MacBook can't see my new HDD

Hello,
I'm having some trouble with my HDD replacement.
I used to have a Samsung 250GB (5400rpm, M5S2), it worked perfectly until he decided to die. I choose to replace it with a similar drive : Samsung 250GB (7200rpm, MP2). BUT, the drive utility and the macos installer don't see it when he is plugged inside the macbook.
I tried in a USB case, it works perfectly : I was able to see it and create partitions.
Then I plugged it back inside, but same problem, my laptop don't see the whole drive
Does anyone have seen this problem before ?
Note : The drive is active when plugged inside, I can feel his plates spinning.
Note 2 : sorry for my Poor english

Don't know how, don't know why but :
I tried my dad's HDD in the MacBook (Same model : Samsung 250Gb, MP2, 7200rpm), it worked.
And we tried my HDD in my dad's laptop, and it worked too ... so we switched our drives.
I'm really lost here, we bougth our same drives together, one works on both laptop, and the other one only works on my dad's laptop !
Thank you everyone.

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