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What i don’t understand is the performance of the speed… why 50-60Mb/s sometime? the SSD go into SLEEP MODE? Please, see the attached picture, the SATA have a 6G connection for both SSD unit, but the SANDISK negotiate at 3G… I have used the SANDISK SSD into my older iMAc 20″ 2007 Aluminium, and it work PERFECT and WITHOUT any problem… but into this Optibay Slot this seems to have some anomaly…
The problem… the SANDISK SSD have very strange performance… i am using AJA TEST SPEED (Black Magic Speed Test not start/work on my OSX, i don’t know why) and the speed are sometime good, sometime poor… it go from 50-60Mb/s to 180-200Mb/s for WRITE speed… READ speed are ALWAYS the same, about 220-240Mb/s
– Secondary SSD is SANDISK Standard 6G 256GB (i have removed the SUPERDRIVE unit and insert the SSD with the DATA DOUBLER by OWC) – Primary SSD is CRUCIAL M550 6G 256GB (i have removed the original 3.5″ HDD and insert the SSD with the ADAPTA DRIVE by OWC) – iMac 27″ Intel i5 2011 (12.2) with 32GB RAM and 512MB Graphic Video. I hope that you can help me to understand what problem my SSD have into my iMac… Posted on JanuOctoAuthor Tuukka Ylä-Anttila Categories IT The best how-to’s for actually changing the drive can be found in the Videos section of OtherWorldComputing’s site, complete with cheesy “OWC ROCKS!” hard rock soundtracks!Īll in all, two successful updates, giving a new lease of life for a couple of old Macs.
2007 macbook pro ssd drive mac#
In my case, the Mac mini went all the way up to OS X Mavericks, while the Macbook got OS X Lion.
2007 macbook pro ssd drive install#
Install the latest version your machine supports.
2007 macbook pro ssd drive upgrade#
While you upgrade to an SSD, it’s worthwhile to do a clean install of OS X while you’re at it, instead of cloning your old setup. Installation went without a hitch and the old machine is now almost like a new box. And yes, it works fine at 3Gbps, as you can see from the screenshot above. The M500’s controller is a Marvell, and there were online reports of the M500 functioning full-speed with the Nvidia MCP79 controller.
2007 macbook pro ssd drive update#
OCZ was an option since they have a firmware update to fix the SATA 3Gbps issue even on their Sandforce drives, but their reliability record is appalling, so I went with the Crucial M500, regarded as reliable. This ruled out most SSDs for this machine, including Intels, Samsungs and SanDisks. Also, one of the most popular and reliable drives, the Samsung 840, was reported as having compatibility issues as well. However, the Mac mini has the Nvidia MCP79 controller, and after extensive googling I found out I couldn’t use the Kingston or other Sandforce SSD’s, at least not at maximum speed. See for your machine’s specs. The Kingston is a top-value Sandforce drive. The Kingston SSDNow V300 I chose for the White MacBook 4,1 has the SF-2281, but since the MacBook doesn’t have the MCP79 and doesn’t support 3Gbps SATA in the first place, there’s no issue.
In short: Nvidia MCP79 + Sandforce SF-2281 = no good. SSD’s that have the Sandforce SF-2281 controller are most problematic, and the SF-2281 happens to be one of the most common ones. Here, you’ll also see the negotiated SATA link speed. You can check if you have the MCP79 by going to the upper left hand corner Apple menu, choosing About This Mac, More Info, System Report and the SATA section. Even if you can’t get 6Gbps like modern machines, you’re still much better off with 3Gbps than 1.5Gbps if you have a choice. The bad combination might give you other issues as well.
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Those Macs will not work with their full 3Gbps link speed with a lot of current SSD’s, instead falling back to 1.5Gbps only. You need to be careful when choosing your brand, since many Macs built around 2007–2011 come with the buggy Nvidia MCP79 SATA controller. Just one catch: Not all SSDs will always work as fast as you’d want. It makes a big difference in daily use for fairly low cost.
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