OWC SSD Problem

15" 2011 MBPs have issues with SATA3 in the optical bay.

This is a well documented issue, and is even on OWC's website if I recall (it's not an OWC problem, it's an MBP problem).

You'll need to get rid of the drive out of your optical bay, and either run an older drive that runs at SATA2 speed or fix the EMI shielding issue on the optical bay cable. It's not the cable that's the issue,but the design of the MBP. You may be able to dodgy up some EMI shielding for the SATA cable, but this isn't really well documented and you're very much on your own.

There's no guaranteed fix; this is why i kept my optical drive and went for a Momentus XT 750 in the main bay. Sure, it's not as fast, but it actually works...


Now... the problem drive in your question was on the main bay. But if data is going into memory from the optical bay over possibly EMI broken optical bay cable, then who knows what is going on and what sort of corruption you'll have going on.

 

Probably the firmware of your drive was killed during power failure. This usually kills your drive and even OWC can't get them out of your drive. This is a problem with Sandforce drive, which usually loses all data when dying.

 

It sounds like a trip to the genius bar is in your future. 2 things I might try before I went would be:

1. Disconnect the cable from the drive in the optibay and see if that changes anything.

2. If you still have the original HDD, try it in the main bay.

Good luck.

 

This isn't very reassuring to me since I purchased a OWC SSD over a month ago. Well passed my "money back guarantee" window...

 

They have a 5-year warranty...

 

And OWC is one of the better companies at standing behind its products.

 

Yes, the problem is with MBP and not sandforce. I too had the same issue while while working on my MBP. I got this resolved by connected by drive to a windows system and it was recognized. All my data was backed up instantly. At times, it could be the MB which could be not compatible & we simply end up analyzing wrongly!

 

I had the first gen OWC SSD, one lasted a week before crashing and giving me the question mark on reboot, the other lasted about 3 weeks. At that point I just got my money back

 

If you don't trust them with your data, then buy another SSD.

 

I have used their products for both my Macbook Air and Mac Mini and have been satisfied. Although I have not had any problems with my SSD's, I know that OWC will take care of me as they have in the past, so I'm not worried.

 

I got the Mercury Electra which only has 3 year warranty. Not bad but it wasn't a light purchase by any means...

 

Indeed, sorry about that. I didn't catch that you weren't the OP and I quoted the warranty for the OP's SSD.

Considering SSDs are still relatively "new" technology, I think it's great that OWC, Samsung, and perhaps other makers are offering 3- and 5-year warranties on them. Much better than a 90-day or 1-year warranty.

 

FWIW, I've had my OWC SSD for nearly 3 years, it's still going strong. Good luck in sorting this out OP. If I was you I would get in contact with OWC and explain the situation.

 

No worries I figured as much.