These are made horribly: futurezone.at/produkte/sandisk-ssd-ausfaelle-western-digital-attingo-datenrettung-problem-hardware/402664391 See photo: image.futurezone.at/images/cfs_1232w/8312468/img6373-11.jpg Eventually electronics stores realized these drives were ticking time bombs they put them on sale to get rid of them. Affiliate marketing allows news sites & blogs to make money each time a customer buys something they advertised on their blog. There's nothing wrong with this when you recommend items you love & use yourself(for real, not the bs influencer crap). This was the opposite. When the prices went down, many unethical blogs & news websites started promoting these defective products to make affiliate revenue. It's easy to get people to buy something when it is being sold below market value for its specifications, and none of these people ever asked WHY before pimping garbage to their audience. Cult of Mac's Ed Hardy admits he didn't even use the device in his recommendation!! www.cultofmac.com/author/ed-hardy _"I haven’t tested the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD, but I have used many SanDisk products over the decades. The company built a reputation for quality products that, in my experience, it deserves."_ *"The Inventory"* kept promoting this piece of junk months after the class action lawsuit against them was announced. They were intentionally promoting a product that was well known to cause data loss due to poor manufacturing quality all to make a buck off of you. To this day, this article was never corrected. theinventory.com/this-massive-sandisk-4tb-extreme-pro-portable-ssd-is-a-1849589733 Often, the modern tech press is not only not your friend; they are your enemy, actively profiting by recommending you junk if they'll get a few bucks out of it. *All of this would be forgivable if Sandisk accepted blame & said I'm sorry, which they never did. They claimed this was related to firmware in manufacturing. Look at the article linked in the beginning of this post and decide for yourself!*
@@itssuhaibalrumi or just buy a normal hard drive... they're cheaper and more reliable. these are glorified flash drives, just because it has a different interface doesn't change what it is.
Rossmann Repair Group (not just Louis), thank you for all of the videos. I took a chance and attempted to fix an issue I had with my Pioneer DMH-1770NEX radio. It had a bad solder from factory. I added a bunch of flux, added some solder after I learned to properly tin my iron. I did not have a microscope so I took my phone, zoomed in to see what I was doing. It works now.
Let's not forget that it is actually WD. They are now trying to protect their name by only selling flash products under their Sandisk brand.But they are responsible for not recalling this pos.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 did you know they also make WD_BLACK SSDs and all Western Digital SSD products which are considered decent? It perplexes me a bit since their other products but mostly portable SSDs are known not to be. They were a subsidiary of WD for a while but split off again and will probably move to using the SanDisk brand name on everything soon.
My company can do it too nowadays, but using the wrong tool can cost you dearly. It takes years to learn through trial and error. It could maybe be learned in a month or two with the right tutor, though.
I've seen many of the Western Digital SN500 series failing at low hours and low write times. A company brought in some newer Dell laptops (11th gen Intel) to a recycling place, and they all had SN520 512GB NVMe SSDs (2230 form factor). They were either dead or at
Really? I have never heard of it before, in fact, WD was my go-to brand for persistent storage (both HDD and SSD). I just bought an SN770 a few months ago and I was going to install a Gentoo on it to use it in my laptop.
@@tyrisnolamBe careful. It is common for Drive manufacturers to substitute/change controllers and memory types/sources. That drive with the great reviews/reputation might be very different from what was originally offered.
You know what's sad? The Xbox Series S and X use Sandisk/WD M2 2230 SSDs (SN530) internally, and they're paired to the motherboard via both a model whitelist and the SSDs serial number. Guess how reliable those are? And once the SSD has died, the *entire console* is a useless brick due to the pairing
*Permit me to suggest: Uniball 207 Signo Gel Pen Vibrant or Pilot 31256 G2 Gel Roller, made in Japan. Both available in boxes of 12 pens on Amazon US, DE, UK and JP. Signo 207 is better for protection against check-washing but both are superb performers. Cheers!*
Heard about these on Reddit, some dude was apparently in contact with Sandisk but nothing ever came of it. Basically, these drives will die after a long write, it's 50/50 if you can get the data back or not. Interesting to know its a power failure and not a drive failure, but I guess I expected that.
Definitely not the worst SSD in the world but in the top 10 for sure! Nice job fixing it nonetheless, still getting stacks of these in under the SanDisk brand.
I remember when they were selling those on discount. I have a friend who bought several of them during that time. I warned him that they are terrible and fail frequently. He didn't listen. I forget how much data he lost
I guess we found the corpo "no bad product" apologist. A bad product is a bad product. People rely on this stuff. An external SSD is supposed to be reliable and dependable. Why blame a scam victim when you could blame the scammer corporation?
I remember impulse buying this during Black Friday last year because it was on sale. after I got it, I read reviews... yup, returned it. I was planning on using it for my photos. I'm not a pro photographer by any means but no way I was gonna risk my memories on that.
