Mac: SanDisk Ultra Plus 256G on a MacBook Pro 17" i5 (mid 2010)

The images depict the swapping of the 500GB Hitachi HDD for a 256GB SanDisk SSD and installing the swapped HDD in a MCE OptiBay in place of the rarely used SuperDrive that has found a new home in a bus powered bootable USB 2.0 MCE enclosure.
Angie • Stereophonics  ∆
Innards of a drunkard Spool juxtaposed with the lockstep of Flash  ∆
From 60 to 260  ∆

(Before)  Hitachi 500GB 5400rpm HDD • 60Mbps average  ∆ 
(After)  SanDisk 256GB SSD • 260Mbps average  ∆
SSD installed  ∆
Firmware updated  ∆  
Trim enabled  ∆
Instruction gem  >  'Please don't squeeze the HDD when make the installment' -   ∆
500GB Hitachi HDD installed in the OptiBay  ∆
OptiBay installed  ∆
The SuperDrive is installed in the USB 2.0 MCE enclosure  ∆
End result  • The 256GB SSD works alongside the 500GB HDD in the same machine  ∆


Software :- Disk Utility, SuperDuper!, SanDisk firmware update, Trim enabler, MCE's OptiBay Utility.

Tools:- Philips 00, Torx 6, SATA/USB emulator.

Cost:- RM545 for the SanDisk, RM40.00 for the emulator (@ Viewnet, LowYat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur) USD80.00 (shipping inclusive from Canada) for the MCE's OptBay and SuperDrive enclosure.

Words, Work - Tommy Peters

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