MacBook Pro - not liking new ssd

If I were you, I would get in touch with Samsung support... there have been a number of reports of people having problems with the EVO series in MacBook Pros - some saying the drives are slow, some unable to boot (such as you're experiencing), etc.

You're doing everything right, reading what you've written, and the problem must lie with the drive itself. That's why I encourage you to contact Samsung - and let us know what they have to say (I'm sitting on the fence as to whether to get a 1TB EVO or a Crucial 960GB M500... but the more I read about folks having trouble with the EVO and Macs, I'm just not getting the warm fuzzies about the EVO series, despite the speed tests that I've seen from Windows machines).

Of course, some may suggest that the problem is with your SATA cable - which it very well could be since your old Samsung was somehow 'corrupted' and your new drive will boot from an enclosure but not from the HD bay.

Good luck,

Clinton

Good luck - let us know the outcome as I'm overly ansious to know whether the 1TB EVO is going to be a contender for me... or not!

Clinton

Hey Clinton

I guess i'm so stuck with the SSD that i have purchased.

Here is the details:

SSD - Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB

MacBook Pro - 13-inch, Mid 2012

Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2

Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5

Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB

Software OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)

Boot ROM Version: MBP91.00D3.B08

SMC Version (system): 2.2f44

I was running with the factory HDD (toshiba 500gb) and thought of replacing it with an SSD . Tried a clean installation of mavericks at first using Bootable USB drive having mavericks. So i went on and installed the ssd replacing the HDD i had and went on to boot up from the USB, prior the installtion i tired to partition it first with single partition MAC os extended journaled with GUID table. But then it did partition but after that it says trying to reinitialize the drive and it never came back although i tried more than five times. So then i went back to my HDD and tired cloning it to SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, but even for that i had to do the partitioning which failed. Finally i had to go and return back that peice and they gave me another one convincing me that it might a defective peice.

Now, with the second one, at first i booted up my HDD normally and connected the new SSD the USB/sata converter and i successfully partitioned and using carbon copy cloner, i have cloned as well. Now to make sure if its all ok, before replacing the HDD in the main compartment, i just selected the startup disk as the new SSD and restarted the system... it booted up fine like a cheetah... was all gud... i thought everything is pretty fine. Then ofcourse i went ahead and replaced the HDD and powered up the system again, but then it's not booting up... it gives you that folder with ? mark and that's all...

And then i tried some other ways too... i even checked the firmware versions and i guess they are upto date as well. I just dont get the reason why it's not working.

Please help me.

Anjillan

What you've described sounds as if it MAY be a bad SATA cable in your hard drive bay.

You could get one from eBay or a more reliable dealer such as ifixit.

That's really the last thing it COULD be.

Order the cable and call back.

Good luck,

Clinton

Thanks for the prompt reply,

But i wonder if the problem is with the SATA cable then how come it din't have any issue when running my HDD from the same bay..???

should i try a NVRAM rest or something..?

Thanks

Anjillan

The SSD is simply just more demanding on the cable than the HD. We frequently see the problems that you have and 99% of them are solved with a new cable. The other 1%? Faulty SSD.

Give it a shot...

Clinton

as i mentioned in the earlier post, the first one i returned and got a new one... now i guess it wasn't really a problem wid SSD, as you are saying, it could be the problem with the cable...

can we not buy this cable from apple store..? and you're certain about the model of that cable you give the link to.?

Thanks

Anjillan

And also... i dint mention the model number: SSD 840 EVO 2.5-inch SATA 250GB (Basic) | MZ-7TE250BW but i just found out that they have laptop kit as well, would that make any difference anyway..? Thanks

i was just checking that cable's compatibility and found that it wont support my macbook pro:

this is wot they've mentioned: This part only works in the A1278 MacBook. It will not work for the A1278 MacBook Pro.

and mine is macbook pro.

My bad! -> http://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-Unibody-Model-A1278-Early-20 11-Late-2011-Hard-Drive-Cable/IF163-026.

Clinton

can you confirm if this is ok to buy:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-HDD-Hard-Drvie-Cable-for-13-MacBook-Pro-A1278-MD101-M D102-821-1480-A-2012-/181269577616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a34823f90&_u h b=1

or

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-MacBook-Pro-Unibody-13-A1278-2012-md101-102-HDD-Hard- Drvie-Cable-821-1480-A-/121183868039?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c371f1487& _ uhb=1

or this one..??

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/for-APPLE-MacBook-Pro-13-A1278-HDD-Hard-Drvie-Cable-MD101 -MD102-821-1480-A-2012-/331060187298?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d14b990a2& _ uhb=1

i guess i aint gotta buy those brackets again..?

Thanks

Anjillan

It looks as if the first one on the list would work fine.

I'm not sure about the brackets, though - not sure that you need them!

Clinton

yea... i already have the brackets right 🙂

thanks clinton... i would surely update you with the result.

This is 100% accurately stated from Clinton.

When working on the newer MacBook Pro Retina models I have seen replacing everything except screws and clips is crucial in making it work the first time.

I wish you the Best of Luck and hopefully the guide from ifixit.com helps you i recommend this to all customers who buy parts and pieces, odds and ends that like the DIY challenge make sure to take some of the guides though with a grain of salt if they are not created by experienced "Guide Builders". You never know who may be trolling the internet making up stuff.

Hope to hear good reports and a successful install!