Disk sensei el capitan pro#

(Not sure this is as clear as I'd like, but look at the bend in the cable and see how the tape would have to go to put it directly on the cable. To put it on the drive cable the tape would have to have the sticky side on the outside of its bend (outside of an 'L' shape), and smoothing it onto the drive cable would stress the cable. Much easier to bend the electrical tape around the DVD case and smooth it down tight, as sticky side was on 'inside' of bend. I put the tape on the DVD case on the assumption that I wanted to do as little movement as possible of the drive cable. (Obvious, I know, but it's easy to miss.)

Disk sensei el capitan pro#

'NEW HDD Hard Drvie Cable 821-1480-a for Macbook Pro Unibody 13' A1278 2012'Ĭheck that this is right for your Mac before ordering if you decide to try a new cable again.Īlso make sure that you transferred the mounting screws from the sides of one drive to the other so that it's secure in the computer case.

I found it on Amazon for $19: Item #B00KR5QIEU I ordered a 2012 cable when I did the swap, just in case, but so far have not needed it (did put the electrical tape in place, however). Some tiny difference in how the pins connect on the drive?Īs you know, replacing the cable is not hard if you are already familiar with replacing the drive. I know you said that you already replaced the cable, but I wonder if somehow it still is not interfacing properly with the drive. One suggestion I read was to put a bit of electrical tape under the cable where it folds over the DVD drive. The 2012 has a slightly different cable than the 2010, but it performs the same twists and turns, in particular folding over the DVD drive to go under the hard drive. Symptoms were pretty much exactly as you describe. But on two previous drive swaps, on 2010 MacBook Pros, we found that the hard drive cable failed and had to be replaced. I recently installed a Samsung EVO SSD in a 2012 MacBook Pro. If i reinstall my HD that came with the macbook, there are no issues at all. Also to note (not sure if it is relevant) but I changed my HDD cable about 2 months ago because my regular HD was having problems. Ive used Disk Sensei, terminal, and Trim Enabler to enable trim.

I also noticed that my laptop also has the freezing issues when my laptop is moved around, i.e picked up and moved from one desk to another. I thought the SSD might have been defective so I switched it with another new one, but same thing happens. I then reset PRAM/ SMC or head to disk utility, after tampering with that I can eventually reboot. In such instances, I am forced to restart however, at reboot the system won't load up (sometimes showing a kernal/kext panic). Installed fine with El Capitan, but upon using the laptop I have issues where it will freeze up and be unresponsive for excessive amounts of time. Hello everyone, about two weeks ago I installed a Samsung SSD in my Mid 2012 Macbook Pro.