Recent content by usualpulp

stories like this are what led me to go ahead and buy apple care for my macbook pro recently. even though i don't expect problems with it, i've read far too many stories of people getting treated very well through apple care after the initial warranty has expired.

it sits on a laptop stand, gets good airflow under it. while i still can't rule out heat and will take this in to have the heatsink,etc checked this week i remembered there was a known issue with macbooks/pro's running external lcd's that causes system freezes. (i run external lcd/mouse/kb )...

ive got smc set to 4k rpm on ac power and 3k on battery. last night after it froze up ( on my marine aquarium screen saver) i rebooted and the system started up at 70c which is higher than usual so i cranked the fans to 5k rpm's and it came down to 50c after 4-5min and again this was the...

yeah, i'd been thinking of taking it in (and going ahead and buying apple care for it) for a while. Probably take it in next week. The machine used to lockup frequently or not wake from sleep when i ran it with the lid closed. so far with the lid open i haven't had that many issues with it. but...

from what i've noticed when it does lockup it's usually when it's been on for a little while and it's sitting on screen saver. this used to happen all the time when i ran it with the lid closed using external lcd/kb and mouse. when i started running it lid open i stopped having as many problems...

hmm, wonder what causes the random freezes then. doesn't happen all the time just every so often, like tonight after it had been on 2 days ( and sleeps over night)

I bought a mbp when they released the santa rosa's and i've used it mostly as a laptop, but i'm trying to shift to using it as a main machine which means it gets left on for extended periods sometimes. sometimes when its been left on for 1-2days it will freeze up. i've already been using smc...

i just got 2 sticks of 2gig patriot from frys for my notebook, so far works fine. but as suggested that mushkin kit on newegg is a good deal

thanks, newegg has a great deal on 2 x 2gig mushkin right now, $145 shipped free. seems ram prices have dropped a lot in the last month

ive been shopping around the past month for a 4gig upgrade for my 2.4ghz mbp but i wasnt sure what ram worked best with the laptop (if there were compatibility issues, etc) ive been looking at patriot, corsair value, mushkin, and gskill because they have the best prices, but crucial is...

i agree, if microsoft put out leopard there would be louder public outcry about the bugs. i just hope they release an update soon to fix this stuff

after a week of using leopard my feelings are mixed. the OS is much quicker than tiger in my opinion. and some of the new settings and menu's are nice and i've gotten used to the new dock. however i'm running into some issues, like my macbook pro no longer automatically goes to sleep after...

interesting, i felt it was MUCH faster than tiger....but it's also different doing an in store demo vs on your own hardware at home. but either way, theres nothing in leopard thats just so revolutionary that you MUST upgrade.

so far so good. the initial 30-45min after install was the worst because everything was being indexed by spotlight so the system was pretty much unusable after that and a reboot leopard is zipping along. only issue i've had is mail crashed when i first launched it, and macirssi is not leopard...

i havent used insomniax but i've used caffiene and it works well. as far as leaving the notebook running with the lid closed, i'll share my exerience: when i first got my mbp, i ran it with the lid closed hooked up to an external lcd and kb/mouse and every so often the laptop would freeze...