MBA rev. B, drive swap mod for 1.8" micro-sata

[fraser34]

• If you go to everymac.com enter the Mac's s/n, you will find this:

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MacBook Air "Core 2 Duo" 1.6 13" (NVIDIA)	1.6 GHz Core 2 Duo (SL9300)
	​ Intro. October 14, 2008 Disc. June 8, 2009 Order MB543LL/A Model A1304 (EMC 2253*) Family Late 2008 ID MacBookAir2,1 RAM 2 GB VRAM 256 MB Storage 120 GB HDD Optical None* Complete MacBook Air "Core 2 Duo" 1.6 13" (NVIDIA) Specs

So, it is 2008-2009 macbook.
2. 820-2375-A , 2008 is printed on the motherboard. (pic 1)
3. REV A is printed on the motherboard and HDD cable has 24 pins. (pic 2)
And my question was, sellers on eBay, for example, saying that 24 pin SSD they sell will work with REV B and C only, not with REV A.
And I was asking if the sellers don’t know what they sell or I’m missing something.

For me, it looks like if my macbook has 24 pin cable I can use 24 pin SSD drive, regardless if it is REV A, B or C.

 

[reukiodo]

All the 9400M MacBook Airs use SATA drives with the 24pin LIF connector, as referenced by your photo. So either they are mistaking logic board revisions as early/late 2008 differentiator, or perhaps there is something more complicated between the SSD and late 2008 rev A logic board communication which has yet to be documented.

At this point with conflicting information empirical evidence would be the best, so get one, test it, and find out. And then let everyone else here know the results.

 

[peterparker11]

Can I destroy the magic construction proposed above even further?
I would like to use M.2 SATA SSD .
So just add again another converter to this nice way of soldering converters?
See, e.g.: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07VYPW3VX/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=A1DTFCLCYP7P2L&psc=1

 

[theiaya]

My macbook cant read my ssd

 

[reukiodo]

Even though an M.2 to mPCIe adapter may electrically work with SATA-based (not NVMe-based) SSDs, you may notice that physical size becomes a limiting factor as even the 2242 may not fit inside the MBA, and finding SATA-based 2230 M.2 SSDs is not easy.

 

[Andy1248]

It has been a while since any new posts on this thread. However since getting a Macbook Air A1304, late 2009 2.13ghz one, I have been very interested in how to get a spare ssd to use for this. At first I got the one from Aliexpress:
Which did not work. It has the remains of a 'Void' sticker on it, which makes me suspect it was not a new item.
I have made a msata to liv adapater as shown on this thread, which has come together well. First time I have used a hot air station. Have not tested yet but will report when I do.

 

[Andy1248]

Well it does work. Managed to see the ssd and format it. However very difficult to install an OS using a usb. Using another sdd drive with usb adapter seems to work. However before I could get that far I got the dreaded RAM fault beeps. So with now a useless laptop drastic action is called for. A serviceable logic board on ebay is £50 and I feel not worth it for 2009 mac. I am going to try and reflow the ram chips. Have not done much hot air soldering but have nothing to loose. Wish me luck.

 

[Andy1248]

I have solved my beeping RAM fault by reflowing the ram chips. My DIY msata to macair sata interface works fine. I upgraded the macbook air to El Capitan then installed my new msata ssd into a standard msata to sata interface. Connected that with a usb adapter to the usb port. Using the disk restore function copied the internal HD to my external ssd. Then moved the msat ssd to my DIY interface and installed into the macbook. So I now have a 256gb ssd. Hope this useful to others wanting to do the same.