Level 1

17 points

MacBook Pro 2011 17" hard freeze

Overheat? The fans revved and suddenly I could use nothing but the cursor. Had to hold down the power switch to kill all and then re-power & startup. I wasn't doing anything unusual, but I had 7 apps open and was amid an auto-backup to TimeMachine.

Just a little disillusioned and concerned, wondering if anyone else there has experienced a hard freeze like this.

macbook pro 17" 2011, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Mar 1, 2011 11:15 AM

2,292 replies

VTGolfer

Level 1

5 points

Mar 21, 2011 3:04 PM in response to Adrian J.

It's a conspiracy we all setup to confuse you. You can't imagine how many PMs it took to get everyone on this thread to say their fans went up to 6200, instead of the true limit of 5500.

Mar 21, 2011 3:10 PM in response to VTGolfer

@ VTGolfer,

LOL.

been a long few days for all of us. thanks for the laugh.

Mar 21, 2011 3:16 PM in response to Chullo

it's not a test, just a controller. 99deg. is ok?

jkirker

Level 1

0 points

Mar 21, 2011 3:24 PM in response to keggman12

PS. @Keggman12 - I had the tested the developer release of 10.6.7 as of last Friday and it still had in the same issues.

Chullo

Level 1

0 points

Mar 21, 2011 3:24 PM in response to jkirker

awesome jkirker. I feel comfortable updating after those observations from you.

Mar 21, 2011 3:25 PM in response to Devn S

The 10.6.7 update should fix you up.

pro-tip: read the last page of the thread before posting. 🙂

Mar 21, 2011 3:26 PM in response to jkirker

Thanks for mentioning that jkirker! I am sad that I might have jumped the gun! Will remedy as soon as the refund is credited back and if people keep saying positive things about the update.

VTGolfer

Level 1

5 points

Mar 21, 2011 3:30 PM in response to Devn S

Guy. I think you're not reading the posts. The problem appears to be fixed. You just have to install today's software update. You're about a 3 hours late to the righteous indignation party.. 🙂

Mar 21, 2011 3:32 PM in response to VTGolfer

Great work Apple!

Regards,
Simon

Mar 21, 2011 3:34 PM in response to VTGolfer

You're about a 3 hours late to the righteous indignation party.. 🙂

I was thinking the exact same thing.

Chullo

Level 1

0 points

Mar 21, 2011 3:36 PM in response to fastasleep

If you ran it @ 1024 (plus 8core) and didn't experience a hard freeze (requiring a restart), then your DEFINITELY good temperature wise.

Message was edited by: Chullo

Mar 21, 2011 3:48 PM in response to Chullo

@Chullo

Running 1024x768 on 8cores + GPU, been about 5minutes so far no crashes. Can I be assumed safe now? 🙂

shishlik

Level 1

0 points

Mar 21, 2011 3:52 PM in response to Rensoom

Would someone please just tell me IS IT FIXED with new update or not?
I'm about to cry......

Chullo

Level 1

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Mar 21, 2011 3:52 PM in response to ideazinfinite

@ideazinifinite. You're good, trust me.

Mar 21, 2011 3:57 PM in response to Chullo

hah stopped in 12mins... life is good 🙂

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