Random Shutdowns Possible Triggers?

Simple CPU useage doesn't seem to be the answer here
We are dealing with a power related problem maybe we should all be thinking about things that might stress the power systems? Do the people who have more frequent shutdowns do something different with respect to sleep, shutdowns, and restarts that somehow increases the probability of a random shutdown?
For example, I normally just put my computer to sleep when I am done with it. Maybe lots of restarts strsses the PMU in someway that leads to more random shutdowns?

This is intersting- I wonder if this has something to do with the thermal grease breaking down/degrading because of extended exposure to heat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_grease
http://www.answers.com/topic/thermal-grease
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5990418.html
"thermal paste should not be exposed to very high temperatures for extended periods of time because such exposure may lead to degradation of the interface coolant and deterioration of its thermal conduction capability"
This would at least explain why you could only reproduce the problem AFTER it had already started. This might also explain the random nature of the problem.
Applying too much thermal paste can be an issue as well (as has been discussed on this forum)...

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  • Random Shutdowns - Possible Problem Identification

    Hey all,
    I was reading the website devoted to RSD problem and saw that there is a candidate solution for the problem. Check this out:
    http://maba.wordpress.com/2006/09/01/macbook-shutdown-solved-at-last-hopefully/
    It does not tell you how to solve the issue but at least a hope that Apple will solve the issue shortly.
    MacBook 1.83 GHz 1Gig Ram   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

    I have also read that some Apple representative suggested the new MacBook owners to install Firmware Update immediately, after getting their Macbooks.
    Since I have seen some theories mentioning the connection between Firmware update and RSD, I am still unwilling to update the FW.
    What do u people think? Are they related? Or am I risking my computer by not updating the FW?

  • [solved?] possible reasons for random shutdowns

    Several months ago, my laptop started to suddenly shutdown for no apparent reason. Initially, I assumed it was overheating. Lenovo had a look, found nothing but replaced the thermal paste anyway, gave it back.
    The issue continued so somebody from IT stuck my laptop in a server room on top of a hot computer and stress tested it for a few hours. Conclusion: can find nothing wrong, definitely not a heat problem! (Laptop never went above 65.) They ran a bunch of hardware tests as part of this, got my cable and adaptor tested etc.
    Next theory: issue had only ever occurred on one level of the building (in my office) and it turned out there had been another issue with another laptop in that area and it turned out to be shutting down to protect itself due to spikes in the power supply. A UPS solved that issue. One is currently on order for me.
    Meanwhile, last weekend I had the issue occur twice in a friend's house in Birmingham. Even more worrying, however, I just had it happen here at home even though I use the machine extensively here and have never seen this happen here before.
    I'm guessing this rules out the environmental hypothesis although I'm by no means certain of this.
    That leaves: hardware or software.
    Hardware is a pain - Lenovo already ran it for 48 hours straight and found nothing. Moreover, although I have paid to extend the warranty and although they've taken my money, I've so far been entirely unsuccessful in getting Lenovo's system to recognise the extension. In any case, with the holidays and everything I'd rather be sure of what I'm dealing with before giving the machine up for an extended period of time. I cannot reliably reproduce the issue so it is hard to troubleshoot.
    So I would like to know what possible software issues might trigger apparently random shutdowns.
    The shutdowns are immediate. One minute I am working on some document or whatever. The next the machine is off. journalctl shows nothing except:
    -- Reboot --
    If it was a hardware protection feature, would this get logged?
    It does not reboot - it powers off - but I always have issues with reboot since I switched to systemd. Generally, it just powers off instead. [Oh, and before anybody tries to blame systemd, the random shutdowns started before I switched to systemd.]
    I've checked the RAM.
    Any suggestions, however unlikely, are welcome at this point.
    Last edited by cfr (2013-04-13 23:42:03)

