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loose connections of Thunderbolt and USB ports

Happy Holiday to everyone !

At least one of my USB ports seems to act up every now and then. Recently my Thunderbolt port also is acting up (which I mainly use to connect an external monitor) loosing connection on a regular basis, mainly when I somehow “touch” a cable or even the keyboard. Very rarely the monitor will also display a scrambled picture.

All of that seems like a loose connection on the logic board?

I have not opened the Macbook yet (will do so shortly to replace RAM).

Any thoughts short of changing the logic board ?

Thanks in advance

Dirk

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Sadly nothing you really can do with the ports. As you can see here the ports are soldered to the logic board and have shields around them.

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You might bend the outside shell springs a bit but thats about it.

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thank you Dan and a Happy New Year !

I will try to bend the springs and see what happens..

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@dirku - Same to you! Be safe in your travels!

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@dirku I’ve got the same problem. What happened when you bent them back up?

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@lechi - I'm sure @dirku solved his issue as he accepted the answer back in Jan 2019!

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Dirk U will be eternally grateful.
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