I have to un-accept this answer, I'm afraid. I installed a new HD cable, but am still having the problem. The question now (based on what I've read here and elsewhere) is:
Do I need to jumper the drive to run at 3.0Gb? Or, should I reformat the drive as one partition?
Opinions welcome!
The firmware is up to date, the Mac will support 1TB and the SATA drives are supposed to be downwards compatible. Theis one is SATA III 6 .0GB (Seagate model 1000LM014) with 2 partitions (300Gb and 700 GB). When running it externally via USB, both partitions mount and I get these system reports:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.33f8
Serial Number (system): W88480021GN
Hardware UUID: 26BA7B20-2AC2-530F-98AD-C3DEA148B0F4
SATA/SATA Express:
NVidia MCP79 AHCI:
Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported
Storage:
Galehead:
Available: 105.72 GB (105,719,644,160 bytes)
Capacity: 299.49 GB (299,489,112,064 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk0s2
Volume UUID: 087BFEBE-D55F-3F14-8850-CA815D191E6A
Physical Drive:
Media Name: ST1000LM 014-1EJ164 Media
Protocol: USB
Internal: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Not Supported
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UPDATE: I was able to startup the Macbook from this new drive externally) (using my iFixit USB adapter!). So it is not a compatibility issue, but a problem with the internal connection I would think.
The original hard drive had mechanical failure after being dropped. Could that have damaged the internal cable as well? Seems a remote possibility.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Jen Morris crwdne2934271:0
ADDITIONAL UPDATE:
- Installing a new HD cable did not solve the problem.
- An older HD (SATA I) worked fine when installed in the drive bay.
- Putting a jumper on the 2 leftmost pins of the 1TB Seagate drive did not solve problem.
I am reluctant to reformat the 1TB drive as a single partition, but that's the last possibility I can think of. I'll probably put it into an external case and get a smaller, slower drive for internal use.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Jen Morris crwdne2934271:0
SUCCESS AT LAST: Seagate drive working as intended. The SATA cable and connection are fine. Must conclude that the problem was in the drive itself, and the way it was initially formatted. Further comments below.
crwdns2934271:0crwdnd2934271:0 Jen Morris crwdne2934271:0
Happy to here it's working!
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