package is unopened.

please advise.

⟐ Answer accepted 四月 15, 2019 at 11:45 GMT-7

Apple Blade SSD 5GA 34+22 Pins NVMe

⟐ Answer edited 三月 16, 2026 at 7:33 GMT-7

Now it shows up in disk management as unallocated, and my GetData Recover My Files software could see and scan it. Unfortunately, it could not find any files on it (I have always used this software for data recovery and have had a fairly high success rate with it).

Does anyone have any suggestions for software to recover data from a functioning (I guess) SSD? I appreciate any help. Thanks!

⟐ Answered 六月 24, 2025 at 5:23 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 六月 24, 2025 at 4:36 GMT-7

That said, a lot of the old machines that are modern yet cheap if you’re willing to put some work in (think Core 2 ThinkPad and Latitude E series) to get it going again are going to be old enough to either be limited to SATA I/II or capped due to older option ROMs, as is the case with systems like the T61.

Since I am probably going to get a no HD machine that works at a discount since SATA drives are actually easy to get, I need an SSD with proper legacy SATA support. I know I can probably get a hard drive but a lot of the legacy models which are backwards compatible are NOS and will likely be hard to find given enough time. I would like to put a small 128/256GB SSD in to get around these stock problems.

One option I *know* will work is I can pull the Crucial M500 out of my T420, get another SSD for it (250 instead of 240) and clone it. I know this drive is old enough to have legacy SATA speed support, but it’s not a drop in solution since I need to take active steps to preserve the setup and data on the Crucial SSD. The T420 is SATA III compatible, so even if I get one of those legacy free/premium SATA II/III drives I shouldn’t have an issue.

⟐ Answer accepted 十二月 18, 2019 at 10:50 GMT-7

Samsung M.2 NVMe SSD (PCIe), 128 GB, 2280 form factor

I bought two incorrect items already (External M.2 SSD NVMe Enclosure × 1)

What do I need to buy for this specific item?

⟐ Commented 一月 27, 2026 at 13:24 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 二月 19, 2025 at 11:02 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 十二月 30, 2024 at 11:18 GMT-7

⟐ Answer accepted 三月 18, 2023 at 8:17 GMT-7

However, the SSD will be a “used pull” from the XPS and I do not know which type it is. This is the SSD I will be moving to my 2012 MBP.

Is it known if this is a DRAM drive or DRAM-less? The spinning drive is painful to use more then ever as I phase spinning rust out!

⟐ Comment deleted 七月 07, 2021 at 9:55 GMT-7

I need to add memory to my HPelitebook laptop.

It used to be corporate, so i switched it by putting SSD & add RAM, changed battery also & supply BUT i need to add internal memory…There is a physical m2 slot !

I dont want to just add ext HDD…might be much less portable & i already have 3 back-ups…readable !

So, simple… will the bios/efi automaticaly recognise the adding ?

⟐ Answer accepted 十二月 22, 2020 at 20:35 GMT-7

Gold fingers are fragile and can be damaged. When they are broken off, what is the proper way of re-doing the gold fingers?

(1) How to attach new PCB material (epoxy?) to broken SSD?

(2) What adhesive to bond copper tape fingers to new PCB material?

(3) How to find where the old trace is, and connect them to copper tape fingers?

⟐ Answered 十一月 18, 2020 at 8:47 GMT-7

No matter what I tried, never got past that again, so I had to pull out my old SSD and swap it in, boots right up, memory is all working, original apple SSD is all good. I order OWC's SSD enclosure, get it today, plug the SSD in, nothing shows up. 30 min plugged in, jostling it around, trying things, nothing changes. Doesn't show up in Disk Utility at all, lights are all powered on the SSD and the enclosure, its plugged directly into the back of the mac. I notice it's getting really hot, so I unplug it.

Literally nothing has changed, I can't find any damage or signs of failed components visually, what am I missing? Is it worth trying to have someone recover? I had all my data, and even bootcamp installed on this SSD. I look up this SSD online and turns out this seems to be a common issue, with no solution so far I can find.

⟐ Commented 四月 16, 2024 at 12:38 GMT-7

Disk reinitialization (done due to prior red flags noticed early in testing):

Write (post reinitialize):

Read (post reinitialize):

This SSD is a 75TBW drive, and it went from 90>88% due to the checks I did on it. Yes, the wear wasn’t 100% necessary but due to the severe amount of wear I noticed doing the initial write check, I wanted to go over it closely. Should I be concerned? PS: The laptop doesn’t require SATA II - it supports SATA III.

SMART data:

⟐ Commented 二月 13, 2022 at 22:37 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 十二月 30, 2025 at 15:12 GMT-7

Before installing, I wanted to do some testing using Black Magic Disk Speed Test, here are the results:

iMac Fusion Drive (HDD+SSD):

Write: 150-200mb/s

Read: 250-400mb/s

Samsung 860 EVO:

Write: 30-50mb/s

Read: 220mb/s

So my question is, what’s going on here? It makes no sense at all that the fusion drive tests results are beating the pants off the EVO, which is giving worse results than just about any HD I can recall testing. I did test the speed via Thunderbolt 1 using Target Disk Mode, but also got similar results directly on the MBP that houses the EVO. The SSD is pretty full, would that have a drastic affect on the speed? Is this thing just bad?

Thanks in advance for any help!

⟐ Commented 二月 29, 2024 at 16:37 GMT-7

Please find attached the pic of the SSD

⟐ Answered 九月 05, 2023 at 11:02 GMT-7

I have a Samsung SM841N mSATA SSD I got in a pile of parts, and while it works it has 20.61 TB written so far to it. This is rather high for an SSD, but for a older SSD it’s probably not too unusual.

However, I need to know the max TBW before it “expires”, if you will so I can get an idea of how used it was before I got it. My application isn’t one where I can’t take chances since I just use it as a music SSD (although it only has 27GB left) and the files are on another drive I keep as a backup, so I do have them elsewhere.

⟐ Answer accepted 五月 07, 2022 at 18:55 GMT-7

This SSD came with a Latitude D630 which was super cheap, and I honestly only got it for the SSD since the drive is worth about as much if not more then the computer - it’s a common spec D630, so the SSD made up for that. However, my concern is if the SSD it came with is SATA II ready, as the D630 is notoriously known for not supporting SATA III support due to the chipset (i965GM or 965PM). It seems to be fine, but I also didn’t run it much because I need to find a keyboard.

Is this SSD support SATA II, or should I just put this in a more suited machine and buy a SSD that’s better for the D630? It is an SDSDSA-240G as far as I can tell. It doesn’t look like it does, but I also can’t find any positive proof either.

⟐ Answer edited 七月 30, 2021 at 10:57 GMT-7

I purchased an adapter that plugs in to a PCie slot on a PC.

Here is link to one similar: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352707107163

When I turn on the PC the light comes on on the adapter and I can see the device in disk management as Apple SSD however I am unable to access files from device. It doesn't appear in my Computer at all and I am unable to assign a drive number or initialise disk via Disk Management.

Could the issue be BIOS related? Is there a driver or need? Or is my motherboard just not compatible.

I have tried it on another PC and have had the same issue. Any advice would be grateful, thanks.

⟐ Commented 四月 21, 2021 at 6:21 GMT-7