I bought a used Apple SSD upgrade kit (system pull), I'm starting the upgrade and I noticed that the two SSD's aren't numbered with 1 & 2. Apple is very specific about installing device #1 is slot 1 and device #2 in slot 2. How do I determine which is which? Can I just install them and Apple configurator will tell me if they are reversed? Should I be concerned about installing the wrong one in the wrong slot?
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MP 7,1 Apple 2019 Mac Pro 7,1 SSD upgrade kit not numbered with #1 & #2
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Look at the part number near the screw/lock hole:
- suffix -00 is the 1
- suffix -01 is the 2
If you should installed them in the wrong order, the Apple Configurator will abort and give an error.
Swapping them will let Apple Configurator complete the process successfully.
@tsialex advice should prevent you from making the mistake
I suggest labeling the SSDs with the missing numbers. It's unlikely you'll pull them in the future, but a quick label now could save you stress in a few years. When you run into the same problem, and have to remember the solution (or dig up this thread).
This is not Apple, the seller messed up or worse, tried to deceive the buyer.
I would argue it is Apple, and it's a failure of design that this situation is able to happen at all.
The parts should have a clear, non-removable label on them A and B with "both A and B required for operation", or 1 of 2, 2 of 2, etc.
That entire black side should be filled with it.
Definitely a problem with the seller. Hopefully, they just were unaware the SSDs have to be in 1,2 pairs.
Agreed, though I'd go further. Storage modules should not be specific to which slot they go into. Imagine if this were how RAM slots work: buy different sticks for each slot number. It looks like a way to discourage user upgrades, or lazy design to not make the modules interchangeable.
Yeah I know, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s bad design to not have this sort of critical information indelibly, clearly marked on the part itself. Look at Framework for an example, every part is labelled and QR coded - good design.
If this was sold as a kit. With two modules in the package. The seller will have to accept a return. Because a kit taken from a single machine would have both 00 and 01 modules. Delivering a "kit" with two 00s, or two 01s, is clearly the sellers responsibility.
If it was one 00 module that was sold, it could be argued that the buyer should have known this would happen.
I agree that Apple could have avoided this, and it could very well be that Apple did it on purpose.
Why do I say that?
A Mac Studio will not accept a used kit that isn't of the same size as the original. As youtuber's tested early on.
@matinski what size were you trying to get?
There is a brand new 1TB kit for sale, and two used 4TB kits on ebay atm
I tested swapping the modules on an iMac Pro.
The iMac Pro and the Mac Pro 2019/2023 machines accept used kits with different sizes.
And the Mac Studio machines do not. It indicates that Apple has designed these limitations.
A brand new upgrade kit with larger size can be installed in the Mac Studios, as shown by @gilles_polysoft
The SSD kits are set up in RAID 0 configurations in all these machines. But should that necessitate two different modules?
The iMac Pro and the Mac Pro 2019/2023 machines accept used kits with different sizes.
And the Mac Studio machines do not. It indicates that Apple has designed these limitations.
A brand new upgrade kit with larger size can be installed in the Mac Studios, as shown by @gilles_polysoft
The SSD kits are set up in RAID 0 configurations in all these machines. But should that necessitate two different modules?