I did some googling and searching on this forum, but couldn't come up with a clear-cut way to install an opti-bay on my 15" MBP early 2011. Can anyone help a brother out?
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Installed Opti-Bay, now don't have sound
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Thanks, I followed the video and installed the drive and got the mac to recognize it just fine.
Though now I don't have sound on my macbook, whether it be through the internal speakers or headphone port. Though, when I boot up my macbook, it will do the start-up chime.
What gives? I'm guessing it's a driver or something that must be off.
So you're saying sound doesnt come out of your Mac?
Did you remove any ribbons when you were installing the 2nd HDD?
It could be just a stuck headphone.
Do you see a red light in the jack?
Did you remove any ribbons when you were installing the 2nd HDD?
It could be just a stuck headphone.
Do you see a red light in the jack?
No, it's really peculiar, I'm still getting the alert sounds from apps. For example, Messages still makes a beep/chime when I get an iMessage. This has to be software based right? Also, if I use the buttons to increase/decrease the volume, I don't hear the beeps that let you know how loud your speakers are, but they still function, as in if I mute them, I won't hear the Messages beeps anymore.
Not likely as they only permit authorized apple dealers to repair/upgrade their machines. You are on your own when it comes to performing unsanctioned upgrades.
Like said above, they will assist you with HDD/SSD and RAM upgrades but not optibay.
Called applecare, they helped me with the problem of not getting sound. I mentioned that the problem started after the installation, but they didn't seem to care. Ended up being an issue solved by installing 10.8.3, which really surprised me--though I'm ok with anything to get my mac running.
You told them you were installing optibay?
Thats a way to get blacklisted in their warranty.
I didn't think it'd void my warranty, and I doubt the guy on the other end cared that much.
I do know what I'm doing, the install went flawlessly. It was a software issue caused by a fault on Apple's part, my work had nothing to do with it.