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I have an old MacBook where I lost the original SSD when I used a third party one. I now ordered a (presumably refurbished) SSD from the Bookyard advertised as compatible for the same make but 500GB instead of 256. Upon installing it, the machine worked fine for about 5 minutes before shutting down without warning and also without any report upon rebooting successfully. This was repeated a few times, until I gave up. The shutdown happened sometimes less than a minute after booting, sometimes a few minutes later, maybe up to 5 or 6. I assume that the Bookyard sent me a faulty SSD and I will contact them about it in the morning in the hope that they will replace it. Is there something in general that I need to know about replacing SSDs for the MacBook? Is it a straightforward process or am I likely to have to say goodbye to my old machine? Does Mac replace hard disks for older models and what do they charge for it?
There is very little which can go wrong physically. Did you use proper ESD practices?Did you over stress the connector, lifting the SSD to high so the logic board connector got damaged? I wold focus on just getting a replacement SSD from TheBookYard they have always taken care of me.
