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Fake SSDs being sold by Amazon – Make sure you check for CHIPS
- samstave 5y agoGot bad SSDs and Fake SSDs from Amazon: fake WD SSDs (has no chips - i.e. no SOLID STATE DEVICES :-) --- Got several bad Crucial SSDs... --- Aamzon will replace if caught early enough, but will refund the money if not caught in time. I didnt catch the fake or bad in time as they were spares, which I then attempted to use after my SSD went bad and I went to replace it from my stock of spares and discovered the fake and the bad, 6 months after I bought them... https://imgur.com/gallery/24uI8nZ https://imgur.com/gallery/24uI8nZ
- wil421 5y agoI was sent RAM that contained a space blanket. Didn’t catch it until I was doing my build later on. It was a few days after the return window but they ended up honoring a return.
- Rubayo 5y agoI didn't know the chip shortage was that bad...
- AnthonyUK 5y agoIs it actually fake? It isn't clear from the comments.
- samstave 5y agoIt doesn't even register as a device - its fake. there is NO circuitry on it at all that would connect "chip" to IO - its fucking fake.
- Fjolsvith 5y agohttps://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd#WDS500G2B0C https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-...
- asy22 5y agoI'm not sure why the poster thought that it was fake. It does look a little odd that the board is so sparse, but this is what those SSDs really look like. (See review articles and videos such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trd6xBHfvIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trd6xBHfvIk)
- TillE 5y agoIt does look cheaply made compared to the Samsung M.2 drives, but yeah not a fake.
- samstave 5y agoIt doesn't even register as a device - its fake. there is NO circuitry on it at all that would connect "chip" to IO - its fucking fake.
- whoomp12342 5y agoare you sure its just not faulty? even if it is a fake, you might be able to file a claim with amazon...
- broknbottle 5y agoWhat are you putting this drive in, device model would be helpful? It's more likely that your device doesn't support M2 NVMe drives and you need a M2 SATA drive. Some devices like Dell XPS 9360 can support either M2 NVMe or M2 SATA while other devices like Dell Wyse 5070 only support M2 SATA drives.
- Fjolsvith 5y agohttps://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd#WDS500G2B0C https://shop.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-... Western Digital's website shows its not fake.
- broknbottle 5y agoLooks fine to me.. This seems like somebody who bought a M2 NVMe drive for a notebook that only supports M2 SATA SSDs.. https://basic-tutorials.de/western-digital-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd-im-test/ https://basic-tutorials.de/western-digital-blue-sn550-nvme-s... https://pcper.com/2020/12/wd-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd-review/ https://pcper.com/2020/12/wd-blue-sn550-nvme-ssd-review/
- samstave 5y agoWell shoot. it may not be fake then.... wow.
- Havoc 5y agoI've got three of those and they all look the same. (Though I've only tested 1 - other 2 are still boxed. As for the claim that there is no circuitry attaching the chips to the IO - multi layer PCBs are a thing...not everything runs on the surface.