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Aftermarket SSD and hibernation
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Mine did have that very problem. Waking up from sleep used to take a long time like more than 5 minutes. Although after repeating clean OS installing (it was for other purposes though, luckily) it started to work without the issue. These days it doesn't happen at all, my MacBook Pro wakes up immediately.
2010 MacBook Pro "13 + X25-M.
My 160gb X25-M works perfectly in my early '08 17" MBP. No sleep/wake problems whatsoever.
Awaiting arrival of a new 2011 model today
and will be transplanting the SDD from old to new today/tomorrow...There are quite a few new drives about to hit the market but it seems too early to tell if Sandforce have overcome their problems with Macs. Call me old-fashioned, but I would like to pop in a new drive without losing some of my MBP's functionality. It would be nice if the SSD would work just as well as my current drive but faster.
So far it seems that Crucial have had problems, all Sandforce have had problems and the G2 Intel seems to have been most reliable but not the hottest performer for the money. I am speaking purely in relation to how they work (or don't) with Macs. Perhaps when Lion comes out things will improve if TRIM is there and supported for all drives that support TRIM (not just Apple drives). Do we know anything about this yet?
Obviously I will not get to enjoy the full 6Gb but it seems that I should still benefit from some of the improvements. Any thoughts or is it too early to tell?
So far it seems that Crucial have had problems, all Sandforce have had problems and the G2 Intel seems to have been most reliable but not the hottest performer for the money. I am speaking purely in relation to how they work (or don't) with Macs. Perhaps when Lion comes out things will improve if TRIM is there and supported for all drives that support TRIM (not just Apple drives). Do we know anything about this yet?
Obviously I will not get to enjoy the full 6Gb but it seems that I should still benefit from some of the improvements. Any thoughts or is it too early to tell?
My 160gb X25-M works perfectly in my early '08 17" MBP. No sleep/wake problems whatsoever.
Awaiting arrival of a new 2011 model today
Great!! Let us know if all goes fine.
There are posts in the OWC SSD thread about people receiving the OWC SSD (which is Sandforce base) in the last couple weeks with a newer firmware and they still have the sleep/hibernation bug. Plus OWC has no OS X or boot CD-Rom installer, so if/when they come out with a firmware fix you will need to install Windows under bootcamp to update the firmware. No thanks.
For a SATAII MBP like the OP has, I would concur with the Intel X25 choice.
I checked the Intel site and they also only seem to have Windows firmware update tools, so it's not just OWC that are not particularly Mac friendly.
I think OCZ offer a Linux tool that can work?
I have read that OWC are expecting to have another firmware release very soon - possibly next week. They are likely to be no good for me though as I am in the UK and don't particularly want to get into shipping stuff back to the US if I have a problem. The Mac issues seem to be related to Sandforce though and so if the OWC firmware fixes the issue then you would expect all Sandforce drives to offer the same fix.
It would be nice to see the G2 prices drop a bit given that the 510 are now available and a G3 is around the corner (apparently... still).
I think OCZ offer a Linux tool that can work?
I have read that OWC are expecting to have another firmware release very soon - possibly next week. They are likely to be no good for me though as I am in the UK and don't particularly want to get into shipping stuff back to the US if I have a problem. The Mac issues seem to be related to Sandforce though and so if the OWC firmware fixes the issue then you would expect all Sandforce drives to offer the same fix.
It would be nice to see the G2 prices drop a bit given that the 510 are now available and a G3 is around the corner (apparently... still).
The Intel tool is an .iso file that you burn to a CD and boot to it on your Mac to do the firmware update. From what I have read on the Intel and MacRumors forums it works fine on a Mac.