macbook won't see new ssd

[zigge]

hello guys,

my mac recently crashed and when we tried to start it back up it couldn't find any os, and wouldn't see my hdd via internet recovery.
so i bought a new ssd to replace the old harddrive. after installing everything and starting up trough internet recovery i went to disk utility, wanting to format my ssd

now here comes my problem.
in disk utility it won't show/see the new ssd.

what do i do?
is there another problem with my mac?

 

[Fishrrman]

Which MacBook do you have?
What brand drive do you have?
What are you booting from to be able to "get to" the screen posted above?

 

[Weaselboy]

is there another problem with my mac?

Bad drive cable. Fairly common issue and likely the problem all along.

 

[snaky69]

hello guys,

my mac recently crashed and when we tried to start it back up it couldn't find any os, and wouldn't see my hdd via internet recovery.
so i bought a new ssd to replace the old harddrive. after installing everything and starting up trough internet recovery i went to disk utility, wanting to format my ssd
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now here comes my problem.
in disk utility it won't show/see the new ssd.

what do i do?
is there another problem with my mac?

What version of OS X
What size MBP
What year MBP.

Without that information nobody can help you.

 

[zigge]

What version of OS X
What size MBP
What year MBP.

Without that information nobody can help you.

macbook pro medio 2012, 13 inch and the new ssd is a sandisk ultra II 240 gb

 

[snaky69]

The 13's are notorious for having finicky hard drive cables.

If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on that being the problem.

 

[chabig]

It could be the cable, but more likely is that you didn't get the connectors mated quite right. I would reseat the cables before doing anything else.

 

[zigge]

It could be the cable, but more likely is that you didn't get the connectors mated quite right. I would reseat the cables before doing anything else.

i reseated and air cleaned all the connectors and it still didn't work so i went online and placed an order for a new drive cable

 

[hallux]

i reseated and air cleaned all the connectors and it still didn't work so i went online and placed an order for a new drive cable

In all likelihood this will fix the problem. Your original drive may actually be just fine and the cable was the problem all along (as noted by someone else). Now you get to decide, return the SSD and just fix the issue or take the opportunity to upgrade the system and keep the SSD.

 

[PolygonWRLD]

i reseated and air cleaned all the connectors and it still didn't work so i went online and placed an order for a new drive cable

You could try and put the SSD into an disk enclosure and attempt to format to show whether it is an issue with the drive or with the drive cable.

 

[zawark8]

Bad connector