Shuts down intermittently and when trying to boot to OS CD

This MacBook has me stumped and I've searched the forums and Google for hours.
Shuts down while using it intermittently, but will boot right back up. I can not determine if it is a bad logic board, hard drive, or something else. Have zapped the pram, rest the smu, used disk utility to repair permissions on the hard drive. In addition, when I try to run the hardware test DVD or techTools Pro DVD, the macbook reboots itself every time it gets to the initial hardware test screen (only flashes for a split second). I've tried the original system CD, techTools DVD and a retail OS X DVD.
Any ideas?

Ugh! Well I would start off with easy to test items such as a different battery, especially if you have access to one from a friend's MacBook. RAM and hard drive are also easy to swap out. The logic board is both expensive and a difficult repair.
Truthfully, if you get that far, it may not be economical to repair.
Best of luck.

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Please some one help me ...
A) my mac won't shut down with external HD connected (if it's been used)
B) there are disk permissions that can't be fixed SUID stuff ..
C) I have now verified the Mac HD and it tells me it's corrupt in bold red writing and to start up from install DVD
D) it won't boot from DVD so I cannot run the repair , initially the machine was spitting it out on start up , now it appears to be attempting to boot off DVD , well it sounds like it is .... BUT it's hanging with the Mac Logo and a wheel ... For um .... 30min now...
E) weirdly when OSX is booted off the hard drive , it won't recognise the Install DvD or the applications one... It just spits them out....
I had an old PPC 17" and it was a beaut .... Never had a single problem with it ...
I bought this one December 2010 and it's been nothing but issues for a computer in excess of £1000 I'm extremely disappointed ... And weirdly the shutting down issue started when it was a week out of warrantee ... I feel conned and am almost at the point of throwing it at a wall and buying a PC

Ok so I've done what you said and this is what it's come back ....
I don't know that these are the errors , but they're the things which don't look right ...
Throughout the shut down there is a recurring line ;
It says ;
Com.apple.launchd 1 0x100600e70.anonymous.unmount 301 PID still valid
Then there are 2 more which I think are related ;
Com.apple.securityd 29 PID job has I overstayed its welcome , forcing removal.
Then the same with fseventd 48 and diskarbitrationd 13
Oh and on Launchd1 : System : stray anonymous job at shut down : PID 301 PPID13 PGID 13 unmount...
Then the last process says "about to call: reboot (RB_AUTOBOOT).
Continuing...
And stops ...
Hope this means something to you ... Thanks again for your help so far :-)

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Hi jwalgren! Thanks for posting. Do you receive any error messages before your system shuts down? Are you on a laptop or on a desktop? Does this happen when you transfer the same images to other computers? If this is a time sensitive-matter, additional support options are available at Contact Us.

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1. Close all apps in the Task Bar. Double-click the Home button and hold apps down for a second or two. Tap the minus sign to close app.
2. Hold the Sleep and Home button down for about 10 seconds until you see the Apple Logo.
3. Make sure you connect charger to wall socket.

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Additionally, please check for updates for your graphics driver by following the steps mentioned in the following Knowledge base articles:
* [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]]
* [[Upgrade your graphics drivers to use hardware acceleration and WebGL]]
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6. Already performed PRAM reset and SMC reset, situation unchanged.
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Thanks!

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What my MBP had shown over the past two days.
1. Intermittent shutdown, even when the MBP is left there by itself, with or without magsafe adapter.
2. Instantaneous shutdown whenever I plug in the magsafe adapter.
3. Activity Monitor shows that kernel_task is running at >300% of CPU usage when booted in normal mode, fan speed is only 2000+rpm.
4. In safe mode, kernel_task down to <2% CPU usage, MBP will still have intermittent shutdown.
5. Uninstalled all third-party applications, problems persist.
6. Already performed PRAM reset and SMC reset, situation unchanged.
Looking at all this, I definitely should visit an Apple Authorised Service Provider near my place to get this sorted out. However, if anyone has an inkling of what's going on, I don't mind hearing your comments.
Thanks!

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Please Help. This is starting to anger me. I Reinstalled and everything.

