MBP 2011 and Intel SSD 510

I can tell you that after installing the C300 128GB in my HDD port, not the optical drive port, things have been 100% fine. The system is WAY faster then it was with that cheap slow 300GB hdd.

So if anyone is having problems with their SATA III SSD try installing it in HDD port, not in the optical drive port.

For those who wonder: 10.6.8. won't fix this issue. I'm now certain it has to do with bad cabling. My 15" MBP with Intel 510 250GB has had quite a lot of 15-20s long beachball periods. Yesterday I tried the alu foil trick, wrapped the part of the cable that's lose, and today has been a totally beachball-free day! Not a single glitch and perfect performance.

The shielding theory has already been demonstrated to not be the only issue: http://blog.macsales.com/9754-owc-offers-fix-for-2011-17-mbp-sata-problems (scroll down for the update).

I'm still having beachballs after updating to 10.6.8.

Macbook Pro 17" 2011 + Intel 510 user :-(((

Regarding the shielding theory, see my previous post in this thread.

I've got a 13" MBP 2011 with the Intel 510 SSD and the system freezes (spinning beach ball) now and then (every day) for about 1-10 seconds. It's Mac OS X 10.6.7, with all the latest upgrades (as of today), etc.

What I've read on various forums the MPB 2011 13"/15"/17" seem to have problems with all SATA-3 SSD drives. That's why I think Apple should fix the problem ASAP unless they prove it's not their fault.

Have you got TRIM enabled? I used that Trim Enabler app to turn TRIM on and was experiencing the same thing as you. I went and turned it back off, and so far, have not had an issue.

Mac Medic (be@MacOSG.com) wrote:

Have you got TRIM enabled? I used that Trim Enabler app to turn TRIM on and was experiencing the same thing as you. I went and turned it back off, and so far, have not had an issue.

I don't think that has anything to do with the issues people are experiencing, i think like many others it is a hardware issue on the sata cable (bad batch maybe) Luckily mine was fine.

As for trim enababler, news is it works great on intel and others but not good on the latest sandforce controlled SSDs, drives like yours (vertex3) and mine (owc 6G) have good carbage collection built in so it seems trim enaberler creates a conflict.. Basically we don't need it.

SATAIII SSD and optibay works really well huh? Best thing i did with my mac 🙂

black6 wrote:

Mac Medic (be@MacOSG.com) wrote:

Have you got TRIM enabled? I used that Trim Enabler app to turn TRIM on and was experiencing the same thing as you. I went and turned it back off, and so far, have not had an issue.

I don't think that has anything to do with the issues people are experiencing, i think like many others it is a hardware issue on the sata cable (bad batch maybe) Luckily mine was fine.

As for trim enababler, news is it works great on intel and others but not good on the latest sandforce controlled SSDs, drives like yours (vertex3) and mine (owc 6G) have good carbage collection built in so it seems trim enaberler creates a conflict.. Basically we don't need it.

SATAIII SSD and optibay works really well huh? Best thing i did with my mac 🙂

No actually the SATA III SSD optibay is a BAD idea. The sata interface is not Sata 3 and I experienced all sorts of installation/stability/performance issues running on that channel. Moving the SSD to my HDD position is what got me up and running.

Also I have trim enabled and I very infrequently get the spinny ball now. However it doesn't lock up the system, it only effects applications which are loading. You can alt-tab over to another app thats already loaded in memory and continue to work. The problem for me is so infrequent that I don't care and I am so happy with the drives performance that it's worth it.

I am using a C300 120GB.

Apple Slipstreaming Dual 6GB SATA III Ports into 13/15/17" MacBook Pro — But Don’t Assume it Functions

crosson wrote:

No actually the SATA III SSD optibay is a BAD idea. The sata interface is not Sata 3 and I experienced all sorts of installation/stability/performance issues running on that channel. Moving the SSD to my HDD position is what got me up and running.

I know, my reply was to mac medic who uses the optibay for his 750gb HDD the same as me, read what's there and not what you think is there.

2011 13" MPB i5. OCZ Vertex 3 240GB and getting random 10-15sec beachballs.

Its getting to the point where Im concidering installing a copy of Windows 7 (not bootcamp, as then It'll run in IDE) just to see If Its my hardware or OS X.

Can anyone confirm Windows 7 will run In AHCI If I do a Windows install?

Are you using TRIM?

Yeah I have been, but you know right after I posted that I disabled TRIM and havent seen a single beachball

Drublic wrote:

Yeah I have been, but you know right after I posted that I disabled TRIM and havent seen a single beachball

Lot of people not doing their research regarding this Trim Enabler hack.. Even the support on that very website recommends not using it for vertex 3s and the latest OWC6g because they have built in garbage collection and it creates a conflict.

Its getting to the point where Im concidering installing a copy of Windows 7 (not bootcamp, as then It'll run in IDE) just to see If Its my hardware or OS X.

Can anyone confirm Windows 7 will run In AHCI If I do a Windows install?

You can activate AHCI on Windows 7 Bootcamp with MBP 2011: Look at here