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2011 MacBook Pros Confirmed To Crash Under Load

Posted by timothy on from the switch-to-multifinder dept.

sammcj writes "2011 MacBook crashing under heavy load?... you are not alone. While trying to figure out what was wrong with my fancy new MacBook I soon realized that the issue is very widespread."

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  1. Re:Well of course by philj · · Score: 5, Informative

    Having read the linked thread, it looks like it's an ATI graphics card driver problem. You can still ssh into a machine that has "crashed under load".

  2. It is caused by by toxygen01 · · Score: 5, Informative

    iStat menu (most probably).

    for those tl;dr:
    most of the users report that after uninstalling istat menu pro (and it's "fan control" set to on by default) the problem goes away...

    keep panicking...