<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>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.<br><br>On Mar 16, 2012, at 8:22 AM, <a href="mailto:COCCORP@aol.com">COCCORP@aol.com</a> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font face="arial,helvetica"><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"><br>
In a message dated 3/16/12 8:07:37 AM, <a href="mailto:josh.w.richards@gmail.com">josh.w.richards@gmail.com</a> writes:<br>
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</font><blockquote cite="" style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" type="CITE"><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"></font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2">Sounds more like your fan is dead and it's overheating. My Macbook did<br>
the same thing.<br>
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</font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2">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.<br>
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However, since the orig. poster said:<br>
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"</font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"> I have to start it up again sometimes it will keep going, other times <br>
it will stop/turns off"</font><font color="#000000" face="Geneva" family="SANSSERIF" size="2"> <br>
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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).<br>
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