Recently I left a Fitbit USB bluetooth dongle inserted for about three weeks in my Macbook pro. Then a message that my Usb ports had been disabled popped up in the right corner. Now I no longer have USB ports that work and my computer is overheating and the fan runs on high.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Howdy Rhythmatician,
If your computer is overheating and the fans are running high you may need to reset the SMC, System Management Controller.
See Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
Also, does the Fitbit USB dongle still work? I wouldn't think that would be a power hog.
Regards
Howdy Rhythmatician,
If your computer is overheating and the fans are running high you may need to reset the SMC, System Management Controller.
See Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support
Also, does the Fitbit USB dongle still work? I wouldn't think that would be a power hog.
Regards
TThanks Nubz,
Five apple support calls to no avail. I tried resetting the nvram. Tried the smc reset twice. All this over three days and was told it was a hardware problem. I tried calling a couple places. Then I tried Apple one more time on the phone. During this one my MacBook was draining power. I watched it go down to 1% and then it went to 0% but stayed on about 30 seconds. When I recharged after the power down it came back up and started working. While I had the apple guy on the phone I backed up on a 2T external drive after I formatted for Mac. Anyway the SMC must have worked. It just took about 48 for the effect to kick in.
THanks for for the reply though.
Hi Rhythmatician,
Wow. Well glad it's working now.
Take care.
disabled USB ports and overheating
