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In my experience the weak point here is the controller/firmware. We bought a bunch of high-endurance Enterprise MLC drives (also Intel but newer) and one of the
by boris 5y ago
In my experience the weak point here is the controller/firmware. We bought a bunch of high-endurance Enterprise MLC drives (also Intel but newer) and one of them has already bricked itself, way before reaching any kind of wear worth mentioning.
- imtringued 5y agoThis is extremely common with old SSDs.
- bullen 5y agoOk, so I will google firmware patches, thx!
- willis936 5y agoA firmware patch doesn't fix thermal runaway on a linear regulator. Don't trust media too much.
- bullen 5y agoI plan to mount these vertically outside the case for optimal passive thermal cooling. I think these are not much worse off than todays drives when it comes to heat, maybe I should strip the 2.5" cases! Good point! Unless we have a EMP! ;) Edit: I found my M2 spacers I ordered by mistake 5 years ago, they are a bit wide at 18mm but that is good for thermals! Genious! Edit2: Ordered 6mm spacers! You can get an idea how it will look here: http://move.rupy.se/file/SSD_unit.png http://move.rupy.se/file/SSD_unit.png
- willis936 5y agoHeat over time matters, but the thermal runaway scenario I referenced is the most common failure mechanism I know of in small electronics. It's just something that they do. It's not a matter of if, but when. More important than cooling is the voltage rails. Reliable PSUs that don't overvolt the load under any scenario are important.
- bullen 5y agoAh, crap! I'm relying on PicoPSUs for this build, thx for the heads up! Will use Mean Well from 220V -> 12V... but after that it's PicoPSUs! (160/180/200W I will try many to see how their 3.3/5/12 look, I think this drive uses 5V but how can I find out? also measuring voltages on a live circuit has burned me before how do you make sure not to short/fry stuff?!)