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Hi there fellow humans, I recently installed a SSD (internally) as a startup disk in my Mac Pro (Early 2009). Unfortunately it often crashes - at random times - and the only way to get my computer functioning again is to hold down the power button. This problem even happens when I go back to using my old hard drive as the Startup Disk. The SSD is a Mercury Electra 3G 480GB drive from OWC. I’m rather perplexed… Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Ta, Seb
Well it shouldn’t. I’m running a 512 SSD in mine with no issues. How was it formatted? Do you have a secondary standard boot drive installed and does it crash when using that one? What operating system are you running? Was there an update or upgrade you’ve done recently?
I have an external SSD and had a similar problem. I noticed that when I checked Activity Monitor it always said “0 bytes” next to “Swap used”. This was causing my Mac to run out of RAM very easily then freeze or crash. This solution worked for me: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/278…
