SATA cable part # clarification
Hello,
I'd just like some consensus on this part number.
The SATA cable for my upper bay in my Late 2012 Mac Mini (running ML 10.8.5) has part number 821-1347-A, which is not working.
I have a 250 GB Samsung EVO as my systems boot drive in the lower bay, which is working, using the original cable (part # 821-1501)
The drive in my upper bay is a 500 GB Samsung EVO drive.
I had prepped it using a USB enclosure, so it was the proper format before I even installed it. It has only shown up *sometimes* when I start up my computer, saying it is unreadable. When I try to initialize it, it either can't unmount the drive, or won't partition and loses connection. I can provide the specific error messages later but at the moment the drive is not showing up in disk utility after a few restarts (and shutting down, then powering back on if that makes any difference)
I have tried several different things, so many that I can't recall any of them specifically. I know I booted into partedmagic and did a secure erase of the SSD to no avail.
What I am hoping is that there is a simple fix, such as a different cable? I have seen some kits that have a cable with part # 821-1501-A, that are supposed to be used for the same purpose as 821-1347-A.
Long story short: Is there a way to get a Dual SSD setup to work in a Late 2012 Mac Mini?
Is this Fusion Drive business perhaps messing it up? As it doesn't know what to do with 2 SSD's? Maybe updating to Mavericks will help?
Thanks in advance,
Chris
Update
The 821-1347-A cable works with HDD's, but not my Samsung EVO SSD!
Update
I ordered a cable from OWC and it works. Two SSD's in my mac mini!
Is this a good question?
3 Comments
Can you give us the last four digits of your systems serial number so we can correctly identify which exact model you have. Apple has made quite a few different versions of the Mac mini all of which look very similar.
by Dan
Hey sorry I am located in Sweden, hence the late reply due to time differences.
It is a Mac Mini 6,2, seen here:
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ma...
Since my post I have determined it is a faulty cable. I switched the drives places, and the other drive does not work with the cable either. The original cable works when connected to both sata connectors, ruling out that it was a bad sata port, whereas the faulty cable works on neither (i was starting up the mini while opened up so i could finagle the connection with both cables on both ports).
When the faulty cable actually does recognize the drive, the partition(s) on it are greyed out, and can't be mounted.
But, in essence, a cable is a cable, right? 821-1347-a and 821-1501-a should be and do the same exact thing shouldn't they? As long as they are the correct size to match up to the upper bay.
by Chris
Apple Mac mini "Core i7" 2.3 (Late 2012) Two SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) ports
by Dan