And here in the future, nearly 2022, the problem resurfaces!
Still running my trusty late 2011 A1286, with a 2TB HDD (Seagate Barracuda) as a data drive, with 500GB SSD as system drive, for a few years with no issues. Whole computer has been getting more and more sluggish for months in every area (including reported internet speeds, boot speed, text input - everything) which I’d not been able to pin down.
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Data HDD started getting sketchy then stopped being recognized. I left it in the bay and have been attempting data recovery Everything grinding - data recovery unusably slow.
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Data HDD started getting sketchy then stopped being recognized. I left it in the bay and have been attempting data recovery Everything grinding - data recovery unusably slow.
Today, went to swap out for a new 2TB WD and went to continue the recovery - it’s all there. Either the cable or the (generic) optibay has failed. Data drive in external caddy is totally fine, and magically the whole system is back to normal performance - magical!!
This damaged bus had clearly been impacting and compromising the entire system performance, so be aware that it could be the source of all kinds of com-bid behaviors. Chuffed that all my data is still there, though
I now have a couple of spare 2TB drives which I will be using as backups obviously (!) and have to identify what the issue is with the optical drive bus. Hopefully still usable after cable/optibay swap as it’s useful to have large internal data drive, but if it’s a logic board issue I may not bother, though I do have a guy in the UK who does logic board repairs (based in Essex - can’t remember the name of his business but Google it if needed - he is brilliant). [br]
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Thanks for pointers on triage here, people of the past!
and here in the future, nearly 2022, the problem resurfaces. Still running my trusty late 2011 A1286, with a 2Tb HDD (Seagate Barracuda) as a data drive, with 500Gb SSD as system drive, for a few years with no issues. Whole computer has been getting more and more sluggish for months in every area (including reported internet speeds, boot speed, text input - everything) which I’d not been able to pin down, data HDD started getting sketchy then stopped being recognised. I left it in the bay and have been attempting data recovery Everything grinding - data recovery unusably slow. Today, went to swap out for a new 2Tb WD and went to continue the recovery - it’s all there. Either the cable or the (generic) optibay has failed. Data drive in external caddy is totally fine, and magically the whole system is back to normal performance - magical!! This damaged bus had clearly been impacting and compromising the entire system performance, so be aware that it could be the source of all kinds of comorbid behaviours. Chuffed that all my data is still there, though I now have a couple of spare 2Tb drives which I will be using as backups obviously (!) and have to identify what the issue is with the optical drive bus. Hopefully still usable after cable/optibay swap as it’s useful to have large internal data drive, but if it’s a logic board issue I may not bother, though I do have a guy in the UK who does logic board repairs (based in Essex - can’t remember the name of his business but Google it if needed - he is brilliant). [br]
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And here in the future, nearly 2022, the problem resurfaces!
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Still running my trusty late 2011 A1286, with a 2TB HDD (Seagate Barracuda) as a data drive, with 500GB SSD as system drive, for a few years with no issues. Whole computer has been getting more and more sluggish for months in every area (including reported internet speeds, boot speed, text input - everything) which I’d not been able to pin down.
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Data HDD started getting sketchy then stopped being recognized. I left it in the bay and have been attempting data recovery Everything grinding - data recovery unusably slow.
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Today, went to swap out for a new 2TB WD and went to continue the recovery - it’s all there. Either the cable or the (generic) optibay has failed. Data drive in external caddy is totally fine, and magically the whole system is back to normal performance - magical!!
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This damaged bus had clearly been impacting and compromising the entire system performance, so be aware that it could be the source of all kinds of com-bid behaviors. Chuffed that all my data is still there, though
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I now have a couple of spare 2TB drives which I will be using as backups obviously (!) and have to identify what the issue is with the optical drive bus. Hopefully still usable after cable/optibay swap as it’s useful to have large internal data drive, but if it’s a logic board issue I may not bother, though I do have a guy in the UK who does logic board repairs (based in Essex - can’t remember the name of his business but Google it if needed - he is brilliant). [br]
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Thanks for pointers on triage here, people of the past!
and here in the future, nearly 2022, the problem resurfaces. Still running my trusty late 2011 A1286, with a 2Tb HDD (Seagate Barracuda) as a data drive, with 500Gb SSD as system drive, for a few years with no issues. Whole computer has been getting more and more sluggish for months in every area (including reported internet speeds, boot speed, text input - everything) which I’d not been able to pin down, data HDD started getting sketchy then stopped being recognised. I left it in the bay and have been attempting data recovery Everything grinding - data recovery unusably slow. Today, went to swap out for a new 2Tb WD and went to continue the recovery - it’s all there. Either the cable or the (generic) optibay has failed. Data drive in external caddy is totally fine, and magically the whole system is back to normal performance - magical!! This damaged bus had clearly been impacting and compromising the entire system performance, so be aware that it could be the source of all kinds of comorbid behaviours. Chuffed that all my data is still there, though I now have a couple of spare 2Tb drives which I will be using as backups obviously (!) and have to identify what the issue is with the optical drive bus. Hopefully still usable after cable/optibay swap as it’s useful to have large internal data drive, but if it’s a logic board issue I may not bother, though I do have a guy in the UK who does logic board repairs (based in Essex - can’t remember the name of his business but Google it if needed - he is brilliant). [br]
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Thanks for pointers on triage here, people of the past!