Mid 2010 13" MBP High Sierra, AHT error Code Help

[Bhang]

I am having some issues with my 2010 MBP. I hope someone here can help.

I installed High Sierra on my 13" mid 2010 MBP and it did not go well. I have a 200GB Samsung SSD installed. I used option + command + R to install the latest compatible version directly through Apple. Everything appeared ok. It booted fine ... the first time. After the first boot it crashes on boot everytime. It gave me the option to store the installer log, which I included in this post, but I have no idea how to decipher it.

I then tried running the AHT using both methods: Holding the D key & opt + D. Both times I get error code -3403D

Any idea what this means? I imagine a corrupt install, but what do I know.


Thanks ahead of time for any help. It is very much appreciated !!

 

[Audit13]

Are you able to put the SSD into an external USB enclosure and boot from the enclosure?

It could be a bad sata hard drive cable too.

 

[Bhang]

I'm starting to suspect a bad drive.

 

[Audit13]

I still think it may be the sata cable. The 2009 to 2012 MBPs are known to suffer from failing drive cables.

 

[Bhang]

I still think it may be the sata cable. The 2009 to 2012 MBPs are known to suffer from failing drive cables.

I'm pretty certain it is either an intermittent HD issue or my 13" doesn't like Samsung EVO drives. I put an older regular non SSD drive into it and it boots without issue. Shut down 4 times and rebooted without a hitch. The EVO installed the first 2 times using High Sierra, booted once and never again. Next I installed Sierra from a USB installer and after installing it rebooted to the USB installer with no indication that there was an internal drive connected. When I format the same drive in my Mid 2014 MBP it appears to work fine.
Is there a solid way to test an SSD?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Audit13]

I'm pretty certain it is either an intermittent HD issue or my 13" doesn't like Samsung EVO drives. I put an older regular non SSD drive into it and it boots without issue. Shut down 4 times and rebooted without a hitch. The EVO installed the first 2 times using High Sierra, booted once and never again. Next I installed Sierra from a USB installer and after installing it rebooted to the USB installer with no indication that there was an internal drive connected. When I format the same drive in my Mid 2014 MBP it appears to work fine.
Is there a solid way to test an SSD?

Thanks for your help.

It's been my experience that mechanical drive may work fine with a faulty sata cable but a SSD won't.

I have used Adata, Samsung 840 and 850 Evo, Corsair, Patriot, Crucial, Team Group, Muskin, and Kingston SSDs in various Macbooks and none of them had issues working with the SSD. In some cases, I had to change the sata drive cable before the OS would install and/or load.

A failed and failing drive cable is a known issue with these MBPs and Apple even had a silent replacement program for them.

 

[Bhang]

It's been my experience that mechanical drive may work fine with a faulty sata cable but a SSD won't.

I have used Adata, Samsung 840 and 850 Evo, Corsair, Patriot, Crucial, Team Group, Muskin, and Kingston SSDs in various Macbooks and none of them had issues working with the SSD. In some cases, I had to change the sata drive cable before the OS would install and/or load.

A failed and failing drive cable is a known issue with these MBPs and Apple even had a silent replacement program for them.

I put in a new SSD and it installed fine. I am getting some strange behavior, so I think you are correct. I got an odd long beep at one point. That's not good, but it did boot afterwards. I also still can not access ADT without an error message. :-(
I guess my next question would be if IFixit is the only option for a replacement cable. I'm in Germany, so after shipping its rather expensive for a little ribbon cable.

Thank you for all of your help!

 

[Audit13]

I put in a new SSD and it installed fine. I am getting some strange behavior, so I think you are correct. I got an odd long beep at one point. That's not good, but it did boot afterwards. I also still can not access ADT without an error message. :-(
I guess my next question would be if IFixit is the only option for a replacement cable. I'm in Germany, so after shipping its rather expensive for a little ribbon cable.

Thank you for all of your help!

I buy the cheapest third-party cable from Amazon. They have always worked and continue to work 1.5 years later.

 

[chrfr]

I put in a new SSD and it installed fine. I am getting some strange behavior, so I think you are correct. I got an odd long beep at one point. That's not good, but it did boot afterwards. I also still can not access ADT without an error message. :-(
I guess my next question would be if IFixit is the only option for a replacement cable. I'm in Germany, so after shipping its rather expensive for a little ribbon cable.

Thank you for all of your help!

The long beep was probably a firmware update being applied. I concur with the other guesses that the SATA cable is failing. I have one of these computers where the cable is failing. For now I put tape around the cable where it passes over the DVD drive and it's working for the moment, but before that the computer would regularly freeze less than a minute after boot.

 

[Bhang]

Thanks to everyone for helping with this issue.

replacement cable is on its way!