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Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard?

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.portables
Subject Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard?
Date 2020-07-16 19:24 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <reovb3$17vg$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
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On 2020-07-16 03:14:52 +0000, Ant said:
> In comp.sys.mac.portables Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
>> On 2020-07-16 02:43:10 +0000, Ant said:
>>> In comp.sys.mac.portables Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>> Thanks and interesting. Yeah, it did reboot. It was just a hard
>>>>> slam/hit on the desk (not a drop). :(
>>>> 
>>>> It detects sudden movement of any type, a fall or a hard knock, so that
>>>> the drive heads can be parked safely (or at least safer).
>>> 
>>> But SSDs don't have heads?
> 
>> True, which why it's pointless on SSD-based Mac laptops. You can
>> actually turn it off, but it's probably not even worth the effort.
> 
> Yeah, something else could break from the sudden jolt, drop, etc. Might 
> as well play safe!

There are no other moving parts, so there's nothing else the sensor can 
be used for. It is solely for hard drives (inlcuding Apple's Fusion 
drives). It's not possible to stop the screen getting cracked or hinges 
breaking, for example.

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MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard?  ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-07-13 15:50 -0500
  Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2020-07-13 21:12 +0000
  Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-13 23:20 +0000
    Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-07-15 00:28 -0500
      Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-07-15 18:15 +1200
        Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-07-15 03:07 -0500
          Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-15 08:53 +0000
            Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-07-15 21:41 -0500
              Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2020-07-16 04:00 +0000
          Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-07-16 08:32 +1200
            Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-07-15 21:43 -0500
              Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-07-16 15:05 +1200
                Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2020-07-15 22:14 -0500
                Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2020-07-16 19:24 +1200
                Re: MacBook Pro (MBP) rebooted when its desk got slammed hard? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-16 10:22 -0400
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