Hello,
I have a late 2011 15" MBP with 120GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD (for OS and Apps) in the HD bay and Crucial m4 512GB (for Data and Home folder) in the optical bay.
few days ago while working on Adobe Illustrator the laptop suddenly powered off. I powered it on and got the blinking question mark in a folder icon. I removed the OWC and connected it as external to a Pc and a Mac to make sure it is dead, yes it is dead. I placed an OCZ V3 in the MBP drive bay, not recognizable. I connected the OCZ to a PC to upgrade the firmware, then connect it to a different mac to format it "just in case". I put it back in the MBP and again not recognizable. I connected it as an external drive and performed the restore and booted from it as external drive.
and Yes I tried a different SATA cable from a 13" MBP as well as the stock HDD... none helped.!
I contacted OWC regarding the issue and they issued an RMA #. I do not trust them with my data so I am not going to send it.
anyway, what do you think went wrong? is it the logicboard that needs replacement?
Thanx
I have a late 2011 15" MBP with 120GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD (for OS and Apps) in the HD bay and Crucial m4 512GB (for Data and Home folder) in the optical bay.
few days ago while working on Adobe Illustrator the laptop suddenly powered off. I powered it on and got the blinking question mark in a folder icon. I removed the OWC and connected it as external to a Pc and a Mac to make sure it is dead, yes it is dead. I placed an OCZ V3 in the MBP drive bay, not recognizable. I connected the OCZ to a PC to upgrade the firmware, then connect it to a different mac to format it "just in case". I put it back in the MBP and again not recognizable. I connected it as an external drive and performed the restore and booted from it as external drive.
and Yes I tried a different SATA cable from a 13" MBP as well as the stock HDD... none helped.!
I contacted OWC regarding the issue and they issued an RMA #. I do not trust them with my data so I am not going to send it.
anyway, what do you think went wrong? is it the logicboard that needs replacement?
Thanx