October 21st, 2018, 3:08
October 21st, 2018, 18:44
October 21st, 2018, 19:35
October 23rd, 2018, 15:46
.---------------------.
| Dead Mac mainboard |
| .-------. |
| | PCIe | |
| | SSD | |
| '---.---' |
| | migration |
| .--'--. conn |
| '--.--' |
| | |
'---------|-----------'
| PCIe flat
| cable (100 ohm)
.---------|------------------.
| .---'---. .-------. |
|end- |JHL6540| | PCIe | |
|point|T/Bolt |--| clock | |
|mode | cont | | gen | |
| '---.---' '-------' |
| | 9FGV0441 |
| .----'----. .---------. |
| |CD3215B03| | | |
| | USB3.1 | |TPS51980A| |
| | redriver| | PMIC | |
| '----.----' '---------' |
'---------|------------------'
.--'--.
'--.--' USB-C conn
|
| USB-C cable (90 ohm)
.--'--.
'--.--' USB-C conn
.---------|--------.
| | |
| .----'----. |
| |CD3215C00| |
| | USB3.1 | | Destination
| | redriver| | Mac
| '----.----' |
| | |
| .---'---. |
|host |JHL6540| |
|mode |T/Bolt | |
| | cont | |
| '---.---' |
| | |
| | |
| V |
| |
| PCH PCIe Bus |
'------------------'
October 23rd, 2018, 21:52
When a system with Thunderbolt boots, it will load and execute Option ROMs from attached devices.
.-------------------.
| .-------. | Dead Mac
| | PCIe | | mainboard
| | SSD | |
| '---.---' |
| | migration |
| .--'--. conn |
| '-.-.-' |
'------|:|----------'
|:|
|:| PCIe flat cable (100 ohm)
|:|
.------|:|-------------------.
| | | .--------. |
| | | ___| Option | |
| | | | | ROM ? | |
| | | | '--------' |
| .--'-'--. .----------. |
| |JHL6540| | 9FGV0441 | |
| |T/Bolt |--| PCIe | | Apple
| | cont | | clock gen| | Data
| '---.---'. '-----.----' | Migration
| | \ | | Tool
| .----'----. .-----'-----. |
| |CD3215B03| | | | Thunderbolt
| | USB3.1 |-| TPS51980A | | controller
| | redriver| | PMIC | | in end-point
| '----.----' '-----------' | mode
'-------|--------------------'
.--'--. USB-C conn
'--.--'
| USB-C cable (90 ohm)
|
.--'--.
'--.--' USB-C conn
.-------|--------.
| .----'----. |
| |CD3215C00| |
| | USB3.1 | | Destination
| | redriver| | Mac
| '----.----' |
| | |
| .---'---. |
| |JHL6540| | Thunderbolt
| | T/Bolt| | controller
| | cont | | in host
| '---.---' | mode
| | |
| V |
| |
| PCH PCIe Bus |
'----------------'
December 7th, 2018, 20:51
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January 25th, 2019, 5:14
Nick_CT wrote:I got this to work. I was doing everything right, just wasn't plugging it into the correctly specced host Mac. You need to connect it to a Thunderbolt 3 port.
Nick_CT wrote:I did one yesterday and two today, all 3 of them worked. Seems the onboard storage is quite resilient as all 3 machines had severe liquid damage. I was pleasantly surprised.
January 25th, 2019, 5:16
October 28th, 2020, 22:56
Nick_CT wrote:I've tried the customer data migration tool on 2 Touchbar MBPs now, and I can't get the storage to be detected on the Mac that I'm working from over USB-C.
This is what I'm using: https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-076-00236- ... 2230802697
It seems very straightforward to use: https://vimeo.com/281399973
Does the mainboard HAVE to be removed from the Mac for this to work?
October 29th, 2020, 8:38
October 30th, 2020, 9:17
MikeGuk wrote:Where did you get one? I'm desperate to buy one of these so that I can backup some data from a damaged machine. Am in UK but even balpy to pay shipping to the UK from USA on top of buying one, but I just can't seem to find one in stock anywhere, and am worried I'll lose the data.
October 30th, 2020, 9:19
samstown wrote:This tool is only for MBP 2016/2017. Is there something similar for the new MBP ? 2018,2019, 2020 all have non-removable SSD.
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