REPORT: Heat pipe failure caused overheating in Macbook Pro

About a year ago, I started having trouble with my MacBook Pro 15" 2 GHz Core Duo. It was overheating and turning off like a light switch. I want to post this because I have never seen this cause identified. Believe me, I have read the forums on this.
I tried everything. Fan control, new heatsink compound, processes, resetting PRAM/NVRAM. I even tried installing a brand new battery. After a visit to the Apple store, I found the problem.
In the end, there was a little crack in the heat pipe. A new/used heat pipe from PowerBook Medic, and I was in business. I hope this helps someone else, who like me, has tried everything else.

Yes, alas, not really.    You had a defect in the heat pipe which typically is VERY thick.   it had to have had a defect not in the wall but in the extrusion seam
Having repaired laptops for years and years, I can say for certain what happened to yourself is
"insanely / extremely rare"   without any doubt.
You got "lucky"  (meaning just the opposite)
dare say Ive heard of a case or two in 20 some years.
Youll not see another case again in your lifetime.
heat pipe

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