Which SATA Cable is best for A1278 Early 2011?
Hi!
So I have this Macbook Pro Early 2011 13" A1278. I want to upgrade it to an SSD.
I cloned the HDD to the SSD, all seemed good, but would get the prohibitive (circle crossed out) logo when trying to boot.
Attempts to clean install onto the SSD have failed.
I have read up on this and it seems these Macs won't run SATA 3 SSDs with SATA 2 cables, which is very strange. I have installed many SSDs into Windows PCs with SATA 2 controllers and never had any issues.
So either the cable is faulty, incompatible, or both. People have recommended to get the 2012 cable which is wider. But I want to double check that it would fit or if any modifications are needed? And how do I know which cables are actually SATA 3 or SATA 2? The sellers never clarify that in their listings.
Also curious... if you were to install an SSD (SATA 3) into one of the 2009 models that don't support SATA 3, what would happen? A windows machine would work perfectly fine, but from what I've read the Macs won't.
PS... I have tested the SSD in another PC, works just fine.
Thanks you!