2011 MacBook Pros Crash Under Load

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 10:53 PM UTC

watmough wrote: post #51

azim wrote: post #44

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My Fall 2009 model overheats and locks up and crashes when playing games like Starcraft 2 or Left 4 Dead 2. That's not to say every notebook from 2009 had cooling problems, but some certainly do.

Why don't you return it? This would be an intolerable problem for me. I don't expect to see any kind of lockups or grey-screen, ever. It just shouldn't be part of owning any computer, especially a mac.

Post by rtaycher » Mon, Mar 21, 2011, 1:27 AM UTC

ZipCordManiac wrote: post #53

You used to be able to trust Apple for manufacturing quality. I now build my own for any work machines and only keep an iMac around for casual browsing/music/video. How the hell did this slip past basic TESTING ? This isn't the first manufacturing blunder that has been swept under the table with Apple, and it won't be the last. If you put down over $1000 for a computer, it should work.

Post by TechNewb » Mon, Mar 21, 2011, 4:34 AM UTC

parasubvert wrote: post #39

My 2010 17" model will get corrupted graphics and eventual a full kernel panic due to issues with automatic graphics switching that are usually triggered by Safari+Flash. Uninstalling Flash, turning off automatic graphics switching, or just using Google Chrome for Flash sites fixed that. My first-gen 2006 Macbook Pro used to crash under heat/load as well, which was suspected due to misapplication of thermal paste. I…

Post by bcrawford » Mon, Mar 21, 2011, 6:23 AM UTC

Maci wrote: post #38

nikster wrote: post #32

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Good to know, thanks. I'd only ever run it in manual mode anyway. How is the computer supposed to know whether power or speed is more important at any given time?

It doesn't really, anything using OpenGL / CoreGraphics triggers discrete graphics.

Post by larrycatinspace » Mon, Mar 21, 2011, 2:14 PM UTC