Whenever I have an SSD (crucial mx100 or samsung 850) as my internal hard drive, my macbook has problems with sleep/wake. If I unplug (run on battery) my macbook and let it sleep, the SSD (or stock hard drive) does not wake up. It will work for about a second then it'll freeze for a few and quickly flash a white screen and reboot. This also happens when I close the laptop while it's plugged in and I try to reopen it. Sometimes it will happen randomly after a few hours of using the computer (and possibly letting it sleep in-between).
Some solutions I tried:
1. Reseting SMC
2. Installing OS X via USB and installing it when it's my internal drive
3. Reinstalling OS X
4. Repairing the drive in disk utility
Solutions that worked at first (for a few days), but eventually failed:
1. Replacing the hard drive cable. (No problems for about a month)
2. Preventing the drive from going to sleep in settings
I can boot the SSD from a USB enclosure perfectly fine.
When I have the SSD as my internal drive, I sometimes get the prohibitory sign at boot and the file system will appear corrupted. But the minute I put the SSD in a USB enclosure, everything works perfectly again (even after it appeared corrupt as my internal drive). SMART sometimes fails on my drive and other times it passes.
I once booted up and heard beeps, HOWEVER, my ram sticks are good and I've tested them several times.
What is going on? Anyone know?
Also, I have high data error counts in DriveDx with the SSDs. The stock hard drive has a data error count of nearly zero. The stock hard drive also perfectly fine as my internal drive and has no problem with sleep or wake.
UPDATE: After reinstalling the stock hard drive and having success for a day. I am now experiencing the same problem with the stock hard drive.
How I can guarantee my macbook to crash:
1. Unplug it from charger
2. Let it go to sleep
3. Reopen it and it should crash within 2 hours
Potentially related issue: My magsafe light is sometimes dim.
Some solutions I tried:
1. Reseting SMC
2. Installing OS X via USB and installing it when it's my internal drive
3. Reinstalling OS X
4. Repairing the drive in disk utility
Solutions that worked at first (for a few days), but eventually failed:
1. Replacing the hard drive cable. (No problems for about a month)
2. Preventing the drive from going to sleep in settings
I can boot the SSD from a USB enclosure perfectly fine.
When I have the SSD as my internal drive, I sometimes get the prohibitory sign at boot and the file system will appear corrupted. But the minute I put the SSD in a USB enclosure, everything works perfectly again (even after it appeared corrupt as my internal drive). SMART sometimes fails on my drive and other times it passes.
I once booted up and heard beeps, HOWEVER, my ram sticks are good and I've tested them several times.
What is going on? Anyone know?
Also, I have high data error counts in DriveDx with the SSDs. The stock hard drive has a data error count of nearly zero. The stock hard drive also perfectly fine as my internal drive and has no problem with sleep or wake.
UPDATE: After reinstalling the stock hard drive and having success for a day. I am now experiencing the same problem with the stock hard drive.
How I can guarantee my macbook to crash:
1. Unplug it from charger
2. Let it go to sleep
3. Reopen it and it should crash within 2 hours
Potentially related issue: My magsafe light is sometimes dim.
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