Thanks. Well, I thought I had figured it out. I shut down my macbook last night and this morning it was back on. :(. I either did not cool it down enough or that was not the problem. Maybe my macbook is haunted. I'll check out the fan utility and keep you all posted if I figure it out.
Christina On Jul 16, 2011, at 9:59 PM, CJ Daniel wrote: > Christine, > > Actually, Ray & I just went through this on this list. There were a lot of > opinions. But, after researching in many places, both Ray & I installed a > little utility called FanControl. My MBP, which used to run pretty hot, is > pretty cool all the time. > > In reading posts around the web, I found that the MBP is notorious for heat. > The case is designed as a sort of heat-sinc itself. And, it is a pretty > common misconception to believe that your fans are only coming on > occasionally. Actually, when you hear them, they're moving from normal to > hyper mode. They're, pretty much, on most of the time...excluding the first > little bit of time after the machine is turned on & still cool. FanControl > installs easily & runs in the preferences area. With it, you can control > when the fans come on, what speed they run at, etc. It's, pardon the pun, > pretty cool...;-) > > Ray had played with it & came up with some nominal settings. He might want > to chime in here. > > Anyway, check it out, > > CJ > > > On Jul 16, 2011, at 4:50 PM, Christina wrote: > >>> So, I finally got my macbook to stay Shut down instead of spontaneously >>> restarting a few minutes after I shut it off. So, I just had a theory that >>> the folks at the apple store could get it to shut down and stay shut down >>> because maybe my macbook had cooled off by then. So, I put a fan blowing >>> on my macbook and propped it up and let it "cool off". I shut my macbook >>> down and then it stayed shut down until I restarted it. Could this be the >>> reason my macbook keeps restarting all on it's own? How do I know if my >>> macbook is overheating? I know the obvious of it feeling hot. It does >>> feel hot but it has always felt kind of hot or warm. The internal fan >>> rarely comes on. It only comes on if I'm really working the system with >>> video or something like that, but that's pretty uncommon. >> >> Thanks for all the help. I did check the "schedule" section and all seemed >> fine there and I am definitely navigating to the Shut down button and I am >> not using the restart button. >> >> Have a super weekend and thanks, >> Christina >>> >>> On Jul 15, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Christina wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> Every time I shutdown my macbook it won't stay off. No, I am not hitting >>>> restart instead of shut down. A couple of months ago I had to take my mac >>>> book to the genius bar so I kept shutting down the computer and it kept >>>> restarting. I wanted to turn the computer off before I put it into the >>>> bag. Well, I told them about it at the apple store and the problem would >>>> not reproduce. Last week I had to travel and I encountered the same >>>> problem when trying to pack my laptop. I thought I finally got it to stay >>>> shut off but it restarted all on it's own in the bag. So, tonight, I >>>> tried to google the problem and I cannot find any help. I have very >>>> recently repaired permissions so I don't think that would be helpful. 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