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Anyone having troubles with Samsung SSD 850 EVO while updating OS X?

Greetings from Venezuela, this is my first time around here. Hope u guys can help me out on this.


I have a MacBook Pro 17' Late 2011 and i just can't make it to update from Mavericks 10.9.5 to practically any superior OS X. Last year i tried to update it to Yosemite, and it gave me an error. After many failed attempts the MBP just wont started again. I've got stucked on a Gray screen.


So last year i went to Florida, and took it to an Apple Store so they can update the software, and the Genius told me that there was a problem with my CORSAIR SSD and had to replaced it, that it was the main reason of the failure, so i went straight to the SAMSUNG 850 EVO 128GB. After replacing the SSD, went again to the Apple store and they began with the updating process. After 3 hours, they couldn't make it to Yosemite or any other superior OS X, and told me that apparently the SAMSUNG'S SSD didn't work well on MacBook Pro, and gave me my MBP with the original Mavericks running on it. I wasn't very pleased about the service they provided me.


After that experience, i'm really scared about damaging my SAMSUNG SSD while trying to update again.


Does anyone has a SAMSUNG SSD on it's MBP running High Sierra? Any advice?


Thank's a lot!


I'll give you my Specs so you can check on it:


Hardware Overview:


Model Name: MacBook Pro


Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,3


Processor Name: Intel Core i7


Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz


Number of Processors: 1


Total Number of Cores: 4


L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB


L3 Cache: 6 MB


Memory: 16 GB


Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B2A


SMC Version (system): 1.70f6


Serial Number (system): C02GJ410DV11


Hardware UUID: 9D8420DE-1DBE-53CC-91EA-55F18B593678


Sudden Motion Sensor:


State: Enabled

AMD Radeon HD 6770M:


Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 6770M


Type: GPU


Bus: PCIe


PCIe Lane Width: x8


VRAM (Total): 1024 MB


Vendor: ATI (0x1002)


Device ID: 0x6740


Revision ID: 0x0000


ROM Revision: 113-C0170L-573


gMux Version: 1.9.24


EFI Driver Version: 01.00.573


Displays:

Color LCD:


Display Type: LCD


Resolution: 1920 x 1200


Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)


Main Display: Yes


Mirror: Off

Memory Slots:


ECC: Disabled


Upgradeable Memory: Yes

BANK 0/DIMM0:


Size: 8 GB


Type: DDR3


Speed: 1333 MHz


Status: OK


Manufacturer: 0x0000


Part Number: -


Serial Number: -

BANK 1/DIMM0:


Size: 8 GB


Type: DDR3


Speed: 1333 MHz


Status: OK


Manufacturer: 0x0000


Part Number: -


Serial Number: -


Online: Yes


Built-In: Yes

Intel 6 Series Chipset:


Vendor: Intel


Product: 6 Series Chipset


Link Speed: 6 Gigabit


Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit


Physical Interconnect: SATA


Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported

Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB:


Capacity: 120.03 GB (120,034,123,776 bytes)


Model: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB


Revision: EMT01B6Q


Serial Number: S21TNSAG114455D


Native Command Queuing: Yes


Queue Depth: 32


Removable Media: No


Detachable Drive: No


BSD Name: disk0


Medium Type: Solid State


TRIM Support: No


Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)


S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified


Volumes:

EFI:


Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)


BSD Name: disk0s1


Content: EFI

Macintosh HD:


Capacity: 119.17 GB (119,174,365,184 bytes)


Available: 30.48 GB (30,477,393,920 bytes)


Writable: Yes


File System: Journaled HFS+


BSD Name: disk0s2


Mount Point: /


Content: Apple_HFS


Volume UUID: 5CF49DCD-7AD3-3EE4-B473-ACF663D50C00

Recovery HD:


Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)


BSD Name: disk0s3


Content: Apple_Boot


Volume UUID: DEC66B47-DAC3-3CD2-899F-349DB3C6064C

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Mar 5, 2018 2:29 PM

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Mar 5, 2018 4:11 PM in response to FLIMONGI88

Can't really help. You'd think it should work. I don't use Samsung products unless I'm forced to through Apple sayer a display on an iPhone. I've never had any success with Samsung: CD burner, blu ray burner, any type of Display for a desktop Mac or SSD.


Try a sands or PNY SSD. Just make sure when you go to install you boot into an acceptable OSX or macOS and use disk Utility to erase the new SSD. Run first aid on the new volume then do the install. Make sure you save all your desired data. I've also own MBPro 2011 and have installed many SSD in it without issues except for the Samsung. I just think they demand too much power for what is allocated. I just returned a T5 Samsung , it ran great but I did not like its power requirement. would cause problems over time. Allocation was 500 and its requirement was 896.

Mar 5, 2018 6:36 PM in response to FLIMONGI88

Some believe that the SATA ribbon connector (some call it a “cable“) can become worn and marginal, especially with SSDs. Nobody knows exactly what‘s the reason why it won’t work (when a hard drive may work), but often a new connector works.


One thing you might try is booting with the drive in an external USB enclosure and seeing if you can update that way. That would bypass the SATA connector and if that works it might be worth replacing the SATA ribbon connector. Not sure where you could find it though. Its easy enough to do yourself, but Apple won’t sell the part without installation and might consider DIY repair “tampering”. Only the drive and RAM are considered DIY upgrades/fixes by Apple.

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