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Is your MacBook shutting down by itself? A German dude came up with a solution to this problem, caused by a heat sensor cable that's too close to the heatsink on the CPU. That heatsink expands when the MacBook gets hot, to the point where it actually touches and melts the insulation on the heat sensor cable, shorting it out and turning off the computer.
The solution? Crack open the case and put some insulating tape around the cable where it gets close to the CPU heatsink. Sounds like an easy fix, but it's also something design engineers could have noticed, too. WTF, Apple?
Solution for Sudden MacBook Shutdowns [CrunchGear]
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My macbook does this and when I called customer care, which was actually a little over a month ago, they had no clue what was wrong and even offered to replace my macbook.
Would you find this problem on any Windows PC? NO!
No, you wouldn't find this on any Windows PC. Just an eMachines Pc.
Every other PC has enough going wrong, its hard enough to get it to turn on, let alone stay on.
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