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- MBP 13", 2020, 2.3 Ghz, Quad core i7, 16gb, 1 TB, Iris Plus Graphics 1536 MB , Sonoma 14.1.1
I'm using a mid 2020 MBP but I also have an older machine that crapped out last year. I wasn't able to define with any certainty the cause of the failure. Here's what I DO know:
a) It boots fine and operates normally (with the hard drive removed) on my clone drive, so I THINK that would indicate the main board and microprocessor operating normally.
b) When I put the old hard drive back in and ran diagnostics on booting I got the message that said "There may be an issue with a storage device".
c) Installing a different drive, I get the blinking question mark which if I'm correct that indicates no OS found.
d) When booting to the clone drive with the same installed drive that gave me the blinking question mark, I can SEE the drive in disk utility, so I BELIEVE that would indicate that the cable attaching the internal drive to the mother board is intact and communicating.
Does this indicate that the problem with the old computer is a faulty internal drive?
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a) It boots fine and operates normally (with the hard drive removed) on my clone drive, so I THINK that would indicate the main board and microprocessor operating normally.
b) When I put the old hard drive back in and ran diagnostics on booting I got the message that said "There may be an issue with a storage device".
c) Installing a different drive, I get the blinking question mark which if I'm correct that indicates no OS found.
d) When booting to the clone drive with the same installed drive that gave me the blinking question mark, I can SEE the drive in disk utility, so I BELIEVE that would indicate that the cable attaching the internal drive to the mother board is intact and communicating.
Does this indicate that the problem with the old computer is a faulty internal drive?
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