Unexpected Freeze, Hang, Shut Down
This has been happening for a while now and I still haven't gotten to the bottom of it.
At least a couple times a day, my Mac Pro (OS 10.5.7) will simply freeze completely with no mouse/keyboard control or it will just shut itself down. Doesn't seem to be any connection to a particular application running. I can be simply composing an email, browsing in Safari, working in Photoshop, or pretty much anything. A couple times it even happened within a minute of restarting with no applications running. It's also happened after I've left the computer alone for a while and the screen saver is stuck.
If I happen to be listening to something in iTunes the music will stop and sound like it's in an endless loop playing a split second of the song.
Every time my only solution is to shut power off an on again. I've tried waiting for many minutes, but nothing happens. Luckily, I haven't lost any important work, but I know it's bound to happen sooner or later.
I contacted Apple and got the suggestion to clear my Library caches and Safari cache, etc... I even went through the time to re-install using my original OSX disc and subsequently re-installing all my drivers. That seemed to fix the problem but not really because it started happening again a couple days later.
Any help out there???
Thanks.
At least a couple times a day, my Mac Pro (OS 10.5.7) will simply freeze completely with no mouse/keyboard control or it will just shut itself down. Doesn't seem to be any connection to a particular application running. I can be simply composing an email, browsing in Safari, working in Photoshop, or pretty much anything. A couple times it even happened within a minute of restarting with no applications running. It's also happened after I've left the computer alone for a while and the screen saver is stuck.
If I happen to be listening to something in iTunes the music will stop and sound like it's in an endless loop playing a split second of the song.
Every time my only solution is to shut power off an on again. I've tried waiting for many minutes, but nothing happens. Luckily, I haven't lost any important work, but I know it's bound to happen sooner or later.
I contacted Apple and got the suggestion to clear my Library caches and Safari cache, etc... I even went through the time to re-install using my original OSX disc and subsequently re-installing all my drivers. That seemed to fix the problem but not really because it started happening again a couple days later.
Any help out there???
Thanks.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.7), MacBook Pro, original iPhone
