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Hello, then I boot from usb (High Sierra) Disk utility see my new drive without any issues, its able to run aid and format partitions and then i select install its take arround 20 minutes for it but after restart it try to restart from flash again, if I remove it - got folder with flashing ? - tryed R - its load from internet an image and run similar tool (but from el captain os) and this tool cant see my drive. Also I cant make it bootable even then boot from High Sierra. Any advice? Something to update perhaps on macbook? drive is Samsung MZVPV256HDGL Link to ebay adapter (link) toolset used (link)
So, TADAM! I solve it :) As I was expecting firmware should be updated. I dont find how to do that separately. So just in case if somebody will follow my way - I borrow apple ssd from my friend laptop (backup, use for my purpose, then restore) Did clean install on it - all went fine, then do update High Sierra (its download something that required reboot) then continue till finished. I check ssd format its becomes AFS, so I took apple drive, replace with mine adaptor and m2 and boot same way and set it to be AFS as well, then do install as usually, and bingo! It able to startup from it without any issues.
Sorry to say this SSD won’t work in your system. M.2 SSD’s are different than what Apple uses which is a custom design just for them. The adapter you are using likely is not translating the interfaces cleanly. I’ve seen this a few times and some will appear to work and then have lot of CRC errors so you’ll build up failed cells more quickly. Our testing shows these adapter setups are not that great. Best to just get either a 3rd party SSD designed to Apple’s specs from OWC or Transcend or look on eBay for a real Apple SSD.
