DESPERATE HELP! MacPro 2014 suddenly fried(?) after inserting external USB HD
when it rains...
I plugged in a brand new USB external HD (literally out of the box) to my MacPro and suddenly the displays went dark, the music stopped. I waited a few minutes and tried to restart. The chime goes off but displays remain dark. I think I tried everything under the sun (PRAM reset, 5 second long hold of power button) but to no avail.
I've removed all cables, left it unplugged a minute, restarted without anything except monitor and keyboard. Chime happens then nothing.
Is it possible the USB drive fried the mobo?!? I've had this Mac for a while now and never witnessed something like this.
I have two external monitors attached via thunderbolt
This is the HD, an INATECK SSD optimized enclosure
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http://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/156688/macbook-pro-turned-off-after-plugging-in-iphone-usb-cable/p1
If it's the Mac Pro cylinder, maybe some electrical fault affected the RAM. You can try removing the memory sticks and put them back in one at a time.
Holy crap that was a scare and with deadline due today this was just impending death...