Timeline for iMac randomly shuts down
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| Mar 24, 2016 at 23:40 | vote | accept | njkroes | ||
| Mar 24, 2016 at 23:32 | vote | accept | njkroes | ||
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| S Mar 13, 2016 at 17:27 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| S Mar 13, 2016 at 17:27 | history | notice removed | CommunityBot | ||
| Mar 11, 2016 at 9:15 | answer | added | avi | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 8, 2016 at 20:59 | answer | added | Allan | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 5, 2016 at 18:48 | comment | added | agentroadkill | Probably not what you're hoping for, but have you tried putting a UPS between the Mac and the outlet you're using? It's possible that one outlet has some slightly faulty wiring, for whatever reason, and it leaves a small static charge in the Mac's PSU if/when it mildly under- or over-volts (it's also possible the problem is inside the Mac itself). Grab a $50 UPS from Amazon or Best Buy or wherever and give it a shot. | |
| Mar 5, 2016 at 17:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/askdifferent/status/706165129751216128 | ||
| S Mar 5, 2016 at 16:22 | history | bounty started | Randomblue | ||
| S Mar 5, 2016 at 16:22 | history | notice added | Randomblue | Authoritative reference needed | |
| Feb 26, 2016 at 16:16 | comment | added | njkroes | So we got a new power cord and the issue still persisted. We decided to bring it to a local Simply Mac store to see if they could diagnose it. They did not see it shut off, but when they shut it down, it would not power back on without doing the SMC reset. With some additional testing they narrowed it down to either RAM or a bad logic board. They replaced the RAM with known good RAM and the problem still persisted. So now we feel pretty confident that it is the logic board. We are going to replace it next month and I'll update on whether that fixes the issue for good. | |
| Feb 16, 2016 at 14:46 | history | protected | grg♦ | ||
| Feb 9, 2016 at 16:51 | comment | added | njkroes | No, nothing definitive. We have been shutting it down when we aren't using it and that seems to help. I think we are finally going to bite the bullet and just pay to have the logic board replaced and hope that fixes it. If it does, I'll update and let you know. | |
| Feb 6, 2016 at 1:10 | comment | added | user169119 | did you ever get an answer to this? We have the same exact model and the same exact problem. I could have written this post: we also tried different outlets, left it with the Apple people for a few days, and no issues were found, but now we are finding it is shut down every time we try to use the computer (progressively getting worse). Would love to hear if you resolved the issue. The only thing left that I can think for us to try is to replace the power cord... Thanks for any follow up on this. | |
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| Oct 24, 2015 at 1:49 | history | asked | njkroes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |