Sandisk SSD failures

stefk005

stefk005

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Anyone else having Sandisk SSD's fail on them regularly? Bought a 64Gb Ultra Plus for my little laptop (Acer Aspire V5-171). It worked a treat for 6 weeks, then went caput. Replaced it and had the same happen after 4 or 5 weeks.... Am I just unlucky? :(

Now realising how shockingly slow the stock HDD is, and how it bottlenecks a surprisingly decent processor!! :o
 
Unlucky ?

Are you sure the SSDs are actually failing ?

As above, Samsung SSDs do seem to be very reliable. Crucial also have a good reputation and I`ve not had one fail yet.
 
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Dervious said:
Unlucky ?

Are you sure the SSDs are actually failing ?

As above, Samsung SSDs do seem to be very reliable. Crucial also have a good reputation and I`ve not had one fail yet.
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Yes, I've got a Samsung in my PC and it's been brill. I've used or recommended Samsung, OCZ and Corsair and no probs with any of them.

With the first Sandisk SSD it wouldn't even power on: the system could not see the drive at all. Tested it in my PC and with other connections, and there was simply no activity. The second one produced a message to the effect that windows was corrupt when booting from it. Plugging it in via USB and windows can't read anything off it. Not sure what else, if not failed :confused:
 
My Sandisk Extreme 240 has been very reliable 15 months in as C: drive. Maybe you have been unlucky or the ultra is not so reliable as the extreme.

I use an intel 330 SSD in my notebook as that is barely SATA 1 speeds but the access time is much better.
 
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