MBP 15" Weird Freezing Problems.

Hello,
This is a rather odd and detailed problem. So I will outline as much as I possibly can. Hopefully someone has seen this before.
I currently have a 15" Macbook Pro. 2.16 GHz CPU, stock 1GB RAM and stock 120 GB hard drive. I have been running Tiger fine for at least one year on this machine. However I discovered a problem and it is very bothersome.
I recently purchased the Leopard upgrade disks. When I boot up on the Leopard installation disk, my machine freezes. It will boot to the point where it shows the "Welcome to OSX" screen, and you pick your language. Then after five seconds the machine will freeze hard. The only way to restart the machine is to hold the power button for 10 seconds.
Out of curiosity I pulled out my Tiger install disks. They boot, but do not get this far even. The grey screen with the Apple logo appears, and the spinny thing freezes up. And the only way to reboot is to power cycle (10 second hold).
It is important to note that the machine freezes in this identical spot each and every time.
I figured it might be related to my internal DVD drive. Hooked up two separate DVD drives, one firewire and one USB. Exact same results.
I ran the Apple hardware tests repeatedly. They always report that hardware is good.
I borrowed install media from a friend, both Tiger and Leopard installers fail in the same place as my media does.
Also borrowed my friends MBP, identical hardware configuration. Put my machine in Target firewire mode. And installed Leopard from his machine onto my HD. When I reboot my machine, after 5 seconds it will freeze on the Leopard login screen.
I thought it might be RAM. So I swapped my friends RAM into my machine. Freezes in the same place each and every time.
So I'm at a loss. Has anyone ever seen such routine freezes when trying to install Leopard?
I have zapped PRAM/NVRAM. And tried everything else I could think of. Any other ideas would be appreciated!!
Cheers,
S.

I'm having the same issue--it looks like a tearing or smearing of lines of text, mainly in Safari, though I have seen it in Mail. I haven't noticed it related to running on AC or battery, but it may be...I had an older MacBook Pro (core duo) running 10.5.2 that was fine and recently upgraded to a 2.4 Core 2 Duo and this problem has popped up.
This issue looks suspiciously like a problem I was having on a Mac Pro with the ATI1900 card--it was brushed off for ages as a "heat problem" or the like with the card, and then miraculously after months of waiting a firmware update came out that completely cleared up the problem...

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Hi all
I hope someone can help me, and I hope I don't have a faulty Mac!
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Nothing on the keyboard works, force quit doesn't come up, plugging in / removing the power supply doesn't change the battery icon, there's no spinning beach ball. Literally the whole system is unresponsive except for the mouse cursor which seems to be moving fine. None of the hardware controls work either, i.e. eject button
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Since then I've reinstalled Firefox but I have another problem and wonder if they're related.
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The consistency of these errors is making me concerned about the quality of the hdd that's in my MBP!
Some info you might need to know about my MBP
15" MBP Core2Duo
2.33 ghz
Boot ROM ver: MBP22.00A5.B01
SMC Version: 1.12f5
HDD: Toshiba MK2035GSS
Revision: DK021B
The Disk Utility error:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
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Also, I'm not sure if this has any bearing but I migrated all the info from my old 12" PB onto this.
I hope someone can tell me that everything's ok!!
15" MBP, Core2Duo, 2.33; G5 iMac, no iSight; 12" Powerbook 867 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi all
I hope someone can help me, and I hope I don't have a faulty Mac!
I bought a 15" MBP a week ago and while it's awesome, I have a problem where the system will completely freeze, except for the mouse cursor.
Nothing on the keyboard works, force quit doesn't come up, plugging in / removing the power supply doesn't change the battery icon, there's no spinning beach ball. Literally the whole system is unresponsive except for the mouse cursor which seems to be moving fine. None of the hardware controls work either, i.e. eject button
The only consistency that I can think of is that of all the times that it has happened, Firefox was open (ver. 2.0.0.2), except once where Firefox had just started (it froze with Firefox darkened in the dock)
Since then I've reinstalled Firefox but I have another problem and wonder if they're related.
Fresh out of the box I tried to install Windows through Boot Camp but when Boot Camp tried to partition my disk it gave me an error and referred me to Disk Utilities. Disk Utilities gave me a "Volume Header needs minor repair" error, so I fixed it from an older Mac that I have with the MBP mounted in disk mode.
This fixed it, Boot Camp then installed fine, I managed to get myself a virus so I deleted the Windows partition through Boot Camp and tried to partition the disk again with the intent of installing Windows and not get a virus this time
However, Boot Camp gave me the same "Volume Header needs minor repair" error!
The consistency of these errors is making me concerned about the quality of the hdd that's in my MBP!
Some info you might need to know about my MBP
15" MBP Core2Duo
2.33 ghz
Boot ROM ver: MBP22.00A5.B01
SMC Version: 1.12f5
HDD: Toshiba MK2035GSS
Revision: DK021B
The Disk Utility error:
Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Also, I'm not sure if this has any bearing but I migrated all the info from my old 12" PB onto this.
I hope someone can tell me that everything's ok!!
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For all users of the newest MBPs - freezing problem