    Thanks. The adaptor, cable etc. was "PAT tested" by the electricals person in our building and they checked the fuse etc. in the plug as well. Moreover, the laptop never usually has a problem switching from AC to battery and back. My battery is more than adequate for this sort of purpose and, if the battery did run low, the laptop would automatically suspend to RAM. Also, I know if this happens because, among other things, the display is set to dim on switch to battery. When the power supply has disappeared due to a power cut or just unplugging it, the switch has always been flawless.
    I've just been jiggling and shaking and rotating the laptop itself as suggested above with no effect whatsoever. I've also tried pressing around the edges of the casing just in case I'm somehow putting pressure somewhere and that's affecting things. (I assume if it was pressure due to typing or touchpad, it would be happening all the time.)
    I've also just spent a while jiggling the adaptor and both parts of the cable - also with no effect.
    The one thing which makes me reluctant to test sans battery is that I've read that the batteries in ThinkPads serve some sort of protective function in case of issues with the power supply and that you shouldn't use them without the battery for that reason. (Somewhere on Lenovo's site but it was months ago so I can't remember where to check the details.) In case there is an issue with the power, I'd obviously rather not fry the laptop. (But it seems weird if it happens in several places in that case...)
    I'm not sure about the cold boot comment. Do you think a cold boot might help? If so, I already performed one yesterday as I opened the back to look for loose connections. So if a cold boot might help, I'll just have to see. I've done cold boots before, though, after opening it up to look for issues following shutdowns.
    These issues appeared several months ago and I've reproduced the issue with the LTS kernel a while back. So if it is a regression, it has been around for a bit. I might try a live Ubuntu USB. (I don't have an optical drive.) The problem is that a negative result won't really prove anything because the issue is so random. Given that yesterday is the first time it has ever happened to me at home and that even in my office I've sometimes gone three or four days without problem, a couple of days testing won't cut it. (And will make it difficult for me to get stuff done!) It might be best to wait and try it in my office after the holidays - if it worked for, say, a week there without issue, that would strongly suggest something in my Arch setup. (Or something about the hdd, I guess.)
    Somebody suggested modules so, for the record, here's output from lsmod:
    Module Size Used by
    usb_storage 47385 0
    uas 11120 0
    efivars 12441 1
    fuse 69213 3
    hid_generic 1114 0
    usbhid 37036 0
    hid 85974 2 hid_generic,usbhid
    rfcomm 33792 8
    bnep 8858 2
    ipt_REJECT 2282 2
    ip6t_REJECT 2797 2
    xt_LOG 12055 6
    xt_limit 1978 6
    xt_tcpudp 2472 4
    nf_conntrack_ipv4 7799 5
    nf_defrag_ipv4 1340 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
    nf_conntrack_ipv6 7512 5
    nf_defrag_ipv6 6318 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6
    xt_recent 8603 12
    xt_conntrack 3298 10
    nf_conntrack 64101 3 xt_conntrack,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ipv6
    iptable_filter 1457 1
    ip_tables 16947 1 iptable_filter
    ip6table_filter 1397 1
    ip6_tables 18519 1 ip6table_filter
    x_tables 17000 11 ip6table_filter,xt_recent,ip_tables,xt_tcpudp,xt_limit,xt_conntrack,xt_LOG,iptable_filter,ipt_REJECT,ip6_tables,ip6t_REJECT
    nls_cp437 5954 1
    vfat 10120 1
    fat 48403 1 vfat
    uvcvideo 72788 0
    videobuf2_vmalloc 2469 1 uvcvideo
    videobuf2_memops 2283 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
    coretemp 6071 0
    kvm_intel 124718 0
    snd_hda_codec_hdmi 24529 1
    videobuf2_core 24073 1 uvcvideo
    videodev 100860 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
    snd_hda_codec_conexant 47159 1
    btusb 12373 0
    kvm 374014 1 kvm_intel
    media 10406 2 uvcvideo,videodev
    joydev 9992 0
    arc4 2040 2
    bluetooth 192234 22 bnep,btusb,rfcomm
    iwldvm 171052 0
    mac80211 426350 1 iwldvm
    snd_hda_intel 26181 2
    snd_hda_codec 98034 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
    thinkpad_acpi 62562 0
    snd_hwdep 6429 1 snd_hda_codec
    snd_pcm 75735 3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
    snd_page_alloc 7218 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
    microcode 12346 0
    snd_timer 18935 1 snd_pcm
    nvram 5907 1 thinkpad_acpi
    snd 60189 12 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,thinkpad_acpi
    rts_pstor 401665 0
    atl1c 33647 0
    psmouse 71952 0
    iwlwifi 125182 1 iwldvm
    iTCO_wdt 5256 0
    iTCO_vendor_support 1930 1 iTCO_wdt
    cfg80211 177109 3 iwlwifi,mac80211,iwldvm
    rfkill 15605 5 cfg80211,thinkpad_acpi,bluetooth
    soundcore 5443 1 snd
    i2c_i801 9572 0
    evdev 10267 25
    serio_raw 4690 0
    pcspkr 1900 0
    mei 32666 0
    lpc_ich 10610 0
    ac 2537 0
    thermal 8120 0
    battery 6774 0
    wmi 8380 0
    nfs 127008 0
    lockd 64905 1 nfs
    sunrpc 186134 2 nfs,lockd
    fscache 40996 1 nfs
    acpi_cpufreq 5934 0
    mperf 1300 1 acpi_cpufreq
    processor 26856 1 acpi_cpufreq
    ext4 440435 10
    crc16 1360 2 ext4,bluetooth
    jbd2 78802 1 ext4
    mbcache 6027 1 ext4
    sha256_generic 10262 2
    ablk_helper 1973 0
    aes_x86_64 7556 5
    aes_generic 26139 1 aes_x86_64
    cbc 2737 1
    dm_crypt 15800 1
    dm_mod 72106 35 dm_crypt
    sd_mod 29560 4
    crc32c_intel 1988 0
    ghash_clmulni_intel 4278 0
    cryptd 8742 2 ghash_clmulni_intel,ablk_helper
    ahci 21361 3
    libahci 20024 1 ahci
    libata 167757 2 ahci,libahci
    scsi_mod 133434 5 uas,usb_storage,libata,rts_pstor,sd_mod
    ehci_hcd 41817 0
    usbcore 150472 6 uas,btusb,uvcvideo,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,usbhid
    usb_common 955 1 usbcore
    i915 496012 3
    video 11277 1 i915
    button 4663 1 i915
    i2c_algo_bit 5392 1 i915
    intel_agp 10745 1 i915
    intel_gtt 15660 2 i915,intel_agp
    drm_kms_helper 32878 1 i915
    drm 218903 4 i915,drm_kms_helper
    i2c_core 20708 6 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,videodev
    I did wonder about the watchdogs and whether I should try turning (any of?) them off. But I suspect this thought just shows my ignorance of these things.
    I don't think there's a fan in my power supply - it is just a brick type adaptor between the AC and the laptop.  If it is the battery, it would be odd that it only ever happens when I'm plugged into AC. (Again, I use it a lot more on AC and the problem is random so this need not mean much.) One difference between battery and AC is that laptop-mode tools is configured to disable the NMI watchdog on battery.  But again, I don't understand enough of what this means to know whether this is even vaguely relevant.
    My graphics is intel so I'm not using any closed source drivers from Nvidia or ATI. The driver is currently set to use the default acceleration. QT is using default rendering (X11/XRender) rather than Raster or the experimental OpenGL.

