Help! Macbook pro always crashes!

Hi, i just bought a 17" mbp a few weeks ago and it crashes/freezes a lot of times already. It usually happens when i am watching viedos on quicktime. should i be worried or is this a common sickness among mbps? is anyone having the same problem too? what seems to be the problem? please help! tia!

is it only with quick time?

Do you have third party RAM installed? Do you have anything connected via USB/Firewire?

amrk47 said:

is it only with quick time?

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nope but yes most of the time. it also crashed twice with itunes and once with live 6 (ableton).

newcitizenship said:

Do you have third party RAM installed? Do you have anything connected via USB/Firewire?

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my ram is the original that comes with all 17's mbps and no, i don't have anyting connected via my use/firewire ports. i only uses an apple wireless mouse and a set of 2.1 speakers.

have u tried to repair disk permissions using disk utility?

no, but i tried verifying it and there was no problem.

After a crash does console say anything about it?

Repairing permissions wouldn't do anything. It's kind of a does-nothing non-fix (or, as John Gruber calls it, "voodoo" http://daringfireball.net/2006/04/repair_permissions_voodoo).

I would create another account on your computer and see if the problem occurs there. If it doesn't, you'll know it has something to do with your user account.

the8thark said:

After a crash does console say anything about it?

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no, nothing.

newcitizenship said:

Repairing permissions wouldn't do anything. It's kind of a does-nothing non-fix (or, as John Gruber calls it, "voodoo" http://daringfireball.net/2006/04/repair_permissions_voodoo).

I would create another account on your computer and see if the problem occurs there. If it doesn't, you'll know it has something to do with your user account.

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thanks, i think i'll give it a shot.