edgardcastro Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Some MacBooks have issues when running on SATA3 due to faulty cable. Unfortunatelly even after shielding it doesnt work very well. So... Is there a way to force the SSD to run in SATA2 mode? or should I use my SSD as a expensive paper weight? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphrc Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Same problem here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecutter2 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Unless I'm misunderstanding anything, any SATA 3 drive should run perfectly fine under SATA 2. SATA 3 just allows for faster transfer rates. If you run a SATA 3 drive in a SATA 2 chipset/port, it should run fine but obviously won't have SATA 3 speeds, is all. Don't expect super awesome top of the line performance, however the SSD should still outperform a regular HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgardcastro Posted November 5, 2011 Author Share Posted November 5, 2011 What I need is actually the other way around. Newest MacBook Pro's do have SATA3 port, however the cable suffers from intereference (some frontal LED cable runs along with it) and therefore when operating on SATA3 speeds, things get a little messy. What I would like to do is actually DOWNGRADE de speed to SATA2 but since both the drive and the computer has SATA3, they always try to negotiate SATA3 speed (sometimes works, sometimes doesnt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Not sure if it is even possible. Try and contact Apple Support or browse their forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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