FUSION Drive SMART Status failing but SMART Status on both HDD and SSD are fine.
I have an iMac 2017 (5K Retina, iMac18,3), and I cannot re-install MacOS 10.15.7, saying there are SMART errors on my internal boot drive. I checked the hardware in System Information and I'm a bit confused on the SMART Status reported by the System Report:
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NVM Express:
Apple SSD Controller
APPLE SSD SM0128L
Capacity: 121.33 GB (121,332,826,112 bytes)
TRIM Support: Yes
Model: APPLE SSD SM0128L
Revision: CXS7CA0Q
Serial Number: ****
Link Width: x4
Link Speed: 8.0 GT/s
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
Removable Media: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity: 314.6 MB (314,572,800 bytes)
File System: MS-DOS FAT32
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
Volume UUID: E783267B-A4C3-3556-B751-DBED770EB996
disk0s2:
Capacity: 121.02 GB (121,018,208,256 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s2
Content: Apple_APFS
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SATA/SATA Express:
Intel 10 Series Chipset:
Vendor: Intel
Product: 10 Series Chipset
Link Speed: 6 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 6 Gigabit
Physical Interconnect: SATA
Description: AHCI Version 1.31 Supported
APPLE HDD ST2000DM001:
Capacity: 2 TB (2,000,398,934,016 bytes)
Model: APPLE HDD ST2000DM001
Revision: AQ03
Serial Number: *****
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Rotational Rate: 7200
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
File System: MS-DOS FAT32
BSD Name: disk1s1
Content: EFI
Volume UUID: 0E239BC6-F960-3107-89CF-1C97F78BB46B
disk1s2:
Capacity: 2 TB (2,000,189,177,856 bytes)
BSD Name: disk1s2
Content: Apple_APFS
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Storage:
Macintosh HD:
Free: 914.85 GB (914,851,737,600 bytes)
Capacity: 2.12 TB (2,121,207,386,112 bytes)
Mount Point: /
File System: APFS
Writable: No
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk2s5
Volume UUID: 35F549A5-3D2F-4EA8-B1D4-2048CDE44439
Physical Drive:
Device Name: APPLE SSD SM0128L
Media Name: AppleAPFSMedia
Medium Type: SSD
Protocol: PCI-Express
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Failing
Macintosh HD - Data:
Free: 914.85 GB (914,851,737,600 bytes)
Capacity: 2.12 TB (2,121,207,386,112 bytes)
Mount Point: /System/Volumes/Data
File System: APFS
Writable: Yes
Ignore Ownership: No
BSD Name: disk2s1
Volume UUID: 81422665-2D80-3115-A417-179E36CBA97D
Physical Drive:
Device Name: APPLE SSD SM0128L
Media Name: AppleAPFSMedia
Medium Type: SSD
Protocol: PCI-Express
Internal: Yes
Partition Map Type: Unknown
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Failing
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APPLE SSD SM0128L on NVM Express: this is the SSD portion of the Fusion Drive
APPLE HDD ST2000DM001 on SATA/SATA Express: this is the HDD portion of the Fusion Drive
Individually, both items above are reporting SMART status OK.
This is now the confusing part:
Macintosh HD and Macintosh HD - Data on Storage:
It's telling me that the physical drive (APPLE SSD SM0128L) has SMART status failing.
Note: When I run the First Aid, Macintosh HD returns no error, but Macintosh HD - Data has the following errors:
error: (oid 0x40000002dc3af) om: btn: invalid o_cksum (0x6c6d783f3cbfbbef)
So which one should is failing so it can be replaced: the HDD (ST2000DM001) or the SSD (SM0128L), or both?
Thanks in advance!