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JazzyJacck

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Jun 12, 2018
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I believe the MZ-JPV5120 and MZ-KPV1T00 are compatible (and maybe the MZ-JPV512R?).

I bought MZ-KKW5120 and installed it, and it seems to not be working properly. I'm thinking it might be a compatibility issue. Sometimes my iMac won’t recognize/detect it. However, whenever it does recognize it, it works fine until my computer goes to sleep (or deep sleep?). When I wake the computer up from sleeping, it restarts because of a problem, a panic report corresponding to kernal_task. It then stops detecting the SSD. Does anyone know why this is happening? Is the SSD incompatible or is it a faulty SSD? Or did I need to have High Sierra on my system before installing it?

This article mentions that my iMac can upgrade to the Gen 5 SSD's: https://beetstech.com/blog/apple-proprietary-ssd-ultimate-guide-to-specs-and-upgrades

I noticed the MZ-KKW5120 was wider/"Fatter" in appearance than the original PCIe NVME SSD in my system. The MZ-JPV512R looks like it is closer to the size of my original PCIe SSD. Maybe I just bought the wrong SSD and need to get the MZ-JPV512R?

What is the fastest SSD that is compatible with my System?
 
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