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After installing Intel SSD 520 series in my mac mini was randomly freezing. I replaced that Intel SSD with samsung SSD 840 pro series and my mac mini is still freezing.the bootcamp partition is freezing too using window. But when I replace either SSD with mechanical drive(hard drive) I dont experience any freezing.
I am running osx 10.8.3.
Can anybody please tell me what is going on?
Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
I am running a Crucial M4 Sata III SSD in my mini and fortunatly don't see any freezing issues. Did you do a clean install of the os?
Yes I did a clean install.
A quick look at Amazon at the reviews and reviewers report that the Intel SSD 520 works with the Mini. 5 stars on all. I don't have a bootcamp partition, so I can't vouch for that. One reviewer had notes about the Mini trying to make his SSD into a Fusion drive, and he had to work around that but got it working. I don't have a 2012 mini to replicate that on.
I bought Intel 520 cause I read good reviews about it. I found Samsung SSD 840 pro to be better than Intel 520 because the latter was freezing more often than Samsung. When the freezing occur I just put the computer to sleep by gently pressing on the power button and then I wake it up by pressing on any key on the keyboard and everything is back to normal. once a day my mini freezes on me.
Yah, odd problem. You could have a look at the console log and see if there is anything that looks relevant there. Beyond that it looks like a possible hardware issue and you might consider a visit to an Apple Store Genius Bar.
thank Don Roedl I think I give myself few weeks if things get back to normal. I haven't experience any freezing today so far.
FWIW, is the SSD firmware the latest that is available?
Freeze issues tend toward firmware being at fault.
Also, have you perchance done the TRIM "hack"?
If so, could be a possible issue.
BTW, I have been seeing isues reported about the Intel
drives that in some cases even a firmware update has not
fixed. The issues were somehow related to OSX 10.8.3
update.
I agree with woodmeister50... you definitely want to check for an updated Firmware. I recently installed a 160gb Intel 520 into a Late 2007 Macbook Pro.. and upon breaking seal of the box, the Firmware was DC12 and running Intel's firmware-updater tool.. it brought the drives Firmware up to DC32. That's quite a jump.
EDITED: Old post but the following may still be helpful to others.
Which bay did you install your Samsung 840 Pro? The upper (drive bay bracket) or lower (under the WiFi antenna grate)?
I only ask because yesterday I replaced an Intel 520 Series SSD, which was installed in the upper bay, with a Samsung 840 Pro SSD. When I tried to install OS X (ML or Mavericks), the install would either abort or if it did complete, I would always get a white screen with a circle and slash through it which means the system couldn't find a bootable drive with an OS.
I read a post on iFixit.com where I purchase a Dual Drive Kit over a year ago, and found the solution which was to swap the drives and put the HDD in the upper bay (with the iFixit SATA cable) and the SSD in the the lower bay (with the Apple SATA cable). Everything booted up and I haven't had any issues. So, I believe the SATA cable that came with the Dual Drive Kit was not compatible with Samsung SSDs. It WAS with the Intel SSD.
keg55Do you have the latest firmware on your SSD?
http://www.samsung.com/global/business/semiconductor/samsungssd/downloads.html
Yes sir. DXM05B0Q is the most current firmware for the 840 Pro Series.
It's definitely a cable issue as talked about in the iFixit link I provided.
Is SSD compatible with mac mini?
