Q: Using HDD cable for SSD in Macbook Pro Mid-2012
I have recently upgraded to SSD (Samsung Evo 850) from HDD on my Macbook pro Mid-2012. However, the installation of SSD has been very painful. I tried to use Disk Utility in recover mode many times but it would fail either to erase or mount the SSD. I thought it was the faulty SSD. Then I hooked up the SSD using USB and proceeded to install OS X on it (using my HDD). The SSD functioned very well using the USB, so I put it in, and hooked up using the flex cable that was previously used for my HDD. However, it doesn't function, the OS sees that there is a drive hooked up, sees the name, size and etc, but won't load, gives me the question mark folder sign, meaning, there is no drive hooked up. So I think it is something with the HDD, SATA cable. But the cable functions perfectly when used with the HDD. So I was wondering if the HDD cable that comes with Macbook Pro Mid-2012 is compatible with SSD. I have watched several videos of people upgrade from HDD to SSD, but they all seem to be using the same cable. Any ideas what might be the issue or if I need a different kind of cable? Thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Aug 1, 2016 12:10 PM
The cable may be fatigued and not have sufficient bandwidth for the SSD.
Just change the cable.
Ciao.
Posted on Aug 1, 2016 1:02 PM