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Considering NVMe M.2 boot for 2014 iMac 5k, Have Questions
Hi - in my iMac 15,1 I have USB 3.0 and ThunderBolt 2. I am considering an external enclosure connecting via TB as a boot option if I will see appreciable performance gains. I have a 1TB Fusion drive going on now. Looking for connecting 2 NVMe's. A double enclosure would be choice. One... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 Optimise my cMP
Hey guys and girls, thanks for all the time reading your threads helped me reviving my newly cMP 5.1 from 2010. Now its time for me to ask you how to optimise my cMP to use it in the best supported way. My setup: cMP 5.1 dual CPU --> getting the x5680 in the next days 32 GB Ram (8x4gb) -->... -
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MP 7,1 Best 4TB SSD + PCI Adapter Combo
Hey all! Ive been reading through all of the related storage threads but I’m struggling to determine what the best SSD drive + PCI adapter card combo to get. I would love to get some recommendations from anyone that has researched or purchased this sort of setup. My setup is a 12-core 2019 Mac... -
NVMe SSD Upgrade on a Late 2012 iMac
INTRO Hello, I do hope you as the reader are well! I have been given a Late 2012 iMac 2.7ghz 21.5" as a gift, and it is painfully slow. The HDD corrupted and it is running off an external HDD connected via USB. So I am looking to add a few upgrades. I am focussing on the RAM and SSD as the CPU...- CuriousOtter
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- hardware hardware changes mac nvme ram ssd
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- Forum: iMac
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro PCIe NVMe reboot during sleep
Hi All and thanks in advance for any advice. I've searched the forum and sticky SSD thread but can only find this issue as regards MBPs not Mac Pro. I'm currently running a Mac Pro 4,1 2x 2.26 flashed to a 5,1. I have recently upgraded the machine to Mojave on a PCIe SSD and I am now having...- Jackdown_101
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- mac pro (2009) nvme nvmeboot pcie adaptor reboot sleep ssd
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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Persistent NVMe Kernel Panics on MacBook Pro 13" 2017
Hi All, I am getting persistent NVMe Kernel Panics on a 13" 2017 MacBook Pro Non Touch Bar a1708. Please see below the full Kernel Panic report. The Kernel Panics happen only when the laptop is on battery power and only when the charge goes below 70%. The issue doesn't happen when it's plugged...- nkrazor
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- kernel panic macbook pro "13 2017 nvme
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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MacBook air 2013 does not recognise the new nvme ssd
Hi there, I recently bought a 512Gb NVMe M.2 ssd from verbatim as it was really cheap and I also bought the adapter on eBay so that it'd fit in my macbook (the adapter is from sintech) but after installing it, the ssd doesn't show up in disk utility or ubuntu terminal, I tried so many different...- xeram
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- advice bootable disk help macbook air 11 macbook air 2013 macos nvme repair ssd verbatim
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- Forum: MacBook Air
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Restoring from external clone to blank SSD inside system.
