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750GB Scorpio Black not compatible with MBP?

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beret9987

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Jun 14, 2005
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Hey All,

Seem to be having a weird problem here. Bought a new 750gB Scorpio Black and I can't seem to be able to gget it to response properly when I have it installed as an internal drive. It boots up fine as a USB drive but as soon as i put it in to the MBP, nothing happens! Just wanted to get some other peoples thoughts on this. Haven't tried to swap out the drive yet but I'm not totally convinced it could be hardware if it works juat fine as an external boot drive for the system. Thanks in advance!
 
beret9987 said:
Hey All,

Seem to be having a weird problem here. Bought a new 750gB Scorpio Black and I can't seem to be able to gget it to response properly when I have it installed as an internal drive. It boots up fine as a USB drive but as soon as i put it in to the MBP, nothing happens! Just wanted to get some other peoples thoughts on this. Haven't tried to swap out the drive yet but I'm not totally convinced it could be hardware if it works juat fine as an external boot drive for the system. Thanks in advance!
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Has it been properly formatted?
 
snaky69 said:
Has it been properly formatted?
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Yup, Mac OS Journaled(HFS+ for you more technically minded folk), GUID Partition Table and all that. Its just REALLY weird. I'm actually typing off the drive now as a USB external. Sorta blows my mind how it refuses to work as an internal drive.
 
beret9987 said:
Yup, Mac OS Journaled(HFS+ for you more technically minded folk), GUID Partition Table and all that. Its just REALLY weird. I'm actually typing off the drive now as a USB external. Sorta blows my mind how it refuses to work as an internal drive.
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I have the 320Gb version of that drive in my MBP right this moment, and it was a breeze, that's quite odd.

Maybe try and contact WD? I strongly doubt it's not compatible, this is either software incompatibility or something's wrong with the computer itself.
 
I have one and it works. no problem.

Just reformat and reinstall.

You may have gotten a messed up one. Or not.

good luck.
 
Gonna get me another one, if worse comes to worse, I'll take the computer in since its still under warranty. I would do a reformat and reinstall but the MBP refuses to do anything with this drive installed into it. Including booting from the Install DVD... :confused:
 
i seem to recall Hellhammer saying something about this issue - ill link him to this thread just incase he has any insight for you :)

in saying that, there is no difference between that and say a 500GB.

does the drive appear fine in Disk Utility?
 
DoFoT9 said:
i seem to recall Hellhammer saying something about this issue - ill link him to this thread just incase he has any insight for you :)

in saying that, there is no difference between that and say a 500GB.

does the drive appear fine in Disk Utility?
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Yea it does actually. Gonna give another reinstall a go but if that doesnt do the trick I dont know what will honestly, and I"ll just end up exchanging the drive.
 
Try disabling Apple's internal motion sensor if you are installing it int he main hard drive bay because the Scorpio Black as it's own internal motion sensor that conflicts and causes kernel panics with the Apple one's.
 
Well that was a total no go. Disk utility refused to recognize the drive so I'm just gonna return it and try again next month I suppose... thank you everyone for all the help though I really appreciate it!

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Hellhammer said:
Does your old drive work fine? Have you tried SMC and PRAM resets?
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Old drive works fine luckily. Did give me the "Folder with question mark" when I put it back in for the umpteenth time but I just had to tell the computer where to boot from at that point. Didn't try SMC and PRAM resets no, probably should though. Did you experience anything like this?
 
beret9987 said:
Old drive works fine luckily. Did give me the "Folder with question mark" when I put it back in for the umpteenth time but I just had to tell the computer where to boot from at that point. Didn't try SMC and PRAM resets no, probably should though. Did you experience anything like this?
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I have not experienced anything like this since I don't have a MacBook Pro. So do you get the folder with question mark everytime you boot from the new HD? Could be that you only need to select the new drive as startup drive from System Preferences if that is the issue.

So what exactly happens when you try to boot from the new HD? That is what I need to know in order to help you.
 
Hellhammer said:
I have not experienced anything like this since I don't have a MacBook Pro. So do you get the folder with question mark everytime you boot from the new HD? Could be that you only need to select the new drive as startup drive from System Preferences if that is the issue.

So what exactly happens when you try to boot from the new HD? That is what I need to know in order to help you.
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So with the old HDD, at the very least, I can hold Alt and select my drive to boot from. With the new one, can't do that at all. The installer, won't actually install onto the drive itself unless its in an external enclosure. In general, with the new HDD, the computer just refuses to see it. But as I've mentioned before, works great as an external boot drive! Not what I'm totally looking for though :p
 
beret9987 said:
So with the old HDD, at the very least, I can hold Alt and select my drive to boot from. With the new one, can't do that at all. The installer, won't actually install onto the drive itself unless its in an external enclosure. In general, with the new HDD, the computer just refuses to see it. But as I've mentioned before, works great as an external boot drive! Not what I'm totally looking for though :p
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Hmmm, that sounds weird. Have you ran Disk Utility when booted from the install disc (assuming it is seen in DU)? Does it say anything? Could be that the drive is somehow defective, although it doesn't make sense that it works in an enclosure.
 
I don't want to infuriate anyone here by suggesting the bleeding obvious, but we are certain that the replacement drive wasn't inserted upside down, right?

:eek: :eek:

I only ask because the SATA connector is designed to allow a drive to be forced into the bay upside down without doing damage (the connectors slide past one another) but the result is that it seems that the newly installed drive isn't recognized.

With the external enclosure tolerances are looser, so it's usually more obvious that the drive is or isn't plugged in.
 
Installed the 750gb scorpio black in my 2.3ghz 15" no problem but its loud. Nothing out of the ordinary I'm just used to ssd noise.

Oh, there was an issue with non-apple drives a few macbook pros ago. Which model do you have?
 
I just put the 500 gb version of the drive in my 2.4 ghz sr mpb, works like a dream. Computer much faster than before.... like a new machine. Easy install also.
 
BJonson said:
Installed the 750gb scorpio black in my 2.3ghz 15" no problem but its loud. Nothing out of the ordinary I'm just used to ssd noise.

Oh, there was an issue with non-apple drives a few macbook pros ago. Which model do you have?
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given that you have not had any issues it seems that the OPs hdd is somewhat damaged the. its worth taking back to get a refund me thinks, or try install windows on it and see what happens :rolleyes:
 
Well, got my second drive today and... same thing. -_-* Drive is facing the right direction made sure of that one. I have a feeling it might be something with my mac so I've got a Genius appointment scheduled to deal with this. Don't think the last drive was damaged either. Glad to know it's not some random incompatibility though and is most likely my controller or cable ribbon.


EDIT: Model is a 15" 2.66Ghz i7 MBP
 
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beret9987 said:
Well, got my second drive today and... same thing. -_-* Drive is facing the right direction made sure of that one. I have a feeling it might be something with my mac so I've got a Genius appointment scheduled to deal with this. Don't think the last drive was damaged either. Glad to know it's not some random incompatibility though and is most likely my controller or cable ribbon.
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that is totally frustrating :mad: good call on making the apple appointment. best case scenario is they take a look at it and fix it, worst case is they say the drive isnt compatible (which kind of seems the likely case, knowing apple these days :p).
 
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