So if you have 6Gb/s link available in your 15” or 17” optical bay, unless this problem is fixed – those with the reliable 3Gb/s optical connectivity are actually better off. While the 15” has no problem at all with 6Gb/s in the main drive bay – both the 15” and the 17” are a no-go with all the units we’ve tested here when using 6Gb/s drives in the optical bay. The news is not so good for 15” and 17” models. Put two of our 6G SSDs in and set up RAID 0 you can get over 1000MBs per second data rates…sustained! Freaking awesome! The maximum speed will simply be limited to about 300 MB per second, but reliability is 100% in all 13”, 15”, and 17” models for using even the highest performance drive on that 3Gb/s link connection.įor MacBook Pro 13” 2011 model owners who have the dual 6Gb/s connections- score! This model works great with a 6Gb/s SSD in the optical bay.
This shot is from a system with 6Gb/s in both baysįor anyone who has 3Gb/s max supported in the optical bay, the Data Doubler is still a great solution to use any 3Gb/s or 6Gb/s SSD or Hard Drive. Results with SATA 3.0 6Gb/s in optical bay with an OWC Data DoublerĪpple System Profiler will show you what Link Speed capability are supported up to. There are no issues at all with any of the MacBook Pro 15” and 13” 2011 Models and 6Gb/s SSD use in the main bay-rock solid reliable. Apple needs to fix this based on the issue being present in the units we received this week and last, it is not resolved in units shipping today beyond ‘hit or miss’ luck. Another 17” we purchased in April works as expected with no issues. The first 17” we received in February also had issues, but were resolvable with our shielding kit. All the recent 17” models we acquired were flops and we’re now waiting for replacements. It’s not our SSD (which actually fares better than some others…) it has to do with the ‘luck of the draw’ in terms of the 17” you get. Results with SATA 3.0 6Gb/s SSD in the Main Drive Bayīased on field reports and new units we purchased in May, use of 6Gb/s SSDs in the 17” MacBook Pro is hit or miss. Also, this is only really important to you if you hope to use a 6Gb/s drive in your optical bay as enabled with our Data Doubler.
There is no guarantee of a new unit purchased having the 6Gb/s in the optical bay – but I can say that the odds seem fairly favorable based on units we’ve been getting and reports in the field. I say “seems to,” as we’ve received multiple units with the ‘dual 6Gb/s’ setup, but after getting 17″ MacBook Pros with the dual 6Gb/s setup in multiple deliveries this month, the 17” we received earlier in this week was back to 6Gb/s in the main bay and 3Gb/s in the optical.īottom line, it is not a spec Apple includes (what SATA connection will be in each bay) and currently is no correlation we have found to explain why a new unit this week was different than the units received over the past couple. Units we’ve purchased over the past month indicate that Apple seems to be changing over to having 6Gb/s connectivity in both the main drive bay and in the optical bay. ( Note: For the remainder of this piece – I will refer to the two connections as 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s) Ok… To the details… SATA 3.0 6Gb/s in the Optical Bay?Īll of the 13-, 15-, and 17-inch 2011 MacBook Pros we purchased right at release shipped with SATA 3.0 6Gb/s connectivity in the main drive bay and SATA 2.0 3Gb/s connectivity in the optical bay. FWIW, our shielding kit does make a difference for some, but not all, as there is just significant enough variability in the issue which means it ultimately needs to be resolved by Apple themselves.
#MACBOOK PRO 2011 HARD DRIVE LOCATION UPDATE#
If we’re lucky, it will be a fix handled via some software update it would seem more likely to require a hardware adjustment, but we’ll see. Again, I do believe they will… I also believe it is in everyone’s best interest that they do fix it, with respect to the incredible performance that our SSDs unleash in these fantastic MacBook Pro 2011 models. It’s not so sweet at this point, but I will at least try to keep it as short as possible.īefore going any further, I do want to be clear that, while I believe the issues noted should be and will be resolved, Apple makes no advertisement-in specification or otherwise-that creates any obligation for them to fix the issues noted. Since we first looked at a potential fix for problems with SATA 3.0 operation in the main bay of the 2011 MacBook Pros on April 15, we’ve learned much more.
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