M4 SSD 256GB 2.5 inch sometimes not booting on Sony Vaio VGN-FZ11E

I installed a Crucial m4 SSD 256GB 2.5 inch on the Sony Vaio laptop VGN FZ11E using the kit provided. The operating system used is Windows Vista. The drive worked great the first time I booted the laptop, but since the second booting the system sometime stops while booting and I have to force the computer to restart till at some points it works (which can be after 1, 2, 3, 4 or even more attempts). The computer starts and the drive works for the first 10 seconds or so, then when the WLAN light of the laptop comes up, it stops working (no hard disk light). I have installed the last firmware, checked the drivers and made sure that the m4 drive is recognised and prioritized in the BIOS (this is the only drive installed, and it has a partition which is hidden). I have done a Power Cycle as recomended on the Crucial website, but this did not solve the problem. Any suggestions?

Hi, I have the same issue you are describing, with "Operating system not found", not the one laurentzo says. My VAIO VGN-FE11H with BIOS R0174J3 gets stuck at this point, and that happens many times with this version of BIOS. With version R0074J3 also happened, but I have the perception that it was less usual. Anyway, I tried to upgrade my BIOS because the failure is unacceptable, and 8 of 10 times I can´t boot my laptop because the disk is not recognised, despite the fact that when it boots, everything works perferctly. My BX100 250GB firmware is MU02, and my situation is quite desperating, because the workaround that you suggest isn't working.Would you please update this firmware, or would you know any BIOS parameter that could make it boot at least half of the times??P.S.: I have also tried enabling AHCI on BIOS, etc.

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Why can I (sometimes) not boot until running AHT?

Apologies for the strangely worded question - I'm very confused by this issue.
I have a 15-inch early 2011 MBP. I've added a Vertex 4 SSD as the primary boot drive, keeping the stock HD as a second drive, and upgraded the ram to 2x4gb. Everything else is standard.
Recently I started having problems with OSX freezing and shutting down, sometimes not booting back up successfully - I put it down to some dodgy graphics drivers I'd installed (was running very hot and I suspect overheating) so I backed up my user files and did a full reinstall. It seemed to be OK since then.
Today I had problems again - I think after the battery ran out while I was using it (I don't know if this is related). It shut down and I'd get a grey screen indefinitely when I rebooted, and I just couldn't get back into OSX. These are the things I tried, roughly in the order I tried them:
Performing a safe boot - I'd get the Apple logo and slider, which would progress roughly two thirds of the way in, then I'd get a blue screen
Performing a verbose safe boot - unresponsive grey screen
Booting from local recovery disk - unresponsive grey screen
Resetting NVRAM - made no difference
Resetting SMC - made no difference
Booting to single user mode and running fsck until it comes back clean (no 'volume was modified' message) and restarting - no difference
Trying to isolate any hardware problems - swapping out RAM, disconnecting secondary drive etc - no luck
Finally - running network AHT (opt+D on startup) This didn't find any problems, but seemed to solve whatever problem I was having. I restarted after this and OSX came back up as if nothing had been happening.
So my questions are these - I'd appreciate any insight even if they're not complete answers, because I can't figure out what's going on.
What did AHT do that fixed my problem?
Does that point to a hardware issue, even though the test came back OK?
What can I do to prevent it happening again?
Thanks!

