Macbook RSS solved
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Hi, I live in Colombia South America. I had been suffering from RSS in my macbook for 2 months. I bought it in April but only in August it started showing the problem. So i decided to look for answers and decided to go for the “user solution”, by opening the computer and do it myself. I found that the cables from the thermal sensors were melted in the heat sink. I isoleted them and so far so good no more RSS in my computer! I’ll be telling you more about my macbook’s behavior, but i think that was the problem, you have to protect the cables from the heat. See ya…
October 23rd, 2006 at 12:33 am
I’m pretty sure this voids your warranty! Oh well!
October 26th, 2006 at 5:45 am
[...] You basically need a quarter and a screwdriver to replace your ram and hard drive, but what if you have an intimate desire to explore the anatomy of your Macbook? What if you have an uncontrollable urge to convert your ironing board into an operating table so you can delicately remove the LCD screen and lubricate the joints of that squeaky hinge? Maybe your new found love is suffering from RSS (Random Shutdown Syndrome) and diagnosing it yourself (by checking if the cables from the thermal sensors were melted in the heat sink) is something that appeals to your inner-surgeon!? [...]
October 29th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
Good on you for fixing the fault! But Apple should be blamed for bad design.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:52 am
I say we all work together on a class action suit, it seems to me that they have no plans to fix the problem
April 1st, 2009 at 3:48 am
I am in on any lawsuit.
September 7th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
LAWSUIT!
April 12th, 2010 at 5:53 am
Old issue I know, but I just wanted to say thanks for pointing the cause out, I simply pulled the wires away from the heatsink by 3-5mm and no more RSS. I feel bad for all the folks that took their macbooks in to the “geniuses” at the retail locations only to get ripped off for a mobo replacement or a heat sink replacement when all that needed to be done was pull the wires away from the piping hot heatsink!