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MacBooks sending 50 Volts to the CPU

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Apple's older MacBooks include a poorly designed logic board, where the 50 power line for the screen backlight is one pin away from the data line for the screen image, with no ground in between them. Resulting in 50 volts to be sent to the CPU upon various unforeseen circumstances.[1]

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