Intermittant Firewire 800 Port???

[thenewguy]

So I just got a Mybook Pro, and and I connected it via Firewire 800. But there's a problem. The drive starts up, but whenever I touch the cord and push it a bit, the drive turns off. If I then pull back on the plug towards me, the drive comes back to life.

I tried the firewire 800 cord in both directions. I assume this is a problem with my new macbook Pro? Ugh. I am so peeved. I have an apple repair center here at my school. any idea how long something like this would take to repair?

Anyone else had a similar problem?

Thanks all

 

[Scarlet Fever]

is the port actually lose? If it is, they will need to replace the logic board, or the board which the ports are on (not sure what the insides of a C2D MBP look like)

Try it with a different cable, and see how you go. Sounds odd, though.

 

[thenewguy]

is the port actually lose? If it is, they will need to replace the logic board, or the board which the ports are on (not sure what the insides of a C2D MBP look like)

Try it with a different cable, and see how you go. Sounds odd, though.

Unfortunately i don't have access to another cable - FW800 isn't exactly very ubiquitous.

I guess I'll have to bring it in.

 

[pkoch1]

Same problem

I have the exact same problem. The port on my Powerbook G4 is not loose at all. Any ideas?

 

[pkoch1]

Unfortunately i don't have access to another cable - FW800 isn't exactly very ubiquitous.

I guess I'll have to bring it in.

I'm curious as to how everything worked out. I know it was a few months ago, but my computer is still having the same problem.