Thanks,
Does this excerpt from the system log help? It seems to represent a (failed)boot attempt.
There's a couple of things at the bottom that look a bit suspicious, but I don't know how to interpret them - ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key B0PS and activation bcstop timer fired!
Jul 22 10:56:46 localhost bootlog[0]: BOOT_TIME 1406019406 0
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.appstore" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.authd" sharing output destination "/var/log/system.log" with ASL Module "com.apple.asl".
Output parameters from ASL Module "com.apple.asl" override any specified in ASL Module "com.apple.authd".
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.authd" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.bookstore" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.eventmonitor" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.install" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.iokit.power" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.mail" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.MessageTracer" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.performance" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost syslogd[17]: Configuration Notice:
ASL Module "com.apple.securityd" claims selected messages.
Those messages may not appear in standard system log files or in the ASL database.
Jul 22 10:56:48 --- last message repeated 6 times ---
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Longterm timer threshold: 1000 ms
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: PMAP: PCID enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Darwin Kernel Version 13.3.0: Tue Jun 3 21:27:35 PDT 2014; root:xnu-2422.110.17~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: vm_page_bootstrap: 1963451 free pages and 117317 wired pages
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: kext submap [0xffffff7f807a9000 - 0xffffff8000000000], kernel text [0xffffff8000200000 - 0xffffff80007a9000]
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: zone leak detection enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: "vm_compressor_mode" is 4
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: standard timeslicing quantum is 10000 us
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: standard background quantum is 2500 us
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: mig_table_max_displ = 74
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: TSC Deadline Timer supported and enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=1 LocalApicId=0 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=2 LocalApicId=2 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=3 LocalApicId=4 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=4 LocalApicId=6 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=5 LocalApicId=1 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=6 LocalApicId=3 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=7 LocalApicId=5 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleACPICPU: ProcessorId=8 LocalApicId=7 Enabled
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for TMSafetyNet
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Safety net for Time Machine (TMSafetyNet)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for Sandbox
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Seatbelt sandbox policy (Sandbox)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: calling mpo_policy_init for Quarantine
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Security policy loaded: Quarantine policy (Quarantine)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: MAC Framework successfully initialized
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: using 16384 buffer headers and 10240 cluster IO buffer headers
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleKeyStore starting (BUILT: Jun 3 2014 21:40:51)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: IOAPIC: Version 0x20 Vectors 64:87
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: ACPI: sleep states S3 S4 S5
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: pci (build 21:30:51 Jun 3 2014), flags 0x63008, pfm64 (36 cpu) 0xf80000000, 0x80000000
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration begin ]
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: Turbo Ratios 6689
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement: (built 21:36:10 Jun 3 2014) initialization complete
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: console relocated to 0xf90010000
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: [ PCI configuration end, bridges 12, devices 18 ]
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: mcache: 8 CPU(s), 64 bytes CPU cache line size
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: mbinit: done [96 MB total pool size, (64/32) split]
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Pthread support ABORTS when sync kernel primitives misused
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: rooting via boot-uuid from /chosen: F2E2754A-C2D0-3FD4-9754-621EEADDB1EB
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOResources</string><key>IOResourceMatch</key><string ID="2">boot-uuid-media</string></dict>
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib kmod start
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN kmod start
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless kmod start
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib load succeeded
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeLZVN load succeeded
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: com.apple.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless load succeeded
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient: ready
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: BTCOEXIST off
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: BRCM tunables:
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: pullmode[1] txringsize[ 256] txsendqsize[1024] reapmin[   32] reapcount[ 128]
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: FireWire (OHCI) Lucent ID 5901 built-in now active, GUID c82a14fffe88be4c; max speed s800.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Thunderbolt Self-Reset Count = 0xedefbe00
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Got boot device = IOService:/AppleACPIPlatformExpert/PCI0@0/AppleACPIPCI/SATA@1F,2/AppleIntelPchSeriesAHCI/PRT1@1/IOAHCIDevice@0/AppleAHCIDiskDriver/IOAHCIBlockStorageDevice/IOBlockStorageDriver/OCZ-VERTEX4 Media/IOGUIDPartitionScheme/Mac OS@2
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: BSD root: disk0s2, major 1, minor 2
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: b(1, 2): replay_journal: from: 5731840 to: 5806080 (joffset 0x3b6000)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: jnl: b(1, 2): journal replay done.
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AppleUSBMultitouchDriver::checkStatus - received Status Packet, Payload 2: device was reinitialized
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Mac OS on device root_device
Jul 22 10:56:47 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** launchd[1] has started up. ***
Jul 22 10:56:47 localhost com.apple.launchd[1]: *** Shutdown logging is enabled. ***
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Session 100000 created
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost distnoted[20]: # distnote server daemon absolute time: 2.788835412   civil time: Tue Jul 22 10:56:48 2014   pid: 20 uid: 0 root: yes
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: IO80211Controller::dataLinkLayerAttachComplete(): adding AppleEFINVRAM notification
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: IO80211Interface::efiNVRAMPublished():
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost com.apple.SecurityServer[14]: Entering service
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Down on en1. Reason 8 (Disassociated because station leaving).
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost configd[18]: dhcp_arp_router: en1 SSID unavailable
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcHandleInterruptEvent WARNING status=0x0 (0x40 not set) notif=0x0
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key LsNM (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR LsNM kSMCKeyNotFound(0x84) fKeyHashTable=0x0
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcGetLightshowVers ERROR: smcReadKey LsNM failed (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcPublishLightshowVersion ERROR: smcGetLightshowVers failed (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: smcPublishLightshowVersion failed (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: Previous Shutdown Cause: 3
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: SMC::smcInitHelper ERROR: MMIO regMap == NULL - fall back to old SMC mode
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: AGC: 3.6.22, HW version=1.9.23, flags:0, features:20600
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothUSBDFU::probe
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: IOBluetoothUSBDFU::probe ProductID - 0x821A FirmwareVersion - 0x0042
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- completed -- result = TRUE -- 0xe400 ****
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: **** [BroadcomBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][start] -- Completed -- 0xe400 ****
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: init
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: probe
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: start
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController][staticBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Received Bluetooth Controller register service notification -- 0xe400
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController][start] -- completed
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: Failed to copy info dictionary for bundle /System/Library/UserEventPlugins/alfUIplugin.plugin
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: [IOBluetoothHCIController::setConfigState] calling registerService
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHCIController][protectedBluetoothHCIControllerTransportShowsUp] -- Connected to the transport successfully -- 0xdcc0 -- 0x2000 -- 0xe400 ****
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: CNPluginHandler en1: Inactive
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost kernel[0]: flow_divert_kctl_disconnect (0): disconnecting group 1
Jul 22 10:56:48 localhost configd[18]: network changed.
Jul 22 10:56:48 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local configd[18]: setting hostname to "Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local"
Jul 22 10:56:49 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: DSMOS has arrived
Jul 22 10:56:49 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [AGPM Controller] build GPUDict by Vendor1002Device6760
