The story so far…
- New MacBook worked great
- After a few weeks, wireless started to drop randomly
- A week or so after that, the computer began shutting itself off
- MacBook stopped shutting itself off, began dropping wireless again
- Stopped dropping wireless
Two days ago, the wireless started to drop again, but this time only at my office.
This morning, I discovered an OSX screen saver called Fenetres Volantes. I installed it an immediately the MacBook began to power off – even when the screen saver wasn’t engaged, or even selected as the operational screen saver.
I removed the screen saver and the problem seemed to go away, but later that day I attempted to burn an iDVD and when I came back, the system had powered off.
I’m beginning to feel like I’m zeroing in on the problem, but it still seems like too much of a mystery to make a call. I guess it is about time to call AppleCare. 🙁
I wonder if it might have something to do with video. iDVD being a Quicktime product, the screen saver probably uses advanced features of the video system… but when the system was dropping like a fly a couple weeks ago, I wasn’t doing anything particularly video intensive, so… I just don’t know.
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