MacBook Pro slow to wake from sleep after installing SSD

UPDATE:

My response from Sandisk Support in short: I described the problem i detail. They went on asking all possible questions about serial numbers, marks and other stuff (9 questions). After getting all this info they'd just answered: "This is a known problem. There are no solution."

So I went to the reseller and made a complaint. They'd let me return the unit on the spot. Bought a Vector 150 instead. This one works almost perfect - occasionally it shows a similar symtom but only for like 1 second.

My analysis is that this issue is due to incompatible Sandisk-firmware to the Barefoot controller since other brands uses the same controller without this issue (like Crucial M500). If one experience 30 seconds lag one should definitly be able to return it to the reseller without question. Surely it has something to do with OSX sleep functions as well but as a manufacturer of SSD's one must ensure compability with any major OS like OSX.

COMPLAIN TO YOUR RESELLER AND HAVE YOUR UNIT REPLACED WITH ANY OTHER BRAND.

My apologies, I must have had Samsung on the mind at the time I wrote. SanDisk is what I meant. Appears that I cannot update the post at this point. Thanks.

I asked SanDisk for a status and this is part of the message they sent back. It seems promising.

"... I would also like you to know that our engineering team is working to develop what they can on the SSD's part. You will be notified about the solution soon as it arrives...."

That sounds very promising indeed! I really hope they'll release a firware fix.

Would you be able to post the rest of the message?

I wish I'd seen this before buying one yesterday.

Does anyone have any updates? I've sent an email to Sandisk support.

Takes about 25 seconds on average to wake up from sleep. Only takes 10 seconds to boot though!

Ridiculous

Agreed. Same kvetch, would like a fix. One of the selling points on an apple for me was that I wouldn't need to do as much thumb twiddling...

So out of the blue today the issue just disappeared. I'm really hoping it's a permanent thing and not just a short break. I'll keep you guys updated.

I found below post in another forum. I've stopped keeping my macbook plugged in all day 4/3 and 4/4, and it's worked for me so far -- and as a workaround anyway, not a fix clearly.

Syntax - did you leave it unplugged today?

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It's because of the following... What's you're seeing is the system waking up from hibernation. It enters this state when it's left plugged in and sleeping for more than 4 hours. There is a bug with this patch that causes this to happen only when the system is on the charger, but not when it's off of it, even though the system is set to hibernate like this in both scenarios. It's a problem that many have seen since this patch came out in November and Apple has yet to acknowledge the issue and fix it.

This is a problem with all 2012 MacBook Pros that have applied the update DL1609 via Software Update. This update is called MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Update 2.0. The only fix that exists for this is to reinstall OSX and just not install this update when it shows in the available updates list in the AppStore. Just hide it until this issue is fixed by Apple.

If your OSX 10.8.2 version is anything after version (12C60) then you will have this problem. The problem is as follows. With the system asleep with clamshell closed, plugging and unplugging the power cable causes the system to wake up and go back to sleep. Additionally, leaving the system plugged into power for over 4 hours will cause the system to go into hibernation, but only when plugged in. If it's not connected to AC power while sleeping for that long, it will not enter hibernation.

Please call Apple and complain about this problem. I have been working with them for over a month and a half trying to get them to fix this and it's a major hand-holding process because they didn't initially understand the issue. Add to that the fact that they insisted that this problem doesn't exist and it just made it that much harder to get them to see the issue.

You need to call them AppleCare and let them know you're having this problem. Along with that, email the rep you're working with links to every Apple Support Forum thread you can find on this. Trust me, there are several with this same exact problem.

I normally charge it overnight and unplug when I wake up. I didn't change that routine before the problem stopped.

Incidentally I just opened mine up this morning, after closing the lid about 8 hours ago when I went ot bed, without the charger plugged in.

I opened the lid, managed to type in 4 letters of my password, then it froze for about 7/8 seconds, and then I could carry on. So certainly faster than usual. Although sometimes after closing the lid for about 10 minutes, then re-opening without charger it's still taken 30 seconds to work properly, so i'm not sure about that other forum post?

What is funny about this issue is that I think it is related to OSX Mavericks. I have this same issue with my ssd drive. I point it more towards OSX is because I have dual booted it with Ubuntu and Ubuntu has no issues at all. It is super quick and I never worry about anything. I had wondered if there is some sort of setting that is trying to turn off the hard drive or something when you don't need to do that but there isn't really any setting like that except in the power settings. I have checked that and it doesn't seem to help.

Definitely not Mavericks. I don't have Mavericks, and I do have the problem.

I've been tracking this error since I'm using macbook pro 2012 with Intel 510 SSD (no problem whatsoever). It seems this problem is happening to Mac OSX and SSD with second level cache technology such as Sandisk Extreme II and Samsung 840 Evo series. This problem could expand to even slow read/write performance, not just sleep/wake. Waiting for new firmware might be our only hope.

I think I'm gonna stick with Samsung 840 Pro in my next ssd purchase.

Through my tests it seems to be centerilized to Mountian Lion and Mavericks. I just wiped my hard drive and started back with Lion and I did not have the issue at all. It would go to sleep and wake up very quickly. Once I upgraded to Mountain Lion is when the issue started to arise again.

I would be okay with staying on Lion although Apple/developers have made it so most of my apps will not work. I have a strong feeling it has nothing to do with my hard drive though because Ubuntu works perfect. I have no bumps of speed or anything. It is only in OSX.

Same problem.

I have a Sandisk Extrem II 240G,I installed it to my 13" Macbook Pro MD314,OSX 10.9.2.and I try to update to 10.9.3,the problem is here.

I wrote this thing to Sandisk tech support,they replied how to disable HIPM in windows.So I think they have no idea about it.

I hope this problem could be solved,by Apple or Ssandisk.The Extreme II SSD is a good disk except that issue.