[lug] want to borrow: SSD

[joesheehan]

   Robert,  
    
     Can you copy an OS image off to a 64 gig USB thumb drive and boot and test from there?   My 17" MacBook Pro  is 4+ years old and always spikes from Adobe Flash problems,  including even its update process.  Doesn't sound like that's related at all.  I assume you've  tried switching the ram sticks around.  Have you tried booting with [apple-v]  to see if there are any startup messages?  


   Good Luck!   




On Aug 25, 2014, at 10:50 PM, Robert Racansky wrote:

> I know it’s a long shot to ask, but does anybody have a 2.5 inch blank
> internal solid state hard drive I can borrow for a few days?    
> 
> I am trying to troubleshoot performance issues with my MacBook Pro (
> quad-core i7 2.3 Ghz CPU with 16 GB of RAM).    
> 
> CPU is usually 95% idle, and I’m only using about 25% of RAM, but
> almost every click of the mouse results in a “spinning beach ball of
> death”, rending the computer unusable.     
> 
> Disk I/O spikes occasionally, but I’m not sure that’s the cause of the
> problem.  I want to be sure that replacing my hard drive resolves the
> issues before plunking down $250 to buy a new one.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Blackmagic Disk Speed Test v 2.2
> 5 GB stress test
> 10 Bit YUV 4:2:2
> 
> PAL:  Write 44 FPS Read 60 FPS
> NTSC: Write 52 FPS Read 71 FPS
> HD 720:  Write 19 FPS Read 27 FPS
> HD 1080: Write 08 FBP Read 12 FPS
> 
> 
> 
> Geekbench 3 benchmark:
> 
> my laptop, Geekbench 3.1.6 Tryout for Mac OS X x86 (32-bit)
> 
> MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012)
> 
> Single-Core Score : 2,769
> Multi-Core Score  10,717
> 
> from http://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks
> 
> MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012)
> Intel Core i7-3615QM 2300 MHz (4 cores)
> 
> 32-bit Single-Core score:  2,733
> 32-bit Multi-Core Score: 10,540
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