Samsung 970 PRO MZ-V7P1T0E 1 TB Solid State Drive - PCI Express (PCI Express 3.0 x4) - Internal - M.2 2280-3.42 GB/s Maximum Read Transfer Rate - 2.64 GB/s Maximum Write Transfer Rate - 256-bit. Hello - I just bought a Samsung 960 EVO m.2 for my 2010 Mac Pro & installed it in a StarTech PCIE to m.2 SSD adapter (PEX4M2E1) and it doesn't work. Trying to install a fresh copy of macOS and Disk Utility doesn't see it. Should it work or are one of these components not compatible?
I installed a Samsung 960 Pro NVMe SSD into an Akitio external Thunderbay 2, and I hooked it up to a 2013 Mac Pro. The Mac Pro System Report recognizes that an NVMe is connected, but the disk isn't visible to OS X (10.12). The device isn't listed with 'diskutil list' in Terminal, either.
Samsung doesn't provide Mac drivers, and Sierra doesn't let me install the MacVidCard kext (http://www.macvidcards.com/nvme-driver.html). I can drag into the extensions folder and change permissions, but restarting crashes the machine if the Thunderbay is connected.
Any suggestions for Sierra-compatible drivers for NVMe drives? I don't need it to be bootable.
Thanks!
Mac Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12.3)
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Hi. Requesting some assistance from the community. I have a 2012 Mac Pro 5,1. I have a 1TB SSUBX on PCIe slot 3 as boot. I have a 2TB 960 Pro on PCIe slot 4 that I would like to use as secondary. The drive is recognized on 10.13, but I can't get it to work on Sierra. Currently on 10.12.6 (16G29).
Steps I've completed so far:
- Downloaded the driver from MacVidCards (http://www.macvidcards.com/nvme-driver.html)
- Moved the kext file from root/library/extensions
- Executed the nvme-cli file that was included in the MacVidCards package
- Downloaded a kext patcher and dragged the kext into it
Negative so far. I found the github page (https://github.com/RehabMan/patch-nvme) that has the update for 16G29 revision. It says, 'add patch file for Sierra 10.12.6 (build 16G29)'. When I go to the link, it has a set of codes. I'm not sure where to input that code.
I recognize there is a thread for NVMe, but the basic instructions at the beginning of the thread has not worked out for me. Can somebody guide me through this?
Steps I've completed so far:
- Downloaded the driver from MacVidCards (http://www.macvidcards.com/nvme-driver.html)
- Moved the kext file from root/library/extensions
- Executed the nvme-cli file that was included in the MacVidCards package
- Downloaded a kext patcher and dragged the kext into it
Negative so far. I found the github page (https://github.com/RehabMan/patch-nvme) that has the update for 16G29 revision. It says, 'add patch file for Sierra 10.12.6 (build 16G29)'. When I go to the link, it has a set of codes. I'm not sure where to input that code.
I recognize there is a thread for NVMe, but the basic instructions at the beginning of the thread has not worked out for me. Can somebody guide me through this?