So did apple finally fix the SATA-II/firmware 1.7 issues?

[jjahshik32]

I bought a 15" 2.8GHz mbp just a couple of weeks ago and did the 1.7 firmware upgrade (didnt know at the time that it could render your mb/mbp useless with 3rd party sata-II hdds).

Anyway I tried installing a few 3rd party SATA-II hdds and they all didnt work. Well they did work except that I get a freeze under OSX every minute or two with the color wheel popping out rendering the mbp useless.

So I came to my own conclusion that the 15" and 13" mbps all have a SATA-I controller and does not accept SATA-II hdds.

Now I'm starting to look at the 17" mbp as this issue does not affect the 17".

So what do you guys think? I know there were some 13" and 15" users of the new unibody mbp that applied the 1.7 firmware that can upgrade to an SSD or any other SATA-II hdd and worked fine.

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

Apple issued a firmware patch to enable the 3.0GBps speeds for the new 13/15.4" Unibody Pros shortly after their launch. I haven't heard of any issues with HD models, but the WD Scorpio/Seagate Momenteus lines are highly recommended as OEM replacement units.

You probably should have posted this in the Pro forum though...

 

[Wicked1]

How do you get the new firmware my cousin just bought a new 13" and I want to make sure she gets the new firmware

 

[goMac]

The 15" MBP has a SATA2 controller, it's just a firmware bug.

Last I heard, a fix is coming...

 

[alphaod]

I just got a 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro, put in my X25 and it would appear that the drive is running at full speed.

 

[mac jones]

just bought this last week


Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported


apparently they were before:


Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

 

[maxsquared]

They have enabled SATA II, but more issues have introdcued with the new firmware:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2054387&tstart=0

 

[CompanionCube]

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So I came to my own conclusion that the 15" and 13" mbps all have a SATA-I controller and does not accept SATA-II hdds.

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This is a wrong conclusion. Please list specifically which drives you were trying to install.

 

[Nautigar]

It seems only some MBPs are affected. I am running a new MBP 13" with a 2nd gen Intel X15-M 160G without any problems so far. The MBP came with Firmware 1.7 preinstalled.

 

[daxomni]

How do you get the new firmware my cousin just bought a new 13" and I want to make sure she gets the new firmware

You download and install it just like any other update.