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Q: Solid State Drive "Wakes" Slowly
I installed a 1 TB SATA solid state drive from Other World Computing into my early 2009 iMac. Works great with one exception. When I put it to sleep, it takes 30 - 40 seconds to wake up. I understand I don't need to put a SSD to sleep because it has no moving parts. And, when I put my sleep setting on "never" the problem doesn't occur. That still doesn't explain why it takes so long to "wake up" when I do put the SSD to sleep. Is it possible the disk has a flaw? Should I return it or is this a "not to worry"? Any insight as to why this occurs?
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Posted on Sep 8, 2016 4:54 AM