Jul 22 10:56:49 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: fGPUIdleIntervalMS = 0
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local fseventsd[38]: event logs in /.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (275 3 822)
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local fseventsd[38]: log dir: /.fseventsd getting new uuid: 64D0AB9C-3D99-4E86-877A-CBD475452A4D
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: VM Swap Subsystem is ON
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local hidd[67]: void __IOHIDPlugInLoadBundles(): Loaded 0 HID plugins
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local hidd[67]: Posting 'com.apple.iokit.hid.displayStatus' notifyState=1
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local blued[40]: hostControllerOnline - Number of Paired devices = 1, List of Paired devices = (
     "c4-2c-03-9e-4b-7c"
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local mDNSResponder[59]: mDNSResponder mDNSResponder-522.92.1 (Jun 3 2014 12:57:56) starting OSXVers 13
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.usbmuxd[45]: usbmuxd-327.4 on Feb 12 2014 at 14:54:33, running 64 bit
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local mds[58]: (Normal) FMW: FMW 0 0
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local loginwindow[62]: Login Window Application Started
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local apsd[79]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1102)
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local systemkeychain[91]: done file: /var/run/systemkeychaincheck.done
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local mDNSResponder[59]: D2D_IPC: Loaded
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local mDNSResponder[59]: D2DInitialize succeeded
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local mDNSResponder[59]:   4: Listening for incoming Unix Domain Socket client requests
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local networkd[110]: networkd.110 built Aug 24 2013 22:08:46
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local configd[18]: network changed: DNS*
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local aosnotifyd[80]: aosnotifyd has been launched
Jul 22 10:56:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro aosnotifyd[80]: assertion failed: 13E28: liblaunch.dylib + 25164 [A40A0C7B-3216-39B4-8AE0-B5D3BAF1DA8A]: 0x25
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [BNBMouseDevice::init][80.14] init is complete
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [BNBMouseDevice::handleStart][80.14] returning 1
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchHIDEventDriver::start] entered
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[105]: Server is starting up
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local locationd[64]: Incorrect NSStringEncoding value 0x8000100 detected. Assuming NSASCIIStringEncoding. Will stop this compatiblity mapping behavior in the near future.
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local locationd[64]: NBB-Could not get UDID for stable refill timing, falling back on random
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[105]: Session 256 retained (2 references)
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[105]: Session 256 released (1 references)
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local locationd[64]: Location icon should now be in state 'Inactive'
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local locationd[64]: locationd was started after an unclean shutdown
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[105]: Session 256 retained (2 references)
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[105]: init_page_flip: page flip mode is on
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro dnsmasq[83]: setting --bind-interfaces option because of OS limitations
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro dnsmasq[83]: failed to access /etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: label: default
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: dbname: od:/Local/Default
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: mkey_file: /var/db/krb5kdc/m-key
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: acl_file: /var/db/krb5kdc/kadmind.acl
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: digest-request: uid=0
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: [AppleMultitouchDevice::start] entered
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AppleLMUController found an AG vendor product (0x9cb7), notifying SMC.
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: digest-request: netr probe 0
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: digest-request: init request
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: createVirtIf(): ifRole = 1
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: in func createVirtualInterface ifRole = 1
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4331_P2PInterface::init name <p2p0> role 1
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort_Brcm4331_P2PInterface::init() <p2p> role 1
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: Created virtif 0xffffff801ef89400 p2p0
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local digest-service[93]: digest-request: init return domain: BUILTIN server: JAKES-MACBOOK-PRO indomain was: <NULL>
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local airportd[81]: airportdProcessDLILEvent: en1 attached (up)
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local awacsd[77]: Starting awacsd connectivity_executables-97 (Aug 24 2013 23:49:23)
Jul 22 10:56:51 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local awacsd[77]: InnerStore CopyAllZones: no info in Dynamic Store
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: ast_pending=0xffffff800a8cb690
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: cpu_interrupt=0xffffff800a8e3910
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: vboxdrv: fAsync=0 offMin=0x253f offMax=0x3846
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: VBoxDrv: version 4.3.12 r93733; IOCtl version 0x1a0007; IDC version 0x10000; dev major=34
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: VBoxDrv: vmx_resume=ffffff800a8f02d0 vmx_suspend=ffffff800a8f0290 vmx_use_count=ffffff800aed8848 (0) cr4=0x606e0
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: VBoxFltDrv: version 4.3.12 r93733
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.systemadministration.writeconfig[218]: ### Error:-60005 File:/SourceCache/Admin/Admin-594.1/SFAuthorizationExtentions.m Line:36
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: VBoxAdpDrv: version 4.3.12 r93733
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: 802.11d country code set to 'ES'.
Jul 22 10:56:52 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: Supported channels 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 100 104 108 112 116 120 124 128 132 136 140
Jul 22 10:56:53 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local mds_stores[113]: (/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V2/D069037C-1284-4440-8DB8-DB2FB5A92714)(Error) IndexCI in ContentIndexPtr openIndex(int, char *, DocID, char *, _Bool, _Bool, _Bool, CIDocCounts *, int *, int *, const int):unexpected sync count 3 3 3 3, expected 2
Jul 22 10:56:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: MacAuthEvent en1   Auth result for: c8:b3:73:38:33:dd MAC AUTH succeeded
Jul 22 10:56:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: wlEvent: en1 en1 Link UP virtIf = 0
Jul 22 10:56:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Up on en1
Jul 22 10:56:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: en1: BSSID changed to c8:b3:73:38:33:dd
Jul 22 10:56:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: AirPort: RSN handshake complete on en1
Jul 22 10:56:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: flow_divert_kctl_disconnect (0): disconnecting group 1
Jul 22 10:56:59 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local configd[18]: network changed: DNS* Proxy
Jul 22 10:56:59 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local configd[18]: network changed: DNS*
Jul 22 10:56:59 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: [CNInfoNetworkActive:1655] en1: SSID 'Kimchinet' making interface primary (protected network)
Jul 22 10:56:59 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: CNPluginHandler en1: Evaluating
Jul 22 10:56:59 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: en1: Probing 'Kimchinet'
Jul 22 10:56:59 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local configd[18]: network changed: v4(en1!:192.168.2.140) DNS+ Proxy+ SMB
Jul 22 10:57:02 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local ntpd[85]: proto: precision = 1.000 usec
Jul 22 10:57:02 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 2001:5008:101:292::c77#80 failed: 65 - No route to host
Jul 22 10:57:02 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 2001:5008:101:283::c77#80 failed: 65 - No route to host
Jul 22 10:57:02 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: tcp_connection_destination_prepare_complete 1 connectx to 2001:5008:101:28c::c77#80 failed: 65 - No route to host
Jul 22 10:57:02 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: tcp_connection_handle_destination_prepare_complete 1 failed to connect
Jul 22 10:57:03 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Jul 22 10:57:03 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local UserEventAgent[11]: Captive: CNPluginHandler en1: Authenticated
Jul 22 10:57:03 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local apsd[79]: CGSLookupServerRootPort: Failed to look up the port for "com.apple.windowserver.active" (1102)
Jul 22 10:57:04 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local configd[18]: network changed.
Jul 22 10:57:04 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local apsd[79]: Unrecognized leaf certificate
Jul 22 10:57:09 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local awacsd[77]: Exiting
Jul 22 10:57:35 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Suspend -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0xe400 ****
Jul 22 10:57:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key B0PS (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Jul 22 10:57:50 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: SMC::smcReadKeyAction ERROR: smcReadData8 failed for key B0OS (kSMCKeyNotFound)
Jul 22 10:57:54 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Resume -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0xe400 ****
Jul 22 10:58:32 Jakes-MacBook-Pro.local warmd[44]: [warmctl_evt_timer_bc_activation_timeout:287] BC activation bcstop timer fired!
Jul 22 10:58:33 Jakes-MacBook-Pro kernel[0]: **** [IOBluetoothHostControllerUSBTransport][SuspendDevice] -- Suspend -- suspendDeviceCallResult = 0x0000 (kIOReturnSuccess) -- 0xe400 ****

