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Hard drive cable fixed it!

Peter Hillman -

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012

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MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012 Hard Drive Cable Replacement

10 - 25 minutes

Easy

My Problem

I bought a used MacBook Pro 13 Mid-2012 and it would only recognize a 250GB hard drive or smaller. The seller said the original drive went bad and they replaced it with a 250GB drive. I bought a 500GB SSD and discovered the problem when the MBP failed to boot from the drive. It would not even recognize a 750GB drive. Both drives worked fine in a USB enclosure. The Apple Store hinted it was the hard drive cable, but they would not repair it due to the original drive being replaced with a third-party drive. I wanted them to test the logic board to see if the SATA chip was bad.

My Fix

The installation was simple. I had the new cable installed in about 20 minutes.

My Advice

If you think your hard drive went bad in a MacBook Pro, test it in an external enclosure first. The hard drive might not be the problem. It might be the hard drive cable.

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody (Mid 2012) Hard Drive Cable Image
MacBook Pro 13" Unibody (Mid 2012) Hard Drive Cable

$34.99

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