MacBook freezes with Samsung HN-M101MBB

I've got the same setup (well, the early 2011 15") with the same exact drive (never called it man-like 😀), and I've had no problems. I'm not sure what to say.

My only issue with the drive is that it has a small cache so it's got some deficiencies as your main hard drive, and maybe that's your issue, not sure.

I've had the same problems. I bought my first 1TB Samsung HD in October. Three weeks later, I couldn't get my MBP to boot up. I kept getting a question mark on a grey screen or a folder with a slash through it. I finally returned the HD for another one, and about a month later, the same problems resurfaced. One application will freeze and then others follow. I have to hold down my power button to turn the computer off. Often, my MBP will boot back up but I ocassionally still get the question mark or the missing start-up folder icon. It's frustrating.

Matthew, I am facing exactly the same problem as you, even the timeframes you described ! Actually my problems started when I upgraded my MBP i5 (mid 2010) to 500 GB using a Seagate Momentus XT (hybrid SSD + HD) which after some months just stopped working. So I decided to substitute it for a Samsung HN-M101MBB and after less than one month I am with no working HD again !

I am really feeling with few options to solve this "endless story" with failing HDs !

Does someone has a suggestion for a solution for that ? Is it really a HD problem, or can be another thing ?

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Rodrigo - Sao Paulo - Brazil

Rodrigo,

My hard drive had numerous problems today. It froze and when I tried to boot it again, I got the circle with the slash -- the prohibitory sign. I tried rebooting about a dozen times and the error popped up every time. Once I got home from work and tried again about two hours later, the computer started up. So, so strange.

Have you tried any apps to fix your hard drive? DiskWarrior? I'm going to try some -- but I think I have to get a new hard drive.

But you've had problems with mulitple hard drives?

Matthew,

Very strange behavior this one ! So first your HD didn't work, and some hours later it works ! Again, it's a similar situation to mine. Using the recovery partition from Lion, sometimes I can repair the permissions and file system, but it is not a rule.

I've been experiencing problems with two disks. The first, a Seagate Momentus XT, is the same HD that lots of Mac users had experienced problems due HD's firmware incompatibility. Because of this situation, I tried to replace it for the Samsung HN-M101MBB, and after approximately one month, here I am with problems again !

Regarding softwares, I used the most of times the Disk Utility. I enjoyed your good idea and will download Disk Warrior and see what happens.

Thank you for your help and attention.

Rodrigo

Rodrigo --- I ran DiskWarrior the other day, and I've had no hard drive problems since. The software is a bit expensive -- $99 -- but worked wonders. You boot the program from the CD at startup.

I've heard the Genius Bar at Apple Stores can also run DiskWarrior if your computer is under warranty. Might want to try that first before spending $99.