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I'm not sure what you mean.
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*"Hang at exit": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
*"Firefox hangs when you quit it": https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+hangs
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
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Hello,
I recently tried downloading the IOS8 to my iPod 5th generation and when it was almost done the computer said there was an error. Right after that, the iPod shut down completely and now it's on recovery mode. I plugged it in and it said that I had to restore it and update it so I could use it again but it doesn't let me. What can I do? I even did a backup before the update.
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iPhoto 7.1.5
Max OS X version 10.7.4
Error Report:
Process:         iPhoto [10596]
Path:            /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Identifier:      com.apple.iPhoto
Version:         7.1.5 (7.1.5)
Build Info:      iPhotoProject-3780000~2
Code Type:       X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [132]
Date/Time:       2012-07-31 11:01:54.073 -0700
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.7.4 (11E53)
Report Version: 9
Interval Since Last Report:          677058 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           11
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 584991 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   10
Anonymous UUID:                      92C8D8A3-29DF-40C3-8BCD-DD0608B6198D
Crashed Thread: 7
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000020
VM Regions Near 0x20:
--> __PAGEZERO             0000000000000000-0000000000001000 [    4K] ---/--- SM=NUL /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
    __TEXT                 0000000000001000-00000000006b2000 [ 6852K] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto
Application Specific Information:
objc[10596]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x98114c22 mach_msg_trap + 10
1   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x981141f6 mach_msg + 70
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x973869da __CFRunLoopServiceMachPort + 170
3   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9738fb04 __CFRunLoopRun + 1428
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9738f1dc CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 332
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x9738f088 CFRunLoopRunInMode + 120
6   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x98810723 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 318
7   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x98817a8b ReceiveNextEventCommon + 381
8   com.apple.HIToolbox                     0x988178fa BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 88
9   com.apple.AppKit                        0x9a4780d8 _DPSNextEvent + 678
10 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9a477942 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 113
11 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9a473cb1 -[NSApplication run] + 911
12 com.apple.AppKit                        0x9a704bd9 NSApplicationMain + 1054
13 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00002ce6 0x1000 + 7398
14 com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00002c0d 0x1000 + 7181
Thread 1:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x98116b5e __select_nocancel + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib                       0x90f80cc9 _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 642
2   libdispatch.dylib                       0x90f7f85f _dispatch_mgr_thread + 53
Thread 2:: com.apple.CFSocket.private
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x98116b42 __select + 10
1   com.apple.CoreFoundation                0x973dde15 __CFSocketManager + 1557
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x97588ed9 _pthread_start + 335
3   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6de thread_start + 34
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9811683e __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758ce78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758cf7b pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95e903a7 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 178
4   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95e9011d TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 490
5   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95e8ff2e TSWaitOnSemaphoreRelative + 24
6   com.apple.QuickTimeComponents.component          0x91a64516 0x91478000 + 6210838
7   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x97588ed9 _pthread_start + 335
8   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6de thread_start + 34
Thread 4:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9811702e __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758accf _pthread_wqthread + 773
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6fe start_wqthread + 30
Thread 5:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9811702e __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758accf _pthread_wqthread + 773
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6fe start_wqthread + 30
Thread 6:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9811702e __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758accf _pthread_wqthread + 773
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6fe start_wqthread + 30
Thread 7 Crashed:
0   com.apple.ImageIO.framework             0x9a3f5fdb _JPEGFile::writeToStream(__CFWriteStream*) + 151
1   com.apple.ImageIO.framework             0x9a3f7ed9 _JPEGWriter::writePropertiesAndData(__CFWriteStream*) + 99
2   com.apple.ImageIO.framework             0x9a3f7f4f _JPEGWriter::writeToPath(__CFString const*) + 109
3   com.apple.ImageIO.framework             0x9a3f9c5b CGImageCopyFileWithParameters + 2588
4   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x001a0c02 0x1000 + 1702914
5   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x00103555 0x1000 + 1058133
6   com.apple.iPhoto                        0x0029cbc4 0x1000 + 2735044
7   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x97588ed9 _pthread_start + 335
8   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6de thread_start + 34
Thread 8:
Thread 9:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib                  0x9811683e __psynch_cvwait + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758ce78 _pthread_cond_wait + 914
2   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758cf7b pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np + 47
3   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95e903a7 TSWaitOnConditionTimedRelative + 178
4   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95e9011d TSWaitOnSemaphoreCommon + 490
5   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95e8ff2e TSWaitOnSemaphoreRelative + 24
6   com.apple.CoreServices.CarbonCore          0x95ec2e53 AIOFileThread(void*) + 1019
7   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x97588ed9 _pthread_start + 335
8   libsystem_c.dylib                       0x9758c6de thread_start + 34
Thread 7 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x21ce05f0 ecx: 0x12ddf250 edx: 0x0052c600
edi: 0x12df52e0 esi: 0x00000001 ebp: 0xb041f8b8 esp: 0xb041f890
   ss: 0x00000023 efl: 0x00010293 eip: 0x9a3f5fdb   cs: 0x0000001b
   ds: 0x00000023   es: 0x00000023   fs: 0x00000023   gs: 0x0000000f
cr2: 0x00000020
Logical CPU: 0

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Hi,
I am having a problem. My macbook pro shuts down OSX and all my programs when the lid is closed. I close the lid, and then I hear the shutdown music and then when I open it again it automatically restarts OSX and all my windows and programs are closed, any info gone.
This doesn't happen all the time. Just once a day or maybe twice a day. It seems like it happens basically when I have my computer just the way I want it, to keep an eye on things for the day.
I just recently switched to a mac and while somewhat savvy, I am not a programmer or techie, but it seems to me that when I shut the lid, it should do the same thing every time.
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Ahhh, enlightenment!
That would make sense. What I usually do, after closing the lid, is to wait for the apple to turn off and then set it down on it's side leaning it against the side table. I will try to wait for it to indicate that it is fully asleep before I move it next time. Personally, I prefer my computer to NOT fall asleep at all, but I am told it is not an option. Apparently this function is hardware related accoring to my local mac shop. They tracked it down for me because I hated this feature when I first bought my computer and was trying some way around it.
The shutdown music I was refering to was that music the mac makes when shutting down, which doesnt usually occur when it goes to sleep, unless it is malfunctioning like this.
What does resetting the pmu do? (what is a pmu as well?)
Thank you very much.
Lylah

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Specs
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No problems with my Mac since we bought it from the Apple Store until the last couple of days when this started happening. I don't have AppleCare and obviously I'm out of warranty.
Problem
Seemingly random shut downs. I've tried to work out if it's to do with overheating, but I've been playing some graphically intensive games today and that hasn't killed it. The strangest thing is that most of the shut downs are when it's not even in use - the next time I sit down to use it it has been turned off.
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After further testing, it seems to only be powering back on if I leave it unplugged for about 20 seconds. Is this something to do with resetting the SMC?

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