Last year I was given a late 2014 5k iMac with the fusion drive setup. With nearly max RAM and in great shape I thought, well let's get OCLP on it and run Sequoia.
Installation went fine. The first OCLP install separated the fusion drive but I used it as normal (occasionally) for a few weeks before it began to slow down the point of being unusable, then it began freezing up. Attempt two rejoined the two drives and all was fine for a few days when suddenly the mouse would disappear, the Magic Trackpad 2 would be disconnect, the background image would sometimes fail to appear, and the machine would freeze, or freeze but keep playing music.
Apple Diagnostics finds no issues. At this point without reformatting and reinstalling everything again, I can't get it working long enough to download a program to check the SSD wear. NVRAM resets made no difference.
I'd like to use this machine but before I tear it down to replace the NVME and pull the SATA SSD, do the strange issues sound SSD-wear related? OCLP is flawless on my mid-2015 MBP. I never encountered these issues with it. I'm not familiar with iMac- is there a common issues at play?
Installation went fine. The first OCLP install separated the fusion drive but I used it as normal (occasionally) for a few weeks before it began to slow down the point of being unusable, then it began freezing up. Attempt two rejoined the two drives and all was fine for a few days when suddenly the mouse would disappear, the Magic Trackpad 2 would be disconnect, the background image would sometimes fail to appear, and the machine would freeze, or freeze but keep playing music.
Apple Diagnostics finds no issues. At this point without reformatting and reinstalling everything again, I can't get it working long enough to download a program to check the SSD wear. NVRAM resets made no difference.
I'd like to use this machine but before I tear it down to replace the NVME and pull the SATA SSD, do the strange issues sound SSD-wear related? OCLP is flawless on my mid-2015 MBP. I never encountered these issues with it. I'm not familiar with iMac- is there a common issues at play?
