2011 MacBook Pro 13" blue screen at start up and shut down
2011 Early MacBook Pro 13" i5, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
2011 Early MacBook Pro 13" i5, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
All, I have been having similar issues with my 13 inch MBP. I've had it for a couple weeks now. Ive had an original aluminum Macbook for the past two years and had not one issue with it. In fact, I was a BSOD virgin and didnt even have any idea what it was when it initially happened on my new MBP.
Anyway, I've now had 8 BSODs and Im looking for ideas on what might be causing it. Let me go through it.
To start, I did a TimeMachine backup of all the data from old MB.
When turning on my new MPB for the first time, I chose the option to restore everything. (first off, could this be the cause?)
I let TM do it's thing, and the new MBP booted up no issues, everything looked the same, no errors, all is good right?!?
I then added the 8GB of RAM to the new MBP. I added this - Mushkin Enhanced 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Memory (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226167). Granted, I know that this memory doesnt specifically say it is for my model MBP, but it specs out the same. I have run both the short and in-depth Apple Hardware Tests and no errors were found. And the BSODs have been happening both with the original memory and the new so I do not think it is the memory (is there anyway to tell for certain though?!?)
I've also read a separate forums stating that USB tethering is causing ALOT of people BSODs and that booting into 32bit instead of 64bit seems to help. (here for more) I dont tehter anything via usb. I have one USB peripheral and thats my TM drive. So I'm not sure this applies to me, but might help others.
Another forum I read suggests that there is something specifically new on the install DVDs with the new MBPs and that TM backups from previous versions is not a good idea. I cannot locate the forum at the moment, but I have the quote from it "You're getting a kernel panic because you installed Snow Leopard via the retail disk. Make sure you use the disk provided in the box. These 2011 MBP's require a special, newer build of SL." (does anyone know if this even true?!?)
Other than that, I've
I do have a Win7 VMware session which I have been able to use without error.
A friend of mine said his last TWO 17 MBPs had similar issues on launch and it took an Apple update to correct the issue but I dont have the details on that.
My KPs (in order of occurence if it matters):
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B04
SMC Version (system): 1.68f96
I apologize for the long post, but Im looking for help and hopfully this will help others. My next step is to return this. I am quite disappointed so far considering I hadn't experienced any issues with my previous MB.
Thanks for the help.
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2011 MacBook Pro 13" blue screen at start up and shut down