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Nov 15, 2011 5:06 AM in response to oGr3by oGr3,Returned the machine in original packaging today. They have to send it to the repair centre (sixth time) in order to try to get Apple to take their responsibility and classify this as junk.
Three motherboards, two sets of RAM and the machine can still crash within minutes of booting. I expect a full refund now.
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Nov 16, 2011 2:02 PM in response to oGr3by Ikra,I didn't go thru all the pages, but seems I have the same problem. Brand new 17 inch 2,4 i7. It's two days old and I had about 10 freezes.
Mouse pointer dissapears, just a fixed screen.
When watching a movie the sound continued but image froze.
Closing the macbook to put it to sleep, no avail it stays awake in the freeze mode.
I tried two superduper clones, both froze. I am trying now a Carbon copy cloner and installed
gfxcardstatus, I seleceted the integraded only and hope this copy will work. As for sure Apple will ask me to do a fresh install, again......
Will call Apple tomorrow.
Can I ask for a new macbook immediately or will I have to go thru the whole hassle of re-install, test, third party etc. etc. as for me it's clear this is a hardware problem ?
If anyone has some input I be happy to hear.
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Nov 23, 2011 4:19 AM in response to Ikraby autiger,Well, I can tell you that the 13" MacBook Pros are doing the same thing. Mine froze last night when I was trying to read some e-mails.....wasn't doing anything graphically intensive.....just reading e-mails, and Safari froze. I finally got the Safari screen to close, but when I would open it back up, it would be a white page with the "spinning beach ball of death". I had to force quit Safari and I restarted my computer and it worked fine for a little bit, but then I got the white page and the beach ball of death again, and thought I was going to have to use a PC to finish what I was trying to do, but when I moved the mouse, it came out of it. This is not the only issue I am having with mine. I just bought mine a few days ago and am thinking very, very seriously of taking it back and getting a PC.
Thanks and God Bless!!
Wesley
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Nov 24, 2011 6:41 AM in response to autigerby Ikra,I called Apple and after a few test they decided to send me an new one. I am very happy with this decission It's my 6th laptop I never had any issues with one of them.
Exchange without any problems and not to much questions asked "excellent" service. l'm a long way of getting back a PC.
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Nov 28, 2011 1:48 PM in response to Ikraby RancidSeoul,Running MBP 13" all stock, besides the 8GB of RAM. Having the freezing now only when running steam with Civilizations V. It will be fine and then freeze, but the mouse/ pad is responsive. Only started once I got this game a few days ago. No problem running StarCraft II. I have had multiple applications open like Lightroom, elements, and a few other photo programs with no problems. I am assuming it has to do with Steam but see it may be a different problem, any ideas?
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Nov 28, 2011 2:41 PM in response to geoffrayby geoffray,I bought a new battery and the problem is solved.
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Dec 6, 2011 5:28 PM in response to autigerby Ikra,Received a brand new mac today, installed everything works perfectly, no freezes nothing.
Like cars have faults a Mac can have one to, they solved this perfectly for me, I am happy
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Dec 8, 2011 3:27 AM in response to Ikraby romainfrombordeaux,Hello All,
sorry for my English I'm writting from France...
I just want to contribute.... I've got the same issues as yours. Freezes on my Brand new MacBook Pro 2011 17" I7 2,2 + SSD... Always Happen when I quit Safari or an other Browser. I've also noticed that it happen during the switching of AMD radeon to Intel integrated. Mouse pointing disapear, just a freeze screen...
SO.... After a call to apple support they told me to bring my laptop to an Apple store.
I'm waiting for their answer... Probably changing the motherboard...
I let you informed...
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Dec 8, 2011 3:49 AM in response to romainfrombordeauxby romainfrombordeaux,I answer to myself. I've just received a call from the Apple Store...
They're changing my SSD.... I don't believe this solves the problem....
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Dec 8, 2011 6:41 AM in response to romainfrombordeauxby Ikra,Bonjour,
No I also don't think it will solve the problem. This is what they told me:
If the machine is less then 2 weeks old they gave me two options:
1. I could ask to change or
2. to take it some where so they can look at it.
I went for the first option no questions asked.
This ones feels quicker and better. Another thing that I forgot to mention is that with the faulty one I tried to do a hardware test (start while holding the "D") that never worked. With the new one it's ok.
So Romain keep us updated as I also like to know, seems we have a similar issue. Although I do not like to make that decission to quickly there are a lot of things inside a macbook pro, and different things can be wrong.
Bonne journée d'Anvers, Belgique
Johan
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Dec 8, 2011 7:42 AM in response to Ikraby romainfrombordeaux,ouch!! My macbook is more than 2weeks old... I bought it mid September, gone in travel for 2 month for my work and strated to use it from aprowimatively the 28th of November... and so this is at this time I've seen the problem...
Is it possible to ask for a change...?
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Dec 8, 2011 1:37 PM in response to romainfrombordeauxby Ikra,This I do not know, let them first do what they propose, if the problem continues I would try to get it replaced.
They don't know you didn't use it for two monthes.
Let us know
regards
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Dec 9, 2011 7:02 AM in response to Rensoomby krishna kumar,Hello All,
I got my Macbookpro 2011 in march, it was running totally fine till i had a SD card reading problem, i took it to Apple care they replaced my logic board. Since then i am facing these sudden freeze and while working my mouse disappers and the screen display splits in into 2 halfs. i did a hardware test it showed no problem, i reset the SMC and the PRAM the problem still exist. The apple care is suggesting me i should format my HDD and reinstal Mac OSX , they said i may also have a problem with my logicboard. Am goin to format my mac at the Apple Care center. Let see what happens.
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Dec 9, 2011 7:16 AM in response to Rensoomby mibrooks,Well.... I finally found the problem, or, rather, a tech at my local Mac Store did. I don't even think Apple is aware of this. The PK3000 modem, of all things, caused my lockup. It's a hard freeze, too. The problem is this &))(;/:; thing is used all over the place. QWEST gives them away! Get ri of it. It's been three weeks, now, and I have had no freezes, no lookups, no problems whatsoever. This is for both my MacBook Pro and my MacBook Air. Apple deserves an apology, but the really need to blacklist the PK3000. Now, can someone tell me why that modem causes this problem?
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Dec 12, 2011 2:05 AM in response to mibrooksby romainfrombordeaux,Hi All!,
So, saturday walking to my apple store to pick up my repaired macbook pro (they changed my SSD).
As I Has suposed, this change desn't solve anything. After 2minutes of internet navigation, I quit Safari and the mac freezes again!!!
So, they keep my machine... Next step: change of my motherboard...