I decided it was time to give my mid 2010 MBP a birthday gift, so I went out and got a OCZ SSD and some RAM.
I installed the RAM and booted to the old HDD and all was good.
So then I connected the SSD via USB and partitioned.
I then used disk utility to clone the drive.
Then I installed the SSD in place of the HDD and booted but nothing happened, apple and spinning gear was all I could get.
A quick google told me that the OCZ was a bad choice so I went out and got a Kingston SSD and followed the above steps.
The Kingston does the same thing but, if the Kingston is hooked up via USB (with HDD removed) the MBP will boot nice and fast.
What and where have I gone wrong??
Edit to add: Running Snow Leopard and if I have posted this in the wrong section, sorry.
I installed the RAM and booted to the old HDD and all was good.
So then I connected the SSD via USB and partitioned.
I then used disk utility to clone the drive.
Then I installed the SSD in place of the HDD and booted but nothing happened, apple and spinning gear was all I could get.
A quick google told me that the OCZ was a bad choice so I went out and got a Kingston SSD and followed the above steps.
The Kingston does the same thing but, if the Kingston is hooked up via USB (with HDD removed) the MBP will boot nice and fast.
What and where have I gone wrong??
Edit to add: Running Snow Leopard and if I have posted this in the wrong section, sorry.