Hey everyone,
I currently own a 15" Macbook Pro (Purchased August 2010, i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard) which has been experiencing occasional Kernel panics. When I first brought it into the shop they determined that it was an issue related to a dislodged RAM and it showed no signs of Kernel panics for a few weeks following the work. However, after a few weeks the Kernel panics sporadically started occurring again. There wasn't anything odd about the MBP's functionality, it was just a nuisance whenever the Kernel panics happened to occur...they didn't seem to be triggered by anything in particular. This went on for a few months until the most recent Kernel panic, which was not unlike any of the other Kernel panics prior. After this particular Kernel panic, the computer has taken ~30 minutes to startup upon each startup (it lingers on the grey apple screen, prolonged blue screen then desktop which will not respond to the mouse until some time passes...usually about 15-20 mins.). After this slow startup the computer functions normally (and at normal speed), since then I have only experienced one Kernel panic and it was upon shutdown. I took the computer in again, but this time they said the panics were due to something being loose on the component of the motherboard.
Has anyone heard of anything like this before? The computer functions fine albeit the slow startup and occasional Kernel panics so purchasing a whole new motherboard wouldn't make much sense (for the cost). I would potentially like to send it into the lab to see if they can find what is loose, but I'm not exactly sure what the likelihood of that is...or if anything is actually even loose in the first place!
Thanks in advance!
I currently own a 15" Macbook Pro (Purchased August 2010, i5, 2.4 GHz, 4 GB, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard) which has been experiencing occasional Kernel panics. When I first brought it into the shop they determined that it was an issue related to a dislodged RAM and it showed no signs of Kernel panics for a few weeks following the work. However, after a few weeks the Kernel panics sporadically started occurring again. There wasn't anything odd about the MBP's functionality, it was just a nuisance whenever the Kernel panics happened to occur...they didn't seem to be triggered by anything in particular. This went on for a few months until the most recent Kernel panic, which was not unlike any of the other Kernel panics prior. After this particular Kernel panic, the computer has taken ~30 minutes to startup upon each startup (it lingers on the grey apple screen, prolonged blue screen then desktop which will not respond to the mouse until some time passes...usually about 15-20 mins.). After this slow startup the computer functions normally (and at normal speed), since then I have only experienced one Kernel panic and it was upon shutdown. I took the computer in again, but this time they said the panics were due to something being loose on the component of the motherboard.
Has anyone heard of anything like this before? The computer functions fine albeit the slow startup and occasional Kernel panics so purchasing a whole new motherboard wouldn't make much sense (for the cost). I would potentially like to send it into the lab to see if they can find what is loose, but I'm not exactly sure what the likelihood of that is...or if anything is actually even loose in the first place!
Thanks in advance!