I have a Samsung SM951 AHCI SSD I was previously using in my Mac Pro, and I want to put it in my Macbook Air. Can this work? I have not found anything that says it can, but it seems like it should as there are adapters for m.2 drives to go in the 2011 Air.
HOWEVER...I have gotten 3 of these adapters so far, and two of them seem to not quite have the slots lined up right -- the divider between the two sets of contacts is in a slightly wrong location, so the SSD won't plug into it. On another adapter, the card seems to plug in OK, but then the Air won't power on with it installed.
The cards that won't allow the SSD to plug in are these:
And the one that will accept the card, but won't power the Air on, is this one:
And this is the drive:
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Is there something very basic I am missing here, given that nobody seems to have any info about this config that I can find?
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Hmm, perhaps the answer is that the 2011 Air has a Data drive, and the sm951 is a PCIe drive, so a passthru adapter isn't viable with the SSD I have.
HOWEVER...I have gotten 3 of these adapters so far, and two of them seem to not quite have the slots lined up right -- the divider between the two sets of contacts is in a slightly wrong location, so the SSD won't plug into it. On another adapter, the card seems to plug in OK, but then the Air won't power on with it installed.
The cards that won't allow the SSD to plug in are these:
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And the one that will accept the card, but won't power the Air on, is this one:
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And this is the drive:
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Is there something very basic I am missing here, given that nobody seems to have any info about this config that I can find?
[automerge]1578115784[/automerge]
Hmm, perhaps the answer is that the 2011 Air has a Data drive, and the sm951 is a PCIe drive, so a passthru adapter isn't viable with the SSD I have.
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