Cannot Install OSX On MacBook
MacBook: 7,1
part number: FC516LL/A (A1342)
purchased as a refurb from Apple: September 2010
HDD (hard disk drive, original): Hitachi 5400 RPM 250 GB (mfg April 2010)
SDD (solid state drive, new): Crucial MX200 250 GB
operating system: OS X 10.6.8
I am upgrading a friend's MacBook.
The battery was swollen, so I replaced it with a SKstyle Laptop Battery , which appears to be working OK. Bonus: it came with the necessary screw-drivers to remove the old battery : Philips #00 and Tri-Wing Y1 (which sounds like a Star Wars space ship).
I also want to replace the original HDD with a SSD. I was able to connect the SSD via USB and image the HDD to the SSD.
However, when I try to
(1) boot to the SSD with the SSD attached as an external USB drive , the MacBook will see it as a startup drive -- i.e., START --> OPTION shows the SSD -- but then gives the following message:
"You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the Restart button."
This happens whether I do nothing at startup, or press OPTION and select the SSD as the startup disk.
(2) boot to the SSD using the internal SATA connector, I get the blinking folder-with-the-quesiton-mark icon
(3) boot to the SSD using the internal SATA connector by pressing the OPTION key at startup, nothing happens. There is never any option to choose a startup disk.
This wouldn't be a problem if I could re-install OS X to the SSD using the Mac OS X Snow Leopard install DVD. However, starting from the install DVD also results in "You need to restart your computer. Hold down the power button for several seconds or press the Restart button".
The original HDD boots OK, whether attached as an internal SATA drive or an external USB drive. However, I do get the "Your computer's clock is set to a date before Jan 1, 2008" message. But it was doing that before I started tinkering with anything.
So my questions are
- Why doesn't this boot to the solid state drive, and
- Why does booting to the install DVD result in the kernel panic message?
Thanks.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), null