Macbook pro 13 inch primo 2011 very unresponsive after ssd upgrade

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Macbook pro 13 inch primo 2011 very unresponsive after ssd upgrade

After upgrading my regular harddrive in my mac my computer has become very very very unresponsive. It is completely unuseable, but I can still use it... It just takes several minutes´to load a program and to boot it is no different? I cloned my old 320 gb to my new samsung 840 evo 250 gb by first partitioning the old one to fit the new. (and ofcause formatting the new one with disk utility to work with the computer) Then cloning the old one to the new using a usb to sata cable.

Can anyone help me? Can it be that the connection is loose? my old drive worked just fine, Ijust wanted the extra speed of an ssd.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 28, 2014 1:41 AM

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Answer 1

BobRz

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Mar 28, 2014 1:50 AM in response to Emil Dokkedal Johnsen

If the SSD performs well when it's connected as an external, you may have an issue with the SATA cable. An SSD is much more demanding than an HD, so a marginal cable often has problems when an HD is added to the system. This is a pretty common point of failure on MBP's, particularly on some models. The 2009's were very susceptible to this, but it's not uncommon with other years.

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Answer 2

Mar 28, 2014 2:09 AM in response to BobRz

I doubt that it is the sata cable. I think I will try to format the ssd and make a clean install of OSX. But if I do this can I open my time machine backup and drag files to my now "new computer"? Like my iPhoto library and other media.

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BobRz

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Mar 28, 2014 2:12 AM in response to Emil Dokkedal Johnsen

Yes, and you can also do a full restore from there. But before all that, try moving the SSD back to being an external. If it performs better from there, it's not a problem with the OS installation. I know logically it seems unlikely, but search SATA cable on these forums. It's a common problem.

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Answer 4

Mar 28, 2014 2:22 AM in response to BobRz

I will try to connect it externaly and try 🙂 But it think it's wierd that if I test the ssd through blackmagic diskmark I shows speeds around 500 mb/s which is what I am looking for. But the app itself takes forever to load 😟

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Answer 5

BobRz

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Mar 28, 2014 2:25 AM in response to Emil Dokkedal Johnsen

I know, and I'm not saying for certain it's the problem. But a marginal cable does weird things, and what you're describing is sometimes one of them.

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