Searching for the phrase brings you here because you have likely realized these three symptoms are not separate issues. They are biologically linked in the ecosystem of legacy hardware and modern drivers.
The 2012 MacBook Pro has a design flaw: the PCH and audio chip share a heatpipe but lack thermal pad contact to the bottom case.
Introduction: The Unibody Heat Crisis
Have a different variant of the issue? The same principles apply to the MacBook Pro 2011 and 2013 models. Look for the "HDA Thermal Recovery" patch in community driver forums.
Searching for the phrase brings you here because you have likely realized these three symptoms are not separate issues. They are biologically linked in the ecosystem of legacy hardware and modern drivers.
The 2012 MacBook Pro has a design flaw: the PCH and audio chip share a heatpipe but lack thermal pad contact to the bottom case.
Introduction: The Unibody Heat Crisis
Have a different variant of the issue? The same principles apply to the MacBook Pro 2011 and 2013 models. Look for the "HDA Thermal Recovery" patch in community driver forums.
