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How to Format the Blade SSD on 2013 27"iMac Whe...

I have a 2013 A1419 27" iMac (i5/3.4Ghz) which had a cracked display. I got a replacement in, but it took me a couple of days to realize I also had to move the heat sensor that was on the old display. Prior to that I had been trying everything to get it working properly and to keep the fan from not spinning up to full speed with every boot!

One thing I tried was to reformat the M.2 "Blade" SSD attached to the back of the logic board as a separate drive to test the system without the Samsung EVO 850 SSD, but now that I know the issue wasn't the SSD drive (yes, I purchases the OWC Inline heat sensor) or the installation of same, I need to format the blade drive on the logic board back to "unformatted" which is what its designation was before so it will continue working as a hybrid drive with the new drive.

Of course, I'm ASSUMING the new SSD will interface with the on-board Blade SSD to create a new (possibly) faster hybrid drive of SSD --> to ---> SSD with this update. Does anyone have any feedback on THAT as well?? But my primary question is about how to formate the Blade SSD to its original "unformatted" condition.

I've tried Disk Utility, Drive Genius and I've looked at Terminal commands, but do not find a command or item that does what I need. I think possible "writing zeros" in Drive Genius might, but not sure, any "unformatted" formatting thoughts?

Thanks,

JoeL

最后更新：2017-08-24 03:06:33

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