Here's the story:
I own an 27 " Imac late 2009. the harddisk was dead. so i decided to install an intel 320 ssd to replace the dead hdd.
Unfortunately, the new ssd was soon dead too for its famous 8MB bug.
I tried to find a solution on the web. I used xbmcbuntu to try to do a secure erase. I followed the instruction on the web. However. after i entered the command for secure erase, it shown that the command is issuing, and it stopped responding. I rebooted the machine.
I was going to try a secure erase again, the mac was not able to boot from a CD anymore. a dark screen appeared and no response anymore
I ran disk utility and the volume of the ssd was recovered to 120GB, but I was not able to mount it. when I tried to format it, mac tells me that " unable to write to the last block of the device".
Please advice how I am going to fix this. Thanks
I own an 27 " Imac late 2009. the harddisk was dead. so i decided to install an intel 320 ssd to replace the dead hdd.
Unfortunately, the new ssd was soon dead too for its famous 8MB bug.
I tried to find a solution on the web. I used xbmcbuntu to try to do a secure erase. I followed the instruction on the web. However. after i entered the command for secure erase, it shown that the command is issuing, and it stopped responding. I rebooted the machine.
I was going to try a secure erase again, the mac was not able to boot from a CD anymore. a dark screen appeared and no response anymore
I ran disk utility and the volume of the ssd was recovered to 120GB, but I was not able to mount it. when I tried to format it, mac tells me that " unable to write to the last block of the device".
Please advice how I am going to fix this. Thanks