New SSD only boots when option key held down.

I recently cloned the original HDD in my mid-2009 MBP [2,53] to a brand new SSD. I put the SSD in an external enclosure, formatted and then cloned.
Then I put replaced the internal HDD with the SSD and put the HDD to rest in a drawer forever. If I hold down option upon startup, I'm able to choose the new SSD and launch. But if I just turn my MBP on, I simply get a white/grey screen.
Not a giant problem, but not sure why it would not just boot normally. Is there some kind of step required to make the new SSD the default startup drive?
Thank you.

Shootist007 wrote:
Also if this one one of these new iMacs that come with the bluetooth wireless keyboards that is also the problem. These BT keyboard are not recognized right away when the system turns on so it is a Hit & Miss type of thing getting any of the Boot Options to work correctly. If you press to soon it is not registered. If you pres to late the system has already bypassed the system to use the boot option keys. this is not only for the Option key press to bring up the Boot selection screen. it also doesn't work for the Recovery HD boot or the boot from DVD key and any other boot option keys.
As far as I can tell the window in which you should press the key runs from the start (but not before) of the chime to before it ends (bit vague).

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