MacBook Pro slow to wake from sleep after installing SSD

SanDisk replied and said that it's in fact an issue with Mac OS X Mavericks and, according to them, are looking into it though at the time they don't have a resolution.

Probably a firmware update is yet to come solving this sleep problem.

I also received a reply from SanDisk today indicating that they are escalating it and (hopefully) working with Apple towards a solution. Similar to what 'starkcs' said, mavericks works great as long as I'm not using the SanDisk SSD. If I use the OWC SSD, it works perfectly. Hopefully SanDisk and Apple will get together and figure out what needs to happen. I would assume a firmware update for the SSD is where the solution lies.

As a side note, I did go ahead and disable safe sleep (since I never let my battery die) and this greatly improves the logon time (no delay at all at logon after waking, but occasional delay after the desktop is shown - kind of sixes at this point, but it was at least a clue)

To disable safe sleep (only do this if you do NOT want your laptop to restore your session in the event of battery depletion):

from a terminal:

sudo rm -rf /var/vm/sleepimage

sudo pmset hibernatemode 0

As I said, this greatly improves the speed for logging in after waking from sleep but I have run into the same 'delay' (not every time) as soon as I try to start an app. Could just be whatever needs to read from disk first (logon, or app starting) causing the hang.

Hopefully this makes sense.

I spoke too soon, the disabling of safe sleep appeared to work for about a day, but now I realize it just delays the 'delay' - after the computer wakes up, the delay happens as soon as I attempt to use any applications (the same 30 to 40 second pause). It is such a weird issue. I would gladly switch back to my OWC drive but the effort of imaging the drive, swapping it out, losing 240GB worth of space seems unecessary since the problem only happens after waking from sleep, after that the SanDisk drive *seems* fine (hopefully its not just waiting and getting worse over time). I think I'm going to just continue to use the SanDisk in hopes that they come up with a fix.

Funny thing. It is faster for me to have boot from a complete shutdown vs wake from sleep.

I've posted that my OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G (240GB) works great under mavericks. I saw that starkcs reported that their Samsung drive works fine. Does anyone else have any other brand that seems to work fine? Any other brands that are not (besides SanDisk)? Just curious.

Hello all,

I was thinking about buying this drive before landing to several topics about slow wake up time.

It seems there are two versions of the sandisk extreme 2 ssd, G25 for laptops and G26 for the desktops.

I was wandering if you haven't been provided with a G26 model as they seem cosmetically identical but may differ internally.

I have the very same issue on my MBP late '11.

1. When I try to wake up from "lid down" it will take approx. 25-30 s every time.

2. When I try to wake up from sleep when the computer have the lid open I will just get a black screen. Have to close the lid, wait for one minute or so (until the led indicator starts oscillate), and then I can wake it up (with delay of course). Seems the computer fails to properly enter sleep as well...

Anyone found any news on this issue?

I've got an early 2011 MBP 15" with the same 480GB drive running Mavericks. When I got the drive I chose to install a Time Machine backup image to the drive and I originally thought some system file didn't install correctly and that might be why I was getting the delay. So, I refomated and selectively installed applications and documents once OS X was installed. I didn't have a delay for about 2 weeks and then it started again. I found the instructions for changing Safe Sleep to 0, so I'm hoping that will help some (it has so far) until Apple and SanDisk figure out what the issue is. I'll keep watching this thread to see if anyone comes up with a better idea to try.

Mine is also a G25.

I was hoping that today's release of OS X 10.9.2 would include a fix for this issue, but it appears that my MBP is still taking upwards of 15-20 seconds to wake from sleep (same behavior with TRIM Enabler off and on).

The SanDisk support staff now claim that "this is not a known issue", so a fix seems unlikely at this point.

I'm going to try and sell my Extreme II and buy a 840 EVO.

It's kind of crazy to think that they have made one of the best ssd's on the market and that they manufacture ssd drives for the MBA and the MBPr but their own drives don't work properly with Macbooks.

I haven't given a status update in some time. As of right now I'm still having the same issue. I've learned that it actually takes less time for me to boot from scratch than it does to wake from sleep. Hate it. But, once booted, as you all know, the SSD works great. I am using Trim Enabler, don't think I've mentioned that in the past. After the 10.9.2 update I had to re-enable trim. As far as Sandisk goes, any time I send information to them regarding my ongoing/open case, they simply reply with 'they are working on a solution' - though I don't believe them.

I'm curious if anyone out there is using this SSD as a secondary drive in their MBP and if the wake from sleep issue still occurs. I have the media bay expansion kit in my MBP, I keep an older 500GB HDD (the original that came with the computer) in that slot so that I can use it to store large files, etc. Anyhow, if someday I decide to get another SSD I would consider moving the sandisk to the secondary slot and wondering if it will have the same wake issues. My hope is that since the drive wouldn't be the startup disk anymore maybe it won't have the issue.

Good to know that so many others are experience this issue. Misery loves company right?

Bryan

15" Early 2011 MBP

I tried to figure out which model I have (G25 or G26) but not sure how to find out. Here is my system info, any clues?

SanDisk SDSSDXP480G:

Capacity: 480.1 GB (480,103,981,056 bytes)

Model: SanDisk SDSSDXP480G

Revision: R1311

Serial Number: <redacted>

Native Command Queuing: Yes

Queue Depth: 32

Removable Media: No

Detachable Drive: No

BSD Name: disk0

Medium Type: Solid State

TRIM Support: Yes

Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)

S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified

Any update on this? It's starting to make me dread using my Macbook.

No updates that I know of. No firmware releases, no contact from Samsung support, problem still occurs after updating 10.9.2. My OWC drive still works perfectly on my other MBP. Samsung is hanging us out to dry.

Samsung? This thread concerns what seems to be a extraordinary sleep-to-wake issue limited to Sandisk Extreme II models? What issue are u experience with Samsung or do you actually mean Sandisk?