I had another thread: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/267776-serious-trouble.html
but it was getting long and I can summarize here. There were signs of my HDD failing, so I purchased a SSD as a replacement. After installing the SSD, the MacBook pro would not recognize it. An external HDD worked fine (I was having problems but discovered they were fixed by not touching the HDD even slightly while the computer was on). I was advised to purchase a SATA to USB adapter, which arrived today. I was able to do a fresh install of osx on the SSD while it was external with the adapter, and had no issues. When the SSD was installed again internally, the computer still did not recognize it.
I now have the original internal HDD connected externally with the adapter, to make sure that the computer still has issues with it connected this way. It looks as though it is going to have issues, as it is taking forever to install osx on it, just like when it was an internal drive. I will update after the os is done installing to confirm that the HDD is dying even as an external drive.
What could be the issue? Why won't the computer recognize the SSD?
Thank you.
but it was getting long and I can summarize here. There were signs of my HDD failing, so I purchased a SSD as a replacement. After installing the SSD, the MacBook pro would not recognize it. An external HDD worked fine (I was having problems but discovered they were fixed by not touching the HDD even slightly while the computer was on). I was advised to purchase a SATA to USB adapter, which arrived today. I was able to do a fresh install of osx on the SSD while it was external with the adapter, and had no issues. When the SSD was installed again internally, the computer still did not recognize it.
I now have the original internal HDD connected externally with the adapter, to make sure that the computer still has issues with it connected this way. It looks as though it is going to have issues, as it is taking forever to install osx on it, just like when it was an internal drive. I will update after the os is done installing to confirm that the HDD is dying even as an external drive.
What could be the issue? Why won't the computer recognize the SSD?
Thank you.