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Crucial SSD
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It is possible the ssd or the enclosure’s controller has died. Do you have a Windows or Linux (best option for this kind of diagnosis) computer handy to test? I think the Mac is experiencing a kernel panic.
An electrical short is also a possibility. I’d take it apart and test the ssd in another enclosure.
An electrical short is also a possibility. I’d take it apart and test the ssd in another enclosure.
Does its USB device show up in the Hardware Device control panel?
My sense is that, given the behavior, the drive controller is gone. I have never seen a corrupted drive create the behavior you noted for iPad and Mac.
My sense is that, given the behavior, the drive controller is gone. I have never seen a corrupted drive create the behavior you noted for iPad and Mac.
I have never seen a Mac respond with a pink screen/restart when plugging in any kind of drive, since 1987.
Not saying it can't happen.
Is this repeatable?
Does it happen EVERY time?
If so, there might be an internal short or failure in the drive.
Not saying it can't happen.
Is this repeatable?
Does it happen EVERY time?
If so, there might be an internal short or failure in the drive.
On Windows, it's normal for the OS to chime when it connects to a USB device. if the SSD is formatted with an Apple format Windows can't mount the drive partition even though it connected to the hardware successfully.
I suggest then you connect the SSD to a Windows machine and if it chimes then launch Disk Management (right-click on the Start icon on the toolbar and select it from the menu). If Disk Management pops up a windows saying you need to initialize the drive that indicates that the hardware connected successfully. If you initialize the SSD at that point it will wipe all the data. If you do, you can then use Disk Management to reformat the drive to exFAT and test it on a Mac again.
I cannot easily find one that I can be sure is clean. However I really do recommend the excellent and open source command line utility smartmontools. Here is a step by step article: https://www.macworld.com/article/334283/how-to-m1-intel-mac-ssd-health-terminal-smartmontools.html. It works for any drive connected to the system.