Intel SSD Firmware Update Tool ISO does not boot

Hello everyone
Yesterday I tried to install Mavericks on my MacBook Pro 13" 8,1 but I got stuck because I have an Intel SSD inside and it seems that MacOSX 10.8 doesn't have the right driver on board. So I downloaded the Intel SSD Firmware Update Tool 2.0.6 ISO, burned it on a CD with DiscUtility and tried to boot from it.
The problem is that it doesn't boot from the CD. It just ends with the blinking/flashing question mark folder.
Luckily I have a second MacBook Pro 13" 8,1 from work. Just out of couriosity I inserted the disk inside this MacBook and tried to boot from it.
Everything went fine. I saw the Intel Firmware Updater etc.
So now my question: What is going on with my first mac? Why does it NOT boot the CD?
What I need to say at this point: I burned the CD with the MacBook from work. Could this be the reason?
hope someone can help me
Best Regards
krebbl

yes that's right. Unfortunatly I don't have a Windows PC.
But like I said, my second MacBook Pro boots from this CD and shows me the firmware updater. My first MacBook with the Intel SSD does not.
And like in the post here http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57575091-263/intel-x25-ssd-incompatible-wit h-os-x-10.8.3/ it should be no problem.
Are there other ways to boot an ISO file?

HELP: MacPro sometimes not booting when powered up... Why?

