13'' MBP (2012 mid) can't recognize new hdd: HITACHI 5K1000 1T

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I'm using a MBP 13'' 2012 mid.
My original HDD is down, so I bought a HGST(HITACHI) 5K1000-1000 1TB (HTS541010A9E680) 6.0 Gb/s , but after I installed the hdd, the system could not recognize the new hdd at all. So I run a recovery partition from a external driver, nothing appears in Disk Utility except recovery partition.
But if i connect the new hdd through USB-HDD cable, everything is ok.
PS: I've tried a old SUMSANG sata hdd, it works fine with my MBP.

Thanks for responsing.
You're welcome...
but the fact is my old Samsung working fine in the internal bay, my crashed original hdd can at least be detected from internal bay. how can the hard drive cable be broken.
Some drives will work with a faulty SATA cable - some won't. The fact that you can't boot with the HGST suggests that the SATA cable is faulty/defective.
Is it true that MBP 13'' 2012 mid has compatibility issue with 6.0Gb/s SATA III ?
Not that I've heard - that's why I suspect the cable. SATA III is just more 'demanding'.
BTW, I got your reply but NOT on the board - it's been happening a lot, for me, lately...
Clinton

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