My servicing days were pre-SMT and I have always been nervous of the later tech. Seeing this very nice clean work has made me realise it's a question of the right tools, the right attitude and a lot of practice! Plus loadsa experience, notions of electronics and skill of course. So thanks -- I'll buy an SMT practice kit and have a go...!
There was a period of time where Sanddisk Extreme Portable was on my short list to buy and I'm so glad I got something else knowing now how many problems those Sandisk Extreme Portables have. I feel like I dodged a bullet through luck. These drives have higher than normal failure rates.
Same. I ended up not buying it because AnandTech said the drives run at higher temperatures for marginally higher speeds. The usecase was more like photographers quickly needing to free up their camera internal storage. My usecase was long term storage
@@Mr.C0ffeeI ended up going for the Samsung T7 shield because it was the only other option in my region. There were some concerns people raised later because of Samsung's SSDs having bad reliability but idk what became of it, do your own research if you wanna get one. It has served me well though
@@psaini1999 God damnit I got a Samsung T7 I hope it's not crap had it over the year with moderate use so far so good. But your is a Samsung T7 Shield. Mine is just the regular T7 without the "Shield" part. I wonder if internally they are the same.
I got a SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD several months ago, and used that drive for backups. When using this drive with a new computer I discovered some files were corrupted, and I discovered these drives have quality control issues after doing some research.
Samsung seems to be much more reliable. Don't cheap out on storage. Recovering lost data is more expensive than just starting with a good storage device to begin with.
@alexdrockhound9497 RAID 1, 6, or 10. At least recommend 1 for working data stores. A recent OS backup should handle the resto, all already implemented on most of these device internally but hardly accessible w/o doing things like this in the first place with a board nuking itself.
Crucial. They're a sub-brand of Micron, who probably manufactures the flash storage in all your SSDs. They seem to be a fan favourite in some subreddits over on Reddit.
I have no problems with SanDisk flash RAM products still but if it's not a flash RAM product, I just assume it's a WD piece of crap with a SanDisk badge and avoid it. You have just shown me that I made the right assumption. Funny thing is, 20 years ago, I'd swear by Western Digital and swear at Seagate, then starting about 10 years ago it went the other way around.
The other issue is that Sandisk is easily faked. There's a reason critically thinking shoppers avoid them online. I've only had a problem with a 256GB Teamgroup Elite card (I've gotten several 128GB cards from that brand on Amazon for storing music, no issues) from Newegg's Walmart store.
For my WD still make the best HDDs by far, samsung being the best at ssds currently. Seagate has always given me problems so i completely write them off now.
5:42 okay, thats polish 5 groszy (polish 5 cents, worth approx 1.3 us cents). Not something you asked me few years ago I would ever expect to see on this channel
@@Clickworker101 Indeed, but that's legacy that you've used to be a craftsmen in Poland in order to survive. We're losing it, at the same time life's gets easier in Poland... so I am quite confused myself if it's a good thing or bad thing.
@@hochhaul Seagate Exos have pretty good lives as well, so does HGST (WD's enterprise/OEM brand). When you're using desktop hard disks, there's little reason to refuse datacentre drives. It's the consumer-grade hard drives that are usually the worst (and only thing that can fit in the context of portables).
@@Code7Unltdfit? You know they make 2.5" enterprise drives. They'll fit (some, most be too thick) but good luck finding something portable with a SAS capable controller
Well given the reliability of the samsung t7 (2 failures out of 4 drives, my own experience using them at my work, no special, weird or intensive use) idk which portable ssd is good then. Might be better to make your own out of a known reliable nvme and a universal case.
Sounds plausible. I went for Kioxia for my laptop upgrade and have a cooler master enclosure for the original one. Kingston seem to be a good stuff, too. Then Crucial on my list.
Hi, being Argentinian, it hurts too much to have something broken, because there is no way to repair over here something like that, and it is very expensive. What SSDs are the most recommended in terms of durability? Thank you very much for your great work.
Bro, I was planning on buying the 2TB version of this drive soon to move my movie collection onto. You probably just saved me a $110 and a lot of disappointment
I ended up buying a bog standard M2 NVMe (2TB Toshiba/Kioxia Exceria G2) and sticking that into a USB-C enclosure, because with ready-made USB SSDs you'll never know what junk hides inside
or just use a hard drive. you only need 5MB/s for 1080p video and even the shittiest desktop drive from 10 years ago can do that. 2tb hdd are literally 20$.... the instant gratification and convenience aren't always worth the extra $$$, both upfront and long term
@@Knaeckebrotsaege This. I got an Orico NMVe USB-C(USB 3.1) enclosure for my old Samsung 512GB SSD. I can get 1GB/s transfer rates on it when copying data from my PCs M.3 NVMe to it. If I was to use a USB 2.0 cable, I can get 45MB/s which is as fast as you can get with USB 2.0
@@manitoba-op4jx Sorry that you're stuck in 2005 where HDDs are still a viable option for anything but cold storage in a NAS. Newsflash: not everyone wants to run around with a fragile (and SMR) 2.5" HDD or even worse, a gigantic, powerbrick-requiring 3.5" HDD. Also nice of you to dictate what _I_ need, and assuming everyone just uses them to watch videos. Fits nicely with the "stuck in 2005"
Excellent repair segment thank you. By chance have you noticed if the supposedly newer and better WD Blue SN580 uses the same power chip or is as problematic?
