MacBook Pro Late 2013 15“ no more thunderbolt

[Paradiseapple]

Hello friends. Since I upgraded to Mojave my LaCie Thunderbolt 2 hard drives do not appear anymore. I already made a hardware test and everything should be fine. Do I need certain drivers? Has it to do with the LaCie desktop manager?

 

[Stephen.R]

Look in Disk Utility, under View menu choose "Show All Devices". It's possible they're just not mounted for some reason.

 

[Paradiseapple]

Look in Disk Utility, under View menu choose "Show All Devices". It's possible they're just not mounted for some reason.

Thank you but it does not show, there is a driver for LaCie 5big but it does not help too. And the ragged LaCie does not show too

 

[Stephen.R]

Do the thunderbolt controller(s) show in system info (Apple Menu > About this Mac > System Report > Thunderbolt) ?

 

[Paradiseapple]

Do the thunderbolt controller(s) show in system info (Apple Menu > About this Mac > System Report > Thunderbolt) ?

Its not shown there too. Shall i downgrade to Sierra or High Sierra because of this? I own two ragged Ladies and on LaCie Big5. What a waste.

 

[Stephen.R]

I’d try a clean install of Mojave first.

 

[Paradiseapple]

Th point is that i just installed Mojave again. Which procedure would you recommend when i reinstall it?

 

[Stephen.R]

Th point is that i just installed Mojave again. Which procedure would you recommend when i reinstall it?

Sorry you said you upgraded. I meant i would wipe the drive and do a clean install. (Obviously make sure you have backups/copies of data)

 

[Paradiseapple]

It was a clean install already.

 

[caileach]

LaCie 5big needs a RAID firmware update for Mojave.

https://www.lacie.com/as/en/support/kb/compatibility-with-macos-1014-mojave-007861en/

 

[Paradiseapple]

That´s the problem: I already installed the RAID firmware on terminal but nothing happens. And my two rugged Thunderbolt drives don't show tip too.I made a hardware test and all should be fine.

 

[s66]

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[Paradiseapple]

Hello friends, today the mac shop checked my laptop and it came out that the thunderbolt connections are loose. They say th logic board has to be renewed: 1000 dollars. I will try if another shop can fix it.

 

[s66]

x

 

[Paradiseapple]

Replacing the logic board is about the only action any authorised apple repair shop will do as the connectors are on the logic board and they aren't going to be allowed to solder anything anywhere on a mac.

The price they charge is higher than the economic value of your laptop I'm afraid.
[I've had that on far newer machines as well]

If you have access to a *good* technician who's used to solder on modern multi-layer boards: they might try to resolder the connectors, might fail - might succeed ... but it should be a lot cheaper than a new (yet, obsolete) motherboard.
It's not like you have warranty to worry about anyway.

Now back to the diagnosis: I've managed hundreds of MBPs (literally), and I've never seen any with damage to the TB2 ports. All sorts of other failure (mostly caused by abuse by the users): sure, but that port: not a single failure. Sure might be that my users didn't use it all that much, or just sheer luck, but it for sure isn't a common failure in my experience.

What you could do is try to buy a 2nd hand machine as that's going to be cheaper than repairing yours. You could also sell your machine, even with damage to the TB2 ports (few people need the TB2 ports as few have devices to connect to them).

Thank you for your advise. There is a company offering to solder lose parts of the logic board for 190€. Maybe i try this. I have two rugged LaCie and a 5big Thunderbolt 2 hard drives I would like to use for editing. And a new MacBook Pro would be about 4500€ in my configuration. Money I would like to safe for the 7,1 Mac Pro.