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  • Answer to: Random sudden shutdown issue

    *Disclaimer* This is a different model MBP than my own. It may be a COMPLETELY different issue. This is just my experience with what seems to be a similar problem. Hey man. I had/have a similar problem with my a1260 mbp 15" (with so much surgery performed on it its basically like Joan Rivers. Major parts replace once, graphics card recall, entire top half replace...all different incidences). It became so bad (a little bit after the top half and a memory upgrade to 6gb) with the sudden shutoffs that I couldn't boot it up anymore. Battery in, battery out, charger in, positioned vertically, at an angle (read on for that fun bit), being very gentle with the CPU load...you get the idea. However, before it became that bad, I noticed something odd. If I kept the laptop propped up by putting something that was about the thickness of two fingers put together at about the battery area, it would stay on (sometimes). Now the bad news. The ability to change the behavior with changing the position made me think it was a sh...