Ssd mbp 2011

Hi,
Bought an OCZ Vector SSD drive for my MBP 8.2 (early 2011). The drive works fine externally on an USB-SATA cable. I formatted it and used CCC to clone the Toshiba HDD. I can boot from the external drive.
However, when I build the drive into the main bay using the SATA connector internally, the MBP doe not recognize the disk!!
When I replace the Toshiba disk, the machine does boot again, so the SATA cable is ok...
What is wrong??
Can anybody help??

Both bays, obviously, have 6.0 Gbps SATA connection - but that doesn't mean that you're going to get 6.0 Gbps negotiated speed.
A lot of people have reported problems, here, with OCZ drives. I'm afraid that the only thing that I can suggest is getting in touch with OCZ - http://www.ocztechnology.com/ - you may want to try the forums first, before contacting tech support.
Not sure what else to tell you - I've a Crucial m4 series SSD and it's just worked since day one...
Sorry,
Clinton

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Either way ... how do I determine if the 8GB RAM is that much more advantage over the 4GB RAM? Will the RAM being doubled ultimately change the way the MBP operates?
Looking toward the future release of Lion ... and planning ahead.

with MAC, 4GB is adequate and should be for the next 3 years unless Apple is planning on releasing some fluffed up garbage OS like the Windows Vista nightmare. MAC OS X uses just under 1 GB (as will the new OS X to be released this summer). The MBA runs fairly well on just 2 GB to put memory into perspective. The next model up with the MBP 13" (i7) doesn't perform much better than the i5; you can read into this further through sites such as anandtech.com and cnet.com by observing posted benchmarks. Also, if you go to cnet.com and check out the new MAC OS X Lion, you will see that most of the systems running it are entry level MBAs (2nd gen); check out the following link:
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20042355-12.html?tag=contentMain;contentBod y;1n
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If paying the extra $90 will give you peace of mind, then go for it. Personally I'd rather apply the cash to a protective case etc...
Also, I mentioned I'm a student; I just retired from Active Duty service in the Army as a Signal officer. I will be going back to college to work on my MBA. I somewhat have some credentials and experience in the hardware side of the house lol...
In regards to the MBA and MBP; to each his own. The 13" MBP comes with much more with similar dimensions, but also comes with the weight penalty.
Also, what are you doing with the system, most processors these days are more than adequate for the average or business user. How fast do you really need to go; 300MPH or 350MPH? Processors are fairly maxed our for most of us; most deciding factors now will be efficiency and battery life.
Being military, I understand the problem of carrying additional items on you; power, weight and size are everything. Out in the combat zone and being an officer managing 30+ soldiers and over 7 billion in assets, my HP netbook worked fine with my external for movies with moments of sheer boredom; the MBA is a powerhouse in comparison; the MBP 13" 4GB would have been flawless.
Back on topic, 4GB will more than suffice for the average user, unless your getting into gaming which the 13" MBP isn't even built for. 8GB of ram; decide on that if you are going for the 15 or 17 in model. Your dilemma is probably more of buyer's remorse; just get the ram and give yourself peace of mind.

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Hello,
I have a MBP 2011 - 13" i5 and SATA III 6/3 from week 23 (June).
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Crucial M4 fw 009 128 GB - Installing time Snow Leopard > 1,5 h, freezes, beachballs all the time, impossible to use.
I had a meeting at a Genuis Bar and the guy said to me: That isn't a cable issue because the HDD is recognized.
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With this set up my system - and according to many public postings many other systems, too - experience temporary failures of the connection, i.e. the system repeatedly stops sending data over the sata connection. Some information hint that the SATA cable doesn't support 6Gbit/s because it's not shielded well.
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This article (in German) describes a thorough test.
http://www.mactechnews.de/journals/entry/Macbook-pro-2011-und-sata-3-Erfahrung-6 10.html
Another one is
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I hope that limiting the sata controller to 3Gbit/s will solve the problem.
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Version:         10.0.1 (185673)
Build Info:      ProEditor-185670300~1
App Item ID:     424389933
App External ID: 4138831
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [102]
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Interval Since Last Report:          192058 sec
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Is it possile to transport a MBP 2011 in standby mode in a business trolley on wheels or can this damage the HDD?
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