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Two Titan 128GB died in my Macbook within 2 weeks
Hi all!
I purchased two Titan 128GB SSDs (FM-25S2S-128GBT1) a while back. The plan was to install them both in my Macbook (13" unibody). While I waited for my DVD adapter (allows you to replace the DVD with a second drive), I installed the second Titan in my MacPro.
At first I was really impressed with the speed - I got 200MB+ reads and 160MB+ writes on my Macbook. Boot times and application load times were fantastic - I do not think I have ever enjoyed an upgrade so much. The same were also true on the MacPro - loading Adobe applications like Photoshop was suddenly fast!
Then disaster struck one day - my Macbook would suddenly not boot. It showed the disk as uninitialized, with a size of 4GB. The drive was recently backed up, so no real loss. I reinstalled the old bootdisk in my MacPro and moved the second SSD to the Macbook.
Then, a few weeks later, the SSD died again. Again, recently backed up, so no real loss, but now I am a bit worried. Has anyone else experienced the same problem with MacBook and SSD?
Could it be a problem with the MacBook? I have used several different HDDs from different manufacturers in it, never had a problem.
When I look at the Titans, I notice that the serial numbers are identical except the last digits (they end in 701 and 702), so I got two made in the same batch I guess. Maybe a problem there?
Both times they failed the MacBook was running on battery power.
Does anyone have any idea what might have caused this? I guess the probability of two drives failing within days is quite low.
I purchased two Titan 128GB SSDs (FM-25S2S-128GBT1) a while back. The plan was to install them both in my Macbook (13" unibody). While I waited for my DVD adapter (allows you to replace the DVD with a second drive), I installed the second Titan in my MacPro.
At first I was really impressed with the speed - I got 200MB+ reads and 160MB+ writes on my Macbook. Boot times and application load times were fantastic - I do not think I have ever enjoyed an upgrade so much. The same were also true on the MacPro - loading Adobe applications like Photoshop was suddenly fast!
Then disaster struck one day - my Macbook would suddenly not boot. It showed the disk as uninitialized, with a size of 4GB. The drive was recently backed up, so no real loss. I reinstalled the old bootdisk in my MacPro and moved the second SSD to the Macbook.
Then, a few weeks later, the SSD died again. Again, recently backed up, so no real loss, but now I am a bit worried. Has anyone else experienced the same problem with MacBook and SSD?
Could it be a problem with the MacBook? I have used several different HDDs from different manufacturers in it, never had a problem.
When I look at the Titans, I notice that the serial numbers are identical except the last digits (they end in 701 and 702), so I got two made in the same batch I guess. Maybe a problem there?
Both times they failed the MacBook was running on battery power.
Does anyone have any idea what might have caused this? I guess the probability of two drives failing within days is quite low.
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