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jod1921

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I bought one of this to turn my mini into a fusion drive. It doesn't look like the othe PCI ssd's . Instead of 4 flash chips lined up neatly on the back there are 2 the are not lined up at all.

Apple OEM Samsung MZ-JPV1280/0A2 128GB with PCIe Interface

This is the other side
 

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s4ln058x01-8030 Controller

This pcie ssd has a s4ln058x01-8030 controller not s4ln053x01-8030 like all the rest. When I try to look this controller up there is no information. The only info I have found on this ssd is someone was selling a lot of 43 of these around 7 months ago and they were listed as custom for the MacBook pro MacBook air . I paid 154.98 with shipping . Anyone have any idea what's up with these. I going to refuse the shipment and ask for my money back ( listed as Samsung eom apple pcie ssd on eBay. I have never heard of an oem product with no web info listed anywhere.
 
This pcie ssd has a s4ln058x01-8030 controller not s4ln053x01-8030 like all the rest. When I try to look this controller up there is no information. The only info I have found on this ssd is someone was selling a lot of 43 of these around 7 months ago and they were listed as custom for the MacBook pro MacBook air . I paid 154.98 with shipping . Anyone have any idea what's up with these. I going to refuse the shipment and ask for my money back ( listed as Samsung eom apple pcie ssd on eBay. I have never heard of an oem product with no web info listed anywhere.

You won't find any OEM information about the part numbers since these are pretty much custom for Apple products, so I really don't think you have anything to worry about there, as long as it's the right pin count on the connector, you should be good.
 
It was my belief some of the Macbook Pro's (1TB ? ) Pcie on the later ones had increased perfomance due to been 4 Channel vs usual 2 Channel.
Dont think there was ever a 4 channel 128GB though so you should be fine.. I'd not worry , and take delivery and test it..

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Quote from 9-5 Mac

"The MBP 15 is able to achieve these speeds because it has a 4-channel PCIe connection to the SSD, in contrast to the 2-channel link on the MBP 13 and MacBook Air models, though from some reader reports this may be the case only on models fitted with 1TB drives. PCIe is a high-speed serial link used only on the latest Macs, replacing the slower SATA connections of earlier machines. SATA 3 is good for around 600MB/sec, which was more than fast enough for hard drives but not capable of keeping up with the speeds of modern SSDs. PCIe 3.0 is capable of a theoretical maximum of 8GB/sec, allowing plenty of spare capacity for faster future generations of SSD.
Per lane (each direction):
v1.x: 250 MB/s (2.5 GT/s)
v2.x: 500 MB/s (5 GT/s)
v3.0: 985 MB/s (8 GT/s)
v4.0: 1969 MB/s (16 GT/s)
So, a 16-lane slot (each direction):
v1.x: 4 GB/s (40 GT/s)
v2.x: 8 GB/s (80 GT/s)
v3.0: 15.75 GB/s (128 GT/s)
v4.0: 31.51 GB/s (256 GT/s)
It seems likely that Apple was keeping things simple by citing the performance available across the range rather than noting the far higher speed of the top-of-the-range model."

I'm not sure if the SSD is different or just the "connection" to it .. Mac Pro's are also 4 channel I believe ..
 
I bought one of this to turn my mini into a fusion drive. It doesn't look like the othe PCI ssd's . Instead of 4 flash chips lined up neatly on the back there are 2 the are not lined up at all.

Apple OEM Samsung MZ-JPV1280/0A2 128GB with PCIe Interface

This is the other side

This is PCIE x4 version of apple ssd.
Very rare :)
Ordinary ssd pcie in macbook air or retina is PCIE x2 only.
 
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