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Computers with bad cables don't crash, or freeze.

#Mac pro 2013 for aprts mac

But that's not how things go in the out-of-warranty world of independent Mac repair. I know the official way to diagnose a problem is to start replacing parts until the computer is fixed, and that last part was your problem. I know all about Apple service procedure. because, there's no way to directly confirm the cable is the problem.

I never really know if it's going to fix the problem or not though. But I've replaced a lot of these drive cables and I'm doing another one tomorrow. You might think "come on, how often does a simple cable really go bad?" Well, I've never had a traditional desktop style SATA cable go bad. This is a much harder problem to diagnose, because it generally acts just like a system with a failing hard drive, but the drive will pass a real SMART test with flying colors. That's the little flat ribbon cable that connects the hard drive to the logic board. So unlike the Genius bar, I can quickly diagnose a bad hard drive without having to infer the problem through symptoms.īut one problem that I've noticed really being on the rise lately, is a failing hard drive cable in MacBook Pros. While Apple's own tools (hardware test, Disk Utility) do almost nothing to positively confirm a failing hard drive, there are several other tools (SoftRaid, SMART Utility) that can read the SMART data and tell you for sure that a drive is failing. By far the most common thing I do is replace failing hard drives. But that's a different matter.I've been fixing Macs professionally (not through Apple) for well over a decade now. This is nothing really to do with software, Apple generally supports macOS on Macs for a few years they've become obsolete, then artificially cuts off support.

And of course it is a non-issue when the computer is running fine, if there were never any problems the vintage/obsolete lists would be, well, obsolete. Well no, worst case is that it breaks or becomes unusable because of a custom part that is no longer available after the 5/7 years. It doesn't mean your Mac suddenly stops working. Worst-case is that your Mac no longer gets access to next-gen MacOS. If your Mac is running fine, then this is a non-issue. Arguably most car parts use much much more physical space to store than computer parts too. Manufacturers of cars sold in Europe have to keep spare parts on the shelf for 10 years, not sure why manufacturers of other expensive, premium equipment aren't held to the same standard. My 2012 iMac is absolutely fine and isn't slow in the slightest, but if the hinge defect manifests itself again you're SOL. On the other hand, 5 years seems like a pretty short lifetime for a premium machine, often which is still perfectly functional after 8 or 9 years - especially now that Moore's Law is very much dead. Will they really keep manufacturing parts until 2024, by which time the MP will be 11 years old? The vintage/obsolete list makes me wonder when they'll discontinue parts for the 2013 trashcan MP.