Samsung ssd for macbook pro

Hello All,
I am trying to use the Samsung SSD 840 250 GB for my macbook pro, 2011 mid year model. Initially I used superduper for cloning, everything went smooth but then my SSD crashed, mac will not recognize it. I got a replacement disk, used superduper same thing happened, it crashed. Yesterday I used carbon copy cloner, everything worked fine, but then it crashed again. When I put the SSD to the USB, mac recognizes it, but when I install it in hard drive bin, it does not recognize it. Disk utility says that disk is verified and working fine.
I failed to understand why it is happening, I did not update the firmware or the TRIM.
Any suggestion and help.
I called samsung and they did not had any answer.
Thank you in advance!

Ah the basic. That's odd as I've never heard of any issues with one in a mac.
It could be that your Sata cable is bad, as many users have issues with them. They seem fairly weak and unless really careful when installing they can get damaged. This may be worth replacing for the relatively low cost to rule out.
The samsung drives (840 and pro) are proven to work reliably in macs, mine is also a 2011 model and I have no issues.
The steps you could take are as follows.
Clean install on the SSD. As you have a clone of your original I would try this first. Just to rule out and issues with th cloned install.
If still the same I would replace the Sata cable, taking great care when replacing it.
I would say check the firmware but if you bought it anytime in the second half do this year it will be up to date. But disk utility will tell you what version it is under the info tab and you can check against their website.
I advise to run Trim, but not running it wouldn't cause these issues.

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