Desktops
Q: Reset FireWire ports
Recently had a lightning storm fry several electronic devices. A tv, airport extreme, couple of cable boxes, etc. It seems to have also knocked out the built in firewire ports on my MacPro 2008. Pci-e firewire ports are still working.
Ive seen several posts that state disconnecting all firewire devices and power cord for varying amounts of time, from 15 seconds up to 24 hours, will reset the ports. Looks like a modified SMC reset. This didn't work for me. Is there some other way to reset the ports?
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11)
Posted on Aug 10, 2016 7:33 AM