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MBP Unusably Slow After SSD Install
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<blockquote data-quote="manhattanprjkt8" data-source="post: 1611415" data-attributes="member: 335060"><p>Hello everyone this is my first post in the forum because I am in a jam with my mid 2012 macbook pro unibody (model 9,2). I had purchased the machine from an old co-worker about a year ago, when I received he (a pretty savy mac guy) had removed the optical drive, and placed the 500 gb in that location. He had also upgraded the boot drive to a 256gb SSD. Recently I got the dreaded question mark upon boot, so after some research I ordered a new SSD from OWC. Below is the chain of events which has occurred.</p><p>• Installed the new SSD</p><p>• Did a fresh format on both the HDD and SSD</p><p>• Updated the firmware on both the mac and the new SSD</p><p>• Did an internet recovery of Lion onto the SSD which took about 11 hours.</p><p></p><p>Currently the SSD is running so slow the machine is unusable, I’m talking about 2 minutes to perform each mouse click on the OS. I have somewhat run out of options on what to do here everything seemed fresh but obviously isn’t working. It is worth noting I am able to install the OS on the HDD without issue, so it’s seemingly only the connection to the SSD. I am now on my second SSD from OWC, while trying to rule things out I returned the drive for a new one, still no luck. Any help!? Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="manhattanprjkt8, post: 1611415, member: 335060"] Hello everyone this is my first post in the forum because I am in a jam with my mid 2012 macbook pro unibody (model 9,2). I had purchased the machine from an old co-worker about a year ago, when I received he (a pretty savy mac guy) had removed the optical drive, and placed the 500 gb in that location. He had also upgraded the boot drive to a 256gb SSD. Recently I got the dreaded question mark upon boot, so after some research I ordered a new SSD from OWC. Below is the chain of events which has occurred. • Installed the new SSD • Did a fresh format on both the HDD and SSD • Updated the firmware on both the mac and the new SSD • Did an internet recovery of Lion onto the SSD which took about 11 hours. Currently the SSD is running so slow the machine is unusable, I’m talking about 2 minutes to perform each mouse click on the OS. I have somewhat run out of options on what to do here everything seemed fresh but obviously isn’t working. It is worth noting I am able to install the OS on the HDD without issue, so it’s seemingly only the connection to the SSD. I am now on my second SSD from OWC, while trying to rule things out I returned the drive for a new one, still no luck. Any help!? Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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