Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Due to Poor Drivers

Re:Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Du... by belltaco on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @10:24AM (#13063568)

Why 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."

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Re:Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Du... by realkitkat on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:15AM (#13063943)

Well, that makes up for an interesting ransomware - you have 48h to pay up 4 btc or your shiny new mbp hardware will get borked.

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Re:Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Du... by paulmd on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @12:18PM (#13064410)

I have to imagine that any self-respecting author would use '1812 Overture' just for style points.

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Re:Windows on New Macbook Pro Permanently Damages Speaker Du... by zlynx on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @12:43PM (#13064605)

What would the mechanism look like for a firmware fix? The driver doesn't go through any firmware to drive the audio.

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