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Samsung EVO SSD in 2008 MacBook
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<blockquote data-quote="jimshaw" data-source="post: 1739542" data-attributes="member: 365378"><p>MY EXPERIENCE PUTTING A SAMSUNG EVO 850 INTO AN EARLY 2008 MACBOOK</p><p></p><p>I bought a Samsung EVO 850 250Gb SSD hoping to put it into my early 2008 MacBook, but some of the reports I read on the Web made me nervous. I wondered, Did I make a mistake in buying it? </p><p></p><p>The first hiccup came when I put the SSD into a USB hub and connected that to the MacBook. The new drive didn’t show up on the desktop and Disk Utility couldn’t locate it. I thought, well, maybe the USB dock or its cable is faulty. But I didn’t want to just put the SSD into the MacBook and maybe still have the problem of not being able to access it. So I ordered a very simple little USB 2.0 to 2.5 Sata Converter Adapter Cable (Amazon, $6.50). I used that to connect the SSD to the MacB—and there it was, the SSD on the desktop! From that point on, it was a piece of cake. Using SuperDuper! (greatest of all rescue tools for Macs! *****) I cloned the old drive to the new one, then removed the old drive, put the new SSD into the Mac, and booted up. Now, I’m happy to say, it flies like a new machine. </p><p></p><p>The biggest problem I had was dealing with the tiny screws that hold the hard drive to the mounting plate. I managed to strip one of them, and just left it off. Also, I didn’t bother with a 7mm/9mm adapter plate. The Samsung drive fit pretty snugly without one. </p><p></p><p>MacBook 4.1, Intel Core 2 Duo, Early 2008, 2.4 Ghz, 4 Gb memory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimshaw, post: 1739542, member: 365378"] MY EXPERIENCE PUTTING A SAMSUNG EVO 850 INTO AN EARLY 2008 MACBOOK I bought a Samsung EVO 850 250Gb SSD hoping to put it into my early 2008 MacBook, but some of the reports I read on the Web made me nervous. I wondered, Did I make a mistake in buying it? The first hiccup came when I put the SSD into a USB hub and connected that to the MacBook. The new drive didn’t show up on the desktop and Disk Utility couldn’t locate it. I thought, well, maybe the USB dock or its cable is faulty. But I didn’t want to just put the SSD into the MacBook and maybe still have the problem of not being able to access it. So I ordered a very simple little USB 2.0 to 2.5 Sata Converter Adapter Cable (Amazon, $6.50). I used that to connect the SSD to the MacB—and there it was, the SSD on the desktop! From that point on, it was a piece of cake. Using SuperDuper! (greatest of all rescue tools for Macs! *****) I cloned the old drive to the new one, then removed the old drive, put the new SSD into the Mac, and booted up. Now, I’m happy to say, it flies like a new machine. The biggest problem I had was dealing with the tiny screws that hold the hard drive to the mounting plate. I managed to strip one of them, and just left it off. Also, I didn’t bother with a 7mm/9mm adapter plate. The Samsung drive fit pretty snugly without one. MacBook 4.1, Intel Core 2 Duo, Early 2008, 2.4 Ghz, 4 Gb memory. [/QUOTE]
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