The cable model number is written in white on your broken cable. Cables are NOT interchangeable since they come in entirely different lengths and won't fit right. There are 3-4 different cables for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 macbooks so get the right one.
I dont know if it became overheated, electrocuted or what but when he came back from school the whole system was near death - can supply further.
#Mac internal hard drive not showing up install#
Fortunately it is easily purchasable for $10-25 on Amazon (as of 2021) and was pretty easy to install with only a small philips screw driver. I used an iFixit kit and great instructions to replace the CD drive with a SSD a couple of years ago in my sons laptop and it has been working fine. Tape is not meant to hold the cable in place, it acts as a comfy bed for the cable.Īpple later made a thicker cable with a diferrent model number to address this issue. The electrical tape backing is quite a slippery and smooth rubber surface. In the future, place electrical tape on the rough aluminum to reduce abrasion. The cable is the weakest link since it is sandwiched between your hot HDD/SSD and the rough brushed aluminium macbook. If the drive has a file system not recognized by OS X, you’ll need to erase it and the format it using FAT or HFS+. If the drive is showing here, but not on the OS X desktop, then click First Aid to try and repair the drive.
#Mac internal hard drive not showing up pro#
MacBook Pro flashing folder, start up hard drive not showing in Disk Utility. If not, go to Disk Utility and check to see if it appears under the heading External. This cables copper is fractured and transmitting data incorrectly making your Mac believe that it cannot find the boot HDD or SSD.
This cable's copper is fractured and transmitting data incorrectly making your Mac believe that it cannot find the boot HDD or SSD. The problem was the internal thin black flexible cable (less than 1 mm thick) that connects the drive to your Macs motherboard. The problem was the internal thin black flexible cable (less than 1 mm thick) that connects the drive to your Mac's motherboard. Actually, hard drive not showing up is one of the most frequently occurred issues that are troubling users. I thought my 8 year old OCZ Vertex 4 SSD was the culprit since my 10 year old Vertex 2 died in a Toshiba laptop. Summary: Internal hard drive not showing up on Mac can make your files inaccessible and make your Mac unbootable. Hard drives, be it new or old, internal or external, may not show up in File Explorer or (and) Disk Management after you connect the device to your computer. My Mid-2012 Macbook Pro 13" randomly stopped working due to this issue.
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