We are having problems with our Mac, when we start it up and are using it, it runs ok ,but once it's left for a few minutes we come back to it and there is a message on the screen. The message is something like; the computer needs to shutdown and restart, press the power bottom till is shuts down then start it again.
Anybody else experiancing theses issues?
MacBook Pro, iOS 5.1
This warning is typically caused by a kernel panic.
Here is an old OS X 10.4 page about it:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2238.html
Here is a more recent helpful X Lab page:
This warning is typically caused by a kernel panic.
Here is an old OS X 10.4 page about it:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh2238.html
Here is a more recent helpful X Lab page:
What is a Kernel Panic?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3742
and http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1892?viewlocale=en_US
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2002/tn2063.html
More details here:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/kernelpanics.html
Useful article on how to avoid and eliminate kernel panics here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10344626-263.html?tag=mfiredir
need to restart.
