07-23-2021, 04:54 PM
OP and current status here: https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?...sg-2652836
... I've now made two full clones/backups, updated Time Machine, and copied specifically important files to another machine.
I also ran Apple Diagnostics -- that came out clean -- and Internet Recovery / Disk Utility (as suggested in the original thread), and that too came out clean.
So far, the things I've noticed that are odd since it was able to reboot: 1) Still having some issues with the USB flaking out (it took forever to make the full clones, because it kept disconnecting the backup/target drives during the cloning process) -- but I can't say for 100% sure it's the USB ports and not my cabling or USB enclosures); 2) Occasionally I'm seeing some slight video weirdness, but not the same as what caused me to send it in for previous service.
So the followup questions I posed in that update are still applicable (slight modified questions now):
1) Should I do anything in terms of backups, beyond what I've already done?
2) Should I continue to try to use it?
3) Any particular tests I should try to run on it, other than the ones I've mentioned above?
4) Should I still send this in to the mothership?
Damned peculiar, this.
... I've now made two full clones/backups, updated Time Machine, and copied specifically important files to another machine.
I also ran Apple Diagnostics -- that came out clean -- and Internet Recovery / Disk Utility (as suggested in the original thread), and that too came out clean.
So far, the things I've noticed that are odd since it was able to reboot: 1) Still having some issues with the USB flaking out (it took forever to make the full clones, because it kept disconnecting the backup/target drives during the cloning process) -- but I can't say for 100% sure it's the USB ports and not my cabling or USB enclosures); 2) Occasionally I'm seeing some slight video weirdness, but not the same as what caused me to send it in for previous service.
So the followup questions I posed in that update are still applicable (slight modified questions now):
1) Should I do anything in terms of backups, beyond what I've already done?
2) Should I continue to try to use it?
3) Any particular tests I should try to run on it, other than the ones I've mentioned above?
4) Should I still send this in to the mothership?
Damned peculiar, this.