My personal Macbook A1708 keeps shutting down again - doesn't seem to be thermal, more USB-C

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I use a Macbook A1708 for a lot of workshop jobs including data transfers and lately it has started intermittently shutting itself down even when it's connected to power and when the battery is full.

I've already redone all the heatsink/fan/thermals, so it's not that.



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