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2011 MacBook Pro : Shuts off mid bootup

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Considering the price of the cables, and the number of them I have seen go bad the HDD cable would be my first guess.

 

I'm thinking that instead of one of the data traces being damaged it might be a power one.

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Got a bit of a headscratcher here, girlfriends 2011 MacBook Pro, I upgraded the SSD last year, and added a brand new SATA cable and added padding to the bottom of the case ( non-conductive ) to stop the SATA cable rubbing.  Fast forward to today, the laptop boots up and mid way will shut off totally, it will randomly boot to desktop but glitches out on login.

 

I am in two minds of another cable ( but when they go they tend to be unable to see the HD/SSD)  or something more serious hardware wise, anyone got any input before I tear it open and just start nosing?

 

 

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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Considering the price of the cables, and the number of them I have seen go bad the HDD cable would be my first guess.

 

I'm thinking that instead of one of the data traces being damaged it might be a power one.

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Damn, I know I've a spare somewhere, but sod's law it's impossible to find, thanks, will have to buy her some new cables if I cannot find my spare :/ 

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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you can always try booting to and external OS or internet recovery which should work regardless of the internal drive being recognized. That would lend a little more credence to the cable being bad.

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Well managed to find the spare, will try internet recovery as short of external drives at the minute. If it fails will swap the cable over.

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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Yup, it fails on every initialization of the SSD.

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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Replaced cable, fixed.  

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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