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    Resolved HELP! I need a SATA 22pin to Firewire cable

    I have a 3.5 inch hard drive that has been sitting on ice on a shelf in a closet that came out of a G5 imac. It’s a 3.5inch HD with a 22 pin SATA connection on it (15 for power, 7 for data). I need a SATA 22pin to Firewire cable. Why Firewire? Because I have a old 2008 white MacBook that I need...
  2. iBoss101

    Mid-2010 MBP Hard drive cable failure

    Hey everyone, I recently started refurbing on my old 2010 MBP and have run in to some problems. First problem that I am having is the battery was bulging and pressing the trackpad up so that it would no longer click, but I have resolved that by simply removing the battery for now, and I intend...
    • iBoss101
    • Thread
    • 2010 battery cable failure failure hard drive cable macbook pro mid-2010 sata cable ssd upgrade
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  3. Haskins92

    MacBook Pro 13in a1425 hard drive cable

    help! I’m currently trying to replace the hard drive cable to my 2012 MacBook Pro 13in....which I’ve found NO videos for my model. I have the a1425 I have the new cable ordered not I just don’t know how to get the old one off.....and put the new one in See photo below
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    Question: 2011 MBP installing SSD with no PORTS

    Macbook Pro 13" Early 2011 A1278 Goal: I want to put an SSD (1TB) to replace my original hard drive 500gb. Problem: my 2 usb ports do not work (only provide power but do no recognize anything -iphone, ssd, anything). I can't find a thunderbolt to sata, or firewire to sata connection...
    • wiliti
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    • hard drive cable macbook 13 macbook 13 2011 optical bay ssd upgrade macbook pro
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    Mid-2012 Macbook Pro HDD Cable Problems

    I have a 13in mid-2012 macbook pro that has served me well until about 9 months ago when it would start up with the flashing "?" folder (unless I held it at the right angle for some reason). After a lot of research, I concluded that it must have been the hard drive cable that was the problem...
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    Can not format or erase hard drive using disk utility

    I was having boot issues where I couldn't boot into OSX. Thought the hard drive was bad. So I installed OSX on a flash drive, booted with that drive and used Diskwarrior to save my files. I purchased a new hard drive and tried 100 different times to format the drive using disk utility. It would...
    • airtas
    • Thread
    • disk utility disk warrior format hard disk hard drive cable osx sata cable
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. andrewcole836

    MBP 13" Mid 2012 Hard Drive Problems

    So I installed an SSD in my Mac several months ago, no issues. Then all of a sudden a few weeks ago it wouldn't boot into the SSD, it started booting to the old HD that I had swapped out for the CD drive. I did some troubleshooting and externally the SSD works fine. I put the CD drive back in...
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    Connecting hard drive cable problem

    Hi, Got my new hard drive cable, followed the fixit guide, but I can't seem to attach the orange cable back into the locking part. I have attached some pictures to see if anyone can shed some light on what I'm doing wrong? I can lift the little black flap up, but it only goes back so far and...
  9. fearN4UT

    My SSD not recognized in 2006 MBP

    Hello this is my first forum post ever. (My main computer is a Vaio Laptop and I have a desk external HDD.) I am posting because I was gifted a MacBook Pro 2006 non-unibody A1150 Core Duo 1.86(not Core 2 Duo). My boss didn't want it and so my wife wanted a Mac just to do simple school work on...
    • fearN4UT
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    • 2006 hard drive cable macbook pro mbp non-unibody not recognized problem sata cable ssd troubleshooting
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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