My MacBook Pro's USB ports will not work. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
I bought it in late May of '12. The USB ports stopped working a couple of months after I bought the computer. I did not spill anything on it or drop it. I went in and had them fix it and they worked for about a month. They will work occasionally and it takes me removing and entering the USB connector multiple times before it recognizes that anything is there. The computer is no longer under warranty and I don't want to have to pay a bunch of money to have it fixed. Is there anything that I can do to fix this or am I going to have to have someone else do it.
Maybe a PRAM reset will work:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379
If there is no change, bring the MBP to an Apple store genius bar for a free evaluation. Bring the recalcitrant devices with you. This should at least determine exactly where the fault lies, with the MBP or the externals. Any repair costs quoted you may accept or reject.
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