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Upper Hard Drive SSD Flex Cable 821-1500A Kits For Mac Mini A1500 Server Description: Weight:45g Every item will be tested before delivery This product is designed to fit the mac mini accurately With this item,you don't worry about your mac mini if the flex cable broken It is a generic flex cable with very good quality for original one replacement This hard drive flex cable allows you to add a second hard drive for your Mac Mini This is the bottom hard drive cable for the A1347 Mac Mini Server. On the 2010 models, this cable is used to add a 2nd internal hard drive. For the 2012 models, this is the standard hard drive cable. Note: Please check the details of your machine before ordering, thank you! Package included: 1.Hard Drive SSD Flex Cable 821-1500A Kits for Mac Mini A1500 Server More detail.
Many thanks to slyseekr - yesterday I replaced the original 500 GB disc with 750GB 7200 RPM WD Scorpio Black + added a 120 GB Corsair Force SATA 3 second drive and now my Mac Mini runs much faster. I used slyseekr post + iFixit info on how to open the Mini, purchased the cable on eBay and SSD from NewEgg. Instead of the 'Mac Mini main board removal tool' I used two toothpicks. The whole task is a bit challenging, but it can be done as long as you have proper torx screwdrivers + some toothpicks. I also enabled TRIM + wiped out empty space on the SSD. Total time - 2 hours.
Total investment - $150 (including a set of screwdrivers). I gave it a shot.
I took the Bottom Drive Flex Cable from the 2010 MMS and installed it in my MMS 2011. Systeminfo says port speed is 6Gbit/s, i.e. I now run two OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G in a RAID 0 config. AJA speed test peaks at 910MB/s read and 870MB/s write. Average (bigger files) is at 500-600MB/s! - A M A Z I N G!
However, I find it odd that the app 'DiskSpeed Test' from the AppStore 'only' measures about a third (350MB/s) of the reading speed it's supposed to have. Are there known issues with this test?
I gave it a shot. I took the Bottom Drive Flex Cable from the 2010 MMS and installed it in my MMS 2011. Systeminfo says port speed is 6Gbit/s, i.e. I now run two OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G in a RAID 0 config. AJA speed test peaks at 910MB/s read and 870MB/s write.
Average (bigger files) is at 500-600MB/s! - A M A Z I N G! However, I find it odd that the app 'DiskSpeed Test' from the AppStore 'only' measures about a third (350MB/s) of the reading speed it's supposed to have.
Are there known issues with this test? Stability seems fine so far, but thanks for the link. My data drive has just disappeared this morning and I suspect before even opening the case that the hard drive cable has popped out from the logic board. I remember wondering if that would happen after installing it as the cable routes under the drive and then pops out by the connector with very little slack in it. Edit: Scratch that. Looks OK and it might actually be a HDD failure of the data drive.
If I connect up the HDD in an external chassis the Mini and a MBA won't boot. Plug it in after booting and disk utility sees the physical drive but is unable to verify it or do anything with it. So I think its goosed. Problem is, I was still setting up my Mini, so can't log in to it now because the home drive was on the data drive and I hadn't created an admin account with a home drive on the system volume. Time to reinstall I guess. Stability seems fine so far, but thanks for the link. My data drive has just disappeared this morning and I suspect before even opening the case that the hard drive cable has popped out from the logic board.
Hard Drive 2nd Ssd Flex Cable 821-1500-a For Mac Os
I remember wondering if that would happen after installing it as the cable routes under the drive and then pops out by the connector with very little slack in it. Edit: Scratch that. Looks OK and it might actually be a HDD failure of the data drive. If I connect up the HDD in an external chassis the Mini and a MBA won't boot.
Hard Drive 2nd Ssd Flex Cable 821-1500-a For Mac Os X
Plug it in after booting and disk utility sees the physical drive but is unable to verify it or do anything with it. So I think its goosed. Problem is, I was still setting up my Mini, so can't log in to it now because the home drive was on the data drive and I hadn't created an admin account with a home drive on the system volume. Time to reinstall I guess. To be honest its the first HDD failure I've had in about 10 years, so I can't complain. Got an RMA and have asked for a refund. It was just annoying that OS X won't let you login without a valid home directory being found so it meant a clean install to get sorted as single user mode wasn't much help.
I've now left the user home directories on the SSD, just moving iPhoto to the data drive and have made sure to have an extra admin account on there too. One thing I did have trouble with while putting this back together was with the two screws which go through the mesh antenna cover in to the hard drive chassis. I just could not get these to purchase so in the end have removed them.