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While this may sound extreme often times I can get a little more life out of the SSD by reformatting it so the blocks that have failed are quarantined by the SSD's controller and over provisioning can be used to back fill the space. I use this app to check things DriveDx take a snapshot of the drives data and post it here for us to see Adding images to an existing question There are some tools which can read directly from the physical drives the S.M.A.R.T. The only time I see the Cache SSD fail is when someone is doing quite a lot of data churn like music or video production, Fusion Drives are not well suited for that. Most of the time it's the HDD that fails due to its mechanical nature. error of the drive failing that doesn't tell us which physical drive is failing: the primary (HDD) or the cache (SSD). Thank you so much for your time and patience!ДЇirst the Fusion Drive is really two distinct drives so when you state the Fusion Drive has a S.M.A.R.T. Most Importantly, do I need to do anything else, such as вЂњslip the fusion driveвЂќ beforehand? Anything else? Or, do I have to replace the SSD Blade, but leave the slower HHD?Д¬. Can I simply clone the вЂњFusion DriveвЂќ and then replace both the internal SSD Blade AND the HHD (with 2TB SSD)? And, if so, when I restart, will it look the same (just faster)?Д«.

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IвЂ™m just not sure about the software procedure and the HHD replacement.ДЄ. Now I realize that itвЂ™s the Blade that was failing, not the HHD - So now I need to replace the Blade (as we discussed). I had originally cloned the Fusion Drive to an SSD, and then physically replaced the HDD portion of the Fusion Drive - which caused all of the issues above (no startup). I can follow the iFixIt procedures on physically replacing the drive. I think I'm going to go with this SSD Blade (due to price and size):

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Additionally, I wasn't impressed with our local Mac shop option - I had much more experience than them. I've worked on the internals of several macs, as well as iPhones, etc. (I guess I should be!) But, I'm confident I can do it. I'm a bit intimidated about replacing the SSD Blade.

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In response to your 12/14/21 Update (I'm not sure where to post this): But, with the SMART failure, IвЂ™m concerned with even needing to reboot! Additionally, I need to make an OS update, as being on 10.15 is keeping me from updating other items, which I - this is extremely helpful! Thank you. My biggest fear is that I will get stuck in the same no-startup scenario again.

What is the actual procedure I need to take? (Link?).

Can I / Should I replace the internal SSD blade? (ItвЂ™s not too expensive, but itвЂ™s a major teardown - which may cause additional issues.).

Do I need to physically remove the internal SSD blade, so that it wonвЂ™t cause an issue? Or, can I bypass it somehow?.

Do I need to split the Fusion Drive, and if so, what issues will that cause/fix?.

How can replace the Fusion Drive with the new Crucial 2T SSD, with the least amount of drama?!.

Took iMac home, configured to original setup.

However, everything else checked out (hardware, ram, etc.) This time, only the internal SSD blade shows up. iMac starts up (!) - BUT, shows no OS (black screen with circle / slash / вЂњnoвЂќ icon.

Took iMac home, swapped internal HHD with SSD/OWC kit.

This is how I know that the new cloned SSD was not the issue.

FYI - For 2 days, I ran a secondary iMac from the cloned SSD, via an external enclosure.

Took iMac to Simply Mac (local Apple Preferred shop).

(Skipping hours of troubleshooting hereвЂ¦)

Reset iMac to the original configuration.

iMac wouldnвЂ™t start up! (Skipping hours of troubleshooting here - SMC, PRAM, reseated Ram, multiple power cords, multiple outlets, etc.).

Replaced internal HHD with SSD with OWC kit.

Disassembled iMac per iFixit instruction & YouTube videos.

Cloned 3TB Fusion Drive with Super Duper to external Crucial 2TB SSD.