MacBook Pro 17" Solid State Hard drive issues

I have just brought a MacBookPro 17in as an upgrade for my 13in
Model Name:    MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro8,3
Processor Name:    Intel Core i7
Processor Speed:    2.3 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    4
L2 Cache (per core):    256 KB
L3 Cache:    8 MB
Memory:    16 GB
Boot ROM Version:    MBP81.0047.B24
SMC Version (system):    1.70f5
Hardware UUID:    B33437F0-982A-5E30-84E2-61098856EA5B
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State:    Enabled
The problem I have is the solid state drive that works in my 13in does not work in the 17in
It works fine in an external case and in 13in but not 17in
I have tried reformatting it and installing a new system. Nothing works... after a few minutes all I get is the wheel of death and the laptop crashes.
I am assuming the laptop is faulty as I can't fault the solid state drive which is a OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD

My understanding is that the new macbook pro shipped with lion. And the only OS that will work on it is lion. The earlier ones that had the option of snow leopard could be set to run the older OS even if lion was installed. BUt not now. You still have the other hard drive with lion on it I hope. You might be able to make a clone of the lion hard drive and get it to install on the solid state drive. Someone on the discussions site should be able to tell you how.

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