Hello everyone, I bought the Corsair Force 240GB for my MacBook Pro 15, 2009, the problem is that it does not start properly and crashes. Also the installation I had to do by installing it in a USB Dock, inside was not working. Can you help me?
Do you have the original HDD? Does it have that OSX on it and is it functioning? Can it boot the MBP?
What have you done with the Corsair SSD? Has it been formatted? Have you installed an OSX on it?
If necessary, do you have the original installation disks for your MBP?
Ciao.
hello, I've hdd original, I tried both el capitan that os originale.ho formatted with ssd mac os journaled with guid
Some MacBooks have developed a problem with their internal drive cables. To separate this issue from others, move your new SSD to an external enclosure, and Install and run from there.
If all is well (except slower) in the external enclosure, any problems that occur when that working drive is moved inside your MacBook pro are caused by conditions inside your MacBook pro, such as a bad drive cable.
uprights externally ssd works, I should try to change sata cable? where can I find it
Check the iFixit,com and Powerbookmedic.com web sites. They have the part for sale and installation instructions.
Ciao.
so is the cable that does not support SATA 3?
SATA specs is not the issue. Every device ever marketed is backward compatible and negotiates transfer speed to accommodate what the bus Controller in the Mac can handle.
Increasing the data rates by installing an SSD makes the cable-failure symptoms worse.
These cables have turned out to be defective over time. It is odd, but that is what has been happening.
Hi,
I have this problem also. I have a Corsair Force LE 480GB SSD.
I originally installed in in a 2011 13" MBP i7 2.8 and it works fine. I also tried it in a 2012 13" and 15" MBP and it worked fine in these machines.
I tried it in a 2008 to 2010 MBP - not every model but lots of 13" and some 15" MBP. The Corsair SSD did not work in any of these machines. It would start the boot process and then after some time crash.
Afterwards, I put in a Samsung 850 PRO 1TB SSD in the 2008 to 2012 MBP and it worked in all of these machines. I did this because I wanted to rule out the SATA drive cable which seem to fail.
This leads me to believe that it is the Corsair drive that is at fault here.
I contacted Corsair support and the asked me to reformat the drive as 'MBR'. I've yet to do that. Maybe this will work for you.
No boot ssd corsair force LE - MacBook Pro mid 2009