  • Possible Random Shutdowns

    Greetings to All,
    I have been reading all these posts regarding random shutdowns on the MacBooks, and although I have never had it happen on either of my MacBooks (Week 27 and 29), I have had to troubleshoot a few that were having some issues, at our campus, with what was thought to be random shutdowns. These are Faculty/Staff machines.
    Since time was at a premium, for me, I only spot-checked the batch of 7 and took peoples word for it. They have been following the discussions, after someone enlightened them to the discussion pages. I had one shut down on me after about 15 minutes of run time and it had hung up on a printer issue. I tried it again after letting it cool down, and it did the same thing after 30 minutes this time, and it was only when I went to do a test print – it hung again. There could have been others with this problem, but I didn’t have time to play around, and the others that I did test were a matter of fixing the user more than anything else.
    I wiped them all clean, and reinstalled the OS X 10.4.7 from scratch, as well as Office 2004, and all of the Adobe software. The machine in question was used here for almost a week putting it through its paces without a single issue. I gave it and the others back to the users and everything was fine until a couple of days ago – she had had it for a week, and the shutdown trouble started again.
    It turns out that some unauthorized software was installed; some printer drivers were installed for use at home, and some strange off the wall open source games. I blew it all away, again, and reinstalled as I did before and it’s working OK again. I did the same thing on another one that came back with more unauthorized stuff installed and other changes. It’s clean and working as normal, and all the other units are reporting OK, as I check on the folks every day.
    I did do one other thing, I reseated the memory chips in all of them - and we bought the additional memory from Apple. They all have 1.256 Gig of Ram.
    These were all bought in late July, but I didn’t look at the week they were built.
    I do not work for Apple, I’m the Network Manager/Engineer for a large community college, and one of the few Mac users that have a fairly high level of hardware experience with regards to the Macs, as well as PeeCees, Solaris, HP-UX and so on and so forth.
    It appears that bad software; drivers, programs, etc can kill the machine as well as hardware. My personal MacBooks have been working fine, so far and they have been hard at work every day for many hours a day with Parallels loaded so I can manage my Microsoft Active Directory – works great, too. I also have PeeCee notebooks and am perfectly happy with them, but I prefer a Mac and I don't want to lug around more than one notebook at a time. My other MacBook stays home for use there.
    Cheers……. ☺
    iBook 12" 1.42 MacBook Black 2.0   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   17" iMac PPC, 17" iMac Intel, Powerbook 12" 867, G-4 Tower, iMac Flat Panel, mor

