Glad to hear others also had this. Still I think there should be away to educate Apple about that "other" MBP doesn't exist anymore. I appreciate they care for security, however, I feel they overdue it a bit. Another interesting experience I had when they asked for my iPhone passcode which is 8 characters long, however, offered only a 6 characters field to enter it. Apple Support said that is known, however, doesn't help in the end if you spend hours to work around it.
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Upgrading 2013-2015 Macbook Pro SSD to M.2 NVMe
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I had similar issues back in 2020 when I switched the stock SSD to a Silicon Power SSD.
I solved the issue by booting from a macOS installer on a USB stick. The installer was able to list the SP as an option for macOS installation.
I hope this solves your issue.
Hi, Is the SSD model "SA2000M8/500G" ? I'm thinking of replacing my MBA 2015 SSD with this. Thanks!
That should be correct, I run a SA2000M8/1000G in my rMBP 13" 2015. The only difference seems to be a different model number ending for different storage sizes.
Hi, thanks for confirming. Also, does the SSD speed decrease over time. I read a review where SSD r/w speed was decreased in a week. How's your holding up so far? and how much of your SSD is filled up? Thanks!
I've barely had mine installed for 24 hours. So far no performance drops. 83GB used out of 1TB.
I haven't moved over my entire backup yet, just the main files to run "my" install of mac os. Got a windows partition i need to restore as well, hence the 1TB drive...
Kexts doesnt affect speed. You might want to check how many PCI lane actually detected. If you are maxed on 1000, it probably only give you x2 in System report.
And those who got 2800 speed is on A1398 2015 model, which can't be compared to other models, because it has real PCI 3.0x4 support.
Any other 13" pro models, macbook air, and pre 2015 15" model will hover around 1300ish-1600ish speed.
A good ssd normally should not have performance degradation until it at least 85% filled (just like any other modern flash memory)
Just FYI,
on Macbook Air, even during load, your SSD won't ever reach even 2W. It will peak at most around 1.5-1.7W due to limited bandwith of the board itself.
so you might want to look more into idle consumption. Best SSD combined with kext will do almost 0.0W. Decent one can do 0.x without any kext.
Its running at 4x. That was the first thing i checked.
Its probably the adapter anyway. I'll start troubleshooting when the proper sintech adapter arrives.
Until then it runs perfectly fine, no noticable bugs or glitches, its just a tad slower than it should be.
I don't recall seeing that exact model #.. I'm using the ADATA on your model MBA for 2 years no issues.. Power consumption may be more than most but I like it..
Just installed my new Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB and it has no problem with sleep. Perfect. It also beats the Crucial P5 by 3-400 Mbps.
Hi, what about battery life and temperatures??
I have really big problem with choosing NVMe SSD... I am between Adata SX8200 Pro and Corsair mp510..I think I may have noticed a bit more of a hit on the battery than usual but not a deal breaker. I may test it sleeping tonight.Hi, what about battery life and temperatures??
Hi, what about battery life and temperatures??
As for temperatures have a look at the data I posted from DxDrive: always below 35 degrees Celsius under heavy usage While the CPU heats up to more than 80 degrees Celsius.. power consumption of the SSD is not the problem, but Screen and CPU is.
The 970 EVO plus seems to have a power consumption of 0.03 Watts in Idle. That is really not much at all.
Screen and CPU will consume much more than the 970 EVO plus in Heavy usage…if you don’t believe, just open coconut battery while idle and play a little bit with the brightness of your display… coconut battery shows the actual consumption of the MBP.
if power consumption gets higher after installing a faster SSD, this might be caused by more power consumption of the CPU - because the CPU will get much more data per second and will work more towards its electrical limits, where power-efficiency of the CPU (!) gets worse!
A suddenly more often up-heated CPU will cause much higher temperatures and thus need as well more cooling thus more activity of the fans, so do please not forget the important power consumption of the MBP because the fans are turning with much higher upm….
power consumption is surely more complex than many people think…
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I would stay away from OWC drives.. Although they are a direct fit, I've read they have reliability issues and their speed performance isn't that great for the price they want.
I like my 2TB Adata.. been working well for over 2 years.Hi, what about battery life and temperatures??
I pleasantly surprised with this mod. Installed bootcamp windows 10 today. No issues whatsoever, native installation with no workarounds. Split the drive 50/50. Neither Bootcamp assistant nor Windows 10 complained about the nvme drive, even though its probably a ****** adapter.
So all in all, i'm now running Monterey and Win10 basically OOB. Yes, the power drain from the drive is noticable, but bot an issue for my usage scenario. I like this A2000 drive. Cheap too.
So all in all, i'm now running Monterey and Win10 basically OOB. Yes, the power drain from the drive is noticable, but bot an issue for my usage scenario. I like this A2000 drive. Cheap too.
Interesting catching up on this. I bought a Crucial P2 2TB for the lower power consumption and it turns out to be the UK/CA logo version. I'm happy with the performance on writes, which average about 1700 MB/s on Blackmagic speed test, but read performance usually only gets up to 1300 MB/s. this seems odd. I don't think indexing is a problem here. Everytime I test it, I get roughly the same results. Crucial refused to address it because I'm using the P2 in an "unsupported device", so I ordered a new sintech adapter just in case. I have the same issue with the 2nd adapter so it seems to be something with the SSD. Has anyone else had this experience?Congrats. I've been following the P2 posts with special attention, I bought mine in May (use the thread search if you're curious). There were some unhappy reports of people who bought the version that slows down after a while. Have you checked that on yours?
I'm quite sure that the "worse" P2 can be spotted by the UK/CA logo on the package label as well as on the SSD itself.
Unsavory Flash Swap: Re-Testing Crucial’s P2 SSD After QLC Downgrade
Crucial’s P2 now ships with QLC flash, making it a poor performer and an even worse value.www.tomshardware.com
It has been discussed here earlier that there may be 2 or more different versions of this SSD around.
Still, the SSD is energy-savvy and very tempting to buy, so it would be helpful for others to keep track of what Crucial is selling and how to distinguish the better P2s from the worse.
Would you mind checking your's? Also a continous speed test (Blackmagic, AJA, Amorphous DiskMark) that writes a huge amount of data would be interesting.