HELP! I bought a MacBook Pro a couple of days ago and have thoroughly enjoyed it so far except for one critical problem. When I play a 3D application it will randomly lock up the computer and force me to do a hardware reboot.
I have a Macbook Pro with a 2.5 ghz intel core 2 duo processor and a Geforce 8600M GT.
I have downloaded and installed SMC fan control and used it to officially eliminate over heating as a culprit. The laptop never goes above 65 C in the most intense games not to mention the fact that sometimes it will freeze after several minutes of play and sometimes it will freeze instantly. I have reformatted and reinstalled OSX and upgraded to the latest OSX and nothing has fixed it.
I have heard of OpenGL problems with my video card so I am thinking that might be the most likely problem.
Any help would be awesome. If I can't get it resolved worse case scenario I will run it to an Apple store to get fixed/replaced or ship it in to get replaced seeing as I bought it refurbed and it is well under warranty.
Thanks,
Grover
I have a Macbook Pro with a 2.5 ghz intel core 2 duo processor and a Geforce 8600M GT.
I have downloaded and installed SMC fan control and used it to officially eliminate over heating as a culprit. The laptop never goes above 65 C in the most intense games not to mention the fact that sometimes it will freeze after several minutes of play and sometimes it will freeze instantly. I have reformatted and reinstalled OSX and upgraded to the latest OSX and nothing has fixed it.
I have heard of OpenGL problems with my video card so I am thinking that might be the most likely problem.
Any help would be awesome. If I can't get it resolved worse case scenario I will run it to an Apple store to get fixed/replaced or ship it in to get replaced seeing as I bought it refurbed and it is well under warranty.
Thanks,
Grover