I spent the whole last week trying to detect the problem of the freezing OS (every N minutes, a freeze for 20-30 sec).
If you're experiencing the same issue, don't waste your time uninstalling 'suspicious' software like I did… this helps. Really:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8414998&posted=1#post8414998
Downgrading the EFI 1.7 (preinstalled or installed with Software Update) to EFI 1.6 solves the problem. No more freezing. The update procedure seemed a bit risky to me but well, it worked (you can use an USB stick, I used my external USB hard drive)
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One more thing: in case of other strange problems, try uninstalling Logitech mouse drivers if you've got those. That one solved my coreservicesd crashing problems. I'm waiting for the incoming update of Logitech.

yes, I did. I spent at least 8 hours searching for a solution here, in the forums and tried everything making sense... The EFI downgrade was the only thing that helped.
My personal opinion is: Apple should offer the EFI downgrade option to all users in an official way. It looks like my favorite vendor does not want to admit they made a hardware+software mistake (the EFI 1.7 update solves some HDD issues on some new MBPs but causes other problems on other MBPs).
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Please read this whole message before doing anything.
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Step 1
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I know how to fix the iTunes 7 / firmware ver. 1.2 freeze problem

Many of you (like me) are having major headaches because of the new updates that Apple has been releasing (i.e. iTunes 7). So far I only know that this affects the Video iPod, but this could very well fix other models too.
Here are some symptoms of what the following will fix, and what you most likely have already done to try and fix it.
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- iPod will remain in Do Not Disconnect mode even after ejecting or disconnecting
- A forced reset does not fix it, as it repeats the above.
- Restoring the iPod through iTunes does not help
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Since iTunes 7 reformatted your libary listing, iTunes 6 will no longer work. However, you can still use it by reinstalling iTunes 7. Just make sure you do the following.
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Custom Windows XP

Listen to this person, he knows exactly what he's talking about. My unit had the freezing problem, the visual artifact problem, and eventually would only show a blank white screen after I had tinkered too long. Luckily I have another computer that I hadn't yet upgraded to itunes 7 and it had the last firmware upgrade before the itunes 7 one. From disk mode I was able to restore it to the previous firmware version, and now the ipod works perfectly.
I too am almost disqusted with Apple for 1) missing this problem and 2) not letting people know!
I wonder how many more people are going to have lots of problems so apple can protect their PR.
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Nokia C7 freeze problem

Hello. I use Nokia C7. All works fine but often when I surf the web browser, use skype, search updates and doing many other things my Nokia C7 freeze and dont (cant) resart. Only option to restart the phone is remove and insert battery. How to FIX this problem?

This problem has nothing to do with applications added or needing software updates. It is purely a hardware problem, there seems to be a fundamental flaw with the design of Nokia phones, and it is very disappointing that they are not more honest about the problem.
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Fix for Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse Freeze problem.

