Kingston Hyperx Savage SSD - Macbook Pro early 2011 Compatibility Issue

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Kingston Hyperx Savage SSD - Macbook Pro early 2011 Compatibility Issue

I have bought Kingston Hyperx Savage 480 GB SSD intending to install it in my Macbook Pro early 2011. but my Mac Is unable to recognise the SSD when i connect it through the USB. The strange part that when i restarts the Mac keeping the SSD attached to it, it got recognised. And i can copy and paste normally. in case if i removed it and reconnect it, it is appears as unrecognised. is there is a solution for this or should i change the SSD?

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), null

Posted on Dec 27, 2015 12:05 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 14, 2017 7:13 AM in response to Ehaimer

Hi:

I have the same issue.

I think that the problem is the USB 3.0 enclosure, because if I connect another enclosure works perfect. The disk is formatted: ExFAT and guid partition map.

My computer settings:

Help!

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Lexiepex

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Dec 27, 2015 12:14 PM in response to Ehaimer

Should work good.

connect in the USB housing,

start DiskUtility, (DU) select the disk, the long name,

select the partition tab in DU,

partition with GUID Partition Table, 1 partition only, OS X Extended (journaled), give it a name (like Mac-SSD).

after that is is ready to clone the startup disk and then swap the disks.

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Lexiepex

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Dec 27, 2015 12:16 PM in response to Ehaimer

PS, the disk is probably formatted in ntfs when you buy it. This means that you first have to format it to be able to write on it.

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Dec 27, 2015 12:42 PM in response to Ehaimer

Thank you fro your response. I have tried all the previous. check the steps i have made:

This is the outcome i find every time.

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Lexiepex

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Dec 27, 2015 1:00 PM in response to Ehaimer

were there instructions supplied with the ssd?

the steps you did should work OK, but did not.

you started in Erase tab.

try to start in the Partition tab.

if that does not possible, contact the supplier.

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Ehaimer Author

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Dec 27, 2015 1:14 PM in response to Ehaimer

No special instruction is provided

I can't start with the partition tab

I sent a support request to Kingston technical support team and waiting for their feedback

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Dec 29, 2015 9:29 AM in response to Ehaimer

surprise. i have tried the SSD on other MacBooks and it works fine. thats make the issue with my Mac. knowing that am already updated to the latest version of OS X. and i have tried the Trim enabling but with no positive results 😟 somebody can help ?

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Lexiepex

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Dec 29, 2015 10:06 AM in response to Ehaimer

Forget about Trim, do not install that. See a lot of other threads here. The heavy warning by Apple when using trimforce is not for nothing. If you installed TrimEnabler or Sensei, uninstall it (not easy) completely.

The SSD you have has a very good controller with a very good Garbage Collection. In these modern SSDs Trim can not add anything, but may cause trouble that is not easy to detect.

Lex

PS, now you have the SSD formatted, can you see it in your MBP?, can you see now the Partition Tab?.

If you see it formatted with GUID Partition table, OS X Extended (journaled), you can go ahead and clone your existing to it, then swap.

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Dec 29, 2015 10:15 AM in response to Lexiepex

Thank you for your prompt reply. i did and disabled Trim. actually when it been recognised by the other Mac i tried on, i already formatted it into OS x Extended (Journaled) and then i tried it with third Mac and been recognised as well. but when i plunged it into mine, same issue appears with same figure i posted earlier.

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Jan 9, 2016 2:15 AM in response to Ehaimer

I found no way to make it work with the USB. so i just implement it internally and connected it through the SATA cable and it worked. actually that was my main aim to have it replaced with the original HDD. it took me more effort just rather than clone the HDD into the SSD. so i backed up my data in different external HDD and installed a clean OS X using a DVD i have. Now every thing is fine except that i intended to use the original HDD as external. it worked for the first two days but not after that any more, as it been not powering up on my mac but it works with other!!

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