MacBook Pro Mid 2009 won't boot, detect USB and can't reinstall OS on new SSD

[MacInWin]

OK, I'll back out of here. I've never been able to boot any TM backup on anything but the machine for which the backup was made. I have been able to migrate data from a TM backup to a new machine as part of setup, but not boot from a different machine. Maybe it's the way I make backups.

Anyway, carry on...

[krs]

One thing I'm wondering about this issue.
The 2009 MacBook pro came originally with Leopard (10.5)
At that time Apple didn't offer a means to create a USB installer for that OS.
So has anyone ever tried using a USB installer with a 2009 MacBook pro.
Maybe that option is not supported by that hardware.
Just asking.....

[ferrarr]

Any 2009 Mac, came with either Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6). You used to be able to order a disc from Apple for Snow Leopard, but I am unable to locate it. It looks like Apple has stopped offering them for sale.

[krs]

OK, I'll back out of here. I've never been able to boot any TM backup on anything but the machine for which the backup was made.

Jake,
You may well be correct when it comes to TM backups.
I jumped the gun when I read that wondering what will happen once I upgrade everyone in the family to Mojave.
But my backups are via SD and CCC, so different backup strategy - I never liked Time Machine.
I'm sorry about my post regarding this.

[krs]

Any 2009 Mac, came with either Leopard (10.5) or Snow Leopard (10.6).

You're right - I edited my post where it said Lion so people reading this thread don't get confused.
But my question still stands - the OP was trying to boot from a USB installer on a 2009 MacBook pro.
I sthat expected to work on an old MBpro?

[ferrarr]

You're right - I edited my post where it said Lion so people reading this thread don't get confused.
But my question still stands - the OP was trying to boot from a USB installer on a 2009 MacBook pro.
I sthat expected to work on an old MBpro?

Yes, if the USB installer was properly made. It's hard to know if, the installer is good or if Transmac worked.

[chscag]

As Bob pointed out if the installer was done right. And as a matter of info, a USB installer will work on any Intel Mac machine, however, it does not work on a PPC Mac machine.

[Rod]

Okay, let me get this straight;
You have a Mac that is not yours that will not boot up from its internal HDD.
You have replaced the hard drive with a Crucial MX500 SSD which did not work until your formatted it. How did you format it and what did you format it as? Did you set it as GUID disk mapping?
You say you used TransMac to create what? A Disk Image or a DVD?
You mention an El Capitan disk but there are no commercial El Capitan DVD's. If you made that don't forget that an Operating System is not an installer.
Time Machine as stated will allow you to boot into Recovery but that only allows you to repair, erase, format and map the drive.
You cannot use Reinstall MacOS because the SSD has never had a macOS on it.
So to boil all that down, at the risk of repeating myself, you need an installer.
You can create one easily on another Mac but not a PC. You can buy one online from eBay or similar or just take it to an Apple repairer who will like many of us have a range of macOS installers on a thumb drive or EHD.

[reyqaz]

I have changed the SSD, would love some help please.
The system will randomly hang and Grey screen with question mark.
Reset the NVRAM and SMC with no success, it will hang and get stuck on grey screen. Can you please identify the issue here?

Anonymous UUID:       031B686C-5BBD-1979-1AE8-2A7BFDDA4E54

Mon Oct 21 08:51:03 2019

*** Panic Report ***
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8003d88c2d): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f852ab514, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0xffffff80edd89024, CR3: 0x0000000007964000, CR4: 0x00000000001626e0
RAX: 0x0000000000040024, RBX: 0xffffff8016764b40, RCX: 0xffffff801925d80c, RDX: 0x0000000000000001
RSP: 0xffffff8104f93d30, RBP: 0xffffff8104f93d30, RSI: 0x0000000000040024, RDI: 0xffffff8017b68800
R8:  0xffffff801925d800, R9:  0xffffff80edd49000, R10: 0x00000000142a9021, R11: 0xffffff8019213800
R12: 0xffffff7f852d6a40, R13: 0xffffff801925d800, R14: 0xffffff8019b50700, R15: 0x0000000010009000
RFL: 0x0000000000010287, RIP: 0xffffff7f852ab514, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0xffffff80edd89024, Error code: 0x0000000000000002, Fault CPU: 0x0, PL: 0, VF: 10

Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8104f937e0 : 0xffffff8003c6e166 
0xffffff8104f93830 : 0xffffff8003d96714 
0xffffff8104f93870 : 0xffffff8003d88a00 
0xffffff8104f938f0 : 0xffffff8003c20180 
0xffffff8104f93910 : 0xffffff8003c6dbdc 
0xffffff8104f93a40 : 0xffffff8003c6d99c 
0xffffff8104f93aa0 : 0xffffff8003d88c2d 
0xffffff8104f93c20 : 0xffffff8003c20180 
0xffffff8104f93c40 : 0xffffff7f852ab514 
0xffffff8104f93d30 : 0xffffff7f852755ac 
0xffffff8104f93d90 : 0xffffff7f851ff504 
0xffffff8104f93db0 : 0xffffff7f851ff411 
0xffffff8104f93dd0 : 0xffffff7f8529c5d0 
0xffffff8104f93e30 : 0xffffff7f851c3d04 
0xffffff8104f93e60 : 0xffffff8004270862 
0xffffff8104f93ea0 : 0xffffff800429856e 
0xffffff8104f93ee0 : 0xffffff800426f900 
0xffffff8104f93f60 : 0xffffff80042796d7 
0xffffff8104f93fa0 : 0xffffff8003c1f4f7 
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
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            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleMobileFileIntegrity(1.0.5)[54CD88E5-9FD7-30FC-89A0-E4B2D0CE6F85]@0xffffff7f84d09000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSurface(211.12)[E998B85B-3174-3C25-B82B-C0D8BD9720E5]@0xffffff7f851a3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[1850E7DA-E707-3027-A3AA-637C80B57219]@0xffffff7f84494000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(519.15)[D5F2A20D-CAB0-33B2-91B9-E8755DFC34CB]@0xffffff7f84d44000
         com.apple.driver.AppleIntelHD4000Graphics(10.3.2)[B9649008-E0F4-3CF1-8BFE-EC2C278E087D]@0xffffff7f85266000->0xffffff7f852d6fff
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOSurface(211.12)[E998B85B-3174-3C25-B82B-C0D8BD9720E5]@0xffffff7f851a3000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily(2.9)[1850E7DA-E707-3027-A3AA-637C80B57219]@0xffffff7f84494000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily(519.15)[D5F2A20D-CAB0-33B2-91B9-E8755DFC34CB]@0xffffff7f84d44000
            dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily2(378.18.1)[BAA0383C-9650-3934-B04A-69008F757A2C]@0xffffff7f851bf000

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
17E199

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 17.5.0: Mon Mar  5 22:24:32 PST 2018; root:xnu-4570.51.1~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1B55340B-0B14-3026-8A47-1E139DB63DA3
Kernel slide:     0x0000000003a00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8003c00000
__HIB  text base: 0xffffff8003b00000
System model name: MacBookPro9,2 (Mac-6F01561E16C75D06)
Root disk errors: "Could not recover SATA HDD after 5 attempts. Terminating."

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Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000, Intel HD Graphics 4000, Built-In
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Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en1
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USB Device: USB 2.0 Bus
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USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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[phoenixx]

hi bro,

your MBP should support El Capitan as latest OSX for it, so get a clean copy of El Capitan (DMG or so) then get DiskmakerX (if you have other apple device to create boot usb key on OR Transmac on win machine) and with usb key in the MBP, holding option key, power it on and boot from usb, then run Disk Utility - format the SSD/HDD with GUID partition table to OSX Journaled, exit the utility and you should be able to install OSX to your HDD/SSD ... but let me know if you would need more details here ... I've done it so many times on so many apple devices that I can say that if device is HW OK, then it's impossible fail OSX install

[krs]

@phoenixx - have you actually used Transmac to create a USB installer using a disk image (.dmg) and did that work?

[phoenixx]

@phoenixx - have you actually used Transmac to create a USB installer using a disk image (.dmg) and did that work?

@krs - hi, sure, last time I did it like month ago on MBP 2006 with OSX Lion why are you asking?

[krs]

@krs - hi, sure, last time I did it like month ago on MBP 2006 with OSX Lion why are you asking?

Just to make sure that software actually works.
I have come across enough software that didn't what it was advertised to do.

I also believe Trevor, the OP, tried creating an installer using Transmac and the MacBook pro would not recognize it.
But the Mac recognizes a Transcend external so I would think the logic board is fine.

[phoenixx]

well first you need reliable and top quality usb - I used Kingston - then clean image of osx, the rest is about your possibilities - I was successful on mac or win machines ( DiskmakerX or Transmac ) making bootable install medium ... let me know in case you’d need some help ...

[krs]

Thanks, I'm fine.
I use Disk Creator on the Mac - DiskmakerX wants me to boot into my admin account which is just a few extra steps I rather not do unless absolutely necessary.

Trevor who started this thread doesn't have a Mac other than the one he wants to boot up on, I assume he will come back to look at his thread and he may need some pointers to use Transmac since it didn't work for him for some reason.