A1707 820-00928 ssd detected/not detected

[davis12]

A1707 820-00928 soldered on ssd detected/not detected.
When booting into net recovery i can only see disk image aprox. 2gb BUT when booting from external drive I can see the drive format it in disk utility etc.
Now the strange thing is that i cannot install through recovery since the drive is not detected and when trying to preform installation through external system by downloading image through app store it fails at some point every single time.
I also tried to format the drive to journaled and to apfs from DU and terminal and install with different systems but no luck.
I wonder what am i missing since the drive seems fine on external but not recognized in recovery, also HW test shows all good..

[davis12]

Re: A1707 820-00928 ssd detected/not detected

Anybody?

[moderator]

Re: A1707 820-00928 ssd detected/not detected

Did you try running first aid... If not try to run first aid..2-3 times.. Format 2-3 times... Then install from external... And keep the WiFi connected...


Though it's sounding more looked a ssd chip issue...
I had the same issue with external ssd in a1466

[ACS-Repair]

Re: A1707 820-00928 ssd detected/not detected

This may have been covered already but MacOS will not install to a disk that is not properly formatted. I believe you have tried already but it's interesting that Disk Utility will see the drive but MacOS will not use it. Make sure that as well as using MacOS Extended Journaled or APFS that the scheme is set to GUID Partition Map. Also make sure that you are erasing the device and not just the partition. I believe that MacOS will not use a device that is base formatted as MBR. Make sure that you view "Show All Devices" when you format the drive.