    I agree that it may be to soon to tell if the issue has gone away, and I hope it has. At the current time all of those MacBooks are up and running - I just called two of users that had the most trouble and they are happy campers, as they use them everyday for their classes, overhead projectors, Key Note presentations, email, and all the usual stuff.
    On another note, and your timing is perfect, the Macbook that has been giving us the most trouble is back, with the same unauthorized software back on it. It was doing the random shut down thing until I removed all that software. As soon as I did that and turned it on, it started working again, and as of this point in time I'm writing this on it. I have been using the thing all morning for my daily routines without a glitch. I even installed Parallels on it and will install Win XP later.
    I don't think heat is the issue, because when it's not behaving correctly, it shutdown within a minute or two. I have felt underneath and it is at room temperature. It is a lot warmer when I have it working, like right now writing this and burning a CD.
    Am I satisfied that it's fixed for good - not a chance, I need to test further and pass this notebook around to my staff for a week. The Faculty member won't take it back as she is not happy, has no confidence in it and has decided that she wanted her desktop back.
    What I have may not be the same thing as the other postings have eluded to, or maybe it is - who knows. I have 40 of these things, with 30 of them in a lab situation, and so far so good - not a glitch. We have Freeze-X on them so they can't install anything on them in the labs, so each time they reboot, they revert back to the way they were configured - works cool. I can't do that to the Faculty/Staff, much to my chagrin.
    All of these machines are from the same time frame - bought at the same time, in otherwords.
    I'll keep watching the saga unfold, and post if anything for sure comes along in the way of a fix, that I may get directly from Apple. They don't seem to know much about this issue, right now.
    Cheers ...............

  • Overheating or random shutdown?

    Last night I while I was using my iMac it randomly shutdown twice, one right after another.
    I have had the random shutdown problem in the past but have not experienced one for quite some time. (I had taken several steps to fix, including running the disk utilities and deleting some power management file. Whatever I did seemed to be working.)
    I had also been using iMovie, exporting movies, all day. I had also been heavily using iPhoto and Firefox, moving photos out and onto Facebook. The case was hot to the touch and iStatpro said that the power supply was around 159 degrees F and the CPU was around 135 degrees F. Is it possible I triggered some sort of safety cutoff?
    Please help me out here. I love this computer but the random shutdowns are totally killing it. Thanks in advance.

    Hello All,
    Here's my experience with unexpected shutdowns...
    My 20" Intel iMac is 6 months old - August 08.
    - After shutting it down one evening as per normal, it just wouldn't turn on the next morning. Nothing I did worked: different power socket, changed the fuse (UK plug) etc. When I had just about given up carrying it around the house, it suddenly came back to life. Went to the shop to buy milk, got back and off it was again. Weird. So I spoke to Apple Care who suggested I take it down to the Apple Store in central London, UK. I laboriously did so (try taking the underground with an iMac... not fun) and dropped it off mid afternoon.
    - Got a call the same evening from Apple Store: my iMac turned on fine first time (typical), tests were being run on it (basically stress testing the processor with multiple processes), and it was fine. No fault was found, I could go and pick it up.
    - So I take it back home the next day, again battling with London commuters with my heavy, bulky iMac box and plug it in. All fine. Work all day on it as per normal (nothing intensive). Then at about 10pm, it just turns off. No warning, nothing. Just off, and this time its staying off. I let it cool down, nothing. Diffent plugs, nothing. Change the plug fuse, nothing. Next morning, nothing. Its dead.
    - So I head off directly to the Apple Store again, iMac in hand, and battle it out again with London commuters on the underground. I explain the situation, am promised this will be a priority repair...
    - Eventually, after 10 days (Christmas got in the way), I get a call that it is ready. Two items of hardware were changed, namely 1) power supply and 2) Cable/DC Power/SATA/Inverter. Though none of them were actually faulty, they are the items that can cause sudden shutdowns...
    - I pick it up, and it seems fine since. But upon switching it on, I noticed the whole bottom half of my dispay was dim. Bright at the top, grey at the bottom... Another chat with Apple Care (by then am on first name terms with the whole team), we do various hardware resets to no avail. Am advised to drop it off at Apple. So off I go to the Apple Store again.
    And I just got it back again.. with a new LCD display...
    (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1730239&tstart=0)
    So the cost of all repairs to my 6 months old iMac is now more than half of the overall cost of the machine. Still, credit to Apple for not quibbling on any of the above issues, and fixing them (relatively) quickly and efficiently.
    Now lets hope my iMac stays on and stays bright...