So I recently stumbled across the thread for the SSD adapter for the 2016/2017 Macbook Pro Non-touch bar: (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/found-this-adaptor-for-2016-2017-non-touch-bar-for-ssd-upgrades.2231881/) I decided to buy the Sabrent 1tb 2242 SSD and the adapter. I'm just waiting...- vctrburk
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- disk utility macbook pro nvme ssd
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- Forum: macOS Catalina (10.15)
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Samsung X5 Speeds on TB1 Macs
I recently purchased a 500GB Samsung X5 external TB3 drive that I intend on installing a larger NVMe and using it as my primary boot drive on my Late 2012 iMac. It is currently getting averages of 807MBps Write and 880MBps Read speeds with the original NVMe. While it is far from slow, and much... -
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MP 6,1 Mac Pro 6,1 SSD Upgrade
I am looking into upgrading my Mac Pro 6,1 from the original 1TB SSD to a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB. I have read a lot of recommendations saying to use the EKWB heat sink with it. Many of the reviews for EKWB heat sink state that it’s very hard to get both clips on the Samsung 970 EVO. Does...- jtmatchett
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- mac pro (2013) nvme ssd upgrade
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- Forum: Mac Pro
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Buy a new Imac - Considerations on SSD speeds
Recently I tried a Samsung X5 external Nvme M.2 SSD, connected via Thunderbolt 3 to an end-2017 Imac, pumped up on steroids with 64 Gb Ram (OWC 2666 Mhz DDR4 SODIMM PC4-21400). Yes the 2666 Mhz are working even it that model is using 2400 Mhz originally (the advantage, in case you buy a new Imac...- maxphotos1
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- fusion nvme pcie ssd
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- Forum: iMac
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MP 1,1-5,1 Help with configuring PCI/NVMe drive
I've just installed a Sabrent 2TB NVMe drive using the kryoM.2 evo PCIe adapter. The install was easy and the drive is now visible as a PCI-Express External drive. My machine is a mid 2010 5.1 cMP running macos 10.14.6. My intention is to use this new drive to act as the system disk... -
MP 1,1-5,1 Silverstone ECM24 PCIe M.2 adapter for NVME SSD and Placement in PCIe Slots
I am finally getting around to upgrading my macpro5,1. Without hardware background, it's been quite a learning curve. Thank goodness for forums like this and videos. So far I've installed a Sapphire Radeon RX 580 and a new HDD in bay 3. I just did a clean install of Mojave and confirmed my Boot... -
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Generic NVMe M.2 adapter
So I've just ordered this bad boy in the attachment. It's an adapter to fit a M.2 NVMe SSD into the 12+16 pin slot on my MacBook Pro Retina 2015. Since it's not one of the two known brands (Sintech and Chanyang), I'm looking for some user experiences with this specific brandless generic...- Faloude
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- adapter macbok pro nvme
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Is External NVME ssd fast enough for 4k editing?
Sold my previous 5,1 Mac Pro to fund my 2019 MacBook Pro i9/16GB/512/560x in July to learn video editing with Final Cut Pro. I thought the 512GB base storage would be enough but found out after a few months that it wasn't. I still have my Crucial 1TB nvme from my Mac Pro, so I went and bought an...- AppleMyI
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- fcpx macbook nvme ssd
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- Forum: MacBook Pro
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Suggest me TB3 NVMe ssd enclosure
Like the title says, I’m looking for a decent TB3 enclosure for a Sabrent 1TB NVMe pci-e 3.0 ssd. It’s a one sided model and has both writing and reading speeds over 3000 mb/s. I’ve already checked the forum but most of the topics were from previous years. The comments on Amazon are also... -
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MP 6,1 Macpro 2013 6,1 Internal SSD Upgrade 2020
Hey Guys I really need help to choose a new SSD nvme hard drive for my 6,1 Macpro. I saw on Amazon the EVO 970 1To at 189€ but also Sabrent Rocket 2TB for 299€. Is Sabrent as good as Evo 970 ? What SSD do you recommend for 6,1 Macpro ? and what Heatsink model should I buy ? thanks a lot !! -
Fusion drive between NVMe and SATA SSD?
My late-2015 27" iMac has been feeling slow lately when there's a lot of disk access going on (like when running VMWare). It's pretty clear the bottleneck is the existing 2.2TB fusion drive. I was thinking of replacing the stock drive components with a 2TB NVMe, but then was wondering if some... -
MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro flashed 5,1 Kernal Panic NVME Card?
hey Guys, Would appreciate some help. Last wee while I've been getting random kernel panics, usually when the Mac isn't being used but not in sleep, ie when I get up to make a coffee and come back... While another forum post stated it was compatable, I have a feeling it might be the NVME PCIE... -
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MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 5,1 will no longer boot from NVME m.2 drive
I have a Mac Pro 5,1 that has been running great. Running Mojove 10.14.6 For about a year I've used a M.2 Evo 750 NVME in PCI slot 3 drive as my primary drive with my OS and its worked fine. I shut down my machine last night and when I booted it up this AM it would chime but nothing showed on...- Jigga Beef
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- boot screen mac pro nvme
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- Forum: Mac Pro
