It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Any help or advice on this massively appreciated
=== Update (03/10/2022) ===
I also just noticed that when booting into recovery from cold boot I can see the internal ssd in disk utility and choose it as a location to install monetary.. (that fails half way though) but if I boot from my external drive into monteray and go to disk utility the internal ssd is not viable and if I try to install monteray from within this os it dosent give me the internal drive as an option
It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Any help or advice on this massively appreciated
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I also just noticed that when booting into recovery from cold boot I can see the internal ssd in disk utility and choose it as a location to install monetary.. (that fails half way though) but if I boot from my external drive into monteray and go to disk utility the internal ssd is not viable and if I try to install monteray from within this os it dosent give me the internal drive as an option
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I also just noticed that when booting into recovery from cold boot I can see the internal ssd in disk utility and choose it as a location to install monetary.. (that fails half way though) but if I boot from my external drive into monteray and go to disk utility the internal ssd is not viable and if I try to install monteray from within this os it dosent give me the internal drive as an option
It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Any help or advice on this massively appreciated
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=== Update (03/10/2022) ===
I also just noticed that when booting into recovery from cold boot I can see the internal ssd in disk utility and choose it as a location to install monetary.. (that fails half way though) but if I boot from my external drive into monteray and go to disk utility the internal ssd is not viable and if I try to install monteray from within this os it dosent give me the internal drive as an option
Hi all
I have this a1708 I'm trying to fix.
It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Any help or advice on this massively appreciated
=== Update (03/10/2022) ===
I also just noticed that when booting into recovery from cold boot I can see the internal ssd in disk utility and choose it as a location to install monetary.. (that fails half way though) but if I boot from my external drive into monteray and go to disk utility the internal ssd is not viable and if I try to install monteray from within this os it dosent give me the internal drive as an option
It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Any help or advice on this massively appreciated
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=== Update (03/10/2022) ===
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I also just noticed that when booting into recovery from cold boot I can see the internal ssd in disk utility and choose it as a location to install monetary.. (that fails half way though) but if I boot from my external drive into monteray and go to disk utility the internal ssd is not viable and if I try to install monteray from within this os it dosent give me the internal drive as an option
It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Hi all
I have this a1708 in trying to fix.
It's a crazy one on testing it the ssd was not recognised at all but the system would boot fine from an OS on my external hard drive.
I orderd a used ssd for this model from ebay, installed it and it showed up no problem installed os from Internet recovery and all seemed well.
After a couple of hours of use I try to wake the screen and find the flashing folder icon again, and once again the hard drive is toast not recognised at all. But still boots fine from external drive
So I order a ssd converter that let's me install an m. 2 hard drive,
The system sees it I erase the drive and start to install macos but it gets about half way through reboots and just shows a flashing folder again.
Also testing the machine when running for around an hour on my external drive os the screen goes black with a cursor and I can't do anything but shut it down and reboot.
I've also noticed that the internal fan dosent spin at all. Like never even when it's toast hot. (I've tested the internal fan and it's not faulty
Any help or advice on this massively appreciated