A common issue with this series is a replacement HDD/SSD drives data rate spec exceeds what this system can support.
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A common issue with this series is a replacement HDD/SSD drives data rate spec exceeds what this system can support. This hang condition you are encountering sound like the replacement drive is not the correct drive or it’s jumper setting is incorrectly set.
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Here’s this series spec: [https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.6-17-early-2008-penryn-specs.html|17” MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo]
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Here’s this series spec: [link|https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.6-17-early-2008-penryn-specs.html|17” MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo]
Note the Storage Interface: line this series interface is only designed to support 1.5Gbps (SATA I)
A common issue with this series is a replacement HDD/SSD drives data rate spec exceeds what this system can support.
Here’s this series spec: [https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-2-duo-2.6-17-early-2008-penryn-specs.html|17” MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo]
Note the Storage Interface: line this series interface is only designed to support 1.5Gbps (SATA I)