New SSD won't boot my 2011 15" MacBook Pro
I have seen a similar question show up a million times but I have not seen a straight forward simple answer. My hard drive failed so I have decided to make an upgrade I picked up a new SSD (Samsung 860 with 500gb). I installed it into my computer but when it is starting to boot up I will get about 25-30% through the loading bar and then it goes black for a second and then a white screen.
I took it to the Apple Store to get OS-X installed but they said it was not working and the Apple technician told me to replace the SATA cable inside my computer.
I did some digging and it seems that a good chunk of 2011 MacBook Pro’s are not compatible with SATA III SSD’s.
There are no clear answers on if replacing my SATA cable in my computer would resolve this problem, some places kind of hint that getting a 2012 cable would work but won't fit 100% perfectly, others have hinted that getting a 2011 cable will work because the later models resolved this issue.
I would be happy to record (and speed up) my boot up process if anyone believes that the issue I am describing is something other then a outdated sata cable.
TLDR: early 2011 MacBook won't boot with SSD would upgrading my SATA cable inside my computer to a 2012 cable resolve this issue.
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For reference: Samsung 860 EVO spec sheet. Review the 'Interface' line: "SATA 6 Gbps Interface, compatible with SATA 3 Gbps & 1.5 Gbps interfaces"
Which basically stating it has auto sense technology so if you used it in a SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) system it would still work!
из Dan
The older 2011 models needed a replacement cable as the cable was not able to support SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) which these systems could support once they got their firmware updated.
из Dan