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HELP PLEASE: Brand New MacBook Pro Hangs and Must Restart?!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Supervice" data-source="post: 1151545" data-attributes="member: 181797"><p>Thanks for replying! Your help is really appreciated!</p><p></p><p>This is a refurbished MBP, purchased directly from Apple 1 week ago. I am running the latest firmware and drivers for all peripherals. </p><p></p><p>I upgraded the RAM to a 2 x 4GB package from a reputable dealer that I have used in the past (OWC - macsales.com) and still have the original RAM set aside. </p><p></p><p>I also upgraded to a new 500GB 7200 Samsung HD for the internal.</p><p></p><p>The most recent development for my OS that pops to mind is installing a 'bad' version of Stuffit Expander, which I got from download.com. It gave error messages repeatedly on several archives which I know to be in tact and expandable. So I deleted it and installed UnRarX instead. I also had run a few installers for VST plugins (mini-applications that run within the Audio Sequencer environment - in this case Ableton Live 8)... but I had these same plugins installed before with this setup on my iMac.</p><p></p><p>The iMac worked for 2.5 years without a hitch... just for six months with the Hitachi external, so I know it's fine.</p><p></p><p>I'm hesitant to blame the whole thing on "bad RAM", which I feel is the easy answer to problems like this... there must be other alternative measures I can try than going through the whole return process.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again - please let me know what else might help?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Supervice, post: 1151545, member: 181797"] Thanks for replying! Your help is really appreciated! This is a refurbished MBP, purchased directly from Apple 1 week ago. I am running the latest firmware and drivers for all peripherals. I upgraded the RAM to a 2 x 4GB package from a reputable dealer that I have used in the past (OWC - macsales.com) and still have the original RAM set aside. I also upgraded to a new 500GB 7200 Samsung HD for the internal. The most recent development for my OS that pops to mind is installing a 'bad' version of Stuffit Expander, which I got from download.com. It gave error messages repeatedly on several archives which I know to be in tact and expandable. So I deleted it and installed UnRarX instead. I also had run a few installers for VST plugins (mini-applications that run within the Audio Sequencer environment - in this case Ableton Live 8)... but I had these same plugins installed before with this setup on my iMac. The iMac worked for 2.5 years without a hitch... just for six months with the Hitachi external, so I know it's fine. I'm hesitant to blame the whole thing on "bad RAM", which I feel is the easy answer to problems like this... there must be other alternative measures I can try than going through the whole return process. Thanks again - please let me know what else might help? [/QUOTE]
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