  • K9N Platinum: CPU upgrade = Random shutdowns..

    I just installed a new AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE in my MSI K9N Platinum motherboard (MS-7250 v1.0, the 070 model according to the box). I had updated the BIOS to version 1.7 before installing the CPU. Anyhow, I got the CPU installed and it seemed to be running fine. Until I started playing my games. Upon playing fifteen (!!!) minutes of Day of Defeat, the system completely turned off. COMPLETELY. No error messages. I check core temp's log to make sure the CPU wasnt overheating; it wasnt. The max temp was 38C on one of the cores. Just to make sure the CPU wasnt the problem, I ran two instances of prime95 for 5 hours and there were no calculation errors whatsoever. I also ran 3-4 loops of SuperPi, using the 32M test. No errors.
    I have come to the conclusion that it must be the motherboard, and possibly it does not like the CPU. Or else it is having the same random shutdown problems as many other K9N Platinum/Ultra boards are experiencing. From what i have read, this issue only relates to boards that are 040, 050, or 060 models. I have a 070 model, and I AM GETTING THIS PROBLEM!!
    Help!!!
    Full specs:
    MSI K9N Platinum MS7250 V1.0, BIOS 1.7, model 070
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE (old CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+; had no issues with the 3500+) vcore: 1.225
    1 GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-800, 5-5-5-15, 2.1v
    eVGA GeForce 7800GT videocard with Zalman VF900, 490/1220
    Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 SATA HDD
    LITE-ON DVD-ROM drive
    Floppy drive
    3x 80mm fans, 1 cold cathode
    Antec Truepower 430 watt PSU, dual +12v @ 17A a piece.
    Any ideas? 

    well, i know that ACPI has to do with power saving features.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACPI
    and HPET also has something to do with CPUs
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPET
    and MCP55 is the nortbridge.
    so i suppose i can conclude that it protects from overvoltage or promotes more power-saving?  i dunno i really dont care as long as my PC works now, 

  • To Everyone with Random Shutdowns! (Solved! REALLY!)