I walked into a discount overstock store yesterday and saw an entire stack of these sitting by the checkout counter and laughed because I knew about the reputation. Crazy that they're still trying to offload this junk even though it's known to be faulty.
Knowing that WD bought Sandisk and are using the exact same build for their NVME WD models as that Sandisk model tells you everything you need to know about the current state of Western Digital.
@@ferrumignis well the enclosure looks attractive and the innards go with it so they didn't change them. Also, it has been on the market for quite some time already.
the Sandisk logo rebrand is crazy, have you seen it? the letters are cut off like a corrupt JPEG. Corrupted just like the files users put on the junk drives they sell. Fitting.
I stopped using sandisk usb drives years ago because they would randomly just not show up in random computers. Then I was reintroduced to them when building a friends IPod classic. The SanDisk he bought was just not working properly. Got a Samsung from best buy and problem solved. I have a no name one from EOE and it worked fine. ScamDisk
T7 shield also seems fairly reliable. I wanted a rough idea of the failure rate of all the competing drives by checking the percentage of 1 star reviews, this one in particular had over 6% on Amazon, compared to ~3% for the Samsung models, so it was an easy decision.
Isn't it better to avoid those consumer market stuff like this SanDisk or Samsung T7 with ready-to-use casing? SSDs without any casing (bare drives) have industry bulk buyers with more discerning audience so companies have more incentive to get things right
SSDs usually have 2/3 chip functionalities: controllers (microprocessors), NAND chips (storage), and maybe DRAM chips (extdended RAM for the MPU). In this case what he calls a power chip, I'm guessing PLP (power loss protection) is the chip neededing to be replaced? If so, what an utter failure. A chip only needed in case of failure in less than 1% of shutdowns is killing the drive? They might as well have skipped the optional PLP chip and would have lost much less data in the longer run.
The bottom half of my 07 imacs display is starting to get a little dark every now and then . Any known cause ? It's been used daily since Launch and has been extremely reliable in every other front.
Never had problems with my WD external hard disk for about 4 months now, save for some pretty bendy Type C to Type A USB conversion ports. As for the seagate hard disk, it’s done its work pretty well for 6 years, had changed setup recently due to low ram and old graphics card. Old computer had a pretty small sandisk drive that ran without issues, other than its low space. These are all factory made, by the way.
Very interesting video. It would be nice to know which chemicals were used on the various procedures and exactly what the goals were for each one. That fume extractor is one noisy little bugger...
Been using one of these in a desktop pc for a while now without issues. Does being portable have something to do with it. That is, the drive is shuffled around, vibrations, etc? Mine came out of an enclosure with a dead usb bridge.
i still don't understand why a change in interface suddenly made people trust flash for long term / permanent storage. usb, sata, nvme, whatever. use hard drives for backup and tapes for archives. never trust NVME or flash with stuff you care about.
Used to use a Samsung T5, but realized if something happened I'd be completely SOL. Now I just use a ruggedized NVME enclosure. Not quite as fast but more peace of mind. Don't buy into proprietary stuff as far as possible.
I had a SanDisk SSD before my Samsung one. It failed for no apparent reason out of the blue in about a year. The first Samsung SSD I ever bought is still working. It has been about half a decade, and it used to be my boot drive before I eventually got a 1 TB M2 SSD. My point is, SanDisk was probably already bad before, and it's not surprising to me to hear that it still sucks. If you value your data, pay good money to keep it. You won't regret it then. Have backups, too. Multiple, if possible. I have one backup in an internal HDD and a second one in an external HDD. Sure, it takes a while, but I don't back up literally everything. I leave the games out to save space and time.
If recovery is the goal and not repair, can't external power supplies be connected to provide the required power and facilitate reading the data? If the power supply device is shorted, it would still need to be removed first.
These are made horribly: futurezone.at/produkte/sandisk-ssd-ausfaelle-western-digital-attingo-datenrettung-problem-hardware/402664391
See photo: image.futurezone.at/images/cfs_1232w/8312468/img6373-11.jpg
Eventually electronics stores realized these drives were ticking time bombs they put them on sale to get rid of them.
Affiliate marketing allows news sites & blogs to make money each time a customer buys something they advertised on their blog. There's nothing wrong with this when you recommend items you love & use yourself(for real, not the bs influencer crap). This was the opposite.
