SanDisk Refutes Claim That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures | PetaPixel
SanDisk Refutes Claim That Faulty Hardware is to Blame for SSD Failures | PetaPixel
SanDisk reiterates the stance that it fixed these issues via a firmware update.
Of course they do, because even if they know based on their internal testing that its a hardware issue, they are going to fight tooth and nail against a recall or doing anything to help the consumers affected. They will never publicly admit wrongdoing. It will likely take a class action lawsuit where they will settle without admitting wrongdoing and each person affected gets a buck fiddy for their troubles. (They will settle because going to court and dealing with discovery means they would be caught knowing this was a problem and hiding it anyway.)
Why? Because capitalists gonna capitalist. They want none of the risk associated with profit and all the profit associated with risk. They want to have their cake and eat it, too.
They permanently lost my business based on all of the reports of problems with their drives. I recently bought Samsung SSDs.
I was always suspicious of SanDisk to begin with. I'd had loads of bad USB thumbsticks from them in the past 15 years.
This... just doesn't seem that far fetched for them. They never seemed like a truly quality brand, but maybe that's just me.
But yeah, it pretty much solidifies my stance of skipping over SanDisk.
Samsung is indeed preferable, overall. I quite like their speedy USB 3.0 slim thumbsticks.
I'll take Crucial for SSDs if I can't get my hands on a Samsung, but SanDisk is right out. They're somehow even worse than Kingston.
Aren't almost all (if not all) the storage manufacturers guilty of futzing up their production at some point? In the different threads concerning this issue with SanDisk, I'm pretty sure I've read of people recounting issues with many of the different manufacturers.
Doesn't help that there seem to be fewer real options thanks to consolidation over the years.
I hunted around just yesterday for an external 'drive' and there are some brands I avoid but it's hard as about every search result is either "BUY IT HERE" or "100 best external drives 2023" or "Usb devices come in a long range of different ways to let users both use them as a way to store, but also access and back up important information, might it be ... (AARGH)" ...
I hope I went ok with a crucial X9 Pro 1TB (109€ shipping included). I won't be using it a lot, mostly for swapping around data (second kids getting my 2600X 2060RTX).
Well well here I am explaining things a bit too much, but almost by the fireplace, thanks for listening and good night ❤️.
I've not heard anything bad about crucials external ssd devices
You could always just get a nvme ssd and an enclosure, might even be a bit cheaper to do so.
Something like these two https://a.co/d/fky2wil https://a.co/d/d3rXqG7
The ol Apple playbook in use.
Reminder that SanDisk didn't do a recall. Even after reports of failure for a year.
They STILL didn't do a recall.
I think the only way they’ll ever do one is if a court forces them to.
Not only did they NOT do a recall, they also did NOT execute any kind of customer outreach program to advise about the very real possibility of data loss. And then to just shit all over everyone, they put all the affected products on sale with deep discounts - presumably to sell them as fast as possible before the bad bress became more widely heard.
Well, SanDisk is definitely dead to me now.
Are our hard drives shit?
No it's the users who are shit.
Let them refute all they want. I just bought a MicroSD and a SSD and wouldn't even consider Sandisk.
They replaced a 2tb extreme portable SSD for me and it seems to do the same thing, it disconnects from my mac randomly. I just use it to copy files around now... I had read they had that new firmware for the 4TB but at the time not for mine, contacted support and they just replaced it, I doubt they even considered it had a wide spread defect.
Is it bad that I recently bought the SSD in the picture? It is, isn't it.
It did behave oddly when I tried to use it to move a coworker's data, but that coworker always has weird difficulties with tech so I just assumed. Now I know it's just SanDisk going downhill. And that my knowledge of tech companies' reputations is probably 10 years old.
I'm sure all of their extreme pro models all shitting the bed at my company had nothing to do with them being faulty considering only a few worked after their firmware patch.
So which brand should I pick for my sd ?
Samsung I guess? Never had an issue with any of their flash media.
Lexar is a good option
...hmm, do i buy from A or from B, who refuted the obvious lack in quality control?
faulty hardware is to blame for hardware faults? omg
No, no, it can't be our hardware. It's all the users who are wrong!