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I always knew that lead free solder was crap.
Aw crap. I have 3 of these full of data. Time to back up the backups.
…says that the soldering material used to attach these components is prone to forming bubbles and breaking easily.
When you’re too cheap to use lead lol.
I thought lead solder was banned in many places.
look a 2 week old story!
And…? 500 upvotes in 12 hours so of interest to many.
Annnd time to return the drive I bought yesterday
That component is tomb stoning. If they have high impedance on the board there are a few things ranging from the build being wrong to the tracks being incorrect thickness.
Lol Sandisk is shit tier ssd as is
whats a better, more reliable option for an ssd? i was planning on getting one of these to backup photos.
you dont have to get a tailor made usb SSD, you can just buy a good nvme drive and get a good USB nvme caddy. Ive been doing this for a few years and havent had any failures