Can anyone tell me where to find a firewire cable that fits snug in a macbook pro?

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Can anyone tell me where to find a firewire cable that fits snug in a macbook pro?

I have tried many different 9-pin firewire 800 cables. All work there way out of the port on my 2010 Macbook Pro. It's very frustrating because it can ruin the data. Sometimes the repair doesn't work. Most of the time the drive goes offline. The best cable I've found is the firewire cable that came with my Western Digital Passport Studio drive. The cable has metal connectors. It seems to help keep the cable in the port better than any other I've found.

It's a shame that a firewire lock cable can't be designed for these computers to prevent this problem. Besides tape or glue, does anyone have a suggestion? Perhaps a better cable? The firewire cable that came with my Seagate free agent drive is also quite good. But that cable is proprietary to the drive.

Thank you for your help!

Paul

Multiple Windows and Macs, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 24, 2012 8:26 AM

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Mike Johnson12

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Dec 24, 2012 9:59 PM in response to dbaps2

In all the years that a FW port was available have I ever had an issue with a FW cable coming out of the port.

Maybe buying a new cable would be a possible solution.

MJ

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dbaps2 Author

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Dec 25, 2012 8:49 AM in response to Mike Johnson12

Wow what a great solution. Maybe the last 8 different cables were all bad!

Can someone give a good answer instead of a foolish one.

This didn't solve my problem. So whoever marked it as "solving: my problem please change it.

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Dec 25, 2012 8:59 AM in response to dbaps2

No one here knows what you have tried in the past.

The suggested solution was a possibility. One that some folks wouldn't think about. You have already ruled out a new cable as a solution 8 times.

My mixture of 9 pin FW cables are all snug to the fit - all appear to be different vendors.

My apologies for having made a 'foolish' suggestion.

MJ

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Csound1

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Dec 25, 2012 11:34 AM in response to dbaps2

dbaps2 wrote:

Wow what a great solution. Maybe the last 8 different cables were all bad!

Can someone give a good answer instead of a foolish one.

This didn't solve my problem. So whoever marked it as "solving: my problem please change it.

You marked it as solved, no one else has the green button

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markwmsn

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Dec 30, 2012 11:33 PM in response to dbaps2

Have you considered the possibility that the problem lies with the FW800 port on your MBP or the stress you are placing on the connection?

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