Installing OSX in MBP, HD not detected. Reported as a 1.19GB disk image

[whitedragon101]

My friends 13" Unibody MBP went down and displayed a question mark over a folder icon. So I took out the hard drive (Samsung SSD) backed all the data up by connecting it to a USB to Sata connector. I then wiped the drive and set it to have a single GUID partition formatted to MacOSX Journalled (HFS+).

Here is the issue. When I put the drive back in the Mac and attempt to install OSX either by internet recovery or using a USB installer it can not detect a drive. When I look in the disk utility on the machine it displays it as a 1.19GB disk image. Just like this person in the image below. No one solved his problem on the apple forums. Does anyone have any ideas?

https://discussions.apple.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-26365201-455649/photo.JPG
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5336779?tstart=0

 

[tubeexperience]

Yes, get a new SSD.

 

[whitedragon101]

Yes, get a new SSD.

SSD works fine when you take it out and connect it to a different system. Correctly detected, read write. All fine.

 

[chrfr]

SSD works fine when you take it out and connect it to a different system. Correctly detected, read write. All fine.

Failed SATA cables are common in the unibody MBPs. They exhibit these sorts of symptoms when the cables fail.

 

[\-V-/]

What chrfr said ... it could be a failed SATA cable, which are quite simple to replace. I've replaced two of these already on two of my cousins' laptops. They were exhibiting similar issues.

 

[tubeexperience]

SSD works fine when you take it out and connect it to a different system. Correctly detected, read write. All fine.

In that case, replace the HDD cable.

 

[whitedragon101]

Failed SATA cables are common in the unibody MBPs. They exhibit these sorts of symptoms when the cables fail.

What chrfr said ... it could be a failed SATA cable, which are quite simple to replace. I've replaced two of these already on two of my cousins' laptops. They were exhibiting similar issues.

Thanks guys. Replaced the SATA cable and boom all detected all working fine

 

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Thanks guys. Replaced the SATA cable and boom all detected all working fine

Glad that worked out for you.