Reboot problem after Installing NVME Samsung 960 pro on my rMBP Mid 2015

[oscarxvita]

Recently I found that my macbook is running out of storage and the old internal ssd is going much slower, so I decided to buy a samsung 960 pro 512GB along with 12+16 adapter to upgrade my storage.

I reinstalled High Sierra on my old Apple SSD to update the BootROM, and then I switched out the old SSD to the brand new 960 pro.

However, at first, the disk utility(GUI) doesn't recognize the disk, when I open the terminal, using diskutil list, I can found the disk mounted.
So I use

gpt create -f /dev/disk0

to initialize the disk. Then I can find the disk in install.

After installing, everything works great, sleep is working fine.
However, I found some problems:
0. Kernel panics. (Probably Solved using a tape to shield the adapter pins).
1. Much longer boot time and shutdown time.
2. It usually fail sat reboot (black screen) and I have to force close and restart my mac.
3. BootCamp Control Panel in Windows is not working properly (pop ups error when launching).

Any ideas on the reboot problem?

 

[Audit13]

Maybe the answer is here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/

 

[oscarxvita]

Maybe the answer is here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/

I've checked through it, but still no luck yet

 

[Audit13]

That's too bad because that 960pro is an awesome drive.

I was looking to do the same for a MBA mid-2013 but it's just used for surfing and email so the Apple oem 128 GB Sandisk is fine for now.

 

[oscarxvita]

That's too bad because that 960pro is an awesome drive.

I was looking to do the same for a MBA mid-2013 but it's just used for surfing and email so the Apple oem 128 GB Sandisk is fine for now.

Yes, it is an awesome drive. It works, but not stable enough with my MacBook(random fail boot/fail reboot), it is definitely problem with Mac OS firmware .

 

[jerryk]

Yes, it is an awesome drive. It works, but not stable enough with my MacBook(random fail boot/fail reboot), it is definitely problem with Mac OS firmware .

You are running a configuration that Apple never tested. So I am not too surprised there are some issues. Fortunately there seem to be a number of people on Giles thread experimenting with your configuration. Someone will find a fix.

 

[trevinator]

did you try putting the tape on the adapter? or maybe try another adapter, they are fairly inexpensive.

 

[djgxp]

Hey, did you find some fix since the last message on this topic ?
I was about to do the same and I saw this topic.

 

[oscarxvita]

Hey, did you find some fix since the last message on this topic ?
I was about to do the same and I saw this topic.

yes, please check the other topic here , i switched my adapter to sin tech and the reboot problem went away. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/upgrading-2013-2014-macbook-pro-ssd-to-m-2-nvme.2034976/

 

[djgxp]

Awesome !!! @oscarxvita you save my day thanks !!