My 3 year old Mac Pro (2.66 dual-core Intel Xeon processors) sometimes will not boot on powering up. The fans will whir like normal and the gong will sound but then nothing but a white screen... no hard drive noise... like the HD has not been triggered to boot... every time I push the power button to off... everything shuts down... then I immediately push the power button again same sequence and sounds... but this time the drive starts making its normal sounds and the machine boots properly.
I don' think it's the drive itself... but I'm wondering if it might be a drive controller that's going South.
Anyone seen anything like this happen before?

Then you have been cleaning it of dust, taking it out, making sure it isn't clogged; and probably running the fans @ 900 rpm (3 of the 4 anyway).
Could be X1900. Wait and see if 5770 is an option, otherwise the ATI 4870s work fine.
IF you can run Apple Hardware Test off your OEM DVD it came with ('D' on startup) and it is just the video card.
Might also play RAM-Riser tag and try with just one set of RAM and swapping Risers, looking for red light etc.

My ipad will only charge on my mac bookair but not on my sony vaio? what can be the problem?

anyone please?? i hav an ipad 2 and it dosent charge when i plug it into the wall outlet or my sony vaio laptop, what can be the problem?????????????? when i plug it in it saids not chrging by the battery bar, but once i plug it in to my mac book air it charges normally???? please help

The iPad should have come with a 10w charger...it is the same charger as used with the iPad 2. The charger and iPads are interchangable. If the two of you can share the parts, you take the MacBook and husband the charger you should be able to manage the charging.
If you have lost or misplaced the chargers, then it would be best to buy another to avoid conflicts, afterall, it is Valentine's Day and best to avoid conflicts

Synaptics not working on Sony Vaio

And another problem to solve...
My system doesn't detect my touchpad. Well, it works, but I can't use Synaptics driver, because it's detected as generic mouse. I've installed xf-86-input-synaptics and xf86-input-evdev.
Here's what my Xorg log says:
[ 15396.302] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/event8)
[ 15396.302] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 15396.302] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: always reports core events
[ 15396.302] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Device: "/dev/input/event8"
[ 15396.328] (--) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found 3 mouse buttons
[ 15396.329] (--) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 15396.329] (--) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found relative axes
[ 15396.329] (--) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Found x and y relative axes
[ 15396.329] (II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: Configuring as mouse
[ 15396.329] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 15396.329] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 15396.329] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse" (type: MOUSE)
[ 15396.329] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 15396.329] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 15396.329] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 15396.329] (**) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 15396.329] (II) ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse: initialized for relative axes.
[ 15396.329] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
And "cat /proc/bus/input/devices"
I: Bus=0011 Vendor=0002 Product=0005 Version=0000
N: Name="ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse"
P: Phys=isa0060/serio2/input0
S: Sysfs=/devices/platform/i8042/serio2/input/input8
U: Uniq=
H: Handlers=mouse1 event8
B: EV=7
B: KEY=70000 0 0 0 0
B: REL=103
Whatever I write in xorg.conf or xorg.conf.d/10-synaptics.conf it doesn't work.
I don't know what to do to get my touchpad detected correctly. I need some help...
I'm running 2.6.35-ARCH and Fluxbox.

Itunes will not load at all tryed installing it and
reinstalling it...called apple...they said to call
the micosoft... the guy on the phone spelled msconfig
wrong... so annoyed.. please HELP! Ipod loaded and
connceted right... but itunes wont load!!
I Mean I think it wants to work but it doesnt...tryed loading the cd from my Ipod and my moms but i do not know i mean i need help ideas? maybe... please gimme something! i am having a total melt down here!!! please help!! -updated-

FN keys not working on Sony VAIO SVE14A15FDB

Hi,
I contacted the live chat support a couple of months ago regarding an issue with the FN keys.
The technical analyst sent me a link to download a driver but it didnt fix the issue.
Can you please help me for the next steps?
Thank Julien

Hi jeru,
To format the laptop back to its original factory settings, it is advisable to do this outside Windows. This process will make sure that no other programs running while doing the process. This is an important process and please do not interrupt. We also advise to backup all your important files before proceeding to the process.
Kindly follow the link on How to perform a System Recovery from outside of Windows. Since the original OS is Windows 7, just follow the steps 1,2,3, 9, skip rescue, 16
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Vincent
If my post answers your question, please mark it as "Accept as Solution"

HT1349 I have a sony Vaio (VGN-NS190J). Recently, my I tunes library does not stay in I tunes upon shutting my computer down. When I start the computer up and open I tunes, I have to have I tunes find all my music files and repopulate? help please

Can somebody help......regarding the above question..... I have had I tunes on this computer for several years without a problem. I do use webroot as an antivirus software. I have Windows Vista operating system and I am using the latest version of Itunes available. When ever I open Itunes, my music, books, ect, ect. files are always gone and I have to ask Itunes to find them on my computer almost every time I open Itunes. This problem has been going on now for about the last 6 months. Nothing else wrong with computer. Another issue associated: I can create a playlist one night, and the next day I open Tune, it's gone. I would really appreciate any help. Thank you.

It can be that the library path, or files, are corrupted. What happens if you set a different path to save the library?

