the sound and then you see the gray screen with the apple and the timer going in a circle. The next thing you know it is shutting down again and goes through the same process. It will keep doing this till I hold the on/off button down to shut it down. I just mailed it back today and I was just wondering if this was a frequent problem?

Hi,
it can happen, especially after installing updates. But I haven't ever seen a Mac doing it myself nor do I knwo someone. That is no measure of count for this event, but still an indication it might happen very rarely.
Cheers,
Volker

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