MacBook Pro shuts down randomly

Also, I am 1.5 months out of my extended warranty... so.... is this a recall or I'm SOL??

Hye!

Im having the same problem as yours with my 17 inch Mackbook Pro i7 (2011). After I upgraded it form Lion to Mountain Lion (4 months ago) it started to shut up randomly with no reason and every time with more frequency. I took the computer to the Apple Store several times and they assured it was a Software problem so they formatted it but whenever I start working again y shuts off sooner or later.

Did it stop after you changed the Logic Board? I was starting to think that perhaps the answer was to reinstall the Lion Software incase Mountain Lion was the one causing all the problems.

Thankyou for your help!

Jefferis Peterson wrote:

Also, I am 1.5 months out of my extended warranty... so.... is this a recall or I'm SOL??

Not really a "recall," but they did repair it for up to three years from date of purchase, which is longer than a normal warranty.

However, your panic is not the one covered by the extended servicing.

Did you replace the RAM recently?

The 17 inch was not affected by the problem.

Please start a new thread and post your panic log.

Kernel Panics are almost exclusively caused by incompatible third-party software. The second most common reason is hardware problems, mostly cheap RAM.

Barney-15E wrote:

Not really a "recall," but they did repair it for up to three years from date of purchase, which is longer than a normal warranty.

How can you find out if your computer will qualitfy for the repair and what if I am not the original owner?

I have been having the same issue. I took my MBP in to the apple store and had the same problem confirmed. Yet I am still being required to pay hundreds for a new logic board. VERY DISAPPOINTED

Being part of that problem I can only say that Apple has run all the test they can at the Genius bar. My computer passed all the test 2 tumbs up. I had to leave my computer and they will run the big analysis winch takes a day.

Afternoon loosing twice my hard drive having time machine running as if everything was right including saying 635 giga left of Space, but not a thing on it?????

I am eiger to find out if they will want me to extend 2300$ to get a new one.

John

Hi! I got the problem fixed about 6 months ago.

After running all the tests, even de anaylisis numerous times they didn't find any problem until 3 weeks later, when another employer tried the anaylisis again and found one suspicious fluctuation in the results of the graph corresponding to the graphics card. It was so small and difficult to spot that no one took notice and therefore all of the results were always positive. So... When they decided to take it into account they changed my graphics card, which ment to change de whole logic board. Luckilly I had Apple Care and I saved 600 euros.

Sice then, I have had no further problems.

Look at this link and see if you can understand it (spanish). This is exactly what happened to me. I fulfilled all the characteristics. Good luck!

http://www.applesfera.com/portatil/problemas-con-los-graficos-de-tu-macbook-pro- del-2011-no-eres-el-unico

So the logic board is likely the problem?

I have just recently started having this problem. Just shuts off for no reason. My Mac book Pro Retina, 13 inch, was purchased October 2014 is it running OS 10.8.5. I unplugged all the attachments from the USB ports and that seems to help. Also, I can only revive the computer after I unplug the power cord. Weird. Should I take this in for an evaluation?