Late 2011 17 Inch MacBook Pro Not Booting, Three Beeps When I hold "C"

my late 2011 mbp 17 inch will not boot. In safe mode with verbose it stops at the point looking for my hard drive. Disk utility in single user mode said the SSD has "keys out of order" and could not verify disk etc.
However when I hold "c" aka trying to boot off my optical drive with Snow Leopard in it...it beeps three times, which after searching everyone seems convinced it's memory but I took out my upgraded memory that was in it and put the factory 4gig (2x2gb) sticks back in and it's the same exact thing...three beeps when holding "c".
If I hold nothing my computer shows the apple logo, the spining boot up activity icon, AND a progress bar at the bottom that get's about 1/6th of the way doing whatever it's doing and then it instantly shuts down.
Any other ideas besides the idea that my logic board that is 1 year old randomly stopped working? It's just weird that my 9 month old SSD is not being recognized while at the same time, holding "C" to try and call my optical drive to boot I get three beeps.

Three beeps means a RAM problem - bad RAM.
Intel-based Mac Power On Self Test RAM error beeps
Power On Self-Test Beep Definition - Part 2

[SOLVED]Custom DSDT not loading - OEM battery doesn't work - Sony Vaio

EDITING ORIGINAL POST TO POST SOLUTION so I don't do a massive bump
Installed windows and ran the BIOS flasher that came with the battery. Didn't work until I changed a line in the plaintext configuration file (config.ini or something) it comes with. Changed "Capacity: 20" to "Capacity: -10". This changed the battery charge requirement from 20% to negative ten percent (any negative number will do), allowing the program to run and flash the BIOS. Didn't realize I could do that, but it fixed the problem 100%.
#### BEGIN ORIGINAL POST: ################################
Hey guys,
I'm a bit of a linux noob, but I've spent many hours this week trying to fix this issue on my own and have learned a lot about making custom kernels, hardware stuff, ACPI, and ABS. However, nothing I've done has worked and I've hit a wall. For reference, I'm on a Sony Vaio VGN-FZ4000 with linux-3.0 base kernel, gnome3/gdm. The battery is made in china and doesn't list a manufacturer, just model number BPS8, 52000mAh.
[Backstory]
So I recently got an OEM battery to replace the broken original, which hasn't worked since before I installed arch (though it worked with an Arch install I did a couple years ago). When I first plugged it in, the gnome battery symbol popped up listing the battery at 0% with an exclamation icon. I unplugged from AC power and the laptop still ran, but the battery monitor just said it was at 0% and 'Estimating' remaining time. I figured this was a glitch with gnome or just because it was this battery's first cycle so I let it run down until it hard-crashed. Then I plugged back into AC and tried to turn on the computer, but it wouldn't do anything until I removed the battery.
Looking into the problem I discovered this was due to the ACPI firmware table DSDT being compiled for Windows, which has, shall we say, fewer restrictions on sanity than the Intel ASL compiler used for UNIX systems. Sure enough I extracted /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT to find that its section about the battery contained the entry 'Zero' for Battery Technology, which translates to "non-rechargeable", rather than 'One', which makes it chargeable. acpitool confirmed this; my system thought the battery was non-rechargeable and was constantly discharging it. Needless to say I've only been putting it in temporarily to test solutions since.
[/backstory]
[tl;dr] DSDT firmware contains malformed battery description, now I can't get my system to run with a custom DSDT. [/tl;dr]
Attempted solutions:
[1]
Extract, modify, recompile DSDT and include it with the kernel compilation .config options
CONIFG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT=y
CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE="/usr/src/custom_dsdt.hex
CONIFG_STANDALONE=n
as suggested here, a page linked to by the arch wiki page on DSDT.
I followed the instructions but no matter what this has generated errors during the kernel compilation, sometimes due to every line containing unexpected \231 (or other numbers) characters, sometimes finding some error in the DSDT file and then claiming that the driver it was compiling (ol.c somewhere in the drivers/acpi section I believe) had references to undefined functions all over the place. I CANNOT compile with a custom DSDT specified.
[2]
Place recompiled DSDT in /lib/initcpio/custom.dsdt and add 'dsdt' to the HOOKS in mkinitcpio (and rebuild the initramfs-linux-*.img, of course). Another version of this included recompiling the kernel with CONFIG_STANDALONE disabled.
In neither of these situations has the running DSDT ever been anything but the BIOS-supplied one and not once has the battery shown any different behavior.
acpitool and $ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info have consistently claimed the information specified in the BIOS-supplied DSDT; the battery is non-rechargeable and is discharging at an unknown rate. Sometimes acpi will even report that the battery has zero capacity.
The arch wiki does say mkinitcpio doesn't support the dsdt hook as of 2.6.30, but [1] didn't work either and mkinitcpio -H dsdt still told me to try this so I did.
[3]
The final solution I have tried has been to do [2] but to recompile the kernel with the legacy support for battery and ac adapter stuff disabled. I tried this because it was suggested in the kernel.log;
Sep 13 11:51:03 localhost kernel: [ 11.740059] ACPI: Deprecated procfs I/F for AC is loaded, please retry with CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER cleared
Sep 13 11:51:03 localhost kernel: [ 11.753434] ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
The corresponding line now reads
ACPI: AC Adapter [ADP1] (on-line)
(The same goes for the battery BAT0)
but all this does is remove the battery/ and adp1/ folders from /proc/acpi/ and break acpitool functionality. The log still doesn't mention the dsdt hook, either.
[4]
The old way to do this was to use the acpi-dsdt-initrd-patch-* patch, but that hasn't been updated for modern kernels, presumably because of the new "functionality" from mkiniticpio. The current kernel .config doesn't include any options for ACPI initrd/initramfs support or reading a DSDT from initramfs, which is the functionality provided by this patch.
This covers all the methods I've been able to find on the internet and I'm at a loss for what to do. Am I doing something wrong in [1]? Under what conditions will the compiler fail/succeed with a CONFIG_ACPI_CUSTOM_DSDT_FILE?
When I recompile I fix the 'Zero' definition and a couple compiler errors and warnings. The errors come from section length definitions, which read as 0x00000000 rather than the appropriate max-min value so I fix those, and the warnings come from _T_* methods belonging to the compiler, so I refactor the code to remove the initial underscores. The last warning comes from an isolated And statement that's within brackets (compiler complains it doesn't do anything), but if I remove that the compiler fails hard.
Thanks to anyone who's read this far. Please let me know if you have any ideas how to get my system to use a customized DSDT.
Last edited by paraffin (2011-09-29 23:20:30)