When the prices went down, many unethical blogs & news websites started promoting these defective products to make affiliate revenue. It's easy to get people to buy something when it is being sold below market value for its specifications, and none of these people ever asked WHY before pimping garbage to their audience.
Cult of Mac's Ed Hardy admits he didn't even use the device in his recommendation!! www.cultofmac.com/author/ed-hardy _"I haven’t tested the SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD, but I have used many SanDisk products over the decades. The company built a reputation for quality products that, in my experience, it deserves."_
*"The Inventory"* kept promoting this piece of junk months after the class action lawsuit against them was announced. They were intentionally promoting a product that was well known to cause data loss due to poor manufacturing quality all to make a buck off of you. To this day, this article was never corrected. theinventory.com/this-massive-sandisk-4tb-extreme-pro-portable-ssd-is-a-1849589733
Often, the modern tech press is not only not your friend; they are your enemy, actively profiting by recommending you junk if they'll get a few bucks out of it.
*All of this would be forgivable if Sandisk accepted blame & said I'm sorry, which they never did. They claimed this was related to firmware in manufacturing. Look at the article linked in the beginning of this post and decide for yourself!*
gag, literally looks like someone spilt their cocacola all over it. What in the world are they using?
Thanks I glad I didn’t buy them
What about the Samsung and kioxia
what External SSD Should We Buy ? Samsung ?
@@itssuhaibalrumi or just buy a normal hard drive... they're cheaper and more reliable.
these are glorified flash drives, just because it has a different interface doesn't change what it is.
Rossmann Repair Group (not just Louis), thank you for all of the videos. I took a chance and attempted to fix an issue I had with my Pioneer DMH-1770NEX radio. It had a bad solder from factory. I added a bunch of flux, added some solder after I learned to properly tin my iron.
I did not have a microscope so I took my phone, zoomed in to see what I was doing. It works now.
What issue would that happen to be? My Sister has that model and sometimes Android Auto just doesn't work for some inexplicable reason
@@TheRedCap I'm gonna guess that the bad soldering may introduce interference that messes with the radio circuitry for all of its wireless features.
That's the way!
The phone trick is actually clutch, I might actually use that idea sometime when I build my mini repair station at home!
Right after Sandisk does a rebrand
Good.Tank their reputation before fooling more people.
Let's not forget that it is actually WD. They are now trying to protect their name by only selling flash products under their Sandisk brand.But they are responsible for not recalling this pos.
@@naamadossantossilva4736 did you know they also make WD_BLACK SSDs and all Western Digital SSD products which are considered decent? It perplexes me a bit since their other products but mostly portable SSDs are known not to be. They were a subsidiary of WD for a while but split off again and will probably move to using the SanDisk brand name on everything soon.
Western Digital
The complexity of this repair is mad, you got sick skills to be able to perform such operation on so small scale. Kudos!
Reminds me of the dentist
My company can do it too nowadays, but using the wrong tool can cost you dearly. It takes years to learn through trial and error. It could maybe be learned in a month or two with the right tutor, though.
You're really doing incredibly important work that almost nobody else does nowadays...thank you!
I was looking to buy one today. Glad I got something to eat first and opened UA-cam to watch stuff while eating. Bullet dodged. Thanks
I was going to buy one of these, too. Super grateful for Louis and his videos.
Vid dropped 2 days too late for me lol
@@jokahzo Same.
I've seen many of the Western Digital SN500 series failing at low hours and low write times. A company brought in some newer Dell laptops (11th gen Intel) to a recycling place, and they all had SN520 512GB NVMe SSDs (2230 form factor). They were either dead or at
Really? I have never heard of it before, in fact, WD was my go-to brand for persistent storage (both HDD and SSD). I just bought an SN770 a few months ago and I was going to install a Gentoo on it to use it in my laptop.
@@tyrisnolamThere HHD's are good, or were at least. I can't find anything reliable for SSD's. I guess that's why raid is popular now.
@@tyrisnolamBe careful. It is common for Drive manufacturers to substitute/change controllers and memory types/sources. That drive with the great reviews/reputation might be very different from what was originally offered.
The OEM versions have extremely low endurance.
You know what's sad? The Xbox Series S and X use Sandisk/WD M2 2230 SSDs (SN530) internally, and they're paired to the motherboard via both a model whitelist and the SSDs serial number. Guess how reliable those are? And once the SSD has died, the *entire console* is a useless brick due to the pairing
i can't even find ballpoint pens that work right anymore.
*Permit me to suggest: Uniball 207 Signo Gel Pen Vibrant or Pilot 31256 G2 Gel Roller, made in Japan. Both available in boxes of 12 pens on Amazon US, DE, UK and JP. Signo 207 is better for protection against check-washing but both are superb performers. Cheers!*
Japan is where to get the good ones. Pilot Dr Grips, Tombow Airpress...
