Apple MacBook Pro i9 Processor Thermal Slow Down Fixed Ping!
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Posted on 07/25/2018 11:55:23 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple Inc. confirmed that some new MacBook Pro computers didn’t perform as advertised under heavy workloads, responding to complaints from users. The company unveiled a software fix for the high-end devices and apologized.
The problem is due to the laptop’s thermal management system, which throttles processing speeds to prevent overheating in some situations, the Cupertino, California-based company said.
"Following extensive performance testing under numerous workloads, we’ve identified that there is a missing digital key in the firmware that impacts the thermal management system and could drive clock speeds down under heavy thermal loads on the new MacBook Pro," Apple said in a statement.
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Interesting images of melted macs and other devices.
https://tinyurl.com/y993x2vt
Melted macbook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTaXL0cwLc
See rightside videos for spill damage and other damage.
Images of inside pc’s that have never been cleaned....
https://tinyurl.com/y8zzxpex
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Wow. Makes me wonder about the overall safety of batteries in cars.
What about the lousy keyboard? No fix for that?
“What about the lousy keyboard? No fix for that?”
Also fixed...
Is quieter and feels “better” to some.
So basically they’re now going to allow the device to get a lot hotter than they originally considered safe.
You CANNOT escape thermodynamics.
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