[HN Gopher] SanDisk Extreme SSDs keep abruptly failing-firmware ...
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       SanDisk Extreme SSDs keep abruptly failing-firmware fix for only
       some promised
        
       Author : cm_silva
       Score  : 57 points
       Date   : 2023-05-20 19:36 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | tinglymintyfrsh wrote:
       | Realize the marketing and support (likely none) of retail parts
       | like these: manufacturers don't believe enterprise customers will
       | not scream at them if some or many of them fail. They can play
       | fast-and-loose to push the boundaries to get marketshare. Big
       | name vloggers and tech reporters may complain.
       | 
       | OTOH, enterprise parts are built and supported towards
       | conservatism and reliability.
       | 
       | There is crossover and a spectrum between the 2, but this case
       | isn't a complete surprise.
        
       | bb88 wrote:
       | I'm thinking maybe the Gamer's Nexus approach might work well
       | here, where they buy failed hardware to do an autopsy on it --
       | and then publish the results of it on youtube as they recently
       | have done for the ASUS high end motherboards that cook the AMD
       | chips.
       | 
       | It allows the the media companies access to the failed hardware
       | to do their own autopsy on it, and it saves the users from
       | needing to go through a painful RMA process, complicated by
       | companies not willing to admit fault.
        
         | mey wrote:
         | Side note, it wasn't just ASUS motherboards. Just ASUS had
         | their additional issues and poor response.
        
       | whitemary wrote:
       | The "high end" PC parts market comprises such a horrendous pit of
       | garbage.
       | 
       | The only way to know if anything even works to begin with is to
       | read all (poorly written) manuals front to back taking notes,
       | then procure the rest of the parts and rigorously test them
       | yourself within all of their 30 day return windows. And even then
       | you're virtually guaranteed to miss some glaring issue.
       | 
       | Just last week, an obscure forum post from someone who already
       | went through the tech support/RMA gamut saved me from wasting a
       | month + $5K on a build with a motherboard that doesn't support
       | sleep mode, which the manufacturer ASRock doesn't mention
       | anywhere.
        
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