


(5) the same SATA cables that connect to the SSDs and/or HDDs in that external enclosure. (4) the SATA cables that connect to the internal side of the latter adapter (3) the multi-lane connection on the SFF-8470 that plugs into an adapter in the external enclosure (2) the multi-lane connection on the SFF-8088 that plugs into the controller (1) the edge connector on the add-in RAID controller card Let’s itemize the sheer number of mechanical connections in the latter: I mention this here because I have recently had two (2) entirely different cables fail completely: one was in an internal SFF-8087 fan-out SATA data cable, and the other was in a SFF-8088-to-SFF-8470 multi-lane external cable. Given the state of affairs among the manufacturers you so well described, from practical experience I honestly believe that there will be more to gain from directing their attention to the poorly understood problem of cable defects and failures. data, but the latter is entirely useless: it never changes! Our RAID controllers come with a GUI that logs anomalies with much better and much more useful error messages and, yes those controllers also report S.M.A.R.T. I much appreciate your attention to S.M.A.R.T. “pssst know anyone who wants to buy a slightly used 256gb Apple drive” 😉 Definitely do your research before “popping the hood” Even if it means wading through tons of YouTube videos. Even a 128gb such as yours is a pretty useful SSD and still has years use left in it, even if you only use it as an ad hoc “Time Machine” backup drive its handy to have a bit of extra storage. tools etc and you get to use the old SSD/Flash drive in an enclosure, if you have a look around you’ll find that there are no compatible enclosures for your old drive for anything less than OWC’s prices (not cheap). OWC do kits that are the price of a “2nd Mortgage” but are good inc. You would think stick it in an enclosure and job done, well not exactly.
#CRYSTAL DISK MARK WINDOWS 98SE PRO#
Just “popped the top” on a 2014 MacBook Pro to change the battery (came with tools perfect!) upgraded the drive to a 1tb while I was in there, thereby hangs a problem got a 256gb hanging around perfectly fine in all respects.
