ELUTENG M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Ejecting
I have 2 x SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280, Internal Solid State Drives, that have worked flawlessly until the latest versions of MAC OS, (currently running 26.1); Now my SSD(s) in these cases keep disconnecting. Do you know of anything that can be done to prevent this, please?
Mac mini, macOS 26.1
ELUTENG advises “There is firmware for the 9210b chip on GitHub. Try updating it, but there's no guarantee it will fully resolve the issue, as the problem may also stem from the Mac system.”
Turn OFF “Put hard disks to sleep when possible”
This setting aggressively powers down USB storage now.
Go to:
System Settings → Displays & Battery → Battery / Power Adapter
Turn OFF:
Restart the Mac.
This alone solves the problem for many users.
So I backed up my 2 1TB NVMe Samsung drives and applied the Firm ware update to the Realtek RTL9210(B) NVMe/USB 3.1 Controller (firmware Version 1.32.49.140423). It took some time because the AI I asked for help got it wrong. I finally got them both updated, one is no longer disconnecting and one is in spite of the update tool showing “pass”on both.
ELUTENG M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Ejecting
