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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
MacBook Pro lost start up disk
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<blockquote data-quote="techiesteve" data-source="post: 1663755" data-attributes="member: 98520"><p>I 100% agree with previous posts re the hard drive cable failure. Out of all the non Retina 13" MacBook Pro's the 2012 model appears to have the highest cable failure rate. Why it fails is a mystery that probably only Apple knows, there is no rough machining causing the problem. Apple did attempt to resolve it by adding a small piece of black foam to the top of the hard drive clamp, I suspect to stop the bottom case from pushing down on the cables 90% bend where it goes over the edge of the optical drive, but it didn't make any noticeable difference. I see the cable causing more than 50% of what appears to be hard drive problems. Many times a failing cable will also corrupt the hard drive requiring Disk Warrior to rectify.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="techiesteve, post: 1663755, member: 98520"] I 100% agree with previous posts re the hard drive cable failure. Out of all the non Retina 13" MacBook Pro's the 2012 model appears to have the highest cable failure rate. Why it fails is a mystery that probably only Apple knows, there is no rough machining causing the problem. Apple did attempt to resolve it by adding a small piece of black foam to the top of the hard drive clamp, I suspect to stop the bottom case from pushing down on the cables 90% bend where it goes over the edge of the optical drive, but it didn't make any noticeable difference. I see the cable causing more than 50% of what appears to be hard drive problems. Many times a failing cable will also corrupt the hard drive requiring Disk Warrior to rectify. [/QUOTE]
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