Hello everybody... my new Macbook Pro (August 2019) payed 5.300 euro and 3 months out of warranty is dead. Never wanna switch on. I sent to apple service and after in a specialized lab (able to repair motherboards) and they told me that CPU is in Shorth Circuit, too much extended electric damage. Now my computer is in the specialized lab, and they're changing the logic board (1.100 euro).
The touchbar macbook pro, has a solid state hard disk welded on the logic board... no time machine, cause this mac stay always in studio under UPS... and I lost 2TB of projects/sample... I literally cried the last month.
I'm writing here 'cause in the specialized lab told me to pay attention to the electric energy powered peripherals connected. The only one peripheral connected is my old MOTU 828 MK3 firewire. I need 2 adaptors (originals Apple) for connect the audio interface, the first firewire800 -> Thunderbolt, the second Thunderbolt -> USB-C (around 100 euros of connectors). My MOTU 828 was working perfectly with DP9 on OsX 10.14 Mojave.
I don't know if it's possible that some electric energy can run from the MOTU 828 to my Mac and damage the logic board.
Somebody know if is it possible?
I'm scary now to plug again my MOTU to my Mac...
P.S. I have also a 4k Samsung display connected by USB-C - Display Port, but I think couldn't burn my mac.
Macbook Pro 2019 with CPU Short Circuit -
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Macbook Pro 2019 with CPU Short Circuit -
MacBook Pro 15" i9 2.4 Ghz, 32 GB ram, 2 TB HD - OsX 10.14.5
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Motu 828 MK3 - Motu UltraLite - DP 9.52 - Roland UA-1000 - Presonus Audiobox 44 - Yamaha Monitor HS50 + Sub HS10W - Yamaha NS-10M + Yamaha P2040 - Soundcraft Signature 22 mtk
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MacBook Pro Retina Display 15" i7 2.3 Ghz, 16 GB ram, 1 TB HD - OsX 10.11.5
Motu 828 MK3 - Motu UltraLite - DP 9.52 - Roland UA-1000 - Presonus Audiobox 44 - Yamaha Monitor HS50 + Sub HS10W - Yamaha NS-10M + Yamaha P2040 - Soundcraft Signature 22 mtk
Steinway & Sons mod. C - Fender Rhodes Mark1 1974 - Yamaha CP70 - Roland V-Combo - Korg M3 expanded - Roland Fantom G8
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Re: Macbook Pro 2019 with CPU Short Circuit -
I am afraid I don't know if it is possible for the 828mk3 to demand too much current over Firewire, but it seems very unlikely given the fact the Mk3 has its own internal power supply that runs off AC. That said, Firewire does pass current if needed, and I have read a number of stories of people having issues hot plugging Firewire devices, typically damage to the devices' own FW chips.
Perhaps it would be good to consider your connect/disconnect and power up/power down procedures when using your laptop and the Mk3 (and your monitor, too). Maybe Mike Halloran will chime in with some thoughts in this regard...
I am so sorry you lost your data. I'd cry, too. Now is the time to start using Time Machine or other backup approaches. I use TM, other locally-connected drives and BackBlaze, a cloud-based system that costs $6.00 US per month (a bit less if paid on an annual basis) and will allow you to backup as much data from a single computer as you want with no extra fees. Who knows what component in a computer system will fail, and when?
Perhaps it would be good to consider your connect/disconnect and power up/power down procedures when using your laptop and the Mk3 (and your monitor, too). Maybe Mike Halloran will chime in with some thoughts in this regard...
I am so sorry you lost your data. I'd cry, too. Now is the time to start using Time Machine or other backup approaches. I use TM, other locally-connected drives and BackBlaze, a cloud-based system that costs $6.00 US per month (a bit less if paid on an annual basis) and will allow you to backup as much data from a single computer as you want with no extra fees. Who knows what component in a computer system will fail, and when?