@@blackrifle6736Can confirm, sound advice. ✊🏻
@@blackrifle6736 and if not rollers, then Uniball Jetstream for actual ballpoint pens (rollers - liquid ink, ballpoint - paste ink)
So it isn't just me?
I admire your steady hands and the patience to do this sort of data recovery!
Heard about these on Reddit, some dude was apparently in contact with Sandisk but nothing ever came of it.
Basically, these drives will die after a long write, it's 50/50 if you can get the data back or not. Interesting to know its a power failure and not a drive failure, but I guess I expected that.
"Hey Ev, should I buy a SanDisk..."
-No
That's about as far as that conversation goes.
They're fine
What should i buy?
@antontocool3929 buy me a car
I've never had a bad experience with them... What brand do you recommend then??
@@gregutz4284 *applies to everything before SanDisk Extreme Pro
Definitely not the worst SSD in the world but in the top 10 for sure! Nice job fixing it nonetheless, still getting stacks of these in under the SanDisk brand.
I remember when they were selling those on discount. I have a friend who bought several of them during that time. I warned him that they are terrible and fail frequently. He didn't listen. I forget how much data he lost
> I forget how much data he lost
Looks like you lost some data too, then. 😉
I hope this is what my X has his extensive pron collection on! 😂
@@RFC3514 in a different way but I certainly did. Too bad I can't send my internal hard drive back for a warranty repair 😅
Data loss is due to flawed backup routine, not the drives you using.
I guess we found the corpo "no bad product" apologist.
A bad product is a bad product. People rely on this stuff. An external SSD is supposed to be reliable and dependable. Why blame a scam victim when you could blame the scammer corporation?
I bought this SanDisk a few days ago... I guess I will return it then. Thanks for the video! You guys rock!
I remember impulse buying this during Black Friday last year because it was on sale. after I got it, I read reviews... yup, returned it. I was planning on using it for my photos. I'm not a pro photographer by any means but no way I was gonna risk my memories on that.
My servicing days were pre-SMT and I have always been nervous of the later tech. Seeing this very nice clean work has made me realise it's a question of the right tools, the right attitude and a lot of practice! Plus loadsa experience, notions of electronics and skill of course. So thanks -- I'll buy an SMT practice kit and have a go...!
Good vision and a steady hand are also needed. Having to do everything under a microscope because you can't see the components anymore sucks.
@@ralfvandeven3155 Frankly at my age the microscope is necessary anyway! 😆
@@jrgroberts got the same problems. Can't see a short on a .4 QFN without it.
There was a period of time where Sanddisk Extreme Portable was on my short list to buy and I'm so glad I got something else knowing now how many problems those Sandisk Extreme Portables have. I feel like I dodged a bullet through luck. These drives have higher than normal failure rates.
Care to recommend a good reliable one please! Thanks Kate
Same. I ended up not buying it because AnandTech said the drives run at higher temperatures for marginally higher speeds. The usecase was more like photographers quickly needing to free up their camera internal storage. My usecase was long term storage
@@Mr.C0ffeeI ended up going for the Samsung T7 shield because it was the only other option in my region. There were some concerns people raised later because of Samsung's SSDs having bad reliability but idk what became of it, do your own research if you wanna get one. It has served me well though
@@Mr.C0ffee literally any hard drive. don't buy the glorified flash drives and expect them to last any longer just because it has a fancy interface
@@psaini1999 God damnit I got a Samsung T7 I hope it's not crap had it over the year with moderate use so far so good. But your is a Samsung T7 Shield. Mine is just the regular T7 without the "Shield" part. I wonder if internally they are the same.
I got a SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD several months ago, and used that drive for backups. When using this drive with a new computer I discovered some files were corrupted, and I discovered these drives have quality control issues after doing some research.
Ugh. I was thinking about buying this exact hard drive. I'm glad I didn't. Thanks for this heads up.
Samsung seems to be much more reliable. Don't cheap out on storage. Recovering lost data is more expensive than just starting with a good storage device to begin with.
i was about to buy this a few days ago, but then ended up opting for something else instead
@alexdrockhound9497 RAID 1, 6, or 10. At least recommend 1 for working data stores. A recent OS backup should handle the resto, all already implemented on most of these device internally but hardly accessible w/o doing things like this in the first place with a board nuking itself.
What made you want this drive? For me, first page of google has a bunch of reddit posts talking about how bad they are.
@@celeriumlerium8266 $ vs $$, move it at 10% RND/production were sold anyway
12 groszy tylko nie płacz proszę...
Ciekawe jak 5 groszy trafiło do stanów :)
12 groszy tobie tu przynoszę 😅
My storage hard drive is dying and I'm not sure what brand to trust, if there even is a brand to trust anymore.
