Seagate Momentus XT Disaster

Hey guys, checking back in.
So I bought a Crucial M4 SSD 256 gb on Amazon on monday (I got fed up) and hoped that the new drive would work and that maybe it was just the momentus xt.

Well, I popped it in last night and had the same issue (let it install over night and came back with "can't download additional components.

But, I read somewhere online to try taking out extra ram if you have it. Did that, and this morning the install finished and worked fine.
I'm still looking to possibly replace the cable, but I'm wondering if this would also be a solution to anyone who can't completely install OS X on their internal Momentus XT 500 gb.

Also, I am currently reinstalling again because apparently there is some kind of issue with my restores on my external which leaves me with an unstable system (something about user libraries and groups being 0 instead of 80) but I will keep you guys updated. Thanks!

Csound1, yeah that is exactly what I said.

I know the drives have been known to have issues, but as long as you have the firmware... I mean
A drive is a drive.

It works for others, why not this?
Anyways

Thanks

Ok don't believe any of the posts that say.

"I Changed the CABLE to XXXXX, an upgraded model, and all the problems went away".

Good Luck & Best Wishes.

Ryo94ZXZ wrote:

Csound1, yeah that is exactly what I said.

I know the drives have been known to have issues, but as long as you have the firmware... I mean
A drive is a drive.

It works for others, why not this?
Anyways

Thanks

Macbook Pro 15 Mid 2009 (5,4)

OS X 10.8.2

Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003

Sata II

Worked fine as external drive. "unable to install some components message error" and much more troubles and time-wasting as internal.

Fixed by downgrading EFI firmware from 1.7 to 1.6

Do you know if your solution works for mid 2009 MBP?

There seems to be quite a few possible solutions out there but which seems to be most trustworthy?

1. Plastic Jumper solution. Which sounds like it works for almost everyone, but this guy claims using this solution makes the Momentus into a normal hard drive. No more SSD aspect of it.. http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Momentus-XT-Momentus-Momentus/Momentus-XT-750Gb-Pos sible-solution-s-for-beach-ball-problems/m-p/165494

2. Get a new cable for hard drive. I'm confused about this one. Many are saying it didn't work. Also my Serial ATA in system profiler looks like this with the factory shipped hard drive. Link Speed 3gigabit and negotiated speed 1.5????

NVidia MCP79 AHCI:

Vendor: NVidia

Product: MCP79 AHCI

Link Speed: 3 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit

Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

3. @Raj on this forum says this solution worked for him. http://purewebmedia.biz/articles/2013-01-08/upgrading-macbook-pro-seagate-moment us-xt-drive

He owned a 2010 MPB I think, so am not sure if it'll work for us with the 2009 MPB's which majority of us seem to have issues with.

I have a mac book pro mid 2009 (5,5)and want to upgrade my harddrive to the Seagate Momentus XD. I dont' care if it's the 500gb or 750gb versions. Whichever works better I'll get. Alternatively, if there are any other harddrives that for sure will work out of the box I'm up for any recommendations.

Thanks for any help.

I have a 2009, 13" with Seagate Momentus XT, 750. Link speed is 3Gb/s and I have had no issues at all, I also have a 2008 with the 500XT and a MacMini (2011) with a 750, all work, the mini connects at 6Gb/s.

FYI

The 750 is a later generation and is much faster then the 500.

2009 MBP.

I'm wishing I did the 750 GB know but the spec's for the 2009 pro was up to 500 GB's, Live and Learn!

You can fit any drive that will fit, currently the largest size is 1TB, but I am sure that larger drives are on the way.

@Csoudn1

That's interesting. Was your link speed and negotiated link speed like mine before the upgrade?

My macbook pro was a mind 2009 5,5.

At stock i'm getting:

Link Speed: 3 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit

Also is your firmware 1.6 and not 1.7? I ask because a poster before you said his worked once he downgraded firmware to 1.6.

A3RD

I can't remember what it was before I put in the new cable. My My 2009 mid macbook pro, has been runing sweet know with new cable and the Momentus drive.

Vendor: NVidia

Product: MCP79 AHCI

Link Speed: 3 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit

Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

ST95005620AS:

Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)

Model: ST95005620AS

Revision: SD28

Csoudn1 might have some more insight!

A3RD wrote:

@Csoudn1

That's interesting. Was your link speed and negotiated link speed like mine before the upgrade?

My macbook pro was a mind 2009 5,5.

At stock i'm getting:

Link Speed: 3 Gigabit

Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit

Also is your firmware 1.6 and not 1.7? I ask because a poster before you said his worked once he downgraded firmware to 1.6.

The link speed has not varied over a number of OSX and Firmware updates, it was also unchanged when i removed the XT500 and replaced it with an XT750. The only thing I ever checked was the firmware versions for the drives themselves (SD28 for the 500 and SM12 for the 750) to ensure they were up to date (I had to flash the 500, the 750 was up to date on delivery to me)

This is a mid 2009 5,5

Just installed 750gb in my macbook pro 13 mid 2009 with no issues and 3g link speeds. Thanks for the help!

You're welcome.

Thanks merlep00! I'll ask Csound1.