MAC SSD FAIL

[frase]

I have a MacBook with what looks like a failed SSD -

Model SAMSUNG MZ-JPV5120/0A4
Size 500 GB

The mac boots midway then blacks out, so removed SSD put into a OWC enclosure.
In Linux it detects the drive mounts etc, If I where to browse to Users/USERNAME/ [is using BOOTCAMP] any folder I click on in there causes the SSD to freeze and I have to force disconnect SSD.

When I tried DDRESCUE it starts after Drive/Partition Selection, though then the drive just drops out as get a no source error and I notice the drive is no longer mounted.

It occurred after a Big Siri update, looks like it has bricked the SSD.

Anyone have any idea of the cause of this, seems board level on SSD to me.

|-TIA-|

 

[overburnz]

I have a MacBook with what looks like a failed SSD -

Model SAMSUNG MZ-JPV5120/0A4
Size 500 GB

The mac boots midway then blacks out, so removed SSD put into a OWC enclosure.
In Linux it detects the drive mounts etc, If I where to browse to Users/USERNAME/ [is using BOOTCAMP] any folder I click on in there causes the SSD to freeze and I have to force disconnect SSD.

When I tried DDRESCUE it starts after Drive/Partition Selection, though then the drive just drops out as get a no source error and I notice the drive is no longer mounted.

It occurred after a Big Siri update, looks like it has bricked the SSD.

Anyone have any idea of the cause of this, seems board level on SSD to me.

|-TIA-|

Do you need to recover the information? If not have you tried to reinstall macOS?

 

[frase]

Yes need data from it.

 

[Markverhyden]

Have you tried imaging the drive to another?

 

[lcoughey]

There is a small window until the SSD will completely die. I have one that was butchered before being sent to me that I've been imaging since May 2021 and am at about 30%.

You'll need a lab with a DeepSpar PCIe Imager that works with Apple NVMe and possibly someone with a PC3000 Portable (only if the SSD if not too unstable).

If you are lucky and it isn't too bad, you might be able to get it with a DeepSpar USB stabilizer.

Whatever you do, stop messing with it until you give your client the options.

 

[timeshifter]

I have one that was butchered before being sent to me that I've been imaging since May 2021 and am at about 30%.

Wow, you've got a recovery running for more than a year? Are you able to power it off and start it again or does it run without interruption?

 

[Porthos]

To me this is another reson to have image backups, of course for Apple it is I presume Time Machine.

 

[frase]

Have you tried imaging the drive to another?

Does not stay connected long enough
@Icoughhey that is what I intend to do.

Thanks all.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Does not stay connected long enough
@Icoughhey that is what I intend to do.

Thanks all.

This means you are not going to be able to help except to forward this to a lab and hope then can repair or bypass something on the SSD and get the data.

 

[frase]

This means you are not going to be able to help except to forward this to a lab and hope then can repair or bypass something on the SSD and get the data.

That is why I stated I am sending it off?