Ssd boot issue Mac Pro and MAvericks

Hello there,
So here is a good one.
I am running the latest of Mavericks on a Mac Pro late 2009
One of the disk was getting really noisy and slow so I decided to upgrade to SSD.
I used the disk utility to clone the main drive to the SSD and then used the Start up tool to boot from the new SSD.
So far no issue.
BUT after the next reboot i get a white screen.
I boot from the installation disk and check the disk utility and everything is there.
I decide to restore a Time Machine image of my main drive just in case but same thing.
I re-check the disk utility and the back up has been done properly (name , size etc ..) but still cannot boot.
When I check the details of the disk it says that IT IS bootable but when I open the Start up tool form the installation DVD, it doesnt see any bootable disk .
At this point I am kind of lost.
I don't use any cable for the SSD, it is directly plugged to the motherboard though the disk slot.
Thanks.

Which Icy Dock type adapter are you using for it? it won't plug in properly w/o one.
You will need to use one of the TRIM enablers for your Samsung - I have half a dozen of them from the 830 128GB thru the 840 EVO 250 and 500GB
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Not all cloning goes as planned and there I think Carbon Copy Cloner is ideal or best, along with the fact it makes it easy to include a Recovery partition when you do.
Also there should be about 11% free space set aside as spare page cells.
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