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strange restarting after full screen video

Hey everyone. I have a four years and running original MacBook (the Intel Core Duo version) and i've begun to notice a very strange problem with my computer. It seems to arbitrarily restart with no warning and notice when i go into full screen video. At first i thought this problem was related to the program VLC specifically, but it just happened again when I tried to watch some video on the web (from the "Conan" show) and went into full screen mode.
This problem baffles me and it really bothers me that i have no chance to save/backup my work when it happens. Has anyone else experienced this?

Quin

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 2gb, 2 ghz Intel Core Duo, 500gb 7200 rpm hard disk

Posted on Dec 14, 2010 2:35 AM

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TheNova5

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Posted on Dec 19, 2010 4:21 AM

I have this exact same issue. This usually happens when I'm going into full screen from a internet video like hulu and tbs. I bought my MacBook Pro about 3 years ago and it started doing this about a month ago. It's super annoying. 😟 I want to watch Conan in peace too, with out these random restarts.

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Mar 16, 2011 6:51 AM in response to jadecricket

Sam problem here. Also started after having the logic board replaced in the Nvidia scheme. It even happened this morning with the screen saver, which I've now turned off. If anyone finds a fix...

David.

Jun 19, 2011 10:37 PM in response to jadecricket

This is happening to me too. Al this time and no resolution yet?

Jun 23, 2011 1:37 PM in response to jadecricket

Same exact issue here. I have the same generation MBP. Had the logic board replaced last winter because of the graphics card issue. Mine is randomly restartting while in full screen, but especially when changing the volume. I had multiple calls in to AppleCare but now my support has run out and the problem persists.

What's the point of this forum if Apple doesn't offer any solutions. Funny that AppleCare phone support insisted that I am the only person to have these issues.

Sep 12, 2011 6:10 AM in response to jadecricket

SAME ISSUE:

I can't really afford to take time off work to travel 5 hours to Sydney to the nearest Apple Store, to get a fix, that doesn't even work!

The Apple hotline told me the problem was also individual, seriously annoying!

Apple get on this, not all of us can afford brand new macbooks!

smonie

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Sep 17, 2011 6:06 PM in response to jadecricket

I just started having this same issue today (although I have a MacBook - not a MBP). I have the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. Of course, it's 5 years old, so maybe it's just time for a new computer (as I'm having other problems related to watching streaming video/audio). Sigh...

libirdy

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Aug 16, 2012 2:55 AM in response to jadecricket

I'm having the same problem.

Has anyone had any joy with a fix for this yet? Or is suffering too??

My 2011 imac is only a month old. I upgraded to 12GB RAM myself, and was running the preinstalled lion for a few weeks with no problems at all. Downloaded mountain lion, and noticed that the fans were either really quiet, or not kicking in at all. When I stream full screen video, the computer will randomly restart - telling me that there was a problem when the start-up gets going again. The top left hand corner was getting really hot, so i'd been using SMC to try and reduce the temperature thinking that this might have been the problem (SMU/PRAM reset had no impact), but last night it restarted twice seemingly regardless of the temp.

SO! Is there any chance that this is a mountain lion/software issue, or is it the logic board and the mountain lion upgrade timing was coincidence? If so, could it have been my installed RAM that killed it??

Any and all help/ideas appreciated. Next stop is obviously taking it to the genius bar, I just wanted to ask you clever people first.

barua17

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Sep 24, 2016 7:21 AM in response to jadecricket

I have a very similar problem. It started recently and so far I mainly watch youtube and in full screen the computer just restarts randomly.. I haven''t experienced it in VLC or anything else yet, but it still bothers me. what should I do?

my model is 2 years old and a few months roughly. Macbook Pro late 2013 retina 256gb storage.

strange restarting after full screen video