MBP red cap unreliable
Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2026 8:28 pm
Hi
My old red cap MBP has been running for many years. I think mine is one of the first ones out there.
The internal storage was replaced pretty fast with a ATP NAND DURA 1GB.
This year I had two crashes - the last one today. The device became unresponsive on network and power cycle did help, but only after a couple of retries. The unit is flashing red on boot and then stops flashing and nothing more is happening.
First I tried with another PSU since it’s the second time this year but didn’t help. A couple of retries with the original PSU did help (raspberry pi PSU)
My data seems to be good. Could this be a hardware problem or maybe storage wear?
My old red cap MBP has been running for many years. I think mine is one of the first ones out there.
The internal storage was replaced pretty fast with a ATP NAND DURA 1GB.
This year I had two crashes - the last one today. The device became unresponsive on network and power cycle did help, but only after a couple of retries. The unit is flashing red on boot and then stops flashing and nothing more is happening.
First I tried with another PSU since it’s the second time this year but didn’t help. A couple of retries with the original PSU did help (raspberry pi PSU)
My data seems to be good. Could this be a hardware problem or maybe storage wear?