Does anyone know how to reset the Unit Usage Hours (Motor Used Hours Count) ?

- Under "Introduction" the reader should be reminded to use the Magnifying "+" glass that can be seen when we hover the mouse over the picture. Step 8 would take advantage of the words "EXTREMELY CAREFULLY ..." as this connector is EXTREMELY FRAGILE. "Only extremely gently push the black connector out" (to the left on the picture). The maximum enlargement of the left picture on Step 8 MUST BE SEEN. The glove hides part of the connector. A movie and more details on the precision gesture needed for removing it without damage would be welcome.

- My unit gives a message to the effect that the motor has run passed it's maximum life (I used it more than 20k hours) ... but this is no problem, it still works fine.

N.B.: When I reached the motor, I decided not to go any further skipping Steps 15-16-17. I could see that the inside (blower) was not very dirty (definitely not disgusting) and that for an occasional usage (2nd bedroom) it could stay the way it was. Upon reconstruction the unit worked fine.

Thank you.

I have OWC 480Gb SSD for MacBookAir mid 2012. I called OWC to ask the same question. I was told that it actually was a Heat matter, that it would work but at my own risk. I feel I was lucky to get that response and that they probably do not give it any more. I tried it with success, keeping the Enclosure lid open. I would not use it extensively though. For extra safety you can always use a small fan to cool it up. I think you can respect their recommandations by booting from the external enclosure with the original Mac SSD in it and then Clone it to the internal freshly formatted OWC SSD. I now have another OWC 480Gb SSD for MacBookAir 2015. Am I going to have the guts to also give it a try ? Just to play safe I will try not to. So I would suggest that a Heat Monitoring Program be installed and that both Original Apple and OWC SSD Temperature be monitored and compared.