Why does thunderbolt reboot

Frankly I would use a UPS as power surges and lighting can kill your gear. What is your MacBook Pro model? Have you tried using one of the other ports if it has one? Have you tried a second Mac to see if the issue is your system Vs the display?

Fix Your Stuff Community Store. Back Answers Index. Esteban Ledonne Rep: 1 2. Monitor is a A EMC The power cord that is for the laptop does charge the laptop, so I know there's power there. What could be causing the freeze up and rebooting my MacBook pro? View the answer I have this problem too Subscribed to new answers. That might be what fixed your issue.

Thanks for your comment. That seemed to be true for about a week, but as explained, within the last days there have been reboots but by far not as frequent as every minutes. These late reboots seems to have happened over night and I noticed that all open applications were reopened in different desktops.

I should not have to boot to safe mode every week. Hope someone at Apple engineering comes across this thread and can shed some light. Feb 14, AM in response to tor-eddie In response to tor-eddie. But, this is not a solution, only a band-aid. Hopefully someone solves the problem. Thanks for your interest in the issue.

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Question: Q: Question: Q: External thunderbolt hard drive reboots 27 inch iMac Suddenly, about weeks ago, my iMac started rebooting every minutes for no apparent reason. The drive is almost 4 years old and has worked flawlessly until now. B0A 3. More Less. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too. All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.

User profile for user: rkaufmann87 rkaufmann Jan 28, AM in response to tor-eddie In response to tor-eddie Did that drive reboot your Mac while running from the Restore Partition? No other drives listed.

Click the [Details] links for more information about that line. WebContent 17 1. My current remedy and possible marker toward the issue is to unplug the 27" USB connection for about sec. During that time the sound will often revert to the 24" monitor. Occasionally, the sound will be out of sync from the video. One suggestion to troubleshoot: 1 disconnect the TBD thunderbolt connection from the host computer.

If the display works as expected, replace the attached TBD cable. Woah, the surge protector WAS the problem. Thanks for this comment Adam! Who would have known that unplugging from a surge and replugging directly to the wall socket would work? Appreciate you.

Fix Your Stuff Community Store. Apple Thunderbolt Display Troubleshooting. Edit Options History. Student-Contributed Wiki An awesome team of students from our education program made this wiki. Display won't turn on. Black screen after plugging in to laptop. Display won't wake up after waking up computer. No audio or distorted audio. No sound coming out of display.