    Hey all,
    I had posted about a week back about my Macbook (Core duo white, late 2006), it was having the same symptoms as some of the others with the known random shutdown syndrome (RSS). Like many others I had thought it was the end of my macbook and the logicboard needed replacing because that is what the 'genius' people do, but I was still wondering what would cause it. It would randomly shut off! (or so I thought) I'd be typing in Safari, watching a youtube video, and even playing games, it would just shut off and I could hear the hard drive spin down. I'd restart and it would do it again sometimes right away, sometimes hours later.
    This got me to thinking (like others have said) that it must be an issue with over heating. To test my theory I backed up my HD, and tried to reinstall Snow Leopard after zeroing the HD (as a fresh install). During the install process the Macbook's fan started to get loud and then it happened, it died again! So, this proved to me that it is NOT a software/OS issue at all, which means the said efforts in other posts of changing screen saver and energy saver settings had nothing to do with the cause! Aha moment!
    I thought to myself... something is making it shutdown, obviously, and has to do with too much heat as the fan was going crazy even while reinstalling the OS. After reading many posts on different support forums I came accross the possibility that it could be the heatsink and/or sensor that is attached to it. I also found out that this "RSS" only applies to the non-unibody, core duo, and core 2 duo macbooks... you know what that means?
    These models are the only ones with the shared memory and GPU on the same heatsink! GAH! A possible solution presents itself? To make a long post even longer... I removed the keyboard, carefully unscrewed the heatsink and fan and what did I see? Cracked and dried out thermal paste on the CPU AND GPU, they are both under the same heatsink after all, this was bad, really bad.
    Luckily I had some Arctic Silver thermal paste in a tube from years ago when I upgraded my PowerMac CPU. Using some rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth I removed the crud on the heatsink, processor, and GPU (I might add that there was way too much paste on there in the first place). I waited an extra few minutes to make sure the alcohol evaporated, and then I applied a small (dime sized) amount of thermal past directly onto the two chips, I aligned the heatsink carefully and gave it a very small gentle push down onto the chips, reattached the sensor wire to the mainboard, and screwed the heatsink back in.
    After putting the keyboard back on and making sure all screws were in... I immediately turned on the laptop and reinstalled the OS. The OS install took approximately 10 mintues! (crazy!) The last time I did that it took over 30 mins to install! I was stunned!
    After the OS installed I let the computer idle and shut down, I let it sit for about an hour to allow the paste to contract as it cooled. After starting up again I immediately downloaded Temperature Monitor and installed it (I did have it running when my mac had RSS by the way), here are the results to prove my theory:
    My Macbook with RSS:
    CPU1 and CPU2 Idle temp - 114 degrees (F)
    Heatsink temp - 128 degrees (F)
    Approximate over heating temp - 184 degrees (F) (causing the heatsink sensor to shutdown the laptop)
    My Macbook with new high quality thermal paste:
    Idle temp of CPU1, CPU2, and GPU - 77 degrees (F)
    Heatsink temp - 84 degrees (F)
    Running temp with adobe CS4, youtube, and typing this message - 103 degrees (F)
    Pretty amazing if you ask me!
    Before I applied the thermal paste my Macbook took at least a minute to start up with a fresh OS install, now it only takes about 15 seconds! I have not heard the fan spin up and go crazy since! And I can't even explain to you how much fast it is now!
    This does prove that Random shutdown syndrome (RSS) is caused ONLY by your GPU over heating due to old thermal paste between the chips and heatsink! A design flaw by Apple? probably not because thermal paste will crack and dry over time.
    This also proves that energy conversion to data in the chips can decrease because of over heating, causing the computer performance to dramatically drop!
    So before you take your out-of-warranty macbook to Apple or a repair shop, see what your internal temp readings are and try to replicate the problem with over heating your CPU/GPU! This was a 10 minute fix! I am still amazed at how much faster everything is, and haven't had a random shutdown since! I hope this helps alot of people that think they are out of luck and have to pay to get it fixed!
    - Cory -