Kioxia, if just nvme. Or Kingston has seen several of my purchases for externals. Not via scamazon, directly from the Kingston website.
Toshiba
Samsung is my go to.
Crucial. They're a sub-brand of Micron, who probably manufactures the flash storage in all your SSDs. They seem to be a fan favourite in some subreddits over on Reddit.
Me over here still using a 2 pounder 1tb hard drive I bought for a fortune in 2010 😂😂
I was thinking of buying this but went with a Samsung 990 Evo plus.
Better choice than SanDisk.
That's also a bad SSD, not as bad but it's bad...
@@chinesekangaroo really? How is it bad?
@@chinesekangarooReally? How is the 990 bad?
@@jonathantheyorkie samsung ssds was degreding fast because of faulty softwere but its fixed now
I use these at work for terminated employee data archival purposes, so this is _extremely_ relevant to my interests-good to know, thanks for sharing!
I have no problems with SanDisk flash RAM products still but if it's not a flash RAM product, I just assume it's a WD piece of crap with a SanDisk badge and avoid it. You have just shown me that I made the right assumption.
Funny thing is, 20 years ago, I'd swear by Western Digital and swear at Seagate, then starting about 10 years ago it went the other way around.
The other issue is that Sandisk is easily faked. There's a reason critically thinking shoppers avoid them online.
I've only had a problem with a 256GB Teamgroup Elite card (I've gotten several 128GB cards from that brand on Amazon for storing music, no issues) from Newegg's Walmart store.
For my WD still make the best HDDs by far, samsung being the best at ssds currently. Seagate has always given me problems so i completely write them off now.
Their really cheap all plastic USB drives really suck too. I was backing up photos and the drive got so hot it eventually cooked itself.
Impressive and painstaking work. Definitely a skill that requires patience.
I have 2 of these 😢
When one dies, empty the other and you have a free donor! Empty both now honestly...
They're fine. Absolutely rage bait/clickbait title
Same
@@gregutz4284 Well that depends, Louis has a repair shop he must have seen quite of few of these to make a statement like that.
they're not horrible
I literally JUST started backing up system images on one
Use multiple HDD, the WD drives gor 225MB/s write speed now even for the Blue versions
Nice to see you're enjoying 31° temps, Celsius! Pozdravuju z České republiky :D
5:42 okay, thats polish 5 groszy (polish 5 cents, worth approx 1.3 us cents). Not something you asked me few years ago I would ever expect to see on this channel
The poles are real craftsmen
@@Clickworker101 Indeed, but that's legacy that you've used to be a craftsmen in Poland in order to survive. We're losing it, at the same time life's gets easier in Poland... so I am quite confused myself if it's a good thing or bad thing.
WD is the HP of the storage world 🤣
Their best products are Hitachi helium filled hard drives. Never understood what people buy their SSD's.
@@hochhaul Seagate Exos have pretty good lives as well, so does HGST (WD's enterprise/OEM brand). When you're using desktop hard disks, there's little reason to refuse datacentre drives.
It's the consumer-grade hard drives that are usually the worst (and only thing that can fit in the context of portables).
@@Code7Unltdfit? You know they make 2.5" enterprise drives.
They'll fit (some, most be too thick) but good luck finding something portable with a SAS capable controller
nah, ive had a bunch of WD drives and 0 failures, one is over 5 years old in a gaming laptop
@@forbiddenera they make sata enterprise drives too, the main issue is the heat since "enterprise" means server grade airflow
5:50 ish, did you just mention 12 Groszy? Great song!
I decided to get a Silicon Power rugged drive over one of these, never had problems with their stuff
They don't have DRAM unfortunately but certainly miles better than SanDisk's failure rate.
Well given the reliability of the samsung t7 (2 failures out of 4 drives, my own experience using them at my work, no special, weird or intensive use) idk which portable ssd is good then. Might be better to make your own out of a known reliable nvme and a universal case.
Sounds plausible. I went for Kioxia for my laptop upgrade and have a cooler master enclosure for the original one. Kingston seem to be a good stuff, too. Then Crucial on my list.
using a decent external case and a good nvme is the best choice
Well this explains why I see so many of these failed WD nvme drives on eBay.
The only shittier drive is the samsung 970 evo 2 terabyte. That specific model and size. These aren't worth it if you got it for free in my opinion
@@rossmanngroup What about the WD SN580 1TB/2TB?
me: What happened to you sandisk? You used to be cool
sandisk: Im still cool
me: Nah! You changed sandisk
They were bought by Western Digital
They were never ''cool''. Their SD cards were terrible 20 years ago, and they still are terrible now.
*_In spinning rust I trust._*
Oh, I was thinking of getting this for my Mac Mini, but not anymore thanks to you.
Hi, being Argentinian, it hurts too much to have something broken, because there is no way to repair over here something like that, and it is very expensive. What SSDs are the most recommended in terms of durability? Thank you very much for your great work.
