Mac Mini 2014 - Disassembly 2TB SSD Upgrade - Fusion Drive Replacement
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2020
- Disassembly of Mac Mini 2014, changing the dead Fusion drive (consisting of 128GB Apple SSD and 1TB Hard Drive).
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Great video to watch as I am late to upgrading my 2014 Mac Mini, but after watching your video I got myself a 1TB SSD ready to go but then I saw a video where the user ripped out the Fusion Drive and put a M.2 in its place keeping the old spinner and reducing the work load. and it worked I popped in a 1TB M.2 drive where the fusion drive sat, however, I now have a 1TB SSD to find a use for lol.
Excellent video, thanks. In my attempt to replace my HGST 1TB drive with a 1TB SATA drive, I neglected to disconnect the connector strip from the 128GB solid state drive before removing the mother board and in doing so tore the ribbon connector from its connection to the mother board. I replaced the drive and reassembled the unit to the point of reinstalling the fan unit when I noticed my mistake. Can the mini run without the 128GB solid state drive connector attached to the mother board? Thanks in advance for any info.
hi, is possible to read data from the uninstalled hdd externally?
Or it only work together as a fusion drive with the ssd?
there is some external adapter for mounting both units externally and read data as an external unit?
tanks
I want to upgrade current fusion 128g SSD with 1TB nvme SSD instead as easier. Should I break fusion state first as don't need after upgrade? or Do I clone it first or reinstall OS after?
Why not keep the PCIe SSD drive in there as well, and perhaps use it as a fusion drive with the SATA SSD?
Hi Andrew. Would you know if it is possible to fusion driver with the SSD2tb + nvme 128gb?
My 2014 Fusion Mac mini has the stock 128gb NMVe for the boot drive. Write speed is 675MB/s and read is 725 MB/s, which is at least 30% faster than the drive you installed. Why not leave the 128gb for the boot drive and the 2TB for data?
Thanks for this video. I have the exact same configuration but my HD isn't dead…
Could I simply swap the nvm-e for a newer, faster one and leave the HD for storage? Would that improve speed? If not, is it possible to add an SSD like you did here AND a newer nvm-e as well?
I have a full spec mac mini, i7 bought in late 2017 that I want to leave at home for livestreams, and some video editing…
Thanks again
The 2014 Mac mini is limited by the bus system, about 700MB/s is the max, which is what the stock NMVe provides.
thanks a lot!
(2014 Mac Mini) Original HDD failed. Removed the original HDD and the companion SDD, installed a 1 TB SDD. Boots up to recovery menu fine, I can erase/format the new SDD and go through the OS reinstall routine however it fails to complete. Seems to load over the 6 minute countdown and then an error message at the end, says to try again. Any suggestions?
How can i get rid of the NVME Adapter/connector? Ive bought a M.2 SSD and a adapter, but i should get rid of the installed adapter....Otherwise my new adapter want fit....
amazing
Andrew, is the SSD portion of the Fusion Drive just a standard M.2? If I want, can I upgrade that as well?
No, it is not. You need to get a compatible drive. OWC has them.
@@ophello avtually just an adapter is neccessary, and you can use another M.2.
good video. Could have just replaced the 128GB NVMe SSD with a 2TB NVMe SSD and kept the 1TB HDD for storage or backup. NVMe is faster than SATA. SATA gives you around 500 MB/s write&read speed vs NVMe 700 to 750 MB/s write/read speeds.
Yes technically NVMe is substantially faster than SATA, however I'm not sure real world usage will show a substantial difference for the average user vs the price saving. To install the NVMe we need to also install a third party adapter, which increases the number of things that can go wrong.
@@Andytizer
I would have put the 128 GB drive back in as a burner drive if it didn’t die typically the Hitachi drive mechanical drive is the one that dies first having had it happen to me on my 2012.
I had rebuilt fusion drive but it didn’t seem to perform the same as it did before and went with the previous mentioned configuration .
You still could put the 128GB SSD in and make a new fusion drive with both SSD's.
So the original cable that was plugged into the 7200rpm drive matches the SSD replacement?
So in effect you could have add a 4 TB NVME + 4TB SSD?
If you keep the 128GB (only change the 7200rom drive with SSD) you wouldn’t have to reload the IOS correct?
@@MrSpeed0423 I tried that, but the OS doesn’t recognize the new SSD as a separate drive and you can’t upgrade past High Sierra. I kept getting the error “No Mount Point” because it’s looking for a mechanical HHD.
It’s not worth for 2TB SATA SSD upgrade. 512GB PCI SSD upgrade is better performance and easier solution for Mac mini L2014
I had to watch this at 2x speed. I guess I’m impatient.
I do the same :D I did speed up sections of it, but UA-cam is designed to let you skip the boring bits!
Andrew Tsai I’m not saying it’s “boring”. My mind just works faster and so I have to speed it up. Now... if I’m doing a reassembly I’d go slow for sure.
Please repost the video at normal speed, the rebuild at high speed is pointless, i want to see every step that you take and please try to keep your body and sometimes your head out of the way so we can see exactly what you are doing. This is not meant as a negative criticism, i really appreciate the first part, the Fusion removal, it's just that I need to see the rebuild. Many thx.
Pssst.... it's not boring
Thanks I will take more care on posting the rebuilds in the future, you are right they are useful! You could play it back at 0.25 speed :)
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Good information, but ou really should practice a couple times before publishing. You look like a complete novice, which I’m sure you’re not. The viewer doesn’t need to see you take out every screw on the hard drive or remove the new drive from the box. Thanks for the info…it was helpful!