Upgrading Mac Studio storage

[Surenmunoo]

Hello there I followed and watch this post weekly..

Also try to found a solution like anyone here..

Surenmunoo did you know if the board have buyed on AliExpress will arrive with all components assembled??and just swapped with internal ssd??


Thanks

The seller sent a video of him packing the SSD and it is fully populated and marked which is 00 and 01. He says to just swap them out and put Studio in DFU mode and update.

 

[Surenmunoo]

Hello there I followed and watch this post weekly..

Also try to found a solution like anyone here..

Surenmunoo did you know if the board have buyed on AliExpress will arrive with all components assembled??and just swapped with internal ssd??


Thanks

I also just checked and it's already shipped and expected day is 3 September which is pretty quick compared to results of delivery I have seen on here.

 

[Molecular1958]

I'm curious about which NAND will be on board, and the overall quality !

 

[Surenmunoo]

I'm curious about which NAND will be on board, and the overall quality !

I have asked the seller, will post back when he replies.

 

[Surenmunoo]

I'm curious about which NAND will be on board, and the overall quality !

AliExpress seller has replied that they use Toshiba and Hynix Nands

 

[akatsuki]

Got my SSD from Aliexpress yesterday and installed it today. It came in a Mac Mini box which freaked me out a bit when I saw it, but when I opened the box I had the two boards.

Went in easy and so far so good, 8TB of SSD running...

 

[Surenmunoo]

Got my SSD from Aliexpress yesterday and installed it today. It came in a Mac Mini box which freaked me out a bit when I saw it, but when I opened the box I had the two boards.

Went in easy and so far so good, 8TB of SSD running...

Nice. Did they also send the tools to strip the Studio and the extra screw needed for the 2nd SSD?

 

[dsoell]

Got my SSD from Aliexpress yesterday and installed it today. It came in a Mac Mini box which freaked me out a bit when I saw it, but when I opened the box I had the two boards.

Went in easy and so far so good, 8TB of SSD running...

Would you mind sharing a ssd speed test result? Thinking about ordering the same ssd.

 

[akatsuki]

1.They sent a bunch of tools, but they were pretty crap quality. You could get the job done with them though. I just used my usual precision tool set.

2. No screw for the SSD, I had one from a PC build I did a while ago. It isn't strictly necessary I guess. While I am at it, I should have put on some heatsink type stuff on the second SSD but didn't have any... I may go back and put a copper thing on it...

3. Speed test attached.

 

[Molecular1958]

Got my SSD from Aliexpress yesterday and installed it today. It came in a Mac Mini box which freaked me out a bit when I saw it, but when I opened the box I had the two boards.

Went in easy and so far so good, 8TB of SSD running...

I bit concern regarding the quality of the PCB connector ... is it a trick of the picture ?

 

[zendoh9]

Hello Harold,
You are absolutely right, and I do agree with you that the situation cannot continue like this for much longer.
We happen to be working on PCBs that have 12 layers with a thickness of 0.8 mm, and even for the best PCB manufacturers (which we cannot find in the US neither in France !), this can sometimes be complicated.

The problem has been resolved by our supplier, but it is absolutely true that we did not anticipate this problem, including its consequences in terms of having to reprogram chips.

I apologize once again for the delay, and I would just like to remind you that the idea for this product came from a request made here. Perhaps I shouldn't have taken the risk ? In any case, I promise that no customer has been or will be disadvantaged.

Hello Gilles,

Do you have any updates regarding the delayed M3 shipments?

Regards