I second this, also curious.
if you can pay the premium the samsung EVO drives are pretty good
@@ali32bit42 No way, my friend, in Argentina it is impossible to pay that. You have to leave a kidney.
Bro, I was planning on buying the 2TB version of this drive soon to move my movie collection onto. You probably just saved me a $110 and a lot of disappointment
I ended up buying a bog standard M2 NVMe (2TB Toshiba/Kioxia Exceria G2) and sticking that into a USB-C enclosure, because with ready-made USB SSDs you'll never know what junk hides inside
or just use a hard drive. you only need 5MB/s for 1080p video and even the shittiest desktop drive from 10 years ago can do that. 2tb hdd are literally 20$....
the instant gratification and convenience aren't always worth the extra $$$, both upfront and long term
@@Knaeckebrotsaege This.
I got an Orico NMVe USB-C(USB 3.1) enclosure for my old Samsung 512GB SSD.
I can get 1GB/s transfer rates on it when copying data from my PCs M.3 NVMe to it.
If I was to use a USB 2.0 cable, I can get 45MB/s which is as fast as you can get with USB 2.0
@@manitoba-op4jx Remember how people were bitching about WD Green being slow.
They were made for this sort of thing, yet people didn't get it.
@@manitoba-op4jx Sorry that you're stuck in 2005 where HDDs are still a viable option for anything but cold storage in a NAS. Newsflash: not everyone wants to run around with a fragile (and SMR) 2.5" HDD or even worse, a gigantic, powerbrick-requiring 3.5" HDD. Also nice of you to dictate what _I_ need, and assuming everyone just uses them to watch videos. Fits nicely with the "stuck in 2005"
Nice job yo! Disks were easier back when the components were larger, nowadays they are just a little small.
Excellent repair segment thank you. By chance have you noticed if the supposedly newer and better WD Blue SN580 uses the same power chip or is as problematic?
How is the SN580 in this regard? Does it have the same issues?
Great job, thank you for the video! What is the component looking like a capacitor, with a white point on it ?
I walked into a discount overstock store yesterday and saw an entire stack of these sitting by the checkout counter and laughed because I knew about the reputation. Crazy that they're still trying to offload this junk even though it's known to be faulty.
*Somewhere, PT Barnum is also laughing...*
Bless your precision hands !
What a hateful task. Thanks for the heads up on these.
"This is fine" queue the dog in burning room meme XD
Me staring at the two 8TB backup HDDs on my desk and wondering when I'll remember to back up the SN550 in my laptop...😐
Knowing that WD bought Sandisk and are using the exact same build for their NVME WD models as that Sandisk model tells you everything you need to know about the current state of Western Digital.
It tells me that they believe the Sandisk design is better than their own in some way.
@@ferrumignis well the enclosure looks attractive and the innards go with it so they didn't change them. Also, it has been on the market for quite some time already.
Lucky me, this shit SSD died on me after just one week, luckly I had no important data on it when I found out it's failing.
Seeing this title and knowing I've been using a very similar 2Tb model for over 2 years now is scary...
this is so relaxing to watch, please more board repair pov
I refuse to buy anything that's branded SanDisk anymore. To many failed SD cards. This is no exception.
the Sandisk logo rebrand is crazy, have you seen it? the letters are cut off like a corrupt JPEG. Corrupted just like the files users put on the junk drives they sell. Fitting.
Nice work Chris!
Sadly, this is becoming a lost art, thanks for this.
I stopped using sandisk usb drives years ago because they would randomly just not show up in random computers.
Then I was reintroduced to them when building a friends IPod classic. The SanDisk he bought was just not working properly. Got a Samsung from best buy and problem solved. I have a no name one from EOE and it worked fine.
ScamDisk
2:31 Louis you watching this he's still on that horrible app
What are most reliable ssds?
*Enterprise-grade SSDs using one bit per one cell architecture. Anything less and you're on your own...*
always backup to MAG TAPE, then modify hardware
Thank you for this content, so informative and interesting.
The 21st century's version of "click of death" 😂
iykyk!
*Wow! That's a callback. Thanks to Steve Gibson...*
Why not apply hit with a soldering iron directly to faulty chip?
I literally saw this drive recommended in another youtube video today as a "high quality drive when most other drives on amazon are scams."
Is Kingston drives good (M.2 and 2.5inch sata)?
They are pretty cheap, and seem decent on paper.
Are they good or should I avoid?
They're ok but some fail just like anything else
I found out about these drives way after I bought one. Hasn't failed yet, but I guess I can't rely on it at all.
Verbatim MyMedia are also very terrible SSDs.
I know from experience. They have very short lifespans, and shouldn't be used to store your OS.
