stephan
stephan
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This is my iPhone 7. Just over 1000 cycles now. The device itself still shows 80%, so it's time to change the battery. Charged when possible after 20:80 rule, but in everyday life often not and just as it was possible.
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Hello @petermcmac, welcome on board and no fear! We love it when you keep old systems running. I did a little research and also found some information about that specific Oxford chipset, but none of it mentioned some detail on max. capacity. Therefore you may be out of luck and and are limited to your mentioned number - in…
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I see. The two keys just mean that I does run in a 2 lane and 4 lane port (if used in a four lane port, just 2 are used). If it were a 4 lane SSD, it would just have one key. The important information in the linked picture though are not the keys but the mentioning of "SATA". If you used a SATA SSDs that would not work. A…
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Thank you bbandras and welcome in the forums! Great that you did directly link to the specs! As they state, the SSDs should work in the MacBook as it is a NVMe SSDs. So you should be safe using it (with the possible little risk when going the non-official way). What it makes very attractive is the good price. It has a…
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Hi Gerald, if it says yes, it is activated. Apple is pretty correct about these things. :) SMART status is actually not supported - by Apple. They decided to no support this standard anymore with the introduction of NVMe SSDs. As it is a standard developed for mechanical drives Apple figured that it would be not necessary…
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Hi Gerald, thanks for your post and great to see it works so well! You can check if TRIM is enabled in Apple > About this Mac > System Report > NVMExpress. If not, open Terminal and type sudo trimforce enable Confirm with your password and after a restart you should be done. About your backup: Just go to Applications >…
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As long as it is NVMe, it shall work. If it doesn't, they will just not play together nicely, which is a problem on other levels then. The drivers are very stable.
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That is a good one, too! Thanks!
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Hi Gerald, that is surely a good thing to make them last longer and avoid electronic waste. My oldest charger is from 2008 and still working. If you are interested, we have a three interesting articles about the MagSafe chargers. The first one is about how we think you should roll up the cable:…
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Thank you!
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Hi Gerald, I would go for the Evo. The Adata seems to have some performance issues. The PM981 is new and should work, I didn't test it though. You would be pioneer. :) Thanks for your input, Stephan
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Hi Gerald, thank you very much and welcome on board! The idea of using the SK Hynix PE3110 Enterprise M.2 960GB SSD is not bad. We run into a mechanical problem though: as this model follows the 22110 form factor it just does not fit. The MacBook Pro can use 2280 SSDs. The first two numbers describe the width, the…
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Hi churonable and welcome! That MacBook should be easy to upgrade. Did you read the above linked guide? What are questions I can help you with? Best, Stephan
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Yeah, thats true. We listed most of the compatible drives here for better overview: https://macandegg.com/upkeep/macbook-air-ssd-storage-upgrade-replacement-how-to/
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Thanks for that information! Small things like the microphone can drive you crazy. Much appreciated!
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The hardware test is a good tip, I will put that more prominently on the page. Very nice tool to find errors. Thank you! Good to hear the work goes on ;)
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That is very true! It is a machine that is nice to work on. You are right, however, to change that parts that got damaged to prevent further issues. It can turn into a real hobby though :)
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Yeah, they are really fast machines! They started out like the 12" MacBook nowadays, but they became very powerful in regard of processing power. Why did you change the top case completely? I once had to change a keyboard. Lots and lots of screws, but much cheaper.
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Hi Macdctr, that sounds like a great bargain! Good to see damaged machines run again! I once had one with a logicboard that got water on it. Cleaned it with alcohol, and it was perfectly fine. That is my only experience with water damage though - and it was involuntary as the seller has not been completely honest. Let us…
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Good to hear :)
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Hi Mike! I know that situation quite well. I checked everything - except the RAM. In my case, one of the modules was faulty. Check both of them, if the installation doesn't stop anymore, you found the problem. Good luck!