After deleting the following file: /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist
And re-pairing my Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse all of my freezing problems have been resolved.

For what it's worth...
I have read a bunch of different threads on this. So far I have:
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- Upgraded to 10.5.7 (still had problems)
- made both the bluetooth keyboard and might mouse "favorites" per http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1907901&tstart=30
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...and left an old PC mouse connected to a USB port.
The add as favorites / disable in network panel I have done fairly recently and - so far - no problems.
YMMV...
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i have a question my iphone4s has a problem when updated iOS8 there will be freeze problem i think iOS8 is not supported in 4s!!!!!!!!!.
one more question when i phone5 update with iOS 8.1.2 this iOS supported iphone5???

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Refreshed laptop with Win 8.1 DVD - Freezing Problems

I had freezing problems on my Toshiba and decided to refresh it with full windows 8.1 DVD I purchased separately,
Toshiba initially had Vista. I bought upgraded to Win 8 pro 64 and then to 8.1 pro 64
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my computer specs.
Toshiba (P500-ST5801) - 64 bit
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P7350
ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 4650
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There are no drivers for your lappy with windows 8 at all, yes you would get crashes. You can try a bios update, but its to old to even try.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/Home
http://support.toshiba.com/support/modelHome?freeText=2373403
I came across some that had your issue in support toshiba
http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/Windows-8-8-1/Satellite-Laptop-Randomly-freezes-on-Windows-8/td-p/590812

MDD freezing problem can anyone help?

Hey
Ive been having quite majer problems with my mac. It crashes regularly and im not sure why. It will freeze any time even when running safari and has been known to do it 5 times in one day!!! These are the possable problems i can think of.
1. Hardware problem though i have tested all my ram with memtest and the apple hardware test Cd and it says its fine.
2. i was thinking my mac could be overheating, can this cause it to crash? At the moment its is running at 58.3 *C and all im running is safari, im not even running any widgets. The CPU fan is almost always on (though not at full speed) even when running just safari and i think the barings in the fan could be on their way out because it doesnt sound like the fan is running smoothly at all.
Would it be worth buying a new fan and getting a copper heatsink to bring the temperature down? Im not sure if i should do this in case it doesnt work as it well set me back over £100, if there is no way of finding and fixing the problem i was thinking of getting a macpro though as im a student it will take me about a year to get my hands on that kind of cash
If it helps these are the specs of my mac:
Powermac G4 MDD 1.25DP
1.5GB RAM
OSX 10.4.8 (im running this beacuse 10.4.9 is incompatable with final cut HD 3.0)
GForce 4MX
1X 80GB PATA
1X 200GB PATA
ASUS DVD R (put in a week ago though there were problems with crashing before this)
Can anyone give me some advice on what to do?
Thanks
Tom

Assuming you are reading that CPU temperature with Temperature Monitor software, the specified upper limit for your CPU is 62 degrees C. Therefore, 58.3 degrees shouldn't be causing your freeze problems. Look for other possibilities.
Not that this is your problem, but a friend's upgraded Sawtooth G4 started having freeze problems in Tiger after running several months without any problems. Turns out he had his old DVD-ROM in a Firewire box connected via Firewire to his G4 and the unit started crapping out. Still not sure if the core problem is the DVD-ROM drive or the Firewire case or the Firewire connection, but disconnecting the unit ended his suddenly arising freeze problems.
Try using your MDD G4 with all Firewire and USB (except the keyboard and mouse of course) stuff disconnected from the tower case. If that ends your freezes, it will be a simple process of elimination to find the offending USB or Firewire item.
Good luck,
Carl B.

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One other questions is it possible to use the phone to keep reasonabvle amount of notes- I am about to head overseas and want to use the phone also to replace a notebook and diary and also to use its many other functions
with thanks

I do not have this problem, then again my 5800 has not been working in anyway except perfect ever since I bought it, except for the crashing browser on v30.
Yes you can keep a lot of notes on the phone, Although you may want to find a "note app" like express note to save the notes onto memory card if you plan to use it all too often.
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