yeah the ac adapter. there will b an extension to plug into the white square thing before connecting into the plug.
plug this into the white square thing before connecting to the plug.

it's your home earth problem

i got the same experience on my alu body, but it only happened to me when i unplug the charger and running with the time machine with firewire plugged. no problem when it's in charging...

hahaha... don't make me laugh XD
anyway, Apple, Inc considered quite good already. I dunno if i'm right or not, i found out that others brands update thier product like, how many N times in half a year?

Hmm, just now when i pointing my mouse over my dock there, the dock dint enlarge and those expose functions are all off. Then i decided to restart my it, but it stuck at the shutting down screen for quite a time. So i press my power button to force it off, but then when i trying to switch it on again, my mac stuck at the white apple screen for few mins. the loading circle is not moving at all. And i do force it off and switch it on. luckily this time my mac back to normal. just want to ask that is this thing caused by 72hours running of machine?

Emm...it could be many reasons behide to cause this problem.....sometime is bcoz ur motherboard is overheated...and sometime is bcoz ur HDD.....and it also possible there is some crash with ur RAM......emm....just be aware of it....if it is only happen once....then is ok....if quite often then need to send for servicing and checking...

72hrs non stop? my machine is already on for 7d 20h~

I see, thanks for the information. if its the heat problem, then i probably need the smfan2 d.

Okay, i got some question now. I'm already installed the smc fan2. Just want to ask that will my fan speed auto adjust once the temp is going up? or its already turned to manual?

Supposedly no more Nvidia chipset at least for now. Nvidia has issued a temporary stop on chipset development for future Intel processors until the licensing dispute is resolved.

I suspect it is an Intel chipset. Anyway only Intel has chipset for its i5/i7 processors, no one else has an idea on its QPI bus technology. So it has to be an Intel chipset. There reasons why i5 is not available for mid-end products maybe due to price of the i5 and the contract between Apple and Nvidia to use its chipsets and integrated GPU. For high-end products, Apple usually slap in a dedicated graphics card, so they are not restricted to a chipset with integrated GPU. So they are free to venture elsewhere.

I think Intel chipsets are anytime better than 3rd party designs. After all they know their processor architecture and platform inside out. Its only their integrated GPU that sucks big time. They know that they are at a disadvantage because of all those API standards. After all, Intel is not in the business of making graphics card. That is why they decided to re-invent the wheel with the introduction of x86 programming for graphics namely Larrabee project. They are big and influential and they can afford to do this.

Nvidia and ATI has to follow what Microsoft says on the Direct X Or at least influence Microsoft. Intel holds most of the x86 patents which a lot of applications already run on. So Intel decided to stick it into Microsoft from down below. Another way to move into the scene.

I think I feel that several times. At first notice, I think its the surface of the aluminum being anodized. And when you slide your fingers over them, it will jump since its not really smooth. Don't think its electric current. Imagine such an event! It would be disastrous. If you have opened up the MBP before, you'll see that all the crucial compartments are layered with insulation materials for heat and conductivity (those black stickers stickers). The aluminum unibody construction not only acts as a heat conductor but also as a large ground plane and ESD protection. The power circuitry are completely isolated from everywhere and only interfaces with the magsafe.

If you really feel a charge, best is to switch power point and location. Or tryout a new extension cable.

its static. im pretty sure its a common issue.

Wow what did you do with your mac Not afraid of it getting hot?

Mbp is amazing, I don't hear any fan sound(maybe new laptops are mostly like that) nor feel anything blowing out from the laptop. I am not really a laptop user until now, and I was from windows. So this is my first laptop and my first mac So if I am not mistaken, the fan is behind the laptop?

tinkerbel> Wow amazing Hopefully what you said will be in long term!

I don't know why but I just laugh when my program crashes on mbp Maybe because I heard too much that mac doesn't crash or get virus

well, it will cool down eventually
not big deal

anything can crash in this imperfect world

Lol! yea... any program could crash.
Ppl claim that "mac doesn't crash or get virus" is probably a lie.
Maybe the proper way to define mac is "it is less likely to crash or get virus".
It may happen but not as often as on a windows PC. =)

Yeap, thats true. My mac is around 2months age and only crash once and its today. Haha, found pc virus in my pendrive that day but the virus cant affect me

Yeah no matter how reliable or robust the hardware or the OS is, if a problem is not coded correctly or encounter a memory fault... things will get stuck sometimes. No biggie. The question should be how does the OS handles such events. A good OS should keep the rest operational while isolating the 'crashed' program giving the option for the user to quickly save important files or just restart the program.

Still we can't run away from a kernel panic in an event the driver kicks the bucket hehehehe...

nope, not afraid of getting hot. the mini little fan will run up to 6200rpm to cool my system down.
and last time i get freaked out and nervous that my uMB will burst or something, but oh well...
i don't really care anymore, cuz i know its reliable

my mac crashes a few times. most time (or can say everytime?) is crash on safari...
oh wait.. no crash.. just lag..


OH YA!! sifus.... wonder why sometimes i send songs via email using MAIL app in my uMB,
after i attach the song, the whole MAIL app will hang and unfortunately, i need to force quit it.
why?

Hmmm are you sending a legit song? Just joking hehehe... I don't think it hanged. Its just not responding because its attempting to upload the file onto the email server. And we know our upload links are slow, so its waiting for it to finish. Give it some minutes? But I agree... this shouldn't happen. I'm using Entourage and I don't see such a problem.

the beach ball just occurs after i select the song to attach, i wonder why. but oh well, i just don't send songs that all. haha.

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Added on October 24, 2009, 2:59 pmi realize something..
last time b4 i install SL.... when playing facebook with external monitor, clamshell closed... the fan will go up to 6200rpm and 60'c
even clamshell open with internal screen also around that...

but now, same thing but in SL.... external monitor, clamshell closed, fan is 6200rpm and 50'c+ only
and clamshell open with internal screen, fan is 3200rpm+ and 50'c....

cool? javascript:emoticon(':blush:')

This post has been edited by diners: Oct 24 2009, 02:59 PM