MMOBIEL Replacement HDD Hard Drive Ir Sensor Sleep Detector Cable with Hard Drive Bracket compatible with Macbook Pro A1286 15” 2009 2010 2011 Part Nr 821-0812-A / 821-0989-A / 821-1198-A

I had bought a large capacity SSD drive which I configured as an external drive, everything was fine until I put it inside the Macbook. It would power up then crash. I discovered that the SATA cables in the 2012 models, as shipped, were known to be an issue. They worked fine on old, slow, data transfer drives but not on the newer SSD drives.I fitted this replacement SATA cable using the tools supplied and within 7 minutes the Macbook was up and running, working beautifully and super fast. I thoroughly recommend both this cable and this seller for a superb product.

My laptop suddenly wouldn't boot up (however managed to run a live linux distro off of a usb drive which showed the hard drive nowhere to be seen). Having tested the hard drive in an external enclosure which was working, I came to the conclusion the SATA cable in my macbook pro 8,1 finally gave up the ghost. Having watched an instructional video on youtube, i installed this cable in under 5 minutes and back to using my Mac. As the bracket with the IR sensor is included with this cable, there is no faffing about with fiddly ribbon cables. The screwdrivers that are included are also of good quality

I normally don’t write product reviews, but I am hoping this will help someone out there! I was hesitant to buy this, but I had nothing to fear! I decided to upgrade the HDD to an SSD on my trusted 2012 MacBook Pro. Little did I know that my SATA cable was already toast, and even though it was working with the HDD, it could not cope with the SSD. Hours of reformatting, cloning and uncloning, resetting PRAM etc did not help. What helped was this SATA cable! Very easy to install, and the bracket makes you by pass the most fiddly bit of installation. I was also impressed by the quality of the tool that were included! The screwdriver is definitely high quality. Just follow the instructions on You tube, put some insulating tape on the metal body to make the cable last longer. It’s early days, but I am happy. Hopefully the cable is of high enough quality and it lasts a long time. Go for it!

My SSD had stopped working. Before purchasing a new one, I thought I would try replacing the cable in order to eliminate that as the possible problem. The old part was quite easy to remove and the new part as easy to install. The SSD is working again, so I was happy that it was the old cable that was faulty as the replacement was much cheaper than a new SSD! The only thing that wasn't quite right with the new cable was that a section of it seemed to be slightly too long and did not sit flush but it doesn't seem to causing any issues so far.

I thought my macbook was for the bin when I seen the dreaded flashing question mark file on start up. Looked online and was reccomended to buy this. My macbook now lives on to see another day!Cable fits perfectly and the tools supplied are ideal

I bought a secondhand MacBook Pro 2012 13" to replace my recently dead 2011. It was good deal but needed an SSD and a RAM upgrade to bring it up to speed. RAM installed I set about trying to install a new SSD. The SSD would format fine in an external caddy but every time installed it into my new MacBook and I tried to install Mac OS via a bootable USB stick, the MacBook would either not recognise the SSD or if I did manage to get it to be recognised , the install either failed or the one time I did get it to install, it wouldn't start and instead gave 'flashing folder' (is not found) errors.The weird thing was that every time I put the original mechanical HDD back in, the MacBook would start fine.After much confusion, frustration and googling, I fould that a lot of other people had similar problems with 2012 MacBooks. Seems the SATA cable that connects the drive to the logic board can fail over time or even if it works with a HDD, is unable to deal with the increased throughput from a faster SSD.So with nothing to loose, I bought this kit.After a 10 minute install, I was up and running, SSD recognised and was installing Mac OS.Install successful and new MacBook living up to its fully potential. Man it's amazing how slow a mechanical drive is once you're used to SSD!! So glad to get this sorted. Great life saving, reasonably priced bit of kit!

Recently encountered the question mark/grey folder start up screen error on MBP Late 2012 model. After running disk utility identified it wasn’t a software issue as couldn’t see the hard drive. Online research suggested this cable……Next day followed a DIY tutorial and MBP now restored to former glory. Part works well.

The quality of this product is outstanding. Thank you