Intel's answer is official ? There is no plans to support nvidia  MCP79 chipsed ?

hello. What is the status for this situation? Has anyone from intel responded? We need an update. Intel should provide a fix for this so we can enjoy the product at sata 2 speed. Currently I have sata 1.

the intel-guys must know something. no?

Hi,

I bought two Intel 330 SSD drive one for my iMac and the other for my Macbook pro. All of them works in 1.5MBps speed. Have to have a fix for it. It is very disappointing.

Same problem here, just fitted an Intel 520 in a MacBook Pro mid 2009, only 1.5 Gbps speed. Very strange Intel has no fix for this. Can i give the drive back?

This Nvidia SATA chipset (or any other SATA chipset made by Nvidia) is obsolete, no longer in production, or sold by Nvidia. Why Apple used them at all is astonishing to me, as they were on there way out before 2009. Their reaction to receiving data that they are connected to a SATA III device, which they don't understand, is to shift into "safe mode", or SATA I, since they apparently don't even try to negotiate to SATA II. Their support for the standard SATA protocols was problematic when they were in production, and Nvidia left that segment of the chip market behind them.

A link to OCZ's apparent fix for this problem is included in the OP, but that is only for a subset of their products, not all of them. If you check that link, you learn the fix must be applied by the owner, it is not done at the factory as a standard update, which implies it is an either-or fix, change it for Nvidia chipsets, or not. I also found that they downplay its availability, since when used incorrectly, it causes new issues for some users (a way of not saying what I just wrote.)

Why can't Apple or Nvidia supply an update to their products to support current technology? We already know they won't, so why is Intel wrong for not providing special support for a product they have nothing to do with, is no longer produced, and is well known to be a poor performing, buggy chipset?

Intel, I'm experiencing this problem as well.  This MacBook Pro Mid-2009 is still a viable and hard working system that I want to get the maximum performance possible.  Please get a fix out to get this negotiated link speed working.  I would hate to have to return the two SSD's I purchased and get a Samsung or Crucial.  I had very good luck with previous Intel 320 SSDs on other systems.

im a mac & intel user for a long time,  having the same problem,

i just bought the intel drive because the "great co-op" between intel and apple products.

having the same problem and can't find any solution.

i came to an understanding that i wont find one either...

one thing i know for sure...

as a software engineer, i will not recommend intel products anymore if this annoying issue will not solve,

it is showing that you are just the same like other companies... you want our money to pay for

im a mac & intel user for a long time,  having the same problem,

i just bought the intel drive because the "great  co-op" between intel and apple products.

having the same problem and can't find any solution.

i came to an understanding that i wont find one either...

one thing i know for sure...

as a software engineer, i will not recommend intel products anymore if this annoying issue will not solve, starting today...

French user, i experience the same issue and am very disappointed not to find any solution by intel, as i've got 4 ssd intel :/

I had the same problem, then did this, and it's fixed: Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)