Wikiboo Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 I boot into Mac, everything is fine, but then randomly shuts down (like the power went off) after 5-10 min What is the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldmo87 Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I would say the laptop is over heating... When I last had OSX I am sure it ran hotter or at least reported to be running hotter. What model laptop do you have, can you install a Mac application that monitors system temperature? Monitor the temp and see if it is rising quickly, just something to eliminate. A friend of mine had her laptop keep shutting down, turned out to be a faulty fan so the laptop would shuit down to prevent damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wikiboo Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 I think it/s the overheating too... Can I do something about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsic Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Could be a hardware problem (mobo or some kind of cooling failure) or your install isn't loading the drivers for your fans. Listen for your fans. Any weird ticking noises? Any noises at all? Do they move when booting into another OS? A Live CD could help you diagnose this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wikiboo Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 I think it isn't loading drivers for my fan, because I'm running Snow Leopard on HP ProBook 4710s, on Windows fans are working fine, but on OS X I can't even hear them, is there any kext or something I could install? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldmo87 Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 definately sounds like a software problem, is there any software you can get for OSX that controls fan speed and monitors temperature? Perhaps you could manually set the fan speed. Did you get OSX installed following a guide for HP ProBook 4710s or did you just follow a general guide. If you followed specific info relating to HP ProBook 4710s then perhaps ask questions there. Otherwise, if you feel game you could hardwire the fans to (depending on fan voltage) a 12v source (usb maybe) on the motherboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wikiboo Posted March 17, 2011 Author Share Posted March 17, 2011 General guide, maybe I should install DSDT patcher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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