DESPERATE HELP! MacPro 2014 suddenly fried(?) after inserting external USB HD, help!!!
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
http://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00FCLG65U/ref=pe_386181_40444391_TE_item
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 32GB - 3GHz 8 Core - AMD FirePro