Thanks for the offer, Radioactive man However, I'm actually compiling a customized kernel with the linux-ck and -sony patches, so your packages won't help. (The custom kernel works fine and I've tested this battery behavior on the the regular, -ck, and -sony kernels as well)
Anyway, so I tried another compile with
CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD=n in addition to the options listed in [1] and that time it compiled.
Unfortunately it still didn't load the DSDT!
I did catch a quick little error message that turned up in kernel.log though;
/var/log/kernel.log:Sep 15 11:50:24 localhost kernel: [ 0.925780] acerhdf: unknown (unsupported) BIOS version Sony Corporation/VGN-FZ4000E/R2110J7, please report, aborting!
acerhdf is a fan controller module for the Aspire One, and perhaps I left that in the kernel config and it's preventing the custom DSDT from loading, even though the acerhdf module never gets loaded itself, nor is it in my rc.conf or anything else... If that was the cause of all this, I'm gonna be angry...
Anyway, this message does not appear with my latest kernel build because I took off the custom DSDT option, hoping to be able to use ACPI_CUSTOM_METHOD=y, which supposedly allows one to inject a custom AML method into a debug fs. It wouldn't have worked anyway, as it doesn't let you modify Device sections, but even with a dummy method insertion it didn't give my root modification privileges as it was supposed to...
Will try recompiling AGAIN with this CONFIG_ACERHDF=n (it's simply 'not set' in my current .config), while also enabling the custom kernel etc. If this doesn't work I have no idea what I'll do.
Anyway, thanks for your help and time:

Apple MacBook Pro 13'' i7-2,9GHz | 8GB | 750GB (MD102) vs Apple MacBook Pro 13'' Retina i5-2,4GHz | 8GB | SSD 256GB (ME865)

Hey guys. I'm going to buy a macboock pro for the first time and I have 1500/1600€ to spend. I will need to use programs such as illustrator, photoshop, after effects, premier or final cut pro and 3d programs like blender (3d modelling and animation). I don't know wich of this two macs to pick (the price is the same for both, at least here in Portugal), so help me here.
Apple MacBook Pro 13'' i7-2,9GHz | 8GB | 750GB (MD102) vs Apple MacBook Pro 13'' Retina i5-2,4GHz | 8GB | SSD 256GB (ME865)

If nor money, nor space are a constraint, I would go for the Retina model with the i7 processor and the largest available SSD. And 16Gb of RAM, of course...
I would never consider a computer with an i5 processor and just 256 GB of storage!
And the Retina machines cannot be upgraded later, so better to order it at full specs...
So, as the package is now fixed (Retina, i7, 16 GB RAM, 1Tb SSD), the only choice now is between a 13" or 15" model.
If, as you said, space is not a problem, then go for the 15".... If you prefer the 13" screen, you will get the most powerful 13-inch machine available...
In both cases you wll get the maximum currently possible.... That is the only sensible choice when money is not a constraint...

