Heres an update. I went to the apple store last night and bought an adaptor for hard drives that run through the fire wire…when I plug the ssd in there, i can run it without a hitch. The problem is when I connect it internally with the SATA cable. The original hard drive still works internally. I also was able to upgrade the firmware for the 480gb ssd. Any ideas? Thanks again in advance guys. It is much appreciated!