Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
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Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#2Why does the bios/firmware have no safeguard against this? Imagine a rogue program or virus damaging your hardware, even on OS X.
Also, the headline is jumping to conclusions, this is what the poster wrote:
" It is unclear what the source is, but most people are suspecting the deprecated audio driver on Windows."
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#3Sounds like the audio amp is too powerful for the speakers if it permanently damages it.
I'm betting the amp is integrated into a multi function chip or codec where it was selected because of integrated features rather then matched to the required speaker power.
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#4The amount of hardware issues with the new MBP are kinda staggering....
USB-C issues, GPU issues, image corruption, now this.
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#5The damage here is much bigger than a few laptops. We have been trying to educate, encourage people to go and try everything ;) saying you can't write software damaging your hardware. This sort of bug violates that trust and IMO it's a big deal.
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#6The amount of hardware issues with the new MBP are kinda staggering.... USB-C issues, GPU issues, image corruption, now this.
Has there been as contentious a Mac release as there has been with the new MBPs?
I've been using Macs since the mid 80s, and I'm trying to think of some, but am drawing a blank.
The only possibilities I can think of are the two processor switches (680x0 -> PPC followed by PPC -> Intel) or maybe the first release of OSX (but that's not necesarily hardware related).
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#7The amount of hardware issues with the new MBP are kinda staggering.... USB-C issues, GPU issues, image corruption, now this.
Has there been as contentious a Mac release as there has been with the new MBPs? I've been using Macs since the mid 80s, and I'm trying to think of some, but am drawing a blank. The only possibilities I can think of are the two processor switches (680x0 -> PPC followed by PPC -> Intel) or maybe the first release of OSX (but that's not necesarily hardware related).
GPU issues plagued some previous models also but not this early, usually after 1-2 years due to less than optimal thermal design, but Apple usually had an extended warranty program for those.
I don't remember a release with so many weird issues, that honestly should've been picked up pretty early during the design and acceptance phases.
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#8Followup post showing Apple is willing to replace the devices damaged by their faulty drivers
> https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5e7whh/update_bootca...
and have since also updated their drivers
> https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/5e7whh/update_bootca...
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#9The amount of hardware issues with the new MBP are kinda staggering.... USB-C issues, GPU issues, image corruption, now this.
Has there been as contentious a Mac release as there has been with the new MBPs? I've been using Macs since the mid 80s, and I'm trying to think of some, but am drawing a blank. The only possibilities I can think of are the two processor switches (680x0 -> PPC followed by PPC -> Intel) or maybe the first release of OSX (but that's not necesarily hardware related).
Last generation of iBook G3 went through graphics chipsets at an astounding rate. Most of my friends who bought one got all the way through the 3 strikes and you get a replacement machine with them. All of them got a free iBook G4 for their trouble.
At one point, the iBook G3 had a 73% failure rate...
Re: Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Has there been as contentious a Mac release as there has been with the new MBPs? I've been using Macs since the mid 80s, and I'm trying to think of some, but am drawing a blank. The only possibilities I can think of are the two processor switches (680x0 -> PPC followed by PPC -> Intel) or maybe the first release of OSX (but that's not necesarily hardware related).
GPU issues plagued some previous models also but not this early, usually after 1-2 years due to less than optimal thermal design, but Apple usually had an extended warranty program for those. I don't remember a release with so many weird issues, that honestly should've been picked up pretty early during the design and acceptance phases.
Yeah, the GPU issues - but like you said they didn't manifest themselves right away.
I got hit by the 2011 MBP issue a year or so in. I had to buy a new laptop because Apple didn't issue the repair order until well after my AppleCare expired and I wasn't going to pay $500+ for the repair not knowing whether Apple would eventually pick up the tab.