{"id":12410,"date":"2011-11-01T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=12410"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:31:45","slug":"apples-latest-2011-macbook-pro-refresh-using-sata-3-0-6gbs-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12410-apples-latest-2011-macbook-pro-refresh-using-sata-3-0-6gbs-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s Latest 2011 MacBook Pro Refresh &#038; Using SATA Revision 3.0 6Gb\/s Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9832\" title=\"2011mbp15\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011mbp15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011mbp15.png 275w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011mbp15-216x120.png 216w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011mbp15-190x106.png 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011mbp15-230x129.png 230w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/2011mbp15-100x56.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/12318-speed-bumped-macbook-pros-released\">As we mentioned last Monday<\/a>, Apple has released new \u201cspeed bumped\u201d MacBook Pro 13&#8243;, 15&#8243;, and 17&#8243; model laptops. These units all show 6Gb\/s link capability for both the main drive bay and the optical bay. Right out of the gate <strong>all of these models are proving 100% reliable for use of a SATA Revision 3.0 hard drive or OWC 6G SSD installed into the main drive bay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just like the Early 2011 models, while we continue to see reliability with 6Gb\/s in the optical bay of the 13&#8243; model\u00a0&#8211; the optical bays of the 15&#8243; and 17&#8243; models remain too unstable for 6Gb\/s drive use. Although still unstable in the 15&#8243; and 17&#8243;, the optical bay SATA signal <em>has<\/em> improved considerably and we are looking into possibilities that might make 6Gb\/s in this bay reliable.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is the same as drive setup\/configuration <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/10433-macbook-pro-2011-models-and-sata-3-0-6-0gbs-update-5272011\">we saw in the the Early 2011 MacBook Pros.<\/a> While it had been a long road with various frustrations in terms of using a 6Gb\/s SSD in even the main bay of the previous 15\u201d and 17\u201d models \u2013\u00a0Apple\u2019s EFI 2.2 update <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/11895-2011-macbook-pro-sata-problems-resolved\">resolved most of those issues<\/a>. Future updates may resolve some fringe issues for those models, but, unfortunately, testing across a significant number of both Early and Late 2011 MacBook Pro models indicate that 6Gb\/s is only stable in the main bay of 15\u201d and 17\u201d models, while optical bay 6Gb\/s is reliable for 13\u201d models only at this time.<\/p>\n<h2>To keep it simple:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MacBook Pro 13\u201d October\/2011 models (2.4GHz and 2.8GHz)<\/strong><br \/>\nMain Drive Bay = 6Gb\/s Good<br \/>\nOptical Bay with Data Doubler = 6Gb\/s Good<\/li>\n<li><strong>MacBook Pro 15\u201d October\/2011 models (2.2GHz, 2.4GHz and 2.5GHz)<\/strong><br \/>\nMain Drive Bay = 6Gb\/s Good<br \/>\nOptical Bay with Data Doubler = 3Gb\/s Drives only, <em>not stable for 6Gb\/s capable drives<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>MacBook Pro 17\u201d October\/2011 models (2.4GHz and 2.5GHz)<\/strong><br \/>\nMain Drive Bay = 6Gb\/s Good<br \/>\nOptical Bay with Data Doubler = 3Gb\/s Drives only, <em>not stable for 6Gb\/s capable drives<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned last Monday, Apple has released new \u201cspeed bumped\u201d MacBook Pro 13&#8243;, 15&#8243;, and 17&#8243; model laptops. 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