Nice work, it pays not to be rushin' when doing this.... :-)
Wow I was confused for a second there. I thought I clicked on a NorthwestRepair video 😂😂
Does the type of solder used for repairs matter?
if it's not a repair where impedance or shock/thermal resistance is important, I'd say no
What's a similar hard drive that is better made?
Samsung T7/T9
T7 shield also seems fairly reliable. I wanted a rough idea of the failure rate of all the competing drives by checking the percentage of 1 star reviews, this one in particular had over 6% on Amazon, compared to ~3% for the Samsung models, so it was an easy decision.
Hard disk drive or SSD?
Kingston, Crucial, my two to go to. For nvme only I went for Kioxia.
Isn't it better to avoid those consumer market stuff like this SanDisk or Samsung T7 with ready-to-use casing? SSDs without any casing (bare drives) have industry bulk buyers with more discerning audience so companies have more incentive to get things right
SSDs usually have 2/3 chip functionalities: controllers (microprocessors), NAND chips (storage), and maybe DRAM chips (extdended RAM for the MPU).
In this case what he calls a power chip, I'm guessing PLP (power loss protection) is the chip neededing to be replaced? If so, what an utter failure. A chip only needed in case of failure in less than 1% of shutdowns is killing the drive? They might as well have skipped the optional PLP chip and would have lost much less data in the longer run.
The bottom half of my 07 imacs display is starting to get a little dark every now and then . Any known cause ?
It's been used daily since Launch and has been extremely reliable in every other front.
Were the light blue ones effected, too?
What is a recommended one? Thats the one I use.
Samsung has been pretty good over the years. More expensive but usually worth it. Tends to be faster too.
Good to know to stay away from them, i've been debating getting more storage so this helps xd
what is the purpose of that one missing dot on the re-ball grid screen?
Never had problems with my WD external hard disk for about 4 months now, save for some pretty bendy Type C to Type A USB conversion ports.
As for the seagate hard disk, it’s done its work pretty well for 6 years, had changed setup recently due to low ram and old graphics card. Old computer had a pretty small sandisk drive that ran without issues, other than its low space.
These are all factory made, by the way.
I didnt realize this was a Rossmann video, wow, its really been a while since ive seen one 👀👀👀 i miss it
someone tell the tech about an alternative to the youtube app...
Just bought one of these a couple of weeks ago.... awesome
Wouldn't it be easier to apply voltage from an external bench psu instead of replacing the faulty chip?
Is there a difference between the Extreme Go vs Extreme Pro in terms of build quality and potential for failure?
what is the best software to recover deleted data?
DOS 😂
You opened up shop in Hungary?
Very interesting video. It would be nice to know which chemicals were used on the various procedures and exactly what the goals were for each one. That fume extractor is one noisy little bugger...
So if these are the worst, what are the best? What about internal NVMe?
Thank you foe aharing this recorvery
5:34 Bruh, I didn't even notice something was off with that coin... and that's because it's way too familiar to me.
Hot air gun temperature?
Been using one of these in a desktop pc for a while now without issues. Does being portable have something to do with it. That is, the drive is shuffled around, vibrations, etc? Mine came out of an enclosure with a dead usb bridge.
What brand would you say makes the best quality?
i still don't understand why a change in interface suddenly made people trust flash for long term / permanent storage. usb, sata, nvme, whatever.
use hard drives for backup and tapes for archives. never trust NVME or flash with stuff you care about.
Used to use a Samsung T5, but realized if something happened I'd be completely SOL. Now I just use a ruggedized NVME enclosure. Not quite as fast but more peace of mind. Don't buy into proprietary stuff as far as possible.
what the is the solvent he puts on when he solders the surface mount? also is he doing it with heat soldering it back on?
Solder flux to help with soldering, then IPA to clean afterwards
@ thank you for the information 😃
I had a SanDisk SSD before my Samsung one. It failed for no apparent reason out of the blue in about a year.
The first Samsung SSD I ever bought is still working. It has been about half a decade, and it used to be my boot drive before I eventually got a 1 TB M2 SSD.
My point is, SanDisk was probably already bad before, and it's not surprising to me to hear that it still sucks. If you value your data, pay good money to keep it. You won't regret it then. Have backups, too. Multiple, if possible. I have one backup in an internal HDD and a second one in an external HDD. Sure, it takes a while, but I don't back up literally everything. I leave the games out to save space and time.
So u reballed a 20 pin bga in a cramped spot, what's wrong with the drive besides the obvious choice of a PMIC that dies prematurely?
If recovery is the goal and not repair, can't external power supplies be connected to provide the required power and facilitate reading the data? If the power supply device is shorted, it would still need to be removed first.
Gd it why is everything I have absolute garbage? Is there anything in the world that's good buy?
They all want you subscribed in the cloud.
Geometry Dash reference? (“GD” can also stand for “Geometry Dash” and I like that game.)
Are these different from the SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD's?