We also tried just initializing it before putting it into the computer, but the computer doesn't seem to recognize it correctly. Also, I don't think that issue applies to us, since I think it's only relevant to getting the proper speeds out of a SSD. We thought that maybe it could be a firmware issue after searching on the internet some, but we looked and definitely have the newest firmware version (2.7, I believe). The progress bar ended up getting half way done, and then stopping, so that didn't even work. When he tried to initialize it, however, the computer said it'd take 5 hours to do. We left it in, and it showed up after 30 minutes or so. However, when he actually puts the hard drive in the optical bay, it either doesn't show up in disk utility, or it shows up, but can't be accessed or changed. It only takes a few seconds, and as far as I can tell, it works. If plug the HDD in via a usb cord, he can initialize it and erase it to Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) perfectly fine. The issue is that when we put the HDD in the optical bay, the computer can basically not recognize or use it. He wants to put the HDD in the optical drive area, and then transfer everything over to the new HDD, before putting the SSD into the main bay.

We read up online, and people said that the optical bay for his model only has SATA II, while the main bay has SATA III, which means he should put his HDD in the optical bay, and the SSD in the main bay.

However, my brother is having issues.įirst off, here is the hard drive we are trying to put in. I'm asking for help for my brother! I recently switched over to a dual hard-drive setup, and it worked perfectly.

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