[iBook] when I am using computer, it just stops /turns off.

[Josh Richards]

Sporadic is a good word. My MacBook would be fine until I started doing more intensive work on it, then it would shut down. So sometimes it would run for a while with no problems, if I was just browsing the web or something.

On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:22 AM, COCCORP at aol.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 3/16/12 8:07:37 AM, josh.w.richards at gmail.com writes:
> 
> 
>> Sounds more like your fan is dead and it's overheating. My Macbook did
>> the same thing.
> 
> 
> If the machine runs longest when it hasn't been used in awhile, and the shutdowns occur more frequently/sooner after the 1st one, then I would also agree with overheating as a possible cause.
> 
> However, since the orig. poster said:
> 
> " I have to start it up again sometimes it will keep going, other times 
> it will stop/turns off" 
> 
> that makes me think that if it stays on indefinitely after a restart -- when one of these shut-offs happens -- then it may not be a heat issue (or may be a sporadic fan malfunction).
> 
> 
> 
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