Samsung SSD 840EVO not booting from macbook pro mid 2012 after cloning

Hello there,
I guess i'm so stuck with the SSD that i have purchased.
Here is the details:
SSD - Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
MacBook Pro - 13-inch, Mid 2012
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Boot ROM Version: MBP91.00D3.B08
SMC Version (system): 2.2f44
I was running with the factory HDD (toshiba 500gb) and thought of replacing it with an SSD . Tried a clean installation of mavericks at first using Bootable USB drive having mavericks. So i went on and installed the ssd replacing the HDD i had and went on to boot up from the USB, prior the installtion i tired to partition it first with single partition MAC os extended journaled with GUID table. But then it did partition but after that it says trying to reinitialize the drive and it never came back although i tried more than five times. So then i went back to my HDD and tired cloning it to SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, but even for that i had to do the partitioning which failed. Finally i had to go and return back that peice and they gave me another one convincing me that it might a defective peice.
Now, with the second one, at first i booted up my HDD normally and connected the new SSD the USB/sata converter and i successfully partitioned and using carbon copy cloner, i have cloned as well. Now to make sure if its all ok, before replacing the HDD in the main compartment, i just selected the startup disk as the new SSD and restarted the system... it booted up fine like a cheetah... was all gud... i thought everything is pretty fine. Then ofcourse i went ahead and replaced the HDD and powered up the system again, but then it's not booting up... it gives you that folder with ? mark and that's all...
And then i tried some other ways too... i even checked the firmware versions and i guess they are upto date as well. I just dont get the reason why it's not working.
Please help me.
Anjillan

yea... i have tried all those...
can you confirm if this is ok to buy:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-HDD-Hard-Drvie-Cable-for-13-MacBook-Pro-A1278-MD101-M D102-821-1480-A-2012-/181269577616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a34823f90&_uh b=1
or
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-MacBook-Pro-Unibody-13-A1278-2012-md101-102-HDD-Hard- Drvie-Cable-821-1480-A-/121183868039?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c371f1487&_ uhb=1
or this one..??
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/for-APPLE-MacBook-Pro-13-A1278-HDD-Hard-Drvie-Cable-MD101 -MD102-821-1480-A-2012-/331060187298?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d14b990a2&_ uhb=1
i guess i aint gotta buy those brackets again..?
Thanks
Anjillan

Can i put tosh ssd 256gb for sata2 or 3. in my macbook5,1 aluminium intel core duo 2

can i put tosh ssd 256gb for sata2 or 3. in my macbook5,1 aluminium intel core duo 2

Ralph,
Apple iMac "Core 2 Duo" 2.66 20-Inch (Early 2009) Specs. This is an iMac 9,1. I downloaded the pdf manual and found that it will take 2 4GB memory cards (whew! I had already ordered them). Thanks for your help. I finally found everything I needed for now!
cpauley1

Macbook Pro (2011 Model) suddenly does not boot from SSD in main bay

I have been using Macbook pro 2011 and Samsung SSD (256GB) for about a year.
All of sudden, the computer will not from SSD from the main bay, but it will boot from the optical bay.
I have tried an Intel SSD 120gb which came with the computer, but it does not work either.
However, it will boot from the regualr hard drive from the main bay.
I have read somewhere that it could be due to the hard drive flex cable.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem?

It may very well be a problem with the SATA cable... for some reason (and I don't know why, but...) SSDs seem more prone in 'detecting' a faulty SATA cable than a standard hard drive. Where a hard drive will boot, an SSD will not.
I would advise purchasing a new SATA cable - from ifixit.com or powerbookmedic.com - and replacing the cable. That (normally) clears up the problem.
Clinton

I took my iMac 2010 to a "Third Party" company to replace my hdd, they did, but now it will not boot. if i took this to the Apple store, how much would it cost to fix? if i buy my own SSD (£70) Thanks a LOT!

I took my iMac 2010 to a "Third Party" company to replace my hdd, they did, but now it will not boot. if i took this to the Apple store, how much would it cost to fix? if i buy my own SSD (£70) Thanks a LOT!

DewiRobbo wrote:
Well, this "third party" is going to put my old hdd back and not charge me any money (as he did not fix it) but i think its better off taking it to an AASP because i have a feeling Apple store will charge way too much.
The way I read that comment – you seem to suggest the Mac was broken before the third party replaced the disk - is that the case or was it working before the HD was replaced?
Since the Mac is out of warranty you will have to pay for any repairs wherever you take it. Authorised Apple service centres will be able to get parts whereas any non certified technicians will have to use 'grey market' parts since Apple will not sell parts to the public. These may be reconditioned or not official parts - it's a risk to use them. Visit the Apple store & ask them - there is no point in lying about it being handled by a third party. An Apple tech may be able to tell when they open the case, depending on how meticulous your third party was.
If you are handy with a screwdriver & have tools and a lot of patience you could use a guide on iFixit.com, but there is no indication of why this Mac not booting up.
It could be that the disk is not formatted correctly.
Are you sure the tech copied an OS onto the disk? Did they install the OS for you or did they clone the old disk?
Can you boot from a backup disk or from an install disk? Does the disk appear in Disk Utility when booted from another OS (either the installer or a backup).
'Not booting' can mean so many things, what does booting do exactly? Grey screen, black screen, any noises or tones, any signs of life at all…?
If you look at the iFixit guides you will see many fiddly connectors, if the tech failed to hook them all back up it could explain the failure, or perhaps you just have a disk that is 'dead on arrival' - sometimes that happens. A properly trained technician should be able to figure that one out.

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