Apple bricked my MacBook and there's nothing I can do about it

Re:Apple bricked my MacBook and there's nothing I can do abo... by lisper on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @06:59PM (#11950157)

I did not try that exact model, no. I don't see how that (or anything else) could get around the throttling limit.

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Re:Apple bricked my MacBook and there's nothing I can do abo... by miles on Saturday June 25, 2016 @03:43AM (#11975590)

Looks like you might be in luck!

Apple EFI firmware passwords and the SCBO myth

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11974806

https://reverse.put.as/2016/06/25/apple-efi-firmware-passwor...

The site is under heavy load at the moment; here is a cached version:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https:/...

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Re:Apple bricked my MacBook and there's nothing I can do abo... by lisper on Saturday June 25, 2016 @10:25AM (#11976401)

Yes, I saw that. Unfortunately, it requires re-flashing the EFI ROM, which is beyond my hacker-fu at the moment. I don't have the right hardware. But this does offer some hope that I can keep the machine out of the landfill.

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