My mac book pro shuts down when I connect external displays.

I use my macbook pro for projecting keynote presentations and also to a 90" monitor. I've been able to do this until the lastest software update. Now the computer shuts down when I connect to the projector and monitor. I'm at witts end. Regretting I did latest update. Thanks for any help.

Have you reset the SMC and PRAM?

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