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SSD install gone bad

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satirev

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I just installed a 320 intel ssd in my 2010 macbook pro. When i booted the computer I got a question mark with a folder, i then proceeded to put my 10.6 disc in, and it the question mark with the folder changed to an apple, and now its not initializing the 10.6 install.

Any suggestions?
 
now when i restart it, it sees the CD, the mac osx install CD logo comes up, I click on that, and then it goes to the grey screen with the apple, it has been hanging there for a good 5 minutes...

can someone please give me some advice??
 
still hanging at grey screen :/

any other ideas of how i can fix this?
 
If it's not booting off of the DVD, you got yourself a bad Snow Leopard DVD or a bad SuperDrive. You booting off of the grey discs that came with the unit or a retail SL DVD?
 
The disk is probably bad. Put in your old hd and try to boot off disk and see. Is it the 1 that you got with the mbp?
 
i no longer have the original, would purchasing a SL disc from the apple store be worth a shot?
 
Apple will have a copy of SL to use.

Recommend you put the HD back in and let the Genius diagnose the problem. My guess is that you have either a bad SL DVD (less $) or a bad SuperDrive ($150 if Apple installs).

When you get that sorted out I'd recommend you get an external disk enclosure, such as the one from OWC (http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go) and install the SSD in that. Then do a clone of the hard disk (I use SuperDuper) to the SSD and then boot from the SSD to make sure it works. Then swap the devices from machine to enclosure.

And you're done. Plus you have an external HD for backup, which you should have anyway.
 
bozz2006 said:
It's most likely a bad burn. Better hoof it down to your local retailer and drop $29 on a fresh copy of SL.
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Turns out that it was not a bad burn, but just a bad superdrive.

I booted up my mbp in target disk mode, connected to a mac pro via firewire, formatted the SSD from the mac pro and then installed 10.6 from the mac pro superdrive (using the disc that my mbp wouldnt read)

Took a good 3 hours but everything appears to be working fine now.
 
satirev said:
Turns out that it was not a bad burn, but just a bad superdrive.

I booted up my mbp in target disk mode, connected to a mac pro via firewire, formatted the SSD from the mac pro and then installed 10.6 from the mac pro superdrive (using the disc that my mbp wouldnt read)

Took a good 3 hours but everything appears to be working fine now.
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sounds like time for an optibay :D
 
riptideMBP said:
sounds like time for an optibay :D
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perhaps, i cant really see myself doing that unless i run out of space on this new drive. before i even thought about that id probably move all my music to the cloud first
 
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