Ill post my exact post from the patriot forums, as i was asked one question which may help.....
I recently purchased the 128gb Patriot KOI SSD.
I installed the drive in my new 13" Macbook Pro.
I have tried a clean install of OS X, I have also tried cloning the drive with Carbon Copy and Disk Utility.
Every time I try a clean install, at the very end I get a cannot install message.
Cloning the drive seems to work but the drive will not boot after.
Drive booted once, was in OS X for all of five minutes and the system hung and i had to power off.
I have tried installing OS X with the SSD in an USB enclosure as well.
Have formatted successfully with "extended journaled"
Any suggestions???
I thought this drive was Mac compatible out of the box???
Very Anxious to get this SSD working....
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What is the exact error message?
This seems to be an Apple problem, not Patriot.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/774367/
Users with a wide range of SSDs and HDDs are suffering.
Read the thread and try some of the tips.
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earls, Thank you for your reply
I am aware of this issue with snow leopard, however this is not my issue.
My Patriot KOI drive does appear in disk utility, and can be formatted.
Unfortunately i am at work right now and do not know the exact error message, as soon as i get off work tonight i will take a few pics of the error and post them.
I have two Snow Leopard discs and have tried both with the same result.
My 7200 rpm 500gb seagate HDD works fine.
The Patriot Koi drive is formatted properly, Patriot Customer service called me last night after work and told me to do a low level format on the drive, after research i found that formatting the drive with disk utility and zeroing out the data is the Mac equivalent, so i decided to do a 35 pass format on the drive last night, still no luck.
Disk utility has not identified any errors on the drive, and i have tried using the repair option.
The process I am using.
1.Boot from Disc
2.Format SSD with Disk Utility
3.Install OS X (The progress bar runs and then eventually quits, this is when i get the error message)
I am also aware that the apple EFI 1.7 may have troubles with SATA II connections, however if this were the case my seagate would not work properly and i would be able to at least get Snow Leopard or Leopard ( i have tried both) to install to the Patriot drive while in the external enclosure and boot.
I couldnt imagine a more perfect scenario for this drive to be installed in considering this drive is designed for macs, and specifially macbook pros as specified on the back of the box.
Apple will not support third party equipment, one of the first things they ask is, did you replace any of the Original Equipment? (i did), and does it work with the original equipment (it does)
Any other ideas....
I really appreciate the help....
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Anyone on MacRumors got any ideas???
Thanks for the help......
I recently purchased the 128gb Patriot KOI SSD.
I installed the drive in my new 13" Macbook Pro.
I have tried a clean install of OS X, I have also tried cloning the drive with Carbon Copy and Disk Utility.
Every time I try a clean install, at the very end I get a cannot install message.
Cloning the drive seems to work but the drive will not boot after.
Drive booted once, was in OS X for all of five minutes and the system hung and i had to power off.
I have tried installing OS X with the SSD in an USB enclosure as well.
Have formatted successfully with "extended journaled"
Any suggestions???
I thought this drive was Mac compatible out of the box???
Very Anxious to get this SSD working....
reply/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
What is the exact error message?
This seems to be an Apple problem, not Patriot.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/774367/
Users with a wide range of SSDs and HDDs are suffering.
Read the thread and try some of the tips.
My reply//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
earls, Thank you for your reply
I am aware of this issue with snow leopard, however this is not my issue.
My Patriot KOI drive does appear in disk utility, and can be formatted.
Unfortunately i am at work right now and do not know the exact error message, as soon as i get off work tonight i will take a few pics of the error and post them.
I have two Snow Leopard discs and have tried both with the same result.
My 7200 rpm 500gb seagate HDD works fine.
The Patriot Koi drive is formatted properly, Patriot Customer service called me last night after work and told me to do a low level format on the drive, after research i found that formatting the drive with disk utility and zeroing out the data is the Mac equivalent, so i decided to do a 35 pass format on the drive last night, still no luck.
Disk utility has not identified any errors on the drive, and i have tried using the repair option.
The process I am using.
1.Boot from Disc
2.Format SSD with Disk Utility
3.Install OS X (The progress bar runs and then eventually quits, this is when i get the error message)
I am also aware that the apple EFI 1.7 may have troubles with SATA II connections, however if this were the case my seagate would not work properly and i would be able to at least get Snow Leopard or Leopard ( i have tried both) to install to the Patriot drive while in the external enclosure and boot.
I couldnt imagine a more perfect scenario for this drive to be installed in considering this drive is designed for macs, and specifially macbook pros as specified on the back of the box.
Apple will not support third party equipment, one of the first things they ask is, did you replace any of the Original Equipment? (i did), and does it work with the original equipment (it does)
Any other ideas....
I really appreciate the help....
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Anyone on MacRumors got any ideas???
Thanks for the help......