    I too have this problem as well and it has been getting worse lately, I don't know what to do anymore. Here is a little info about my macbookPro. I have the late 2008 unibody model, i bought it in late 2009 Refurbished from Apple. Recently my mac has been turning off out of nowhere. I may be doing something and all of a sudden it just shuts off, it usually happens faster when i start to open up more programs like Photoshop or Final Cut Pro. My mac is out of warranty now and i dont know how much apple is going to charge me to fix it. i mean they want 50 bucks just to talk to them on the phone (ridiculous if you ask me)!.
        I have a temperature sensor installed and here is my data
    CPU A Proximity: 126F
    CPU A Temperature Diode: 133F
    Graphics Processor Chip 1: 122F
    Graphics Processor Heatsink 1: 113F
    Graphics Processor Heatsink 2: 126F
    Graphics Processor Temperature Diode: 131F
    Left Palm Rest: 91F
    Main Heatsink 3: 122F
    Main Logic Board: 118F
    Northbridge Chip: 127F
    Northbridge Position: 124F
    Here is more data from the Power
    Battery Information:
      Model Information:
      Manufacturer:          GSA-1281
      Device Name:          ASMB016
      Pack Lot Code:          0
      PCB Lot Code:          0
      Firmware Version:          0
      Hardware Revision:          0
      Cell Revision:          0
      Charge Information:
      Charge Remaining (mAh):          3739
      Fully Charged:          No
      Charging:          No
      Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          4610
      Health Information:
      Cycle Count:          68
      Condition:          Normal
      Battery Installed:          Yes
      Amperage (mA):          -1766
      Voltage (mV):          11793
    System Power Settings:
      AC Power:
      System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          0
      Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          0
      Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          90
      Automatic Restart on Power Loss:          No
      Wake on AC Change:          No
      Wake on Clamshell Open:          Yes
      Wake on LAN:          No
      Display Sleep Uses Dim:          Yes
      GPUSwitch:          2
      PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
      RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
      Battery Power:
      System Sleep Timer (Minutes):          60
      Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):          0
      Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):          2
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    Panics Since Last Report:          1
    Anonymous UUID:                    F2E5345B-9D6B-C60B-3BE6-A5CE072BBADF
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    R12: 0xffffff802e7fdf00, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000002, R15: 0x800000013d62b065
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    0xffffff809b3e3a90 : 0xffffff80224ce17d
    0xffffff809b3e3ab0 : 0xffffff80424a2b15
    0xffffff809b3e3cd0 : 0xffffff8022461e83
    0xffffff809b3e3d90 : 0xffffff80224632ab
    0xffffff809b3e3f20 : 0xffffff80224b8aa0
    0xffffff809b3e3fb0 : 0xffffff80224ce0a1
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    Mac OS version:
    12E55
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.4.0: Wed May  1 17:57:12 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2050.24.15~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 896CB1E3-AB79-3DF1-B595-549DFFDF3D36
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000022200000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8022400000
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    last unloaded kext at 356491648978: com.apple.filesystems.msdosfs          1.8.1 (addr 0xffffff7fa4078000, size 57344)
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    com.spotflux.Spotflux.tap          1.0
    com.spotflux.Spotflux.tun          1.0
    com.bresink.driver.BRESINKx86Monitoring          9.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.4f2
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
    com.apple.driver.X86PlatformShim          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.87
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
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    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics          8.1.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.4f2
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.3d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.4.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelFramebufferCapri          8.1.2
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.3d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          237.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
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    com.apple.BootCache          34
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    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          5.6.0
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.6.1b4
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          615.20.17
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.2
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
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    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
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    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine          2.1
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    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
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    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
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    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
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    Interval Since Last Panic Report:  47668 sec
    Panics Since Last Report:          2
    Anonymous UUID:                    F2E5345B-9D6B-C60B-3BE6-A5CE072BBADF
    Sun Aug 11 00:45:30 2013
    panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80238b8655): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8043814270, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff8043814270, CR3: 0x000000007b28b02f, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
    RAX: 0x0000000010000003, RBX: 0xffffff8030631180, RCX: 0xffffff803d734d58, RDX: 0xffffff802de1eb50
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    R8:  0xffffff802ae33f70, R9:  0x0000000000000002, R10: 0xffffff802ae33d10, R11: 0xffffff8030b18201
    R12: 0x0000000000000011, R13: 0xffffff8030896b28, R14: 0x0000000080001511, R15: 0x0000000000000015
    RFL: 0x0000000000210293, RIP: 0xffffff8043814270, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000000
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    Panics Since Last Report:          2
    Anonymous UUID:                    47166E17-45D5-09B9-9687-268C811A5F7B
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    0xffffff8102463e80 : 0xffffff8011e20aed
    0xffffff8102463eb0 : 0xffffff8011e10448
    0xffffff8102463f00 : 0xffffff8011e1961b
    0xffffff8102463f70 : 0xffffff8011ea5dd6
    0xffffff8102463fb0 : 0xffffff8011ecdd43
          Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
             com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1)[A26D2A3D-C06F-3A0F-BCFF-901A98C93C3D]@0xffffff7f924f8 000->0xffffff7f92805fff
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f92466000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[38C214C0-83C8-3594-8A4C-DC6AC3FEC163]@0xff ffff7f924e4000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[74E3E50F-E50A-3073-8C96-06F854292A91]@0 xffffff7f924a1000
             com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal(8.1)[5F021999-8B18-3BD5-9B98-90617E638A63]@0xffffff7f9 2813000->0xffffff7f92b34fff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.0)[A26D2A3D-C06F-3A0F-BCFF-901A98C93C3D]@0xffffff7f924 f8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f92466000
             com.apple.GeForce(8.1)[A15BB65E-3501-340F-87CB-2FD2BAD33E35]@0xffffff7f935f9000 ->0xffffff7f936c5fff
                dependency: com.apple.NVDAResman(8.1.0)[A26D2A3D-C06F-3A0F-BCFF-901A98C93C3D]@0xffffff7f924 f8000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport(2.3.7)[38C214C0-83C8-3594-8A4C-DC6AC3FEC163]@0xff ffff7f924e4000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.7.3)[1D668879-BEF8-3C58-ABFE-FAC6B3E9A292]@0xffff ff7f92466000
                dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(2.3.7)[74E3E50F-E50A-3073-8C96-06F854292A91]@0 xffffff7f924a1000
    BSD process name corresponding to current thread: WindowServer
    Mac OS version:
    12D78
    Kernel version:
    Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan  6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64
    Kernel UUID: 3EB7D8A7-C2D3-32EC-80F4-AB37D61492C6
    Kernel slide:     0x0000000011c00000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff8011e00000
    System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
    System uptime in nanoseconds: 58810812487
    last loaded kext at 26368556388: com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0 (addr 0xffffff7f93e5c000, size 36864)
    loaded kexts:
    com.apple.driver.AppleHWSensor          1.9.5d0
    com.apple.GeForce          8.1.0
    com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup          8.1.0
    com.apple.driver.AudioAUUC          1.60
    com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothA2DPAudioDriver          4.1.3f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleTyMCEDriver          1.0.2d2
    com.apple.driver.AGPM          100.12.87
    com.apple.filesystems.autofs          3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyHIDDriver          122
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAHardwareConfigDriver          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.10
    com.apple.driver.AppleMikeyDriver          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDA          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCPDRC          1.0.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothUSBDFU          4.1.3f3
    com.apple.iokit.BroadcomBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.3f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphics          8.1.0
    com.apple.driver.SMCMotionSensor          3.0.3d1
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklight          170.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.11
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMCLMU          2.0.3d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleMuxControl          3.3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHDGraphicsFB          8.1.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUserEthernet          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothSerialManager          4.1.3f3
    com.apple.Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X          7.0.0
    com.apple.driver.ApplePolicyControl          3.3.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleLPC          1.6.0
    com.apple.driver.ACPI_SMC_PlatformPlugin          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCButtons          237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBCardReader          3.1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyEventDriver          237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleIRController          320.15
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBTCKeyboard          237.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.BootCache          34
    com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.5.5
    com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.3.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleFWOHCI          4.9.6
    com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          614.20.16
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.6.0b1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBUHCI          5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          5.5.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleSmartBatteryManager          161.0.0
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          1.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          1.9
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          1.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.6
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          196.0.0
    com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          4.0.39
    com.apple.security.quarantine          2
    com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          196.0.0
    com.apple.nvidia.nv50hal          8.1.0
    com.apple.NVDAResman          8.1.0
    com.apple.kext.triggers          1.0
    com.apple.driver.DspFuncLib          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOAudioFamily          1.8.9fc11
    com.apple.kext.OSvKernDSPLib          1.6
    com.apple.iokit.AppleBluetoothHCIControllerUSBTransport          4.1.3f3
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireIP          2.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusPCI          1.0.11d0
    com.apple.driver.AppleBacklightExpert          1.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOSurface          86.0.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOSerialFamily          10.0.6
    com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.1.3f3
    com.apple.driver.AppleGraphicsControl          3.3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.7
    com.apple.driver.AppleHDAController          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOHDAFamily          2.3.7fc4
    com.apple.driver.AppleSMC          3.1.4d2
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginLegacy          1.0.0
    com.apple.driver.IOPlatformPluginFamily          5.3.0d51
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.5.1
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMultitouch          237.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          5.2.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          5.2.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCISerialATAPI          2.5.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          522.4
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          5.5.5
    com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.3.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.2b1
    com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.0
    com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          5.5.5
    com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          1.8.1
    com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
    com.apple.security.sandbox          220.2
    com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
    com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
    com.apple.driver.DiskImages          345
    com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.8
    com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          28.21
    com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          1.7
    com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.7.3
    com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
    com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
    System Profile:
    Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B0F, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 8 GB, SMC 1.58f17
    Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
    Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
    Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533641465238432D47372020
    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1067 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x484D54333531533641465238432D47372020
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.16)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.1.3f3 11349, 2 service, 18 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: ST9500420AS, 500.11 GB
    Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
    USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfa100000 / 2
    USB Device: BRCM2070 Hub, 0x0a5c  (Broadcom Corp.), 0x4500, 0xfa110000 / 5
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, apple_vendor_id, 0x8218, 0xfa113000 / 8
    USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader, apple_vendor_id, 0x8403, 0xfa130000 / 4
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad, apple_vendor_id, 0x0236, 0xfa120000 / 3
    USB Device: hub_device, 0x0424  (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
    USB Device: Built-in iSight, apple_vendor_id, 0x8507, 0xfd110000 / 4
    USB Device: IR Receiver, apple_vendor_id, 